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Chongqing News

Seasonal fruits and vegetables in high demand are sufficient at stable prices

2022-08-15 10:14:03

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On August 10, citizens were picking vegetables at Yonghui Superstore located in the central square of Nanqiaosi in Jiangbei District. (Photographed by Cui Li/Visual Chongqing)

CHONGQING (CQNEWS) -- For the past few days, Chongqing has been suffering from extremely hot weather. How about the vegetable supply for citizens in the city? On August 10, the reporter from Chongqing Daily visited several supermarkets and farmers' markets and found that there has been ample and stable food supply to satisfy the needs of the citizens.

At 12:00 on August 10, the cries of the market traders were all around in the farmers' market located in Jile Avenue, Yubei District. In the market, a full range of vegetables such as tomatoes, beans, white gourds, potatoes, and green vegetables were neatly arranged and sold. The pork stall nearby was also full of pork belly, pigs’ feet and pork fillets, drawing in customers from times to times.

Ms. Chen, one of the stall owners, told the reporter that although the number of customers decreased due to the hot weather, the overall sales remained steady. She added, “Many customers tent to buy at once a large quantity of vegetables that can be stored for a long time, such as white gourds, cucumbers, bitter gourds and potatoes.” Consequently, Ms. Chen's daily supply has increased by about 100 jin recently.

At 17:00, the reporter found that there were a great variety of vegetables and fruits on the shelves at Yonghui Superstore located in the central square of Nanqiaosi in Jiangbei District, and many citizens were shopping in an orderly manner. “The market provides all sorts of vegetables and fruits that are sufficient in quantity. Usually I come to buy vegetables once or twice a week”, said Ms. Liu, a citizen who were picking vegetables and fruits in the store.

Xia Zhikuan, deputy general manager of Yonghui Superstores Co., Ltd. told reporters that there has been a high demand for summer fruits and vegetables due to the continuous high temperature in Chongqing. Since July 21, the company has increased its direct purchases of vegetables and fruits from the urban and rural bases, with its 150 supermarkets selling 300 tons of vegetables and over 100 tons of fruits every day. Among those supermarkets, a mere 90 stores located in the central urban area can satisfy the needs of about 1.2 million households.

The relevant person in charge of the Business department of Chongqing Department Store Co., Ltd. told that since July, the fresh food procurement teams of CBEST Department Stores and New Century Department Stores have increased the direct purchases from vegetables and fruit bases and sped up delivery by developing five fast direct delivery channels for large products dispatched from Yunnan Province, Ningxia Province, Shandong Province, Lichuan City in the first time. At present, the two stores of Chongqing Department Store Co., Ltd. have been offering sufficient fresh products such as fruits and vegetables, and the overall prices remain firm. (Translated by Cai Xinyu, Fathom Language Limited)

Editor:Jiang Yiwei