Tatiana Geiselmann, Edited by Loane Nader 10:49 a.m., Feb 27, 2023

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In France, in six out of ten municipalities, the inhabitants have no shops near their homes.

This is why the association Bouge ton Coq is working to open solidarity grocery stores in these neglected places in the country, in order to make life easier for the population.

In France, small villages are sometimes neglected by businesses for lack of means.

It is estimated that six out of ten municipalities experience what can be described as commercial desertification, since they have neither a supermarket nor a bakery or butcher's shop.

The association Bouge ton Coq has given itself the mission of supporting the opening of solidarity grocery stores, in order to help locals do their shopping near their places of residence.

Europe 1 went to testify to Landremont, a village between Metz and Nancy, which today has 150 inhabitants.

Customers are delighted with this new grocery store where they can now find pasta, pulses, cereals, coffee, chocolate or tea, all in one place, something they are not used to.

Since the opening of this Caveau grocery store, Loïc has done 80% of his shopping there by placing an order on the internet, before coming to pick up his basket.

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"I don't run everywhere anymore and that makes me win on prizes"

This initiative launched by Bouge ton Coq therefore fulfills its ambition to make life easier for residents who do not "have to take the car to come and do their shopping", in the case of Loïc.

As for Christine, another Landremontoise, she exchanges two hours of usual car for only ten minutes, thanks to the new grocery store in the village.

"I had to go to a place for bread, another place for yogurts, another place for vegetables. So I don't run everywhere anymore. And then it saves me on the price of the products because it's is very competitive."

As the customer of the Caveau grocery store remarks, the products are actually cheaper, because they are sold at cost price.

In exchange, each customer, and therefore a member of the association, gives two hours of his time every month to run the shop.

A system that could not have seen the light of day without the 7,000 euros in subsidies obtained at the start.