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Large stores, which can only be accessed with opportunity passports, calculate reduced billing, reports LNK.
Some stores that verify passports of opportunity look like this: The area is large, but shoppers only walk here alone.
“We have 26 percent. They fall in those stores where it was inspected, and 12 percent. Growth in those that were not inspected,” said Dainius Dundulis, chairman of the board of Norfa Retail.
A week after the new regime came into force, large retailers transport less to large stores and more to small ones. Problems also arise due to different workloads of employees.
“Some stores have a surplus of employees, while others have a shortage. In some cities we will probably redistribute, but in some places where there is only one large store, we have nowhere to redistribute them,” said D. Dundulis.
The passport of opportunity effect was felt most in large supermarkets on the first day, only after the requirement went into effect. Some stores say that the turnover has been reduced twice. Others are reluctant to provide specific figures.
“Previously, before the restrictions, more than 200 thousand people went to these stores. people per day, and now traffic is down 30 percent. The fact that this has a real impact on billing, ”commented Rima Aukštuolytė, Maxima’s public relations representative.
Of the more than 750 options of the main chain stores, the passport is registered in almost a quarter. True, with the new order taking effect, some buyers have simply started shopping online.
Now the traffic has been reduced by 30 percent. The fact that billing is actually affected.
“However, to sum up the whole week, I would like to take into account e-commerce, which is an important part of our sales network. E-commerce grew more than 50%, more than half,” said Gabrielė Šerėnienė, Manager of Public Relations of Rimi Lietuvos.
There is no doubt that the current restrictions will affect in one way or another not only supermarkets but also producers.
“We are a bit anxious about what will happen along our supply chain, because when we come to the supermarket, our consumers, choosing our products, invest in those companies that offer those products,” said G. Šerėnienė.
Lidl is estimated to be the top earner in this situation. The Opportunity Passport must be displayed in only three stores in this network. Another 54 online stores allow you to buy without a passport. The small merchants of cities and towns did not change either.
“In the cities, most of the stores of our association members are not close to the large supermarkets, so they did not feel any significant increase in traffic or turnover. In our opinion, the redistribution of flows occurs between the main distribution chains, since in some chains almost all the stores do not exceed 1,500 square meters. Meters of commercial premises. Shoppers are likely to choose such large chain stores, ”commented the Independent Retailers Association.
It is true that not all purchasing habits have changed passport.
“It just came to our knowledge then. It is really easy to save the passport of opportunities on the phone and show it”, “where closer, there I go, without problems”, – assured some buyers.
Traders said they lacked a more level playing field.
“During the last quarantine, when the conditions of competition were not ideal either, the compensation schemes were in force at that time. A loss of income or an increase in costs was compensated. Some kind of compensation plan worked. At present, there are no compensation schemes and there are uneven conditions of competition, ”said Rūta Vainienė, Director of the Lithuanian Trade Association.
The Lithuanian Trade Companies Association has already submitted a proposal to the Ministry of Health to increase the area of shops where it is mandatory to verify opportunity passports to 5 thousand. square meter. This topic will be discussed next week.
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