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Brexit: Marks & Spencer closes 11 supermarkets in France

2021-09-16T11:09:06.497Z


Marks & Spencer, a well-known British chain of large-scale distribution announced today the closure of 11 supermarkets in France, about half of its total network in that country, justifying the decision with the hitches caused by the European implementation ... (ANSA)


(ANSA) - LONDON, SEPTEMBER 16 - Marks & Spencer, a well-known Canadian-born large-scale retailer today announced the closure of 11 supermarkets in France, about half of the total of its network in that country, justifying the decision with the hiccups caused by the European implementation of post-Brexit controls on food products exported from the UK to the continent.

The initiative will inevitably have repercussions on the employment of part of the staff employed in the French territory.


    "The length and complexity of the procedures put in place (by French customs) following the exit of the United Kingdom from the EU - reads a note from M&S - have significantly limited the supply of fresh and preserved products from the Kingdom to Europe ( continental) and continue to have an impact on the availability of these products to our consumers in France and on the conduct of our business in the country ". Hence the decision to close most of the sales points, mainly concentrated in the center of Paris, "by the end of this year"; while negotiations are still underway with the local partner Lagardere Travel Retail to keep those located in airports and railway stations open.


    The announcement comes against the background of a situation in which even in the United Kingdom there are problems in supplies to various British supermarkets, in this case of products that in the opposite direction the island imports from EU countries: problems linked to both the post Brexit rules and the lack of drivers. in the freight transport sector which - beyond Brexit - are impacted by the repercussions of the pandemic from Covid.


   (HANDLE).


Source: ansa

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