Alexis de La Fléchère//Photo credits: DIMITAR DILKOFF / AFP 11:09 a.m., January 30, 2024

While the mobilization of farmers increases around Paris, the threat of a blockage of the Rungis market, the food heart of Île-de-France, intensifies. In the capital, restaurateurs fear for their supplies, but remain united with the movement.

“Brigitte, prepare the soup, we’re coming!” : farmers took to the road on Monday in Agen, at the call of the Rural Coordination (CR), to go "invest" the market of national interest (MIN) in Rungis, where armored gendarmerie vehicles await them.

In the meantime, restaurateurs and merchants continue to stock up on supplies in the belly of Paris. Europe 1 went to meet them.

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“We are sure of nothing”

For the moment, Pierre, owner of a restaurant in Paris, has not encountered any delivery problems. However, he prefers to be a step ahead: “We go through a platform that manages all our deliveries to Rungis and there, we plan a little more than usual so as not to find ourselves out of stock,” explains- he at the microphone of Europe 1.

In a brasserie, where fries are king, the shortage of potatoes worries Quentin, one of the partners: "People come for the brasseries and the fries. For the moment, it's still OK. We were delivered 100 kilos of apples of earth. 100 kilos, that's for a week. For next week, I'm keeping my fingers crossed. We're sure of nothing."

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Restaurant owners fear the risk of food shortages. They also fear the drop in attendance because of the blockages. “It doesn't necessarily just block foodstuffs, it also blocks the population. We worked less because people are careful, they don't want to be blocked, they don't want to be bothered so they don't come. They telework and prefer to stay at home," explains Corinne, a restaurateur in the center of Paris.

Of the three restaurateurs met, all, despite the concern, provide their support to the farmers.