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Green market is booming in the crisis: "Every day like Christmas"

2020-06-05T20:38:26.893Z


Corona is annoying, but it opens up the chance to discover a virtue in need. Regional products are coming into focus, restaurants had to close - the hour of the green market in Holzkirchen was supposed to come. In fact, some retailers are reporting increased demand. But the effect could quickly fizzle out.


Corona is annoying, but it opens up the chance to discover a virtue in need. Regional products are coming into focus, restaurants had to close - the hour of the green market in Holzkirchen was supposed to come. In fact, some retailers are reporting increased demand. But the effect could quickly fizzle out.

Holzkirchen - When the crisis began at the end of March, your own kitchen suddenly became more important. Restaurants and pubs closed, the public was avoided - but not the Green Market in Holzkirchen, which takes place on the market square on two mornings, Wednesdays and Saturdays. "Business is going better than ever," says Elias Chrysopoulos from Holzkirchner Fruchthaus Bichlmeier, who has been selling fruit and vegetables on the market for over 25 years. "We sell significantly more than before, with us every market day is like Christmas."

"People almost overran us"

Marinus Eberharter can confirm that business went unusually well in the first weeks of the crisis. The farmer from Marshal offers sausage and meat, roasts Hendl for those who are acutely hungry. "From the end of March onwards, people almost overran us," reports Eberharter, "there was a lot going on."

It was time for the population to understand how valuable regional products and economic cycles were. "Hopefully people will notice that not only medication and medical technology, but also food comes better from the region and from their own country." He is now noticing that the demand is slowing down somewhat. "Let's see how long the effect lasts."

Customers stand in line in a disciplined manner

Astrid and Bernhard Hellwasser, who grow organic vegetables in Otterfing, have not yet noticed any "corona effects" in sales. They even suspect that fewer customers are coming than more. “For some, queuing and waiting with the gaps are too tedious, they prefer to come to our store,” says Hellwasser. Especially on Saturdays, when the crowd is heavy, it is often difficult to determine who is queuing in front of which stand. "But people are really disciplined, keep their distance and all wear their masks."

The market town has allocated a total of 21 permanent places as well as six seasonal short-term places, for example for the “Asparagus Sepp”. For a ten-meter stand on both market days, the town hall charges around 1400 euros for a stand fee in the half year.

"We are doing well," says Elias Chrysopoulos from Fruchthaus Bichlmeier, but thinks of other industries that face huge problems. "It is all a disaster for the restaurants." Although they are now allowed to open inside, it is questionable whether enough guests will come. You have to give your name - and who risks a long quarantine if an infected person was sitting at the next table? "It would be bitter if everything broke down." Nevertheless, you should never lose your sense of humor, he says, packs two giant vegetable onions for a customer and smiles under his mask. "Others die of the virus, we of all the work."

Source: merkur

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