Vendors say ‘things brown”

Some City vendors are saying that things are brown at this usually busy Christmas time.
Still, they expect that by next week, things will pick up for them as the count down to Christmas begins.
 “Everyone in town shopping so things slow right now. I’ve sold mostly green peas so far but people are mostly asking the prices and walking away,” said Patsy Felicien, who operates along Fairchild Street.
Another Fairchild Street vendor, who requested anonymity said: “Things rough, people are not buying food but are going for chairs, stoves and curtains. How can that work? You have to buy food!”
Joseph Selman said peas and guinea corn flour were the most popular items but he was expecting more sales by Wednesday.
The situation was bleak in the Probyn Street temporary market where vendors said they did not have much sales regardless of what time of the year it was.
In the Cheapside Barbados Association of Retailers, Vendors and Entrepreneurs market, vice president Erskine Forde reported good sales in sorrel; lettuce; cucumbers and beans but said things were still slow overall.