Turn off signs as soon as you close, reduce lighting, even lower the temperature: the retail sector, from E.Leclerc to Picard through Carrefour or Casino, has agreed on an “energy sobriety” plan that will be launched in the fall, according to a communicated on Monday.
It is planned to turn off the illuminated signs “as soon as the store closes” -compared to one hour after closing generally at present- and “systematize the reduction of light intensity”, by reducing the lighting of the sales area facing the public arrives and 30% during “critical periods of consumption”.
“Other measures” are also planned, such as “cutting off air renewal at night, delaying the production of ice”, for example, and emergency measures, in particular contemplating lowering the temperature of the points of sale to 17 degrees, if so requested by a regulatory authority. .
Shortage risk
Emmanuel Macron explained on July 14 that the State was preparing an energy “sobriety plan” to face the risk of shortages linked to the war in Ukraine, and called for “collectively entering into a logic of sobriety”.
These measures, which have been adopted by E.Leclerc, Carrefour, Système U, Les Mousquetaires Intermarché, Auchan, Casino, Franprