Entrepreneurs in the supermarket sector show concern

The research of confidence of Supermarkets do Estado de São Paulo (PCS) showed that entrepreneurs in the industry are concerned about the future, after the Teamsters ' strike and its offshoots, as the price of shipping. Only 22% showed overall optimism (current and future economic environment) in June, a drop of 16 percentage points compared to may. With that, the pessimism has increased from 17% to 26%. "Reflections on the future expectations of the supermarket sector Sao Paulo retailers were very strong and virtually immediate. Because of this, the first half, showing a slow recovery, but relevant, ends in a bad way, "says Thiago Berka, Economist at São Paulo supermarket Association (Apas). Another point of concern of this research was the current optimism with supermarket sales, which was totally null, falling to 0%, as well as the current intention of the supermarket owners to hire more employees. "The result of this research, in addition to alarming, demonstrates how was harsh, in the short term, the truck drivers ' strike that vine sector having a relatively good year, with positive sales, but stopped all this optimism with climbing sales generating losses "financial Berka. In jobs, the optimism of the future contracts also down, falling 30 percentage points from one month to another, what is worrying especially for younger people, who seek their first job. "The food retailers have, among all allowed, 18% as job vacancies. In other words, due to the be port of entry into the labour market, young people can be the hardest hit in pós-greve ", says the Chief Economist of Apas.