A local business to “fill a lack” in this small village of Seine-Maritime

Year 2025 Starts with good news to nine-market (Seine-Maritime). By the end of February, a grocery store will open its doors in the town center. A project led by a resident of the villageDavid Verstraet and supported by the town.

Service to residents

It is a local trade that comes to fill a lack in this village in the country of Bray and which was close to this resident of the village which was 15 years manager for a hypermarket brand.

Over a radius of 12 km, there is no business. I wanted to offer a service to the inhabitants and a place where they can meet to create a link.

Enthusiastic inhabitants

This project, he refined it to meet the expectations of the greatest number. He led a investigation market via a questionnaire to find out if a grocery store would interest the inhabitants and what services or products they would like to find there.

Of the 350 flyers sent, only 2 people had doubts. The others were enthusiastic.

Local grocery stores, fruits and vegetables

After a year and a half to set up the files and requests for aid from various communities, the grocery store materializes in the premises of the old bakery closed for many years.

Customers can find there in addition to the dry grocery store “ local products for them fruits et vegetables ».

The interest is not to provide 100 km when they can be found nearby. And meet the demands of the inhabitants.

Breads and pastries

A hot spot space will also be made available with the sale of breads and pastries.

A welcome business in this small village of 600 inhabitants “which was sorely missing. Apart from a restaurant and a hairdresser, we had no small local trade, ”notes the mayor Dominique But.

Nine-market is positioned at the junction of Seine-Maritime, Oise and Eure. “When residents want to go shopping, they have to do at least 9 kilometers.”

It's the jackpot. It is a resident of the village who opens a local business. He wants to work with local producers. What betterly?

In the old bakery

The grocery store will be located in the old bakery closed for 6 years and whose building has been bought by the town. “We thought that a baker could settle there. We received 4 bakers. But the banks did not follow them. With the cost of energy that tripled for these craftsmen, it was not profitable, ”explains the mayor.

Installation assistance

With the installation of David Vistraet's grocery store, the mayor sees it as a “revival of life.” The grocery store is complementary to the school ”.

Moreover, the municipality is used to set up privileged conditions for its future tenant.

It will benefit from 3 free free rents. We have made municipal employees available to help him paint and finalize the layout of the premises.

150,000 work

The room has been completely redone. It is like new and benefits from the latest standards. In total, the municipality has invested 85,000 for the purchase of the building and 150,000 euros in work. The room has been completely redone. It is like new and benefits from the latest standards.

A welcome stop

For his part, David Vistraet already has other ideas to enhance his business. In the future, he wishes to install a chittery and a tea room on the courtyard, “to create a meeting place. And where tourists could rest. ” The place already benefits from toilets and shower already installed by the town.

“There are many cyclists and hikers, who go here and stop at nine-market as well as motorists of passages that take the D 915”.

An idea also validated by Dominique But which had already issued the idea, during the purchase of the premises, to install a stop that which can accommodate the public.

The town is crossed by the departmental which is the sea route to Dieppe.

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