In stores, barrier gestures and protective measures (windows, distancing) still seem to play their role, even if it will be necessary to wait until the end of the holiday season to confirm this optimism.
In April 2020, the food sector had passed very close to saturation, the great confinement having exploded consumption at home. She approaches the Omicron variant wave with more serenity. However, as at the start of the pandemic, the risk of absenteeism due to Covid or family contact is increasing in food factories, in the logistics chain and in supermarkets. So many positions that cannot be operated by teleworking. But unlike spring 2020, when it was necessary to reorganize urgently and without masks to avoid supply disruptions, the players learned to operate in “degraded” mode.
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To date, large retailers have not “Of major concern” on risks of shortages or lack of personnel, according to the FCD, the union of the sector. In stores, barrier gestures and protective measures (windows, distancing) still seem to play their role, even if it will be necessary to wait until the end …
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