On March 6, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. In Vitebsk, the flower shops of the state enterprise "Zelenkhoz" will operate on an extended schedule on March 7-8, the director of the enterprise Irina Alferonok told a BELTA correspondent. On these days, men will be able to buy flowers for their loved ones from 8 am until 10 pm. Snow-white callas, delicate freesias, roses of various color palettes, tulips, chrysanthemums, and other flowers will not leave women indifferent. "The range of flowers will be replenished as needed. Specifically for the holiday, "Zelenkhoz" plans to supply about 6 thousand tulips, 7 thousand freesias, 20 thousand roses, and 4 thousand chrysanthemums to the retail network, which is several times more compared to normal days," noted Irina Alferonok, adding that on non-holiday days, the weekly sale of roses, for example, is 3-3.5 thousand flowers. The state enterprise "Zelenkhoz" was established on January 2 of the current year by merging the state enterprise "Vitebsk Zelenstroy" and KUSKhP "Vesna". In January, over 29 thousand flowers were grown for Br178.9 million. The production volume for this period increased 2.6 times to Br1.6 billion. Labor productivity was 104.6%, the energy saving indicator was minus 21.2% with a target of minus 8%. The company's own retail network includes eight stores. The average number of employees is 355 people. As noted in the Department of Trade and Services of the Vitebsk City Executive Committee, private enterprises in Vitebsk specializing in flower trade have not coordinated an extended work schedule for the holidays with the city executive committee. -0-

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