The 2023 Volta Trade and Investment Fair has recorded an increase in number of food vendors as compared to the 2021 event.
The increase, however, is not negatively affecting sales despite slow purchases on some days.
The Ghana News Agency’s (GNA) checks showed that pork sellers and fufu joints were in a comfortable lead.
Mr Boniface Agolma of Elvic Khebab City said they were located nationwide and participated in Fairs.
He said the rainfall during the occasion affected their activity leading to low sales, adding that they could barely sell 10 pounds of meat, compared to the previous year’s event where 40 pounds of meat could be sold in a day.
Mr Agolma said another challenge was the untimely set up of the venue.
Madam Doris Akafia of the Evergreen Gardens, another food joint in Ho said sales had been a bit slow but was hopeful things would pick up.
She said she would have to make accounts at the end of the Fair to determine a loss or gain, which will inform her decision to register for the next Fair.
The story of Madam Felicia Ankrah of Baby’s Chops Pork and Gizzard was not different from that of the others and said sales had been on and off coupled with the rains.
Madam Ankrah said she thought the increase in the number of food vendors could be due to more people beginning to understand the concept of business.
