ROME (ITALPRESS) – There are almost one hundred and forty thousand bars, restaurants, pizzerias and farmhouses with outdoor catering activities present in the yellow regions where outside table service has returned but not that at the internal counter for bars. This is what emerges from Coldiretti’s analysis on the effects of the entry into force of the anti-Covid decree from 26 April with the new color map that provides for an Italy in yellow with 46.6 million Italians in yellow areas (78% of total) and only 5 regions in orange (Basilicata, Calabria, Puglia, Sicily and Valle d’Aosta) and one in red (Sardinia) where dining at the table is prohibited. “Allowing the reopening of restaurants for lunch and dinner for those with outdoor space concerns – estimates Coldiretti – on average about half of the catering services present with the outdoor seats of the premises which are, however, much less than those at The greatest difficulties are recorded in urban centers squeezed between traffic and asphalt while in the countryside we are organizing according to Campagna Amica to offer the guests of the agritourisms the opportunity to dine under the olive groves in the middle of the budding vineyards or in the vegetable garden with the possibility of harvesting the vegetables directly “. “What worries everyone is instead the limit set for the curfew at 22 because – explains Coldiretti – the farmhouses are located in rural areas and it takes time to reach them from the cities”. Reopenings are indicated as a priority by almost one in three Italians (30%) who wish to return to pubs, restaurants and farmhouses to spend convivial moments at the table with relatives and friends, according to a survey conducted online on the website www.coldiretti.it . A measure expected after months of lockdown that have dominated the Italians of an important component of society and heavily cut the incomes of operators with a fall in the turnover of catering by 42% in 2020. A benefit that cascades over the entire supply chain with 1.1 million tons of unsold food and wine since the start of the pandemic. “It is estimated that 330 thousand tons of beef, 270 thousand tons of fish and seafood and about 220 million bottles of wine – underlines Coldiretti – have never arrived in the last year on the tables of local forced to an exhausting stop and go. without the possibility of planning purchases even for highly perishable products. To the economic and occupational damage is added the risk of extinction for over 5 thousand local food and wine specialties, from cheeses to cured meats to sweets, due to the lack of market outlets for ‘absence of tourists and the closure of restaurants and farmhouses where the traditions from the fields to the table have been handed down for centuries. Altogether 70 thousand food industries and 740 thousand farms along the supply chain are involved in the catering business, committed to guaranteeing supplies for a total of 3.6 million jobs. It is a question of defending the country’s primary wealth with the national agri-food chain which – concludes Coldiretti – is worth 538 billion, equal to 25% of the national GDP, but is also a record company for quality, safety and variety at an international level “. (ITALPRESS). sat / com 26-Apr-21 18:08
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