An
innovative non-plastic food wrapper using banana leaves is being used in Thai
supermarkets. Thanks to the trader who sent this in.
A Trader
says his worst nightmare occurred this week when he arrived at the market to
find one of his neighbours had taken the day off. This trader sells bulky goods
and has three large storage boxes which are too big to go on his stall so he
relies on friendly neighbours with spare space to help out. If one of his
neighbour doesn’t turn up he has a real problem.
Protestors 1
– a Trader says he found Saturday’s protestors (Anti-animal cruelty) were a
good source of sales and he is wondering if this could be an un-tapped market
for QVM. He agreed that advertising QVM as a good place to protest might just
backfire. Protestors can be un-predictable.
Protestors 2
– just to prove the previous point an illegal protest occurred in the lower
market on Sunday and police had to be called. The protestors were described as “Vegans
protesting about slaughter houses.”
Lana’s back –
when you are the only fabric seller in our market, your absence is noted. It is
great to have Lana back after a minor medical procedure.
On the
question of providing delivery services for customers, a trader has pointed out
that there are serve yourself parcel posting machines available now. Imagine
one of those within the market.
Plastic free
movement grows - a trader points out that the Labour Party’s decision to ban
all single use plastic bags adds a significant force to the current promotion
by QVM to be plastic bag free from May 14th.
The new
Europa Night Market starts on Wednesday with a modified footprint. Car-parking
and cool-room storage will be placed at the Peel St. end of sheds J,K,L,M.
A Trader
notes that the Book Market up at the Peel St. end of A Shed is still buzzing along
each Sunday after a number of weeks and may be just the right fit for what has been a difficult trading
spot.
A Trader
wants to know if it is OK to roll your eyes when a customer asks for a discount
on an already discounted item. Would that be considered part of the theatre or borderline
rude? We reckon its theatre if done with a smile.
Have Your Say – click here.