The People's Grocery, the first of which was opened by İzmir Metropolitan Municipality in Kemeraltı to deliver healthy, cheap and reliable food to the public, Bayraklı ve Karşıyakareached Menemen after. Emphasizing that it was understood that one of the most important antidotes to the economic crisis after the pandemic was that the small producers continued to produce, President Soyer said, “We must encourage the small producers to produce and protect their land. People's Grocery is a market, not a grocery store. The places where the labor of the small family farmer who produces with his sweat is paid off ”he said.
Mayor of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Tunç SoyerHalkın Grocery, which was implemented as an important pillar of the "Another agriculture is possible" vision, is spreading throughout the city. The People's Grocery Store, which was first opened in Kemeraltı, one of the iconic points of İzmir, became Konak Gültepe in a short time. Bayraklı With Özkanlar Karşıyaka It started to serve in Girne. The fifth branch of the People's Grocery is in Menemen Ulukent today, the Mayor of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality. Tunç SoyerIt was opened with a ceremony attended by Speaking at the ceremony, President Soyer stated that they promised to expand the People's Grocery Store, which is the address of fair production, equitable sharing, access to healthy, reliable and cheap food, which is the basic human right, and labor, all over İzmir, and stated that today, it is time to move the People's Grocery Store to Menemen Ulukent. He said they felt proud.
Continue to support the manufacturer
In his speech, President Soyer pointed out that the importance of agriculture, access to healthy food, supporting domestic producers instead of imports and being self-sufficient, said: “After the pandemic, it was understood that one of the most important antidotes to the economic crisis was the continued production of small producers. We must encourage the small producer to produce and protect their land. We can only do this through the cooperative. Cooperatives also have a problem to market their products. With the People's Grocer, we have overcome this. This is a market, not a grocery store. A place that allows the small family farmer, who produces with his sweat, to get the reward for the producer's labor. The citizens of the city, who continue to produce in the peasant land, will also be comfortable. Because the rural-urban migration will decrease, they are all interconnected. The People's Grocery has a very meaningful function. We will support our producers while bringing our people together with healthy food through new branches ”.
Plaque to the citizen supporting the project
Mayor Soyer thanked Ali Ger, who gave support to the People's Bakkalı project and gave the workplace they opened today to Izmir Metropolitan Municipality for 5 years and presented a plaque.
Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Mayor attended the opening ceremony of the People's Grocery Menemen branch. Tunç Soyer, Mayor of Menemen Serdar Aksoy, Karşıyaka Mayor Cemil Tugay, Bornova Mayor Mustafa İduğ, Gaziemir Mayor Halil Arda, Kemalpaşa Mayor Rıdvan Karakayalı, İzmir Metropolitan Municipality Deputy Mayor Mustafa Özuslu, İzmir Metropolitan Municipality Secretary General Dr. Buğra Gökçe, council members, mukhtars and citizens attended.
What is People's Grocery?
Mayor of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Tunç SoyerPeople's Grocery, which is among the promises of 's election period, aims to enable cooperatives to market their products and to enable consumers to reach healthy and safe food. Thus, it is aimed to both support the small producer and protect the citizens. The products of producer cooperatives from all over Turkey, especially in Izmir, are offered for sale at the People's Grocery Store without intermediaries. There are 300 different products from product groups such as fruits and vegetables, meat, dairy products, various breakfast foods, legumes, olive oil, spices and cosmetics at the People's Grocery branches. The product variety is increasing day by day with the products procured from cooperatives across the country.
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