{"id":25483,"date":"2025-01-16T17:12:09","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T17:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=25483"},"modified":"2025-01-16T17:12:09","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T17:12:09","slug":"one-guyana-supermarket-boosts-local-sales-at-christmas-village","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/one-guyana-supermarket-boosts-local-sales-at-christmas-village\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cOne Guyana Supermarket\u201d Boosts Local Sales at Christmas Village"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Celestine Chacon | December 5, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vendors at the \u201cOne Guyana Supermarket\u201d located in the Christmas village on Main Street have praised the new initiative, expressing optimism for continued boosts in sales throughout the holiday season. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The supermarket, a recent addition to the annual Christmas village, is offering small and medium-sized businesses a unique opportunity to showcase the best of Guyana\u2019s local produce while attracting new customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mohamed Rasheed, a vendor at the supermarket, shared his excitement about the sales, saying, \u201cSo far, it\u2019s been excellent because this is mid-week and I didn\u2019t expect to get these kinds of sales. Items like oranges, tangerines, and lemons are selling fast and are almost sold out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Christopher Bukhan, another vendor, appreciated the initiative for farmers, noting, \u201cThe sales are very nice, and I think that what they\u2019re doing for farmers is what we need \u2013 coming out directly to the people who need fresh produce.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Claire Richards, showcasing a variety of products like pickle pork, sorrel, and preserved papaya, expressed confidence in the initiative: \u201cWe\u2019re here showcasing our stuff, and we trust that next week it will become brighter.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gewan Singh, who brought fresh items from Region One, including cassava bread, ginger, and turmeric, added, \u201cToday is the first day we\u2019ve come out, so we don\u2019t know how it will work, but we hope it will be nice.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The \u201cOne Guyana Supermarket\u201d is part of the Christmas village, which was officially opened on Monday by President Irfaan Ali. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year\u2019s addition provides an excellent platform for vendors to feature local products such as fresh fruits, vegetables, and traditional items like Cassareep, marinade, and spices for making the popular Christmas dish, Pepperpot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Celestine Chacon | December 5, 2024 Vendors at the \u201cOne Guyana Supermarket\u201d located in the Christmas village on Main Street have praised the new initiative, expressing optimism for continued&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25484,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[361,365,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-and-economy","category-human-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25483"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25485,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25483\/revisions\/25485"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}