Madrid supermarkets

have returned to an alert situation similar to that of March

, with the shelves of the stores in some areas completely empty and people gathering food just in case.

Mercamadrid has been closed since Saturday, and trucks have not been able to access the city center for two days to replenish stores.

However, the sector warns that "this situation is not like the one in March.

Some trucks have already been able to deliver tonight and it is a matter of hours,"

explain sources in the sector.

The priority since yesterday "was that it could begin to be distributed last night from the warehouses to the stores where there is access," these sources explain.

Many workers in these supermarkets "have been cleaning the entrances to the warehouses all night

so that the trucks could enter."

The problems are now in stores in more isolated locations and narrow streets, where there is still a lot of snow and you cannot enter

.

"There are areas, the most accessible, that are replaced. They will be around half," they

explain.

Stores open

As it happened in March, during the first confinement, the food distribution network in Spain is making an effort to guarantee supply.

On Saturday many supermarkets closed because staff could not go to their jobs.

Yesterday they opened most and today also Monday.

Stores usually have what they call a safety stock.

In the warehouse there is more product, which is replenished as it runs out in the store.

But "they live quite a day and there

may be stock shortages, especially in products that have not been served since Friday, especially fresh".

Mercamadrid, the wholesale market for fresh products, hopes to resume normal activity as soon as possible.

There are still loading and unloading docks closed by the snow, although yesterday Sunday, the emergency services already managed to open a road in each direction of the main traffic lanes of the facilities.

"Thanks to the efforts of the store workers and the coordination of the companies with the administrations

, a good number of stores have already been replaced

and it will be progressive in the next few hours, but it is important that citizens are responsible and do not stockpile food ", explains Ignacio García-Magarzo, director of Asedas, an association that groups together Spanish supermarket chains.

Psychosis

The Association of Spanish Supermarket Chains (Aces) yesterday asked consumers for reassurance so that they do not over-stockpile products, in order to avoid supply problems, while mobility difficulties last.

Some stores are limiting, for example, the purchase of bread,

to prevent some consumers from stocking up and leaving the rest without product.

Industry sources explain that, however, the situation "is different,

in March everyone activated the pantry operation, but now they are not taking the packaged product like crazy

, as it did then."

"It is important to remember that we are in a specific situation of short duration that is gradually being resolved and that does not present any supply problem for the population. Specific problems with the supply of some goods will be reestablished as mobility in the cities. the most affected areas allow it ", they also point out from Anged, the National Association of Large Distribution Companies, to which Carrefour or Eroski belong.

They recall that the UME and alert services have worked over the weekend to provide access to logistics hubs and key facilities such as Mercamadrid and at this time, its main partners have already opened a large part of their network of stores.

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