I’m jumping into the Public Register!

By: Trademagazin editor Date: 2021. 02. 15. 11:23

The compilation of the origo shows why people “jumped down” to Public Shop (Közért) reviewing the history of a store network intertwined with the period of socialism, the appearance and operation of which was a sensation in domestic retail at the time.

Közért store in 1949, source: Fortepan / Kovács Márton Ernő

Initially, rural stores were also under the company, but these were soon separated from the Public Shops. On the other hand, the number of public shops in Budapest increased rapidly, and the range of products sold in the network of 50 stores, which initially sold only meat and butcher’s goods, gradually expanded. (origo)