Entering the Leclerc hypermarket, it takes a little courage to take charge of one of the baskets labeled "single", planted right next to the reception area under the watchful eyes of the hostesses and security guards.
Lola, a 26-year-old Moselle, didn't hesitate to grab one and display her current status.
Having come to do some shopping during the lunch break in this supermarket in Thionville (Moselle), she took part in the game seriously: “I'm alone, so why not, maybe I'll find my prince charming!
At this moment, there is nothing left to get to know.
I am registered on three dating apps, but to see the person you have to go to their home.
It's too dangerous, we don't know who we might come across.
"
The young woman therefore put Meetic, Badoo and Happn to sleep, as did the two friends who accompany her.
“We get a little bored outside of work,” adds Ana, 30, employed in finance.
“We didn't even know there was this operation here, it's nice.
We travel a lot but, in the end, we can come here near us to meet people!
»Emphasizes the third sidekick, Maria.
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"It's more of a game than a commercial operation," explains Gilles Beconcini, the director of the hypermarket whose shopping mall is closed.
“It's sad, all the shops around us have the curtains down, so we're trying to bring a bit of a good mood,” he continues.
We realized that it would not be the same Valentine's Day this year.
Bars and restaurants are closed.
The only place where there is still a social bond is at home, in supermarkets, with all health measures obviously, but it allows you to meet people.
"
The store's communications manager, Claire Kiffer, was tasked with implementing the concept by labeling pink and blue baskets, ten of each color.
“It is above all a matter of targeting people in their thirties who do small errands,” she explains.
Started Tuesday, the operation is reacting on social networks.
“We even have comments from Germany and Poland to say that we should come to us to meet people!
»Smiles Claire Kiffer.
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Positive echoes which, fortunately, did not exceed the limit of 1300 people.
At the end of their races, Lola, Ana and Maria had no hits.
But this is only a postponement.
And even if the masks hide the faces for the first approach, "one can say a lot of things with the eyes!"
»Concludes the store owner mischievously.