With the festive hours and with an ally of the weather, consumers have the opportunity to make their latest purchases today Great Saturdaybefore the two -day Easter holiday.
According to the announcements of the commercial clubs, the stores on Good Saturday They will operate from 9am to 3pm, or by 4 pm (eg Thessaloniki). Her Easter Sunday and Easter Monday, all stores will remain closed, as they are official holidays.
It is recalled that, according to traders’ data, the Easter market is short in duration that does not exceed the week, but high in intensity, with a turnover of 1.5 billion euros.
As Piraeus Chamber of Commerce and Industry Vassilis Korkidis has stated to RES-EIA: “The Easter turnover will not resurrect the market, but will certainly stimulate it. We fully understand, the climate in the market and the psychology of the consumer, as well as the fact that 5 of the 10 in the 10th. The purchasing power, despite new wage increases by 6% since April 1, has been limited by inflationary increases and has changed many consumer habits. But what does not change and remains a stable value for the Easter market is the preservation of customs with traditional parents and gods’ traditional gifts to children and their baptisms. “
“Estimates of the average expenditure per household for this year’s Easter are as always with different measurements in the selection of species, quantities and of course family members at the Easter table,” he added.
Regarding the cost of the Easter table (4-6 persons), according to the Institute of Commerce and Services of the Hellenic Confederation of Trade and Entrepreneurship (INEMY of the ERC), it ranges from 99.45 to 142.95 euros. As a result, consumers will buy the same, compared to last year, a basket of goods, more expensive by 6.2% to 6.3%, the price range is justified by the recording of a series of different quality products, in several local markets and different types of stores.
As the administrative director of INEMY H. Arachova said: “The ERC Institute also reflects this year the prices of the Easter table products, which maintain their upward trend but at a clearer pace compared to previous years. The significant increase in costs in lamb and goat but also in chocolate egg is due to: a) swelling of production costs by farmers due to rising feed prices etc. They coincide with Orthodox and Catholic Easter, a development that enhances demand over a specific period of time and (d) increasing the international price of cocoa. It should also be borne in mind that the particularly strong upward pressures at the level of prices that preceded themselves have significantly shrinking the actual consumer income available. This decline in income necessarily directs consumer interest in inelastic demand products, such as foods for the Easter table, essentially limiting resources to buy other goods and services, at a time when the market is going through serious turmoil, mainly at the international level.