Permanent Vice Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee inspects Tet goods market
(Baonghean.vn) - Inspection shows that the supply of food and necessities at supermarkets, markets, warehouses... in the province is currently abundant, ensuring enough supply for people to shop for Tet.
On January 5, a working delegation of the Provincial People's Committee led by Comrade Le Hong Vinh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee inspected and surveyed the situation of goods supply and market prices for the 2023 Lunar New Year at supermarkets, markets, and warehouses in Vinh City. Accompanying the delegation were leaders of the Department of Industry and Trade, the Market Management Department, representatives of the Economic Department (Vinh City People's Committee) and related units.
The delegation conducted a survey of Tet goods such as food, groceries, necessities... at Vinh market, Big C Vinh supermarket and key enterprises in Vinh city.
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| Checking confectionery products for sale at Vinh market. Photo: Thu Huyen |
At Vinh market, according to records, goods are abundant, diverse, and there is no shortage of goods. According to Vinh market management board: The market is planned with 3,200 business households and is divided into main areas. That is the eastern area with 35 product lines; the main market area has 21 product lines and the western area has 40 product lines, mainly selling essential goods for Tet holiday.
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| Goods for Tet at Vinh market are abundant. Photo: Thu Huyen |
At this time, pork is sold at 70,000 VND/kg, beef at 170,000 VND/kg; confectionery of all kinds is sold at prices ranging from 40,000-60,000 VND/kg... However, according to small traders, buyers are still sparse and purchasing power is slow.
On the contrary, in markets, consumer tastes focus on shopping at supermarkets and convenience stores.
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The working group inspected goods and Tet services at Big C supermarket. Photo: Thu Huyen |
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| Checking price stabilization booth. Photo: Thu Huyen |
According to Mr. Tran Anh Khang - Director of Big C Vinh Supermarket, this year's Tet, people shop later. On the supermarket side, the goods are guaranteed quality, clear origin, serving diverse customer needs, targeting the consumer segment from middle class and above. Currently, the goods have been gathered and put on shelves to serve consumers.
Checking at the warehouse of Nam Long Company Limited, since November 2022, the business owner said that 110 billion VND worth of goods including necessities such as instant noodles, cooking oil, sugar, spices, etc. have been supplied to the market by the business. Currently, many of the business's trucks continue to transport goods to districts, towns, and industrial parks.
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| Nam Long Company's warehouse has a large enough stock to serve the needs of localities and industrial parks in the area. Photo: Thu Huyen |
Ms. Vo Thi Thao - Director of Nam Long Company Limited - a leading enterprise in Vinh city said that this year, the company has reserved a large amount of cooking oil with a value of over 30 billion VND; in addition to cooking oil, the company also prepared a large amount of instant noodles, white sugar, milk, etc. In addition, it proactively exploited agricultural products, food, traditional specialties of the provinces, diversified products (priority for Vietnamese products) to serve the needs of Nghe An market at the end of the year, not to let the shortage of goods cause prices to increase.
At the inspection, Mr. Le Hong Vinh, Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, assessed that the prices of goods for the Lunar New Year this year have been stable, with a wide range of goods meeting the diverse needs of consumers; At the same time, he requested leaders of markets and supermarkets to proactively research the market, stock up on essential goods before, during and after Tet with safe quality, reasonable prices, and ensuring food hygiene and safety. The forces focused on checking and preventing counterfeit goods,...
Vinh Market Management Board regularly pays attention to cleaning to ensure the landscape as well as traffic safety in the area around Vinh Market; reminds people to ensure fire safety; reminds in the morning, checks in the afternoon. Pay special attention to business culture, avoid the phenomenon of arbitrarily raising prices when there are many buyers.
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| The supply of goods for Tet at supermarkets is abundant, with stable prices. Photo: Thu Huyen |
For Big C supermarket, you can rest assured about the quality and quantity of goods. However, you need to pay attention to the surrounding traffic issues, do not let chaos cause congestion...
The Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee also requested the Department of Industry and Trade to continue to grasp and assess the situation of ensuring supply and demand of goods, especially essential goods; preparation of goods, ensuring balance of supply and demand of goods to serve the consumption needs of people in the province before, during and after the Lunar New Year 2023.
Up to now, distribution units such as Thanh Nghe Tinh Food Joint Stock Company, Nghe An Agricultural Products and Foodstuffs Company Limited, Nam Long Trading Company Limited, supermarket systems: Big C, MM Mega Market, Winmart,... convenience stores such as Vinmart+, Bibigreen,.. and shopping centers, goods distributors and markets in the province have proactively developed plans to prepare goods for Tet and committed to always having abundant supply, the selling prices of essential goods will remain stable during Tet, especially for some items with high demand such as: Fresh food (beef, chicken, vegetables, fruits, etc.), technological products (cakes, candies, beer, wine, soft drinks, etc.) with a total reserve of goods reaching over 1,000 billion VND.
