“It’s a very bad thing,” says Westzaner Maarten Hos. He sees his local super vomar in Westzaan after barely six months. The building was taken over from Coop Compact and rebuilt at the end of last year, but the store is already closing its doors again.
The news falls down the wrong way with many residents. “I think they will give up quickly after six months. I think that is a bit weak,” says local resident Richard van den Oever when he comes for the last time for groceries. Buurtsupers are increasingly closing, with often the reason that fewer and fewer people are doing their shopping At small supermarkets.
Challenge for the elderly
In Westzaan there is only one supermarket left in the village, but it is on the south side of Westzaan. “That is three kilometers away. Especially for the oldies difficult, because it is no longer a while for a cookie when you get a visit. That will not work anymore,” says Van den Oever.
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