If the reopening of shops is scheduled for the next few days, bars and restaurants could miss the end of the year celebrations.
A further blow to this already heavily damaged sector, which brings with it several agricultural sectors.
While the shops should reopen the weekend of November 28, the health protocol against Covid-19 will be further strengthened.
From now on, attendance will be limited to one customer per eight square meters.
As for bars and restaurants, they will still have to wait and maybe even miss the end of the year celebrations.
Something to worry about the whole sector, but also the agricultural sector, which depends greatly on bars and restaurants.
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30 to 40% of restaurants may never reopen
In France, one in three beer is sold in a bar or restaurant.
Places that are also the main outlets for the sales of drinks such as strawberry or mint syrup.
In addition, at the end of the year, restaurants also represent more than half of sales of foie gras and oysters harvested in France.
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The Rungis market, the largest agricultural produce market in the world, has also been idling for months.
In fact, the markets and restaurants of Île-de-France represent 70% of its turnover.
And although the second confinement is less severe than the first - the markets are open and some company restaurants are still functioning - these months of activity weigh heavily.
In total, 30 to 40% of restaurants may never reopen, according to professional federations.
Definitive closures which could have dramatic consequences on employment.