Sjaak and Marion are retiring and this entrepreneur takes over the fish business

We could always read super tender herring and fried gourmet food without bones on the plates and the facade of the Knoester fishmonger in Meerzicht. After 45 years it is time for Sjaak and Marion Knoester to retire. The fish store has been taken over by another well-known entrepreneur since 2 May.

The entrepreneurial couple started their own fishing business in 1977. Back then, the store was still a wooden kiosk. In the 1980s, Sjaak and Marion were allowed to build a shop on the square opposite the shopping center. To this day you can still get fresh fish there.

Small supermarket

Sjaak and Marion hoped that their son would take over the fishmonger and carry on the long-standing family tradition. He chose to study, so a successor had to be found. The new owner of the fish shop is now Alaa Sarhan. This entrepreneur already has a small supermarket in the indoor shopping center and has recently started to delve into the world of fish.

You can continue to meet Sjaak and Marion in Zoetermeer. For almost 45 years they have traveled up and down from their hometown of Scheveningen to our city every day. They have been living in De Leyens for a few months now. Incidentally, you can regularly encounter them in the fish shop. They help the new owner with all the tricks of the trade and sometimes work in the store. “But we no longer do cleaning at the end of the day,” says Sjaak. Alaa can do that herself.”