Release your thirst after fasting with watermelon
During the month of Ramadhan in the city of Bengkulu, the fruit traders claimed the fruit of the most sought after by buyers is the watermelon.
“The fruit of watermelon sought the buyer can release your thirst after fasting,” said the fruit traders in the region said the ground breaking city of Bengkulu, Yanto, Sunday. He usually took the fruit from the distributor as much as half a ton, but the many demands on a watermelon cause he had to prepare a stock of up to one ton each week.
“If an ordinary day just a half-ton over the past two weeks,” he said. He confessed to the many demands on a watermelon that he can pocket the profits reaching millions. The fruit was sold at Rp5.000 per kilogram and the number of buyers jumped on fasting a week after it was back to normal.
“Buyers will increasingly jump on the three days before Lebaran, so I can get a turnover of up to three times,” he said. Despite the increasing number of buyers during the month of Ramdhan, but he admitted to not increase the price it sells fruit.
“Most buyers are my loyal customers so there’s no price increase,” he said. Buyers are usually reduced if the weather is cloudy or rainy. Beside watermelon, citrus fruit and litchi also becomes the target of most buyers during the month of fasting. Marissa, a fruit merchant in the region said the ground breaking watermelons that he sold during the month of ramadhan purchased with capital of Lampung Rp3.750 per kilogram and sold at Rp5.000 can provide up to three-fold advantage.
