Martine Joly: “It really does a lot for our territory”
The information was officially disclosed this Tuesday morning during the CSE in the Lille region, but it reached the ears of Martine Joly, mayor of Bar-le-Duc and president of the Meuse Grand Sud agglomeration community through the management from the Auchan group this Monday afternoon: “I’m a little devastated to tell the truth. This really does a lot for our territory in a short time, especially after Bergère de France. It’s really brutal, even though we have known for some time the difficulties of the brand with a serious reduction in staff numbers for four to five years…”
Having informed her deputies during a meeting this Monday evening, Martine Joly and her teams are not giving up: “We are already looking at how we are going to roll up our sleeves to be as close as possible to employees during these four months when we are going on search for a buyer. And we immediately put ourselves in contact with people who might be interested in taking over the brand. »
A very bad time for the Barisian large-scale distribution, barely a year after the passage of Casino into the fold of Intermarché on Boulevard de la Rochelle: “In this case, there had certainly been some voluntary retirements, but almost all the employees had been taken back…”
The Bar-le-Duc area, however, remains well connected with the presence of the Leclerc, Intermarché, Aldi, Lidl, Carrefour Market, Proxi Marché and other local grocery stores…
Lionel Madella
France
