Flower vendors outside the Manila North Cemetery still grappled with sales even as more visitors flocked to the cemetery on Friday, on the eve of All Saints' Day. Several flower stalls were lined up with sellers enticing potential buyers. But even so, several vendors struggle to keep up with sales.
Jocel Leonor, who has been a vendor every Undas for nine years already, has only sold P500 worth of flowers a few hours after their shop opened on Friday. The 29-year-old vendor shared that they only earned P1,200 on Thursday, which she said was just enough to feed their family, as they have four children.
"We had better sales last year because the situation was not that strict," she told Inqurier.net in Filipino. She shared that their flowers are sourced from Dangwa, a fresh flower market in Sampaloc, Manila.
But what will happen if they can't sell all their flowers? She answered: "We will try to sell them at a much lower price."
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