Too small plums go like hot cakes Inside

With the car and on the bike, plum hunters came from all over the region to the fruit company of Kees Hamelink in the Zeeland Wemeldinge. Her sisters were standing in the window of prunes, they had reserved 4000 kilos to sell in small quantities. "All the prunes did not go away and we finally sold about 1,200 pounds," says Annemiek

. Nevertheless, Annemiek can call her impulsive call to help a success. "Save Kees Hamelink's plums" she wrote last week with the explanation on too small plums on Facebook. "We are overwhelmed by all the reactions," she says now. "The media massively picked up and from all over the country there were people who were ready to take 500 kilograms of plums." For example, producer Kees' plums are now at the Marqt supermarket. And enthusiastic groups started working on jam.

"We are very happy with all this attention," says Annemiek. "There are now rumors that things need to change, that supermarkets need to use less stringent rules."

Not all plums have been sold yet. There are still thousands of pounds in Hamelink on the trees. Annemiek: "Fortunately, the season lasts a few weeks, Kees makes no losses on all the plums we sell.We are always very much helped by companies that want to buy a jackpot."

Annemiek first planned to deliver all these big orders. "But after two deliveries, I discovered that it was a job." For logistics, we will now work together with a professional company. "