Invited Tuesday from Europe Evening, Thierry Cotillard, president of the Intermarché and Netto stores, returned to the financial consequences of the closure of non-essential departments during confinement.

According to him, each store of the sign loses about 5% of its turnover per week.

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"Kafkaesque management". It is with these words that Thierry Cotillard, president of Intermarché and Netto, described Tuesday, at the microphone of Europe Evening, the back and forth of the government on the closure of non-essential shelves in supermarkets. This controversial measure was put in place to avoid unfair competition against small businesses, forced to keep doors closed due to health restriction measures. "The closure of non-essential departments, for the largest formats this represents 10 to 15% of turnover, and 5% for each Intermarché. Per week, 25 million turnover is not achieved. not in our stores ", notes this Thierry Cotillard.