“I lost 75% of my turnover”: the manager of a restaurant calls out to the farmers who are blocking Cap Costières, in Nîmes

Echange entre une agricultrice et la gérante d'un restaurant de Cap Costières : “Vous allez nous bloquer jusqu'à quand ?” midi libre – K. H.

New actions this Tuesday morning on the roundabouts of the Cap Costières shopping center.

It’s 8:30. The shopping center is not yet open but around fifty farmers and around ten tractors are launching today's action, after those of yesterday where large distribution centers were blocked by tire fires. Always in their sights: mass distribution and its margins which are strangling them. Traffic is not blocked, just slowed down, but access to the shopping center parking lot is complicated. "This morning, the director of Géant Casino came to bring us croissants",assures Naïs, in mobilization since the first day.

But these actions also make people cringe. "You will block until when ?"< /em>, says Sandrine Riom, the manager of the Bistrot restaurant in the shopping mall, worried to see her establishment empty for days. "We understand you but it's not fair to us. I sell local wine, French meat…" Friday, she lost 75% of her turnover, Thursday 50%, "this noon it will be empty again", she predicts even if the demonstrators assure her that they will remove the roadblocks first. & quot;I have charges, 15,000€ of rent, 10 employees, 3800€ electricity last month, she lists on the farmers' dam. "We also have charges, replies a farmer. An arborist told me that his invoice for ;#39;electricity has been multiplied by 18  on an…"