Retirees retired, business came to a standstill in coffee shops

Zeki Çoban, president of the Eskişehir Coffee Shop Chamber, explained that coffee shop traders, whose income increased, could not bring bread home, so they had to sell their workplaces and work under someone else’s command. .

President of the Eskişehir Chamber of Coffee Producers Zeki Çoban stated that their costs are increasing day by day, that tea, sugar, electricity, natural gas, rents and taxes are increasing and that coffee shops are no longer can bear these expenses. spend the winter that awaits them in these conditions.

Mayor Çoban stated that people are moving away from cafes due to the rising cost of living: “Many merchants will sell their shops this winter. Retirees, who are the most loyal customers of coffee shops, have now abandoned coffee shops. We had retirees and they also contributed to us. There was no social place for retirees to go. They came, drank tea, watched television and chatted. Retirees, who stated that their pensions were not enough, left the cafes. “The salaries they receive are not enough for them, they cannot allocate a budget for coffee, that’s why they don’t come,” he stated.

‘WE BURN NATURAL GAS WITH OUR HANDS TYPING’

Emphasizing that both customers decrease and expenses increase during the winter months, Kahveciler Chamber President Çoban continued his speech as follows:

“The price of needle to thread increases every day. The recent increases in tea prices have completely weakened our traders. We do not fully reflect increases in our prices. Winter has arrived and our expenses have doubled. Our customers also decrease during the winter months. With shaking hands, we began to burn our natural gas.

There are also disproportionate increases in the materials we use. From cleaning materials to water, soft drinks and soft drinks, prices are also increasing. The Turks have a custom. Fatigue is relieved with tea, conversations are started with tea. Even the poor drink tea, everyone drinks it, but this way it harms our habits. Of course, tea was served during conversations in cafes. Unfortunately, the supply of tea has also ceased.”

“80 percent of merchants are out of business”

The President of the Chamber, Zeki Çoban, stated that they have almost a thousand members in Eskişehir and stated that 80 percent of the merchants are not doing well and said:

“80 percent of the registered members of our chamber are unemployed. They cannot make money from their businesses. When you look at it, we don’t have 20 percent of our members who are doing well. Everyone is very worried. This winter will be very hard for our members. There will be people selling their coffee. Currently, most people are paying their debts by selling their coffee. They go to other places to work as workers.

In the past, our merchants who ran a coffee shop did so for 30 or 40 years. Unfortunately, cafe owners cannot find what they are looking for at the moment. We have cafes of this type that change owners 5 times a year. We are on a search. As soon as our merchant sells his tea house or his cafe, Bağ-Kur only pays the insurance, taxes and various debts. “Most of our merchants sell their materials or abandon them to pay off their accumulated rental debts.”