AGI – First weekend back to work for owners and collaborators of almost one hundred and forty thousand bars, restaurants, pizzerias and farmhouses with outdoor activities in the yellow regions where table service is possible outside but not at the internal counter for bars. This is what emerges from the analysis of Coldiretti widespread on the occasion of the feast of May 1st “which represents for many companies and workers a sign of hope after many months of great difficulty.
In urban centers the greatest difficulties
They reopened over the weekend – Coldiretti estimates – about half of the total catering services, with the outdoor seats of the premises that are, however, much less than the indoor ones. The greatest difficulties are recorded in urban centers squeezed between traffic and asphalt while in the countryside – underlines Coldiretti – we organized according to Campagna Amica to offer guests of the farmhouses the opportunity to dine under the olive groves in the midst of the vineyards that are budding or in the ‘garden with the possibility of harvesting vegetables directly “.
“Limiting for all is the limit set for the curfew at 10pm because – explains Coldiretti – the farmhouses are located in rural areas and it takes time to reach them from the cities “.
The impact on the supply chain
The reopening of the weekend represent approx 80% of the weekly turnover cut by smart working, and by the difficulties of tourism and were expected later months of lockdown which heavily affected operators’ incomes and employment levels. “A benefit that cascades over the entire supply chain with 1.1 million tons of unsold food and wine since the start of the pandemic.
Overall, 70,000 food industries and 740,000 farms along the supply chain are involved in the restaurant business – Coldiretti notes – committed to guaranteeing supplies for a total of 3.6 million jobs. It is a question of defending the country’s primary wealth with the national agri-food chain which – concludes Coldiretti – is worth 538 billion, equal to 25% of the national GDP, but is also a record-setting reality for quality, safety and variety at an international level “.
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