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It is estimated that in addition to the income from alcohol trade, which reaches up to 30 percent. daily billing, either the opening hours of the stores will be shortened or they will be closed on Sundays altogether, which will also reduce the salaries of the sellers.
Suppliers are also expected to deliver fewer products to small stores that will be open for a few hours on Sundays, so residents will go to larger stores to buy; After such a redistribution of customer flows, turnover will decrease on other days of the week as people buy more products in larger stores.
Norfa, one of the largest retail chains in the country, also admits that some stores in this chain will reduce their working hours on Sundays.
Insurance initiators want both to reduce availability and to make exceptions
Conservatives Linas Slušnys, Jurgita Sejonienė, Andrius Kupčinskas, Irena Haase and Audrius Petrošius and Social Democrats Algirdas Sysas and Dovilė Šakalienė are pushing for the alcohol trade to be banned on Sundays. Mr. Sys emphasized to the BNS that it was necessary to reduce the availability of alcohol on weekends to ensure that as few people as possible came to work “in the odor” on Mondays.
“Investigators have conducted research that showed that after stopping selling alcohol on Sundays after 3pm, most drunk people continue to come to work on Mondays. Availability should be reduced, “BNS said.
Meanwhile, A. Kupčinskas, member of the Economic Committee of the Seimas who supported the amendments with his signature, is convinced that on Sundays alcohol should not be sold in total, but only in large, more than a thousand. SQUARE METERS IN PREMISES.
“To make fresh air on Sundays inspired by small businesses, small merchants. Rural stores need exceptions, ”A. Kupčinskas told BNS.
The amendments registered in the Seimas of Parliament do not provide for any exceptions, but, according to A. Kupčinskas, they will be discussed during deliberations. However, at the moment, the amendments have not yet been approved by the Seimas after the presentation, which will not take place earlier than in the autumn.
Maximum: alcohol sales will not be affected
Ernesta Dapkienė, director of the Communication and Image Department at Maxima, is convinced that the ban on selling alcohol on Sundays will not affect her sales.
“The ban on the sale of alcoholic beverages on Sundays will not have a significant impact on their sales, since even now, due to the shorter sale time of alcoholic beverages, many of them are not sold on Sundays,” he told BNS.
Among other things, E. Dapkienė believes that this should not significantly affect the flow of customers on Sundays, because on this day people are used to making weekly purchases.
At the time, Norfa’s spokesman, Darius Ryliškis, emphasized to BNS that he intended to ban the sale of alcohol on Sundays. But he admits that alcohol sales “would drop slightly.”
“If people do not buy alcohol on Sundays, purchases could be moved to other days; they would be redistributed and alcohol would continue to be bought, although sales could drop a bit,” said a spokesman for Norfa.
D. Ryliškis also admitted that the ban may force some small shops, especially in the province, to shorten their working hours.
“It may happen that alcohol is not marketed. In some, several places, alcohol sales on Sundays are important, they generate significant turnover,” said D. Ryliškis.
He acknowledged, among other things, that it was decided to reduce the opening hours of some stores and introduce a restriction on the sale of alcohol on Sundays from 3:00 p.m.
Koops: Store revenue and sales profit will decline
Simas Bendorius, director of Koops Retail, which unites the 254 stores that usually operate on the periphery, says that the ban on selling alcohol on Sundays will affect both the income of the stores and their opening hours and the profits of the sellers.
“Because alcohol is one of the strongest categories in the Koops network, we sell a lot. Alcohol insurance, in principle, would make a big difference in both earnings and hours of work. Therefore, we will have to consider whether to reduce working hours on Sundays or when some stores will stop operating, because it will not pay, “said the director of Koops Retail.
According to him, the ban on dealing with alcohol on Sundays after 3pm did not bring much benefit: people buy alcohol in advance.
“Only a few stores were affected, but in the total amount of the entire network, I see that it was not affected. It did not affect consumption. If you look at the sales during the month, which includes four Sundays, the ban did not affect consumption, “said S. Bendorius.
He also noted that “the farther away, the more” Koops stores sell food, reducing the proportion of alcohol and tobacco.
“The turnover does not grow at the expense of alcohol, but at the expense of food, because since 2018 we have changed the mechanism of supply of goods, the setting of prices,” stressed the director of the company that manages the Koops chain of stores.
According to Bendor, after banning the sale of alcohol on Sundays, some stores “at best” need to work only in the morning so that people can buy food. According to him, the reduction of the working hours of the stores will affect the salaries of the employees.
“When working hours are reduced, there will be less overtime, there will be no more power to earn extra money,” said S. Bendorius.
Small merchants: residents, suppliers and shops will be affected
Eimutis Radžvila, president of the Association of Independent Business Companies, was outraged by the intention to ban the sale of alcohol on Sundays.
“If you eliminate those around 30 percent. It is likely that the average income from alcohol from billing will not be profitable to work that day,” said Rajavila, not hiding that there are stores where alcohol revenue exceeds a third of billing. .
According to him, the invoicing on Sundays is the lowest per week, so if they decrease another 20%, the operation of the stores that day would not be profitable.
According to E. Radžvila, the stores closed on Sunday would affect residents, suppliers and, in part, the stores themselves, as they would leave short-lived products, such as bread and dairy products, unsold.
However, E. Radžvila warns that some products may be in short supply on Saturday night, as fewer will be ordered, fearing unsold balances.
Among other things, when some small stores close on Sundays, E. Rajavila sees the departure of customers to the large stores: “They need to buy because something is missing and the store will be closed nearby, so they will go to another.”
E. Rajvila doubts that banning the alcohol trade on Sundays will solve the problem when people come to work on Monday drunk.
“Maybe we need to see where they get drunk on Monday. Why not touch the so-called catering. In stores from 10 am alcohol is traded and intoxicated people go to work, which means they can drink earlier somewhere. The cafes can buy all day. Open the first in the same towns and listen, “said E. Radžvila.
As of June 2018, alcohol can be purchased in Lithuania from 10 am to 4 pm. M. At 8 p. M. From Monday to Friday and Saturday, and from 10 a.m. M. At 3 p. M. On Sundays. Until then, spirits could be marketed from 8 pm until 10 pm daily.
