Expensive soft drinks

Hanoi is entering the summer days, so beverage products attract customers with consumption increasing 2-3 times in normal days.

Illustration Ms. Tran Minh Mai, owner of a grocery store on Pham Ngoc Thach Street (Dong Da District), said that if the first days of May, the store only consumes about 2 boxes of green tea, about 25-30 bottles of 500ml rice milk. … but in the past 10 days, the amount of goods consumed has doubled, tripled. In fact, due to hot weather, beverage products such as sugarcane juice, coconut, fruit juice, etc. are very attractive. Ms. Thanh Thuy selling sugarcane juice on Dang Van Ngu street (Dong Da district) shared, sugarcane juice sells for 10,000 VND/cup, every day I can only sell 30-40 cups, but the last hot days, the number of customers 3 to 4 times higher than normal. “Due to the re-emergence of the Covid-19 epidemic, people buying takeout or buying online by the liter increased sharply. On average, every day, the store sells hundreds of liters of sugarcane juice to the market for 25,000 VND / liter, buying from 4 liters or more costs 20,000 VND / liter, minus the cost, the profit is about 500,000 – 700,000 VND / day. Information bar. Not only sugarcane juice, coconut fruit is also “sold out”. Ms. Nguyen Thi Minh, owner of a wholesale and retail coconut fruit shop on Nguyen Chi Thanh Street, said that every day her family sells hundreds of green Siamese coconuts in Ben Tre, the wholesale price is about 22,000 – 23,000 VND/fruit. retail 25,000 – 26,000 VND/fruit; Coconut shelled wholesale price up to 24,000 – 25,000 VND / fruit, retail 28,000-30,000 VND / fruit. Mr. Nguyen Huu Thanh, owner of a dealer of Siamese coconut in Long Bien market said: “On average, the shop sells from 1,500 to 2,000 coconuts every day, mainly for refreshment shops and wholesalers to suburban districts. . The hotter it gets, the more coconuts run, and there are times when supply doesn’t meet demand.” Along with familiar drinks, this year’s market recorded the appearance of many new types of bottled soft drinks of natural origin, with cool, heat-clearing, detoxifying properties… such as pineapple juice, plum, melon. .. Or herbal drinks with cool properties, cooling in the hot season such as: Artichoke cotton, seaweed, chrysanthemum flower, flute dew, ginseng dew, arhat fruit…
Besides, at supermarkets, there are many promotional programs to welcome summer to stimulate consumer demand. Discount programs on soft drinks, fruits, and products with preferential prices for drinks have been responded to by many consumers. Typically, from now until May 30, Vinmart supermarket organizes a promotion program “Wonderland” to reduce the price of thousands of items, of which 350ml Oolong tea is reduced from 40,500 VND/lot of 6 bottles to 27,000 VND. ; Taiwanese milk tea reduced from 25,000 VND / 580ml bottle, to 21,300 VND; Vietcoco Organic fresh pineapple juice reduced price to 13,900 VND/box of 330ml (listed price 18,500 VND)… MM Mega Market supermarket system also organizes promotions and discounts for many items, including soft drinks such as: : C2 green tea, Coca Cola, Pepsi, 7Up soft drinks, Twister orange juice with discount from 10 – 12%.