“We worry“. “At the store, discussions revolve around the same subject” for two days, says Laurent Milazzo, the central delegate of the CFDT at Auchan in Montélimar (formerly Casino). More than 2,000 jobs will be cut in France, management announced this Tuesday, November 5. That represents 5% of the workforce. The stores in Drôme and Ardèche are not affected by the social plan but “the employees in Montélimar are not reassured, explains the union delegate, since today what is happening in other Auchan stores could well happen in the near future. The future is uncertain. We relive what we suffered at Casino a few years ago. The plans they make to save money are not good“. There is an Auchan in Guilherand Granges and several former Casinos which have become Auchan in Valence Sud, Crest, Portes-lès-Valence and Montélimar.
“We see that people are more and more disinterested in department stores”
Fewer positions and stores closing: three hypermarkets in Clermont-Ferrand (Puy-de-Dôme), Woippy (Moselle) and Bar-le-Du (Meuse) will go out of business, just like a supermarket in Aurillac and six local shops. Economies that don't work according to Laurent Milazzo: “They want to close the service departments. That is to say the cheese and charcuterie stands for example. There will be no more contact with customers. We will remain on self-service. That's not business“. In Montélimar, the store covers 7,000 square meters but some Auchans are 20,000 square meters: “we see that people are more and more disinterested in department stores. Auchan has stores of 20,000 square meters. It seems like people are tired of shopping like that. To do the shopping, it takes them 3 hours!“.
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