Florin Zrt.’s 2022 sales statistics are awarning
According to the signs, people seem to have given up and abandoned their practices to protect themselves from diseases. This is reflected in the disease numbers, but also in the circulation of disinfectants. What’s more, we are now at the point where the turnover of disinfectants has decreased even compared to the sales figures of the year before the coronavirus – the turnover data of the largest household chemical company in Hungary, Florin Zrt., show.
The data and the feedback also show that people pay much less attention to the protection and prevention of diseases than before. This is also clearly indicated by the data of the National Center for Public Health. According to an estimate based on the reports of doctors participating in the monitoring service, it can be established that based on the latest data from December 5-11, 239,500 people in the country consulted a doctor with symptoms of an acute respiratory infection. At the same time last year, this number was around 125,000. The decrease in the cautious attitude can also be seen in previous data.
This attitude is precisely reflected in the data of the largest household chemical company in Hungary, Florin Zrt., regarding the purchase of disinfectants. We are now at a point where the number of products sold will not even reach 2019 – the last year before the coronavirus. Based on the number of products sold this year, the drop is about 17% compared to three years ago. Of course, the demand for certain products changed to a different degree. For example, sales of the 50 ml BradoLife hand sanitizer gel decreased by around 20%, while the demand for the 500 ml package decreased by only around 5%.
“Today we clearly pay less attention to the disinfection of our hands and the surfaces around us than in the first periods of the coronavirus. At the same time, this form of defense would be important to avoid the waves intensifying. Moreover, we must not forget that, in addition to Covid, countless temporary and permanent viruses and bacteria breed around us, against which it is important to protect ourselves properly. It is clear from the sales numbers that people no longer pay enough attention to proper hand and surface disinfection. Thus, the goal is definitely to increase the awareness of our customers in 2023 and to further develop our product portfolio so that the packaging and products that best suit the needs are available,” said Attila Barta, the company manager of Florin Zrt.
The feedback from family doctors to the company also shows that people have lost their dedication in this field. They reported that more people are reporting illnesses than last year.
Both they and the company’s experts regularly note that it would be important to pay attention to this because the coronavirus has not disappeared, but many diseases are present and getting stronger in these weeks. From the indications of general practitioners, it is clear that the flu is now much more common among patients than in recent years.
