kolkata neighbourhood kirana stores faced a strange dilemma as the restrictions kicked in on sunday the new curbs have allowed them only enough time between 7am and 10am to sell but no time to replenish their stock the wholesale markets which are out of the ambit of the new restrictions do not open before 10am so even if they send the goods the neighbourhood standalone store will be shut by then throughout last afternoon i tried to replenish my stock as much as possible so that i could sell the items to customers but the stock will last for a couple of days it is very difficult to sell things and place orders and receive goods said amiya ghosh of tara maa stores at barisha advt as panic buying continued for a second successive day the stocks flew off the shelves faster it would be of great help if the government allows a stocking window when buying and selling will not take place at all some items like atta maida easytocook noodles biscuits edible oil and butter just flew off the shelves within an hour said anadi chowrasia an owner of a grocery store near charu marketmany shops tried to ration high demanditems i serve my neighbourhood i receive a lot flak if certain items are not available for a longer period of time i have to make everyone happy i am rationing one piece or pack per customer for some items said gautam pal of sidhheswari bhandar in behala panchanantala another problem is the movement of goods vehicles that has been restricted since sunday wholesalers toi spoke to said there were only a handful of van rickshaws and small vehicles that were insufficient to cater to so many standalone stores due to shortage of labourers and good vehicles it will be difficult for us to send edibles to so many standalone shops if small stores owners bring their own vehicles it will be easier to replenish the stock said a flour wholesaler in posta tnn published on may 17 2021 at 1236 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etretail app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app grocery bengal lockdown place orders restrictions many shops items posta homenewskolkata grocers seek midweek supply breather to stock up