The people of Wallgau still have to be patient: the grocery store of the local Raiffeisenbank cannot open its shop doors until March 15th instead of March 1st.
Wallgau
- The reference date was March 1st.
Then operations should start in the grocery store of Raiffeisenbank Wallgau-Krün.
This ambitious deadline could not be kept: technical problems.
"We also need to get in touch with our suppliers," said CEO Matthias Breith.
He and his colleagues are now aiming for 15.
March on.
Then the adventure in the food industry can begin.
Breith can’t wait any longer.
“It's time to get going, we are in a very positive mood.” The feedback from the Wallgauer is said to have been promising.
No wonder: after all, since the Rewe branch closed in December 2017, they have been thirsting for a supermarket for over three years.
The office building of the former municipal councilor Dr.
Josef Neuner empty - by the beginning of October 2020 the Raiffeisenbank had their plans there sit up and take notice.
However, in view of various renovation work in the more than 30-year-old complex, it was not possible to move in quickly.
Cooling technology, electrics - everything had to be brought up to date.
"We also imagined it would be cheaper," admits Breith.
“But then one thing leads to another.” The bottom line is an investment in the mid six-figure range.
“But we didn't save either.” After all, you want to start successfully in this unfamiliar field.
Incidentally, due to the lavish costs, Breith believes that the project will have paid for itself in three years at the earliest.
We have to do everything we can to keep things running.
Mayor Bastian Eiter
In any case, the ten employees and the in-house butcher rifle are standing by.
The people of Wallgau will soon be able to do their larger purchases again in Wallgau.
Which of course also pleases Mayor Bastian Eiter (electoral association).
“We have to do everything we can to keep the store running.” So think a little bit locally patriotically.
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What will become of the Kirchenböbl?
© FOTOPRESS THOMAS VERY
But in the face of a certain euphoria, many in the village are now wondering: What will become of the Kirchenböbl now?
Shouldn't life soon be pulsating in the orphaned community property on the village square - in a new building with an integrated village shop?
“You have to look reality in the eye,” says Eiter.
"We must not build up competition and ditch the Raiffeisenbank." But if the municipality actually creates a new complex in the heart of Wallgau, it must also be bursting with life.
It will no longer be a schnapps distillery, probably also no pharmacy or doctor's office.
So what?
“I have an idea,” reveals Eiter.
For the time being there is nothing more than the confession that the Kirchenböbl must remain in community ownership.
"The city of Munich isn't selling its Marienplatz either."
A sentence that municipal councilor Josef Berwein junior (electoral association) would surely sign.
After the Raiffeisen offensive, he and his ten or so farmer colleagues put their dream of a small farmer's shop in Kirchenböbl on hold.
“We'll have to completely rethink that.” But according to him, the plans are not off the table.
Especially since Berwein doubts that a mini-shop on the village square would actually compete with a food market on the periphery.
Now the farmers want to "wait and see" how the new market on Mittenwalder Straße develops.
And of course Berwein wishes the operators all the best.
“Because that's our bank!” You might come to a common denominator when it comes to meat delivery.
"But we don't want to market our products at the Munich battle prices."
