Maud Descamps, edited by Laura Laplaud 7:05 a.m., January 20, 2022, modified at 7:06 a.m., January 20, 2022
Between the introduction of telework, the rise in the price of raw materials or the obligation to switch to paper cups, coffee machines and other vending machines are shunned by employees.
The turnover of the 450,000 distributors installed in companies in France has fallen by 20 to 90% depending on the period.
The government wants to extend the minimum three-day telework rule for two weeks.
However, teleworking has a strong impact on the use of vending machines: companies are seeing a drop of 20 to 90% depending on the period.
But other factors have strongly weakened this sector such as the rise in the price of raw materials: the price of paper cups has increased by 60% over the past six months.
The coffee itself is experiencing a sharp rise in price.
Propose a new market
The sector is calling for a boost from the executive.
"We are asking for the return to partial unemployment that we experienced at the height of the Covid-19 crisis with the zero remaining charge, which is not the case today", advances Philippe Alvrieux, is the president National Federation of Automatic Sales and Services.
>> Find the morning of the day in replay and podcast here
The Federation fears many suspensions of payments and therefore many layoffs as its managing director Yoann Chuffart points out: "In two years, we have recorded 15% of layoffs in the sector which employs 55,000 people in France", he specifies.
"We are now expecting massive layoffs because if we are not helped, business leaders will no longer have a choice, today they have kept the jobs, tomorrow they will probably not be able to."
To resist the crisis, some companies are trying to diversify by offering ready meals.
But this requires adapting the distributors, which is not always possible.