Chapter 1462: Fresh Food Supermarket Opens

Looking at Zhou Andong's depressed expression, Zhang Xuan laughed loudly again.

"Don't be like this; I'll tell you a piece of good news."

Zhou Andong snorted: "What good news could you have?"

"Pork prices have been rising." Zhang Xuan said: "Last March, the price of live pigs was 2.8, and by November, it had already risen to 3.4. The price of fresh meat rose from 3.5 in March to 4.3 now."

In his previous life, Zhou Andong had experienced "Garlic You Fierce," "Ginger You Army," "Spicy Overturn Heaven," "Oil You Rise," and "Pig Flying to Heaven."

He specifically searched online and saw the sharp rise in pork prices from the end of '93 to the end of '94.

He didn't remember the specific data, but he remembered that at the end of '94, the price of pork reached more than 7 yuan.

At that time, he was still thinking that in '94, the per capita wage in the country was less than 600, and ordinary people had to spend half a day's wages to eat a catty of meat. Damn it, who could stand this?

Zhou Andong took a puff of his cigarette: "What is the price of beef?"

Zhang Xuan said: "The price of beef is very stable, still more than 3, less than 4."

Zhou Andong sighed in his heart. The price of pork exceeding beef was something that would happen again in the future. It was not easy for ordinary people.

"Notify Zhang Chaoming to expand the scale of pig farming next year."

"There was already this plan." Zhang Xuan said: "Next year, we must reach an annual slaughter of 100,000 live pigs."

Zhou Andong shook his head: "Not enough, at least 200,000."

What he was thinking about was not to make a fortune taking advantage of this opportunity, but to be able to stabilize the price of pork in Jiangzhou. At the very least, it couldn't rise too fiercely.

"This is a bit difficult." Zhang Xuan pondered: "The problem of building pig pens is not big. As long as there is money, find a few more construction teams, and it can be built in less than a month. But the cultivation of pig seedlings is a bit difficult."

Zhou Andong said: "If we can't cultivate that many ourselves, go to the market to acquire them."

Zhang Xuan smiled: "I'm not doing it anymore; you can talk to Zhang Chaoming about this matter yourself."

Zhou Andong glared at her, threw the cigarette on the ground and stepped on it, then walked into the dispatch room.

"Chairman!" Old Zhao hurriedly stood up from his chair: "Sit."

"I'll make a phone call."

Zhou Andong waved his hand, picked up the phone and called the farm, and explained the matter to Zhang Chaoming.

Just as he put down the phone, a young man ran over panting and stood at the door.

"Chairman, are you going to Jingcheng to deliver goods?"

Zhou Andong nodded: "What is your name?"

The young man said: "My name is Chen Yan."

"Alright!" Zhou Andong left the dispatch room and pointed to the 130 truck parked downstairs: "The car is downstairs; just follow the fleet."

"Alright!" Chen Yan turned and ran toward the factory office, soon driving the car over.

Zhou Andong asked Zhang Xuan: "I'm taking the bus; are you taking my car or the bus?"

"I'm taking the bus too." Zhang Xuan walked toward the bus: "It's lively with many people."

Zhou Andong shouted to the group chatting under the car: "Get on the bus, let's go."

The person who can't bear to part with you is me, the person who can't leave you is me, the person who thinks of you is me, the person who cares about you is me, it's me.

The person who can't forget you is me, the person who can't see enough of you is me, the person who is considerate of you, the person who cares about you, is me, it's me, it's still me.

"..."

The singing came out from the two large loudspeakers at the entrance of A Tree Fresh Food Supermarket very far away. Just like that, the supermarket opened without any publicity.

The location was diagonally opposite the largest farmers' market in Jiangzhou, which was originally the house of the Fourth Transport Fleet.

But they were all bungalows, more than twenty rooms, but there was a large courtyard in the back.

After Zhang Xuan bought it, she connected all the rooms and added a piece in the back.

This made the entire internal space reach more than 900 square meters, looking very spacious.

At eight o'clock in the morning, nearby residents and citizens coming to the farmers' market were attracted by the singing from the two large loudspeakers and the sound of firecrackers.

Before, many nearby residents were paying attention to the expansion of the fleet's house, but they didn't know what it was for. Some curious ones asked around but didn't get an answer.

Later, in just three months, that broken house of the Fourth Fleet took on a new look.

The outer walls were re-plastered with cement and then painted with yellow paint.

