Islamabad
As the day of Independence and Eid-ul-Azha approaching fast, citizens all across the country have started flocking to the ‘Bakery shops’ to place advance orders for ‘Eid sweets’ and ‘special tricolor cakes to celebrate both the festivals.
The bakery business has been boosted up due to a high demand of sweets and cakes ahead of two festivals. According to point of view of shopkeepers, bakery business has boomed by 90 to 100 percent with citizens buying large quantities of sweets and flag color cakes for celebrations at home and as gift for others.
They also claimed that they would offer special discounted rates in celebration of Independence Day. “It is good that food outlets specially bakeries are taking part in upcoming festivals by offering discounted meals and tricolor decorated cakes,” said a young girl Haniyyah Umair . “Buying sweets and green and white flag cakes for Independence Day is simply obligatory and we have already placed orders to celebrate Azadi festival with full zeal”, said a customer Ahmad Mukhtar. Eid gives best opportunity to the sweet sellers to earn good business, as the sale of different varieties of sweets multiplies when people start exchanging sweets with greetings, said a citizen Shahid Arsalan.—APP
