The state of the economy has become a field of knowledge, which, unfortunately, the Greeks have been forced to be aware of…
very well, due to the conditions of which all of us have been exposed.
In this time of crisis, we have seen a lot of companies to emerge and prosper, as we have seen, and many companies and non, are facing huge financial problems and are on the verge of collapse. With working in the field of private economy and in particular to a supply company of the super markets, I have lived some of the most difficult business moments. One of them concerns only recently in the chain Marinopoulos, which was on the verge of bankruptcy and after months of agonizing deliberations, reached a business deal with whole foods and from the part of suppliers, which side know. So, in order to ensure our own future but also that of employees of Marinopoulos, we have reached an agreement for a haircut of 50% of the debt.
In this critical and focal point for the re-opening of super market and the market of suppliers, interferes with the multinational Delhaise to which they belong, the super market A-B Vassilopoulos, with those responsible for the multinational to request from the vendors in common with the whole foods, discounts corresponding to those of the haircut of the debt made in the case of Marinopoulos. Just when we started to see light on the horizon, again dark…
Unfortunately, the multinational Delhaise does not recognize the struggle and the sacrifices suffered by the industry of the supplier in order for both sides to avoid the financial gridlock and to secure the jobs of thousands of workers. Essentially requires suppliers to undergo a second financial shock and, on the pretext of the alleged renovation of their stores, they are asking us not to accept the respective haircut in the form of a discount.
Such attitudes certainly do not promote healthy competition and refer to methods which do not refrain from categorising blackmailing. The only sure thing is that it affected the Greek economy for one more time with the intervention of the competition commission for the settlement of the case be considered necessary, in order to ensure the future of the industry suppliers. Such approaches lead to suffocation, and with mathematical precision on the locks.
The manipulation at the retail level that are leading us to suffocation
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