Michel-Edouard Leclerc asked Friday August 27 “The end of the health pass in large shopping centers” of more than 20,000 square meters, imposed since August 16 in the departments where the incidence rate exceeds 200 per 100,000 inhabitants over one week. “If the sanitary pass is not intended to be generalized, (…) I ask for the end of the sanitary pass in large shopping centers, because it does not play its role, today, of teaching”, declared the president of the strategic committee E.Leclerc at the microphone of RMC / BFMTV.
He proposes “Either suppression or generalization” from the sanitary pass to all shops, without distinction. Mr. Leclerc assures that the health pass system is difficult for consumers to understand: ” He [le consommateur] is not informed, traders cannot advertise to say [s’ils contrôlent le passe sanitaire] since it is on the basis of evolving indicators, it is the prefects who decide ”, he regrets.
A suspension of the sanitary pass in the Yvelines
On Tuesday, the Versailles administrative court suspended an order from the prefect of Yvelines making the health pass compulsory in shopping centers, on the grounds that it prevented access to essential goods to people who do not have the pass. Requests for interim relief are underway in other departments.
Michel-Edouard Leclerc also calls for the continuation of the “Support device” to traders, “With partial unemployment, etc., because that has a big impact”. The Chairman of the Strategy Committee E.Leclerc also mentioned “Inflation on commodities”. “We are told about 10% refined sugar increases; on pasta, 23%; on charcuterie, between 9 and 15% (…); on vinegar, 15%; on olive oil, 11% ‘ before the annual trade negotiations, he detailed, regretting “Speculation on a lack of availability of wheat and corn”.
This price increase should however be negotiated before being felt by the consumer: “We are not going to let this recovery in consumption be blocked by a few speculators”, he assured.