Supermarket: What changes since Wednesday – Aisles closed and ‘prohibited’ products – Business



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Supermarkets “transform” into grocery stores from tomorrow until closing time. The Minister of Development, Adonis Georgiadis, speaking this morning on SKAI television, announced that he has signed a relevant decision that prohibits the sale of a series of products in supermarkets. The decision that is expected to be published in the Official Gazette within the day will be effective as of Wednesday.

According to Mr. Georgiadis, over the weekend they discussed with the Prime Minister the relevant request from the Hellenic Confederation of Commerce and Entrepreneurship. Merchants were asked not to be allowed during lockdown in supermarkets and food supermarkets to sell, in addition to food and other necessities, the myriad durable products they have, such as clothing, footwear, electrical appliances, household items and more. , at a time when specialized stores will be forced to close by state order.

Road race in supermarkets

With the decision to come into force as of tomorrow, Wednesday, supermarkets are summoned in the interval between closing at 9 pm and opening tomorrow morning to have found a way to “disappear” the products that are products that They will no longer be for sale or find a way to deny consumers access to brokers that offer durable goods.

The headache is greater for Sklavenitis and Lidl since they are the chains that have a large number of codes on the products that merchants ask not to be sold in supermarkets are Sklavenitis and Lidl, AB Vassilopoulos, My Market and Masoutis face a minor problem. Sklavenitis in its supermarkets has a developed department of clothing, as well as furniture and household items, while Lidl through a special weekly brochure (non-food) informs consumers about clothing, electricity, plants and decorative items that are they can find in their stores. The measure to ban the sale of permanent products overrides the weekly plans it has for the next period, while also creating intense problems in the flow of its supply chain.

Supermarkets open on Sunday, November 15

The Government Gazette was published shortly after 11 am on Tuesday with the new measures regarding supermarkets and other stores that are in operation. Among other things, the operation of the supermarkets is scheduled for this Sunday, November 15, from 09:00 to 17:00. Regarding product sales bans:

Grocery stores (for example, supermarkets, convenience stores, bakeries, butchers, fishmongers), pharmacies, and auto repair shops are prohibited from selling, with the exception of e-commerce, products with the following activity code numbers:

a) Retail sale of computers, peripherals and software in specialized stores / KAD 47.41,

b) retail sale of telecommunications equipment in specialized stores / KAD 47.42,

c) retail sale of audio and video equipment in specialized stores / KAD 47.43,

d) retail sale of textiles in specialized stores / KAD 47.51,

e) retail sale of carpets, rugs and floor and wall coverings in specialized stores / KAD 47.53, f) retail sale of electrical appliances in specialized stores / KAD 47.54,

g) retail sale of furniture, lighting and other household items in specialized stores, excluding spare parts (for example, light bulbs), retail sale of sweepers for cleaning the home (KAD 47.59.58.35), as well such as the retail trade of household cleaning brooms and brushes (KAD 47.59.58.37) / KAD 47.59,

h) retail sale of books in specialized establishments / KAD 47.61,

i) retail sale of toys of all kinds in specialized stores / KAD 47.65,

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