As of: February 10, 2024, 8:00 a.m
By: Andreas Steppan
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You can buy lots of fresh fruit, vegetables and herbs in the Damascus supermarket run by the brothers Majdi (left) and Ramiz Haskilo on Badstrasse.
Since Edeka closed, they have had many new customers.
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The closure of the Edeka market in the center of Tölz has left a gap in local supplies.
Several businesses in the city center are stepping into the breach.
Bad Tölz - The closure of the Tölzer Edeka branch on Marktstrasse was a heavy blow for many citizens at the beginning of the year.
Having local suppliers within walking distance was particularly important for older residents of the city center.
Now several other downtown businesses are trying to at least partially fill the gap.
Some have expanded their range.
Edeka closed: Vinzenzmurr expands range
The Vinzenzmurr branch in the pedestrian zone, for example, has responded to the loss of the supermarket in the immediate vicinity.
“I felt incredibly sorry for the older people, some of the regular customers stood here in the store and cried,” says branch manager Angela Hammel in an interview with our newspaper.
“I think it’s really bad.”
In order to provide customers with “at least the most common items,” she spontaneously expanded the butcher’s product range.
You can now also buy eggs, milk, butter, yoghurt, quark and pasta there.
According to Angela Hammel, the offer has been well received.
“Word gets around, I’ve often had to reorder.” The branch manager is of course also happy about the increase in sales.
The “Biodelikat” market on Badstrasse has also recorded noticeably more sales since the Edeka closure.
This is what Stefan Gritzbach, one of the managing directors, reports.
He says he has seen a lot of new faces in his shop recently.
Organic shop in Bad Tölz records an increase in sales
The health food store is a full-range store and you can stock up on all the items you need every day.
There is food including fruit and vegetables, fresh baked goods and an open cheese and sausage counter as well as packaged meat from the Eurasburg “Packlhof”, as well as a range of drugstore goods that also include toilet paper and other hygiene products.
Gritzbach emphasizes that the store is a good place to go for residents of the city center who don't want to or can't drive to a supermarket.
The prices are generally at the level of the organic range in supermarkets, but there is also the inexpensive “Organic for every day” product line and changing attractive special offers.
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Another option for buying groceries is diagonally opposite in the “Damascus” supermarket.
It specializes in oriental, Asian and Balkan foods - but much of it also fits into your average everyday needs, such as eggs, milk, flour, sugar, rice, fruit, vegetables or fresh herbs.
Fresh fish is served Thursday to Saturday, as owner Majdi Haskilo explains.
He also has sausage products, but meat only if it is “halal”, i.e. permitted according to Muslim regulations.
“So we don't have any pork or gelatine.” You won't find any alcohol in the Damascus market, but there is mineral water and other drinks.
Unverpackt-Laden wants to position itself as a local supplier
Since Edeka closed, Haskilo has had more customers – “of course,” as he says.
There are many people who ask about certain products.
He then tries to fulfill all wishes and adapt his product range, for example to German brands that are more familiar to local customers.
The unpackaged store “Ois ohne” on Hindenburgstrasse is also trying to step into the breach for former Edeka customers – and position itself as a local supplier.
As board member Andreas Munkert reports, fresh milk in glass bottles, for example, has been added to the range.
Fruit and vegetables from the solidarity farm “BioTop” in Lenggries have also recently been available to buy at “Ois ohne”.
Rice has always been in the range anyway.
“We also have long-life milk, oat milk, bananas, beer and juices,” says Steffi Schußmann from the sales team.
“There are people who do their entire weekly shopping with us,” says Munkert.
Steffi Schußmann has had a number of new customers since Edeka closed.
“Small purchases by older customers in particular are increasing,” she reports.
And customers have repeatedly been surprised that their purchase was cheaper than they had thought.
There is also food in the One World Shop
The Eine-Welt-Shop on Säggasse is not exactly the first address that comes to mind as an Edeka replacement.
But there is also more food there than you think.
Welt-Laden spokeswoman Claudia Zeidler lists: “Pasta, coffee, occasionally bananas or oranges, pesto, olive oil, sugar, cocoa, spices, juices.” Dried fruits, chocolate and nuts are also part of the range.
A special feature are tomato sauces from the manufacturer “No Cap”, which combats the so-called Caporalato system in Italy.
“This system is controlled by the mafia and African harvest workers are massively exploited,” explains Zeidler.
She also hopes to attract more students who like to go to Edeka after school ends for lunch.
They could fortify themselves with a bar in the One World Shop.
What's new is that the store is now open continuously at least on Wednesdays during lunchtime.
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