Today is the Lantern Festival, and it coincides with Friday, and buying a tangyuan after work has become a festive way for many citizens. On February 26, the reporter learned from some supermarkets in Guangzhou that the stock of this year's Lantern Festival is more than 10 times that of usual, and the taste of Internet celebrity tangyuan has been added, and some tangyuan categories have a 20% or even 30% discount promotion price.
In the Small Fresh Station Guigang store, several kinds of tangyuan and dumplings are undergoing big promotions, three full simple tangyuan, dumplings special price of 5.9 yuan / bag (original price of 7.9 yuan / bag), Wan Chai crystal tangyuan special price of 15.8 yuan / bag (original price of 20.8 yuan / bag)......
"Tangyuan and dumplings are very popular, we start to do promotions from the thirteenth day of the first month, many brands are playing special prices, of course, the sales volume is higher if the cost performance is high." Store manager Huang Xiang told reporters. In order to cope with pre-holiday purchases, the store has been stocking up on dumplings and dumplings since the 10th day of the first lunar month, and the stock volume is 8-10 times that of the usual quantity. "Tangyuan has been selling well since the eleventh day of the first month, and from the eleventh day of the first month to last night, nearly 700 packs have been sold, and today's sales are also very good." Huang Xiang said.
"I'm definitely going to eat tangyuan tonight, my children like this kind of colorful tangyuan mixed with multiple flavors, there is a green matcha flavor, pink taro flavor, yellow peanut flavor, black sesame flavor, etc., it is also very suitable for taking pictures and sending circles of friends." Miss Yang, a citizen, said that her family eats tangyuan every year during the Lantern Festival, and used to buy traditional sesame flavor and peanut flavor, but this year she chose a more diversified flavor of colorful tangyuan.
According to the relevant person in charge of Aunt Qian, in order to meet the consumption needs of young people, this year's Lantern Festival has increased by 7 kinds of tangyuan compared with last year, including two Ningbo net red tangyuan, two wan chai pier crystal tangyuan, and 3 rhubarb rice tangyuan. Lantern Festival, the demand for tangyuan increased, this year's aunt Qian is expected to stock more than 200,000 packs, which is 20 times the usual. "In the past few days, the sales of tangyuan have risen sharply, and this year it is more popular with the public, such as missing rhubarb rice dumplings, missing small tangyuan combinations, Wan Chai pier poinsettia sticky tangyuan, sanquan rhubarb rice black sesame dumplings and so on." The person in charge said. In terms of sales prices, this year's tangyuan has declined compared with the 2020 Lantern Festival, and similar goods are 15% to 20% cheaper than usual.
Guangzhou Daily all-media text reporter Liu Chunlin
Guangzhou Daily all-media photo reporter Gao Hetao
Guangzhou Daily all-media editor Li Fenghe