STORY: Delicacies – not only, but also – have Feinkost Rogacki in Berlin in stock for the festival. On Christmas Eve, people were there early in the morning to pick up pre-ordered groceries and to buy one or the other urgently needed ingredient for Christmas dinner. Despite the crisis, inflation and war, people buy. But different, as plant manager Alexander Kreutzmann knows: “It used to be more mass, this year calculations are being made more precisely and money is being looked at a bit more closely. But as I said, we are hopeful that Christmas business will be good again this year. How It’s next year, that’s all in the stars.” What are these customers saying? Do you shop differently? “Well, the children aren’t there for once. That’s different. And yes, of course you have to look a little at what’s possible and what’s not. Luckily it’s possible.” “Actually, as always. Well, as always, we meet in the family and have the traditional food. Sausages, potato salad, actually after Corona, everyone somehow gets together again. Hopefully nobody has Corona either. We test each other beforehand.” Oh yes, Corona, that still exists. Once again Alexander Kreutzmann. “The amount is already noticeable, it has become much less and I mean, we are now in the third year. First there was Corona, now unfortunately there is the war, inflation, etc.. Of course, that eats up big notches for many, many people into the accounts but nonetheless we’re hopeful so far. Yesterday was a good day, today – it’s 8:12 now – and I think there’s a little more to come.” There’s more to come. On Saturday, customers had until 2 p.m. to satisfy their last culinary needs. Well then, Happy Holidays.