Barely half an hour after the opening of the Leclerc hypermarket in Rueil-Malmaison (92), the pasta department was almost empty on Wednesday. Apart from a few references, plus a package of farfalle, spaghetti or rigatoni. For fifteen days, this scene has been reproduced regularly in supermarkets, particularly in Île-de-France and in the main foci of coronavirus: Oise, Haute-Savoie, Morbihan, Grand Est…
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The worsening epidemic in Italy acted as a trigger, provoking irrational behavior on this side of the Alps: "panic" purchases, as the distributors call them. The French are increasing the number of precautionary purchases in a large number of departments, from canned goods to frozen foods, including mineral water, spreads, milk and animal feed. Sales of rice jumped 50% in the last week of February, sales of soap by 39%.
Reflecting the demands of their customers, the brands stock in turn, inflating their order volumes with manufacturersThe extent of the phenomenon is measured during the checkout: while the overall turnover
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