Supermarkets and department stores highlight the absence of incidents and ensure that supply is assured

The large supermarket chains and large retailers stand out from this day of general strike, called by the UGT, Workers' Commissions (CCOO) and tenant unions, for the practical absence of incidents and normality, as well as the fact that supply is guaranteed. This has been the message that the main employers' associations in the sector such as the Spanish Association of Distributors, Self-service and Supermarkets (ASEDAS) and La Distribución ANGED have sent, to questions from this medium. From the union side, UGT FICA estimated the monitoring of the strike in the agri-food sector at 82.5% and 90% in the meat industry, which will resume its strikes tomorrow.

From the Association of Manufacturers and Distributors (AECOC), which focuses on Mass Consumption, they have highlighted that "the entire value chain of mass consumption had been prepared and anticipated to avoid possible supply problems for certain products." A forecast, in the words of this employer's association, that is allowing the consumer "access to mass consumption products without notable incidents." This business association reiterates that its priority objective is to "contribute to guaranteeing supply and minimizing possible effects for the consumer."

Planning similar to that of a weekend

At AECOC they have elaborated that Mass Consumption has advanced orders and reorganized deliveries "with a planning similar to that usually carried out before weekends." The Association, which brings together sectors as diverse as food distribution, the Horeca channel or DIY, has recognized "mobility problems due to road closures that are making access to jobs difficult in certain areas."