Madrid has lost 17.8% of its butcher shops in 10 years
Between 2010 and 2020, 17.8% of the butchershops and delicatessen stores in Madrid have been wiped as the big retail has taken over the market. Now, CARNIMAD, the professional association of butcher in Madrid intends to revive the sector, as part of the local heritage, culture and gastronomy. "Specialized proximity commerce and markets have always been part of our culture. Originally, its presence was the engine of life in cities, and the plaza where it was organized, a meeting place for neighbours.
Life in the cities revolved around the markets so that a city was not such until it had a pilgrimage cathedral and a souk to gather neighbours to shop and chat," said the association in a press release.
This lifestyle is still considered as part of the DNA of the specialized food trade and is something to preserve among al, according to CARNIMAD, who also offers the example of how important butcher shops have proven during the COVID-19 crisis in Spain.
So, here are the 10 commends that every consumer must know when is looking to buy the perfect piece of meat for him and his family:
1. Specialized commerce is local commerce, by treatment and proximity. This was evident during the COVID-19 crisis. Traditional commerce has regained an attribute that had always belonged to it. The public has turned its gaze towards this neighbouring format that has remained open, on the front line, without queues and without crowds.
2. The sector and its professionals fix population. The butchers, delicatessens, chicken shops and casquerías, located in rural areas, supply products to local activities in the area, such as schools, bars, restaurants and institutions, where other commercial formulas do not reach. The specialized trade and that of meat and derivatives in particular therefore help to fix the population, avoiding the rural exodus and emptied Spain.
3. They contribute to consolidating the cultural heritage and gastronomic wealth of our country, thanks to the diversity of artisanal elaborations, typically regional, that make recipes available to consumers, with traditional recipes, which in many cases have been passed down from parents to children for a long time. generations.
4. Professionals in specialized meat trade contribute to preserving national production and indigenous breeds, marketing products mainly of Spanish origin.
5. In addition, they promote short marketing chains, helping to create wealth in the surrounding population centres.
6. They personally select the product they sell and its quality, which allows them to define their positioning and therefore personalize their offer, according to the customer's taste.
7. They offer personalized advice at the time of purchase. The butcher is the ambassador of the meat. No one better to advise at the time of purchase. As prescribers they provide information on the product, recipes and cuts, providing added value in the consumer's shopping experience.
8. Given the model and format of purchase, the specialized meat trade hardly generates packaging and plastics, contributing to the reduction of food waste with great efficiency in its processes.
9. It is a sector without unemployment. Young people who wish to do so can train and develop their careers in a sector in which there is a great demand for qualified professionals.
10. It is a sector that distributes wealth. When you make your purchases in the specialized store, you are helping many families of merchants.
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