The announcements made Thursday evening by the Prime Minister have surely intrigued more than one Seine-et-Marnais.
Finally, this Friday evening, we are fixed on the famous non-food supermarkets which must close their doors to their customers by prefectural decree.
These are the stores of the DIY brand Leroy-Merlin located in Collégien and Brie-Comte-Robert.
These are the first “additional provisions to limit the risks of regrouping and mixing in public spaces or in department stores” cited by Jean Castex on Thursday evening.
The head of government has ruled: shopping centers and large commercial areas of more than 10,000 m2 will close on Friday evening only to reopen when the circulation of the virus and the number of new cases drop significantly.
Over 100 other DIY stores remain open
During the first wave of closings of shopping centers of more than 20,000 m2, from Saturday January 30 in the evening and for one month, nine establishments were concerned in the department.
These were - Val d'Europe in Serris, Westfield Carré Sénart in Lieusaint, Bay 2 in Collégien, the Villiers-en-Bière shopping center, Les Sentiers de Claye-Souilly, Terre-Ciel in Chelles, Les Saisons de Meaux, the Pontault-Combault and Bois Sénart shopping center in Cesson.
They are concerned again
In the Seine-et-Marne department, there are not many non-food supermarkets occupying between 10,000 m2 and 20,000 m2.
Shopping centers of this size mainly concern shopping malls leading to food hypermarkets, automatically excluding them from the selection.
"We apply the same calculations as when measuring over 20,000 m2", explains one in the prefecture.
“We base ourselves on the total useful commercial area, the calculation even including the reserves, then we subtract the area of the food stores.
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In shopping centers of more than 20,000 m2, supermarkets and, in shopping malls, shops selling food products as well as pharmacies and opticians remain open.
This time, Seine-et-Marnais will not be particularly affected by this new measure because the department is very well equipped with DIY stores.
There are indeed more than a hundred, from hardware to supermarkets.
