Senukai’s answer on food trade: We created an opportunity to reduce the flow of buyers

A press release issued states that the Senukai retail chain, in accordance with the Government’s resolution on business regulation during the quarantine period, allows residents to safely purchase essential food products in the Food Core sections of its stores. The network started this activity during the first quarantine in the spring.

According to Elona Uckutė, representative of Kesko Senukai, the wider variety of food outlets offered to the population helps to solve the challenges of the pandemic, reduce the risk of contacts and manage flows throughout the country.

By government decree, stores whose main activity is the sale of food products can operate during the quarantine period.

“We are strictly following the new government decision. In the first quarantine, we realized that it was important for people to have alternative outlets where they could buy food. With this in mind, we have opened Food Core food stores in supermarkets. Senukai, where we sell everyday food products safely. And this is our main activity at the moment, “says E. Uckutė.

Currently, food products are available in 17 Senukai stores: three of them are located in Vilnius, four in Kaunas, two in Klaipeda, one in Šiauliai, Panevėžys, Alytus, Ukmergė, Mažeikiai, Telšiai, Druskininkai and Utena.

It is reported that following the Government’s decision and restricting the activities of physical shopping centers, Senukai buyers are being encouraged to order both Christmas gifts and construction, repair, household and entertainment materials online from Wednesday , by phone and email. Artisans, settlers, and construction professionals can purchase goods by phone and email. by mail: they are served by Senukai’s wholesale departments.

Šimonytė will discuss with merchants

After the government meeting, Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė was asked at the conference how she assessed the fact that the government had banned the operation of produce stores, but Senukai and Depo continued to operate after opening food stores. and the small merchants could not work.

“Thank you for the information, we will use it. Today, I also intend to discuss with the leaders of the trade associations, if we see that someone is trying to abuse the situation, the government’s decisions will not take long,” said I. Šimonytė.

According to I. Šimonytė, the sentence can be modified if it is established to circumvent the law on attempts.

“The grocery trade, whether for small or large entrepreneurs, is not limited at all. Small food retailers can continue to do business. The problem may be due to those small entrepreneurs who trade in non-food products. If any of those large traders try to circumvent the restrictions by opening the tab section, obviously not the purpose of the decision. If such behavior really exists, we will talk to the association of trading companies so that this practice is immediately terminated, and if it is not terminated, it will be changed the sentence ”, commented I. Šimonytė.