Markets satisfied with the season
Public markets say they had a satisfactory summer season even without tourists. Local folks were home more and cooking more, going by social media, so that must have helped.
Public markets say they had a satisfactory summer season even without tourists. Local folks were home more and cooking more, going by social media, so that must have helped.
Ian 10:05 on 2020-10-20 Permalink
I guess it also shows that restaurants aren’t buying their produce from the markets.
A lot of people I know were heading up to the J-T Market on weekends just for the sake of something to do. I suspect that there was a lot more exploration of the city with people not being able to go anywhere for vacations all summer unless they own a cottage.
Glad to hear the markets did well in any case!
CE 11:19 on 2020-10-20 Permalink
Very few restaurants buy from markets. Chefs from a few upscale restaurants might make a show but even those ones get most food delivered from suppliers. The majority, even many upscale places, get everything delivered by companies like Hector Larivée.
Ian 12:08 on 2020-10-20 Permalink
Good point, I was thinking more of the fancier places that claimed this sort of thing – bu of course there were never that many of them to start with.
For that matter, unless things have changed since I worked at Atwater Market, the vast majority of produce you see in the stalls comes from the same depots the grocery stores buy from.