The original small windows also became large floor-to-ceiling windows.

In addition, a large door was opened, looking very imposing, not smaller than the door of the department store.

Then, they discovered that, at some point, a huge signboard appeared on the roof.

But it was covered with red cloth, and no one knew what was written on the signboard.

Today, the mystery was finally revealed. On the signboard more than ten meters long, it was written: A Tree Fresh Food Supermarket!

What is a fresh food supermarket? Everyone was full of questions in their hearts.

After the sound of firecrackers, someone walked in curiously.

Then they were shocked to see the super-large space inside, bright colors, and bright lights.

And neat counters, and what was placed on them were actually fresh vegetables.

Green beans, cucumbers, eggplants, tomatoes, etc., more than ten kinds.

Also, they saw fresh strawberries, watermelons, and muskmelons.

In the middle of winter, how could there be fresh vegetables and fruits?

More and more people came, all with expressions of disbelief.

They didn't buy anything, but were wandering around inside.

Besides fresh vegetables and fruits, there were beef, mutton, pork, and chicken fresh meat.

Including cooked food, pasta, cold dishes, and various aquatic products.

Including grain and oil, dry goods, alcohol and drinks, and seasonings.

And next to each counter, there was a salesperson wearing a work uniform of the same style.

On the back of the clothes, a tree was embroidered.

Next to it were the three small characters "A Tree," and below were the four large characters "Fresh Food Supermarket."

Finally, an old lady couldn't help but ask: "Comrade, how much is this cucumber?"

"12 yuan per catty." The salesperson smiled and pointed to the vegetable price tag on the light box above the counter.

(Regarding this price, I reckon some people will say it's low-intelligence again. In '94, cucumbers were 12 yuan a catty? In '89, Shouguang cucumbers were 10 yuan a catty.)

At this time, they noticed the vegetable price tag above. After seeing it, everyone gasped.

However, in the middle of winter, and during the Spring Festival, being able to eat fresh vegetables, even if it was a bit expensive, was not unacceptable.

Then, the old lady pointed to the cucumber and said: "Comrade, weigh two cucumbers for me."

The salesperson still smiled and said: "Whatever you need, choose it yourself. Here are the bags. After packing, go over there to weigh, and then go to the door to pay."

"Choose it yourself?"

Not just the old lady, others were also stunned. Can you choose vegetables yourself when buying them at a store?

"Right!" The salesperson nodded: "Did you see the shopping carts at the door? Those are shopping carts. Whatever you want to buy, put the things in the cart, and then go to the door to pay together.

If you don't want to buy it anymore, before paying, put it back in its original place, or give it to the cashier at the door."

Can you buy things like this? Someone was already pushing a cart to shop.

Soon they discovered that the things in this fresh food supermarket.

Besides fresh vegetables, whether it was meat or fish, or grain and oil, dry goods, alcohol and drinks, seasonings, everything was cheaper than the farmers' market outside.

For example, pork, it was already 4.3 at the farmers' market outside, but here it was only 4.1.

And rice, it was 1.16 at the farmers' market outside, but here it was only 0.95.

Then, they loaded them into the shopping carts as if they didn't need money, and soon the shopping carts were full.

"Erzi's mom, hurry up and go queue up. I'm going to get another bag of white flour; if we're late, it will be snatched up."

"That bag of white sugar was already in my cart; why did you take it? Hurry up and put it back."

"What are you doing? You stepped on my foot."

"Give me five catties of pork belly."

"I already wanted this pork belly."

"Iced black tea, hurry up and move a case of iced black tea. It's 2.5 a bottle outside, but here it's only 1.8."

"And Very Cola, the big bottle. It sells for 3 outside, but here it only sells for 2.5."

"Why didn't the small bottle of Very Cola drop in price? It's still 2."

"The small bottle has prizes; how could it drop in price."

"Then let's buy the small bottle; what if we win a small car."

More and more people, more and more crowded, the situation of panic buying had already begun to appear.

The supermarket manager was a young man of 27 or 28, a technical secondary school graduate, originally in the Blue Sky Animal Husbandry Production Department.

Because of his good performance, Zhang Xuan sent him to Jingcheng Darunfa to study for half a year, and then he came back to serve as the General Manager of A Tree Fresh Food Supermarket.

Seeing this situation, he arranged for people to go to the door to limit the flow without hesitation, otherwise, there would definitely be problems. ===== CHAPTER 1463 =====