NARRATIVE – The public authorities are preparing to extend the possibility of widely using these titles in supermarkets. This is an additional defeat for restaurateurs, faced with distributors who increasingly capture the “lunch break” of employees. To the point of worrying the issuers.
Thierry Marx, the most publicized star chef in France, is a fervent follower of meditation and Zen Buddhism. But he is also a black belt in judo and president of the Union of Hotel Trades and Industries (Umih), the first union of restaurateurs in France. Allowing the French, since 2022, to do their food shopping in supermarkets using their meal vouchers is throwing them off their hinges. And don a new costume: that of defender of lunch at the restaurant with his restaurant title.
“Depriving restaurateurs of income for the benefit of mass distribution is a scandal! s’agace Thierry Marx. Every day, around twenty establishments close. We will not solve a purchasing power problem in France by destroying jobs in our sector for the benefit of mass distribution.».
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Restaurateurs are used to complaining
For several weeks, restaurateurs have not taken off against distributors like Carrefour, Auchan and Leclerc. They have a habit of complaining. But generally, it is against the issuers of meal vouchers, who charge them very high commissions. This time, they loudly accuse mass distribution of unfairly depriving them of an increasingly large share of these titles.
With this offensive, the objective is clear…
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