"Security of food supply" will be "guaranteed in the days and weeks to come" despite the coronavirus epidemic, said Minister of Economy Bruno Le Maire, and the rules of night work will be made more flexible to supply stores.
Assuring that there was for the moment "no shortage" in France, he indicated that there would be "no rationing" and that "90 to 95% of the references (would be) present" in the rays.
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"We are counting on the responsible behavior of the French (...) not to rush to the shelves and buy more than necessary," the minister said at a press conference on Sunday.
And to "guarantee the security of the supply chain of food and basic necessities", the rules of "recruitment, night work, overtime" stores will be relaxed, he continued, at come out of a meeting in Bercy, with the players in the distribution.
The objective, in the midst of a coronavirus epidemic, is that "logistics can operate at night, that logistics can be equipped at night," said Bruno Le Maire. Distribution players "will publish a guide to good practice for their employees" in the coming days.
Plexiglas panes to boxes
"It is a question of guaranteeing sanitary protection and protection quite simply, of the employees of the big signs", with for example "the installation of plexiglass panes at the cash desks, the provision of hydroalcoholic gels, the security at the 'entrance to shops with the recruitment of guards or the organization of queues'.
In addition, a “guide to good practices” intended for workers on platforms such as Amazon, Deliveroo or Uber Eats, “to avoid contact and have the most protective behavior” in terms of health, will “be published during the day ", Announced the Minister again.
The CGT-Commerce and Services demanded Sunday morning in a press release that, in the food stores which will remain open, "the employees benefit from now on exceptional protection measures".
Among these measures are, first of all, "safety distance measures between the customers themselves and the staff".
"Regular break times for hand washing"
"Secondly, employees must imperatively benefit from regular break times to wash their hands, have protective gloves and masks, and have available (...) sufficient alcoholic solutions".
Finally, pet stores and pet food stores will remain open, as will drugstores, said Bruno Le Maire. On the other hand, the cultural spaces and cafeterias of the large distribution will be closed. An order will specify the terms of these provisions.
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