Faced with the crisis, a drinks wholesaler sells his stock at a knockdown price

2021-03-17T07:32:10.876Z

Since Monday morning, Atlantique Boissons, in Carquefou, has been organizing a major online drink destocking open to individuals.

Stocks in the warehouse.

HB / 20 minutes

With the health crisis, the wholesaler Atlantique Boissons in Carquefou is currently recording a 93% to 95% drop in turnover.
Since Monday, the boss of the company has decided to sell his sodas, fruit juices and other alcohols at discounted prices directly to individuals.

For the past two days, the Atlantique Boissons car park in Carquefou, north-east of Nantes, has not been empty.

And for good reason: the drinks wholesaler is organizing a large online destocking open to individuals.

The Carquefoli company, which normally employs 57 people, provides hotels, restaurants and sports and cultural events.

Hellfest and Stéréolux are thus big customers.

"Everyone has stopped receiving the public so we are in the eye of the storm, recognizes Fabrice Chiffoleau, director of the company.

During the first confinement, from March 15 to May 31, there was a drop in turnover of 98%.

There, since November 1, the drop has fluctuated between minus 93 and minus 95%.

I've been in the business for thirty years, I've never seen that.

Reservations are made exclusively on the site

Inspired by what he has done in particular on the side of Rennes, the Nantes boss has decided to sell the stocks of his warehouse until exhaustion.

Thousands of liters of soft drinks and soft drinks as well as beers, wines and spirits will be sold at discounted prices, or in 1 + 1 free lots.

A sale intended for professionals, but also, which is rarer, for individuals.

To avoid queues and crowds, everything is done exclusively online on the Atlantique Boissons website.

To recover the products, it is only by

drive

because of the health crisis.

For this, the company sets an appointment with the customer, who will have to pay the bill only by credit card.

Individuals have been flocking since the start of the week.

- HB / 20 minutes

Fabrice Chiffoleau obviously specifies that even if the dates are sometimes exceeded for certain products, they remain completely consumable.

“There is absolutely no risk.

It's not like yogurt.

Beyond this date, the producer indicates that there may be a change in color or taste but no health risk.

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