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On the 13 Hours set, journalist Dorothée Lachaud returns to the importance of the markets on French territory, closed due to restrictions linked to the coronavirus epidemic.
In France, the markets are part of the local roots. “According to the latest study carried out on this subject, there are 10,683 food markets in France and they cover our entire territory. You should know that around 6,490 municipalities have a food market, or roughly one municipality in France. five. Paris has more than 80, Lyon (Rhône-Alpes) 40 and Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône) and Bordeaux (Gironde), nearly thirty “, explains Dorothée Lachaud on the 13 Hours set.
Among the products that can be found the most on the shelves, fruits and vegetables come first and concentrate a third of sales. “They are followed by meat, rotisserie, butcher, with 18% of sales and by dairy products, 13% of sales”, continues the journalist. The closure therefore risks having a very significant impact. “The president of the Federation of the markets of France said it in the morning: ‘It is a blow of club. In total, 22,628 companies and 27,000 employees sell food products in the markets “, emphasizes Dorothée Lachaud.