The first state-owned food store will open its doors in September
Goods with a markup of up to 10% will be marked with a special barcode and brand
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Economic.bg The first store in the state-owned chain “Stores for the People” will open in September. This was announced by the Minister of Agriculture and Food, Georgi Tahov, in an interview with Nova TV.
The first store will open in September in Plovdiv,” said Tahov.
We would like to remind you that the idea of creating a state-owned chain of grocery stores was promoted in the 2025 Budget, and according to the deadlines set, the Ministry of Agriculture had one month from March to create and put into operation the new company. However, this did not happen, and for many months there was silence on the subject of the progress of this “state business idea.”
We have done a lot of work so far,” Tahov said categorically.
Only stalls
As Economic.bg reported earlier, the state-owned stores will be housed in the store network of the Central Cooperative Union (CCU). Tahov did not rule out the possibility that in some places, only individual shelves would be occupied rather than entire premises.
Whether we will use the entire capacity there (in the CCU) or only certain shelves or stalls, the goods will have separate barcodes and brands, which is feasible and will work,” the minister said.
Translated with DeepL.
