A Leclerc hypermarket in Seine-et-Marne hastily lowered its iron curtains on Wednesday when nearly 80 yellow vests arrived. Before reopening the doors, hearing that the protesters had just come to collect donations for charity. The yellow vests, wearing Santa hats, are left with four trolleys of food.

A group of yellow vests successfully conducted a charity action in Mareuil-lès-Meaux (Seine-et-Marne) on Wednesday (December 5th). Some 80 demonstrators, wearing Santa hats, headed to the Leclerc hypermarket to collect financial donations and donations.

But at first, the group was stuck outside the store. The iron curtains had been lowered in anticipation of their arrival. But after a quarter of an hour to chant "We want to do our shopping, we want to do our shopping" , the brand has finally reopened the doors of the store, reports Le Parisien .

The store made a donation

The collection of donations was intended to support the movement, and to help various charities such as the Red Cross. The initiative has been a great success. The 80 yellow vests came out with four trolleys of products.

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A customer even offered them all of his purchases. "It went really well , " said a spokeswoman for the protesters. He thanked the management of Leclerc for letting them in, and for donating food to consume quickly.