After Indomaret, Now It Is Alfamart Manager's Turn To Clarify Findings Of Hoarding Cooking Oil At One Of Its Outlets In Medan

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JAKARTA - Alfamart manager PT Sumber Alfaria Trijaya Tbk (AMRT) has a story behind the discovery of a pile of cooking oil in one of its outlets during an inspection by the North Sumatra Police and the Food Task Force in Deli Serdang, Medan.

Sumber Alfaria Corporate Secretary Tomin Widian revealed that initially Alfamart outlets received 2,091 cartons of Parveen brand cooking oil on February 15. However, due to the problem of an invoice error, administratively it was not possible to input the receipt of goods in a system at the Alfamart Deli Serdang Distribution Center, Medan.

Then, said Tomin, after a revision was made by the distributor, on Wednesday, February 16, it was successful to input the computer data of the Alfamart Medan Distribution Center so that the delivery process to stores could begin.

"The distribution of the cooking oil is all processed in stages to all shops in the Medan city area with an allocation of 3 cartons per store, delivery until February 17 at 11:00 am to reach 70 percent of the finished goods sent to the store," said Tomin in his statement as quoted on Tuesday 22 February.

At that time, Tomin received news of an inspection by the North Sumatra Police and the Food Task Force. Because the delivery process is still running, the stock at the Distribution Center has not been fully allocated to the store, 30 percent of the total stock of goods received is still available.

The authorities, in this case those who carry out inspections, urge the immediate distribution of the stock of cooking oil to shops in the hope that it will be immediately utilized by the public. Where the company has distributed the oil stock to the Medan City area store and its surroundings

"On Friday, February 18, all of the cooking oil in the Distribution Center has been sent to stores in the city of Medan and its surroundings," said Tomin.

With the distribution of oil stocks from the Distribution Center to shops, there is no longer any issue of stockpiling cooking oil. "The issue that occurred was because when the inspection was carried out, the distribution process to shops had not been 100 percent implemented," added Tomin.

In connection with this issue, Tomin also said that on February 21 his party had attended a coordination meeting in order to support the availability of cooking oil and anticipate the scarcity and increase in prices of basic commodities, especially cooking oil, in North Sumatra. The coordination meeting was attended by the authorities, retailers, manufacturers and distributors.

On this occasion, the Company said it would play an active role in being able to work together with various parties to ensure the availability of cooking oil for the community can be fulfilled.

"The company is also always committed to complying with all government regulations and has no interest in stockpiling basic food ingredients in the Distribution Center, including cooking oil which is currently needed by the community. Also, the Company and the Indonesian Retail Entrepreneurs Association (Aprindo) continue to coordinate with the Ministry of Trade RI, producers and distributors to be able to meet the needs of the community," said Tomin.

In addition, Tomin also ensures that all employees in the Distribution Center immediately distribute cooking oil to stores quickly, without delaying or slowing down distribution.

Likewise for stores, so that the stock of cooking oil that has been received from the Distribution Center can be processed quickly, both in receiving the system at the store and displaying it in the store sales area.