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Shelves will stocked for Idul Fitri, say vendors
Seasonal business: Several vendors put square pouches of young woven coconut leaves into a plastic sack at the Palmerah Market in Central Jakarta on Friday
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Seasonal business: Several vendors put square pouches of young woven coconut leaves into a plastic sack at the Palmerah Market in Central Jakarta on Friday. A number of coconut vendors shifted their activities to weave the leaves into the square pouches and sell them on the eve the Idul Fitri holiday. Muslim families buy the square pouches to make ketupat (rice cakes boiled in the plaited coconut leaves) to be served during the Idul Fitri celebration. (JP/P.J. Leo) (rice cakes boiled in the plaited coconut leaves) to be served during the Idul Fitri celebration. (JP/P.J. Leo)
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span class="inline inline-none">Seasonal business: Several vendors put square pouches of young woven coconut leaves into a plastic sack at the Palmerah Market in Central Jakarta on Friday. A number of coconut vendors shifted their activities to weave the leaves into the square pouches and sell them on the eve the Idul Fitri holiday. Muslim families buy the square pouches to make ketupat (rice cakes boiled in the plaited coconut leaves) to be served during the Idul Fitri celebration. (JP/P.J. Leo)
During Idul Fitri, housewives across Jakarta need not worry about the supply of staple foods, as such commodities will be easily available, according to food sellers.
Food seller Stefanie Anggi, 27, said people should not worry about shopping for food during the holiday period as she, along with other sellers, would only close her stall on the first two days of the holiday.
She said she still had a sufficient stock of staple foods at her stall located on the first floor of Palmerah Market, Central Jakarta.
When Idul Fitri began, she said her food suppliers usually stopped supplying on the first days of the period but she added that she did not fear she would run out of stock.
If her stock started to decrease, she said she would call her suppliers immediately, with the latter usually providing additional supplies as soon as possible.
'Calling my suppliers is not hard to do. In a few hours, they come to my stall to supply the goods I request,' Anggi told The Jakarta Post on Wednesday.
She said suppliers from Senen Market in Central Jakarta usually supplied cooking spices.
Meanwhile, agents from Tanah Abang Market in Central Jakarta supplied cooking oil and rice stocks.
Anggi said based on her experience, most people looked for rice and cooking oil during Idul Fitri.
However, during Ramadhan, egg and flour were more in demand, among other commodities.
'Many look for egg and flour because they usually make crackers and cakes during this period [the fasting month],' she said.
She added that although the price of egg increased to Rp 20,000 (US$1.73) per kilogram from Rp 19,000, such a hike did not see a decrease in demand.
Like Anggi, Hartoyo, 54, a butcher at the same market, said people did not need to worry about looking for meat during Idul Fitri.
At traditional markets, he said, people could easily find butchers open for business.
However, the number of butchers open during Idul Fitri would be less than during Ramadhan.
