[arista]

["Once this decree is finalised,
there will be no ambiguity.
Dark stores will be officially designated
as warehouses,
not as shops, which means local mayors
will have powers to act if they choose,"
said Small Businesses Minister Olivia Grégoire
after a meeting with city officials from across France.]

France clamps down on delivery depot 'dark stores'

[France has taken steps to outlaw
so-called dark stores - city-centre food depots
used for instant home deliveries ordered
over the internet.
Faced by growing protests from local people
as well as city authorities,
President Emmanuel Macron's government
has decreed that the stores be
classified as warehouses, rather than
as shops - meaning that in Paris and other cities
most will probably be forced to close.

Run by half a dozen competing companies
such as Gorillas, Cajoo, Getir, Flink and Gopuff,
"dark stores" have proliferated in France
as elsewhere over the last two years
after Covid confinement popularised
internet food shopping.]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-62838667