"It would have been much worse if it had happened at the end of this week”

A major power outage murder Spain and Portugal on Monday afternoon , abruptly shutting down daily activities and creating widespread disruptions in logistics , communications , and operation . The impingement on the peak businesses ? Verdnatura , the largest flower middleman in both land , reports that it has oversee to maintain operation with minimal hurly burly , thanks to its generators and solar panel . However , smaller wholesalers and unprepared businesses suffered more serious disruptions . " And with Mother ’s Day ahead , it ’s not the best timing , but it would have been much worse if it had pass off at the oddment of this workweek , " says Paco Rico Martínez , Communication and Marketing Manager at Verdnatura .

For Verdnatura , the outage meant regroup their total logistics meshwork . " As there was no internet connector or phone line working , the lack of communicating made it unacceptable for agencies and logistics companionship to hit their drivers . Many could n’t repay to their home bases , " he says .

Despite the challenge , Rico confirm that all orders left their facilities on time yesterday . Although some delays were account today due to dealings chaos in some city , he have a bun in the oven to complete all deliveries by the remnant of the 24-hour interval or tomorrow , with only minor hold .

Cooling may be another emergence , but harmonise to Rico , it mainly affect smaller wholesaler and unprepared business . " We stave off these booby trap by relying on our own backup top executive system , including industrial generator and a massive solar regalia covering more than 15,000 square meters . We ’ve keep our deftness fully powered throughout the crisis . "

And what about the growers and their nursery ? " As far as I know , greenhouses here in Spain were mostly unaffected due to built - in emergency gas - powered generator and the relatively short duration of the outage . Additionally , the mild southern Spanish mood aid prevent spoilage . "

Although peak dispatch from South America were briefly delayed , Rico expects to dissolve those issuing today .

According to him , it could have been much big if it had happen at the end of the week . " Mother ’s Day is an crucial flowered holiday in both Portugal and Spain . We had Sant Jordi last week , which is important in the main in Catalonia , but Mother ’s Day is much big . Luckily , there ’s still time to recover and fulfil all the demand . "

All in all , Rico emphasize that while the situation was disruptive , it pass at a manageable clock time . " For us , it was n’t very serious overall , but we ’re keeping our fingers crossed , " he adds with a paying attention smiling .

For more entropy : Paco Rico MartinezVerdnaturaEmail:[email protected]+34637835595www.verdnatura.es