Between deliveries and services rendered to customers, butchers face confinement

" We are silence workers ". Jean-François Guihard, master butcher craftsman based in Malestroit (Morbihan) and president of the French Confederation of butchers, caterers (CFBCT), is somewhat annoyed. Annoyed by the lack of recognition by the government, according to him, of the work of artisans and small traders in this difficult period of the Covid-19 epidemic. “ We hear about large-scale distribution constantly, but there is no consideration for crafts, local trade. We work everywhere, in small towns. It is not the big retailers who are going to deliver the little grandma who lives in a remote place, it is the craftsman because for him, it is a duty ”.

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However, since the start of containment, the situation has not been simple for all butchers. “ 90% have a catering activity, but it has stopped. So 20% of our turnover has disappeared. Even if store sales happen

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