Soldive, the leading French producer of melons, will soon cease its activity in Brie, in the town of Plaine-et-Vallées (Deux-Sèvres).

Another company site in Moncontour (Vienne) could also close its doors in the long term.

The parent company Les Vergers du Sud has already set December 17 as the date for the final shutdown of its main and historic station,

Le Courrier de l'Ouest

has learned

from several sources.

A Label Rouge melon

"It's always heartbreaking when you see people who are going to be fired," said Christiane Babin, mayor of Plaine-et-Vallée, quoted by France Bleu Poitou.

[…] We will try to be as close as possible to the employees so as not to leave them ”.

Soldive employed up to 1,000 temporary workers in high season and produced locally between 15,000 and 18,000 tonnes of melon per year at its peak.

“The melon was the emblem of our town,” explained Christiane Babin on Saturday.

Soldive cultivated in Plaine-et-Vallée a variety that had received the Label Rouge that the operator intended for hypermarkets and wholesalers.

The company was founded in 1963 in Brie.

In 2019, the other melon specialist in the department, Rouge-Gorge, had also ceased its local activity.

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