The minister says he trusts large retailers to take over from the markets and help French farmers.
Food markets have been closed since Tuesday March 24 since the tightening of containment due to the epidemic of coronavirus. Some may remain open by decision of the prefect. To allow the French to do their shopping and to help farmers, Bruno Le Maire, Minister of the Economy and Finance, “calls on all the major distributors, who have played the game perfectly since the start of this crisis, to make a new effort. Stock up on French products!”
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“Large retailers have been exemplary in this crisis to guarantee security of supply for the French”. The Minister trusts: “I know they [les grandes enseignes] will do so, they stand together in this crisis “. He asks them to buy “milk, fruit, vegetables, meat or fish, so that our farmers are not penalized.”
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