Crabs buy 50% this year

It is understood that the amount of crabs purchased this year is less than half of last year, the price has also dropped significantly, and some low-priced hairy crabs are still less than 30 yuan each. With sales falling, dealers are also scrutinizing and even beginning to “preoccupy” the basket of crabs.

"Last year before the Mid-Autumn Festival, we had a crab in the store, and this year we still sold 60% of it. The rest of the stores have to be sold." The owner of a hairy crab store near a Suzhou Bridge told reporters that in the past hairy crabs had not been used each year. Listing, the store's delivery vouchers have already been ordered, especially the highest price, the largest hairy crab is even more sought after. This year, however, it is quite different. Group purchases are less than half of what they used to be, and they are all medium-priced hairy crabs. In the past, the “big heads” that were hot sellers have fallen into the hands. This is not a case in point. The crab traders have started to offer discounts. The minimum discount for the hairy crabs before the Mid-Autumn Festival is now around 50%.

Poor sales also make the original generous crab traders plop. In many stores, black plastic bags have replaced the original bamboo baskets as the main packaging for this year's hairy crabs. "Now we come to the store to pick up the goods in plastic bags. That is, we can use home delivery without the bamboo basket." A dealer told the reporter.

Recently, the reporter learned from the Yangcheng Lake Hairy Crab Industry Association in Suzhou that in this year's Central Government's efforts to curb the "Principal Consumption", this year, Yangcheng Lake hairy crab bookings fell sharply from last year, including Beijing bookings dropped from 280 tons last year to 200 tons, a decrease At nearly 30%, the decline in group purchases is more pronounced.