Wholesale green market for private sector opens in Santiago de Cuba

SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba, Jan 4 (acn) The Merca-Hostal, created for the wholesale of agricultural products to the private sector, belonging to Frutas Selectas Santiago Entrepreneurial Base Unit (UEB by its Spanish acronym), its sole provider, has been well welcomed in this city.

First of the two of its kind in the country, it is located in Céspedes Avenue and Independencia Streets, with a variety of vegetables, grains, meat, citrus, fruits and others.
The owners of hostels, restaurants and cafes can know on an electronic board the offer and prices.
Ángel Onel López, director of the aforementioned UEB, told ACN that on average there are 35 and 40 products and highlighted the acceptance of customers for the quality and possibility to choose what they are going to buy.
Despite the levels of satisfaction, there are criteria such as the necessity of the presence of everything the Ministry of Agriculture produces in the porcine, poultry and beekeeping activities.
In Remedios, province of Villa Clara, there is the other unit of this type in the country, while there are four others under construction.