Markets stocked with Christmas dinner products

Although the main markets of Greater Santo Domingo are stocked with products, few people are already shopping for the preparations for Christmas dinner next Tuesday.

Vegetables, fruits, pork, chicken, and other goods used for the big night are already set out in proportion in Cristo Rey, Villas Agrícolas, and Ciudad Ganadera markets, as observed yesterday in a tour of these shopping malls.

According to vendors, the New Market of Agricultural Villages has stocked up on these goods since Thursday, but they understand that there has not yet been a great demand for them because there are still several days to go before the 24th.

“Today is Friday. We have quite a few products, but our sales are practically the normal of every day. People buy some products that can be stored until Tuesday, but what are vegetables, pork, chicken… it would be from Sunday that sales will increase,” explained Juan Hernández, a chicken seller in the Cristo Rey market.

He pointed out that the day of the great sale would be Monday and Tuesday morning.

“We hope to sell 100% of the goods by next week. For dinner it sells well because people have the tradition of making it,” he said.

Elena Contreras explained that this week, more products such as rice, groceries, and canned goods have been sold.

In the markets of Santo Domingo, most of the purchases were made yesterday by grocery stores and sellers of “guaguitas,” unlike the Livestock Fair, which was installed in the market of the Institute of Price Stabilization (Inespre), where a large number of people came to buy products, which according to its director Iván Hernández, are sold at low prices.

Although many buyers asked about prices, they assured they were sold with little difference from those in other markets!

Viviana Polanco said the difference is almost nothing for the line we are making to buy.

“But we have to take advantage of the savings even if it is RD$2.00,” she added.