Europe 1 with AFP 3:12 p.m., July 26, 2022

The "hundreds of thousands of businesses" in the retail sector grouped together in the Conseil du commerce de France, an association of around thirty professional federations, and in the Confederation of French traders have undertaken, in the wake of the supermarkets, to reduce their energy consumption, according to a press release published on Tuesday.

The "hundreds of thousands of companies" in the trade grouped together in the French Trade Council (CdCF), an association of around thirty professional federations, and in the Confederation of French Traders (CDF) have committed themselves, in the wake of supermarkets to reduce their energy consumption, according to a press release published on Tuesday.

"The companies represented in the CdCF and CDF federations" undertake to "reduce their energy consumption and thus avoid the cuts announced in the event of a crisis this winter", write the two entities in their published press release. following a meeting with the Perifem federation, which last week announced "concrete measures" to reduce supermarket consumption.

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