Second Branch in People's Grocery Opened to Gültepe

İzmir Metropolitan Municipality opened the second branch of People's Grocery, which was put into service in Kemeraltı Bazaar, in Gültepe District of Konak. Minister Tunç Soyer At the opening, which was held with the participation of very few people due to the coronavirus measures: “We have a very basic purpose. Delivering what the producer produces to the consumer in the shortest way, in the cheapest way and without intermediaries.”

Mayor of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Tunç SoyerPeople's Grocery, which is among the promises of 's campaign process, started to serve with its second branch. The second branch of the People's Grocery was put into service in the Millet Mahallesi in the Gültepe District of Konak.

President Tunç Soyer At the opening, which was held with the participation of very few people and observing the safe distance rules due to the coronavirus measures, “We were going to make a magnificent opening today, but the corona did not allow it. But we call it Gultepe with love. We will take Gültepe to different places with you,” she said.

Saying that the people opened the first of Bakkalı 10 years ago in Seferihisar, Soyer said, “Then we opened it in İzmir Kemeraltı. Now we are commissioning in Gültepe. We also digitized People's Grocery. We will spread the People's Grocery all over İzmir. We have a very basic purpose. Delivering the products produced by the manufacturer in the shortest way and in the cheapest way without intermediaries. Bringing reliable, healthy food together with citizens from Izmir. Thus, we want to support the small producer and protect the citizen. We are trying to do this. ”

At the opening ceremony of Haltın Bakkalı Gültepe branch, Mayor Soyer and Konak Mayor Abdül Batur cut the ribbon together. The two presidents later visited the People's Grocery and shop. Within the scope of the opening of the People's Bakkalı Gültepe branch, Kınık Yayakent Agricultural Development Cooperative distributed fresh onions and garlic to the public.

What is People's Grocery?

Mayor of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Tunç Soyer'People's Grocery Store, which was brought to life with the vision of “Another agriculture is possible”, aims to enable cooperatives to market their products and to provide consumers with access to healthy and safe food.

Izmir, especially producers' cooperatives products anywhere in Turkey, will be sold in the grocery store as unmediated public. Within the framework of President Soyer's policy of lowering meat prices by supporting animal husbandry, the meat department in Halkın Bakkalı's Gültepe branch aims to meet the cheap meat needs of the neighborhood.

It became the address of solidarity

It was the most important address of Izmir solidarity in the fight against people's Grocery coronavirus epidemic. He said "We Are" to the solidarity campaign launched with the call of President Soyer not only from Izmir but also from other cities. Citizens have bought 18 thousand first food packages, 13 thousand second packages and 225 thousand iftar meals from Halkın Bakkalı's website.