Michel-Edouard Leclerc assures it: the “very competitive” companies of the large distribution can “become united in front of a common enemy”, the coronavirus in this case. Witness this gesture of the Musketeers group which illustrates “in a very concrete way this spirit of mutual aid”, explains the CEO of Leclerc on his blog.
Go back. At the beginning of March, Emmanuel Macron announced the requisition of the masks by the State, forcing the signs of the large distribution, like the other companies, to be separated from their reserves. “No one has discussed the priority for nursing staff,” said Michel-Edouard Leclerc. A few days later, on March 20, the government changed its tune and finally authorized the large retailers to restock. “Patatras, at the same time the E.Leclerc were drying up their source with a deadline to be filled before the 11 million masks ordered arrived,” recalls the CEO of the brand.
It is under these conditions that the group of Musketeers decided to advance “some 500,000 masks which have just arrived in the E.Leclerc warehouses”, still indicates Michel-Edouard Leclerc, promising that “the E.Leclerc will return the lift the next few days. ”
“Allies against the coronavirus”
“I appreciated: the proposal and the rapid realization. Like what, hyper independent groups, very competitive in the field still know how to come together to come together. A great story”, continues Michel-Edouard Leclerc who welcomes “solidarity of the independents”.
According to him, “it is because their history, their philosophy and the DNA of their leaders multiply the commonalities that Intermarché and the E.Leclerc find themselves this week allies against the Coronavirus”.
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