Electricity costs for refrigeration systems are multiplying for food retailers. That’s not possible, warns an Adeg merchant. The Chamber of Commerce is now providing support to entrepreneurs.
Our company survived two world wars and the economic crises – but now I’m really worried,” says Mag. Anton Kovsca, who is the third generation to run an Adeg shop in Nötsch im Gailtal and is spokesman for the Adeg merchants. The energy costs are for a grocer with increases tenfold, there are also collective bargaining negotiations for higher wages, which start on Tuesday: “We will have to lay off employees and close branches. Everyone can calculate what that means for rural areas. “It still works SystemThe public local supplier is in danger. Kovsca: “In Nötsch, for example, we still have a functioning infrastructure with dealers, doctors, inns and schools. But for how long?” Chamber of Commerce provides support The Carinthian Chamber of Commerce sees the situation in a similarly alarming manner. Therefore, Raimund Haberl, head of the trade division in the Chamber of Commerce, calls for a decoupling of the electricity and gas prices, as well as a moderate result in the collective negotiations, which start on Tuesday.
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