TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – The most popular news on Sunday night, February 12, 2023, starts with the story of a market trader who gives reasons why he and other market traders don’t want to sell Minyakita.
Followed by that, the Head of the National Food Agency (Bapanas) Arief Prasetyo Adi opened his voice about the arrest of seven suspects for mixing and repacking Bulog rice by the Banten Police Food Task Force on Friday, February 10.
Next, the Coordinator of the Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) Agus Sunaryanto expressed his astonishment at the attitude of the Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati who was adamant that she did not want to release to the public the results of the audit of the BPJS Kesehatan National Health Insurance (JKN) program.
Furthermore, the National Food Agency (Bapanas) asked Bulog to distribute Oilita, the Main Director of Perum Bulog Budi Waseso alias Buwas responded to the request.
Lastly, Multiply is one of ecommerce closed due to financial difficulties. So, what e-commerce companies used to do business in Indonesia and eventually had to close due to intense competition?
The five news stories accessed the most by readers of the Tempo.co Economy and Business channel. The following is a summary of the five trending news:
1. Story of a Market Trader, Reluctant to Sell Minyakita Because Distributors Sell Bundling with Products that Don’t Sell
Ahmad, 36 years old, a trader at Pasar Ceger, South Tangerang, is reluctant to sell simple packaged cooking oil with the Minyakita brand. The reason, he said, is that Oilita distributors apply conditional purchases in the form of packages or bundling with other products that don’t sell well in the market. As a result, Minyakita is scarce in the market.
“So the distributors actually have stock. But, you have to buy it with other goods that are not selling well, a kind of instant coconut milk, soap, basically brands that don’t sell well,” he said when met by Tempo at his kiosk in Pasar Ceger, South Tangerang on Sunday, 12 February 2023 .
He said the bundling system cost him money. This is because profits from the sale of Minyakita are being held up because the goods in the bundling have not yet been sold.
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