Blurring: combining hospitality and retail/service industries
A hairdresser serving a glass of wine or a restaurant selling its own olive oil. These are just a few examples of blurring. Blurring involves combining and blurring different sectors. In practice, this blurring often concerns the serving and/or sale of alcohol in a hybrid form of retail and/or service provision and catering.
Explanation in pictures
Are you considering developing business activities that combine different sectors? Then read the attached letter to find out what you should pay attention to and view the explanation on the subject of blurring. The municipality encourages new initiatives. These must of course fit within the laws and regulations. A bill on the subject of blurring was recently submitted to the House of Representatives. So something may change, but for now we assume the currently applicable rules in the attached letter.