Rp14 Thousand Cooking Oil At Alfamart Sold Out For Sale By Mothers, Sub-conglomerate Djoko Susanto: Want To Fry What Do You Buy In Bulk?

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JAKARTA - The stock or supply of cooking oil at modern retailers, such as Alfamart, is experiencing a void. This condition occurred after the government imposed a one-price cooking oil policy of Rp. 14,000 per liter. This is because the public is very enthusiastic about welcoming the policy, because previously oil prices had soared since the end of 2021.

Alfamart's Corporate Affairs Director, Solihin, spoke about the vacancy in the supply of cooking oil in this retail company owned by conglomerate Djoko Susanto. According to him, the stock in the store should be sufficient for 2 weeks if people buy properly. However, due to panic buying or excessive shopping, the supplies at the store ran out.

Solihin also appealed to the public to buy according to their needs. This is because cooking oil at a price of Rp. 14 thousand is valid for up to 6 months and the supply is guaranteed by the government. He also questioned why people buy too much cooking oil.

"The stock is sufficient. That's why the public is advised not to panic. Don't panic. What do you want to fry, buy a lot. Once again, I make sure the stock is sufficient as long as people don't over-buy. ," he told VOI, Thursday, January 20.

Furthermore, Solihin said that currently the supply of cooking oil in Alfamart's warehouses is safe. However, it will take time to get to the shops.

"Some are per day, some are every 2 days, some are far away per week. So it really depends on the region. Not all goods are sent per day," he said.

According to him, any amount of stock in the warehouse will not be enough if people buy it excessively. Therefore, Solihin asked the public not to panic.

"There is still (stock), but once again, no matter how much stock there is, all of them, if people buy in droves, will run out," he said.

Empty cooking oil stock in modern retail

On the second day, the one-price cooking oil policy took effect, in a number of modern hotels, namely Indomaret, Pesanggrahan 2 area, West Jakarta, the stock of cooking oil was empty.

One employee said that buyers, who were dominated by mothers, were very enthusiastic about the policy. Thus, the stock in the store sold out within 2 hours, on the first day.

"It's been out since yesterday. There's not a lot of stock, because there's stock in the store. Usually the goods come back every 2 days. But I don't know if the oil is there or not, I'll come back later," he told VOI, Thursday, January 20.

Shifting towards Kreo, the supply of cooking oil was exhausted. Based on the statement of the employee who did not want to be named, since this morning 50 pcs of cooking oil have been sold.

"The cooking oil ran out. Just opened it this morning, the mothers lined up, there were 50 pcs. Yesterday (on the first day, there were also more who bought approximately 100 pcs. Don't know when it will come in again, but usually every 2 days the goods come in, " he said.

One of the buyers, Siti (50) said that since this morning she had been around the Kreo area looking for cooking oil at modern retailers, but had not found it.

"I've been looking for Indomaret since this morning, all of them are empty. I've been looking around for nothing. Because yesterday everyone was fighting over," said Siti.