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09-09-2022, 04:03 AM | #1 | |||
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["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 |
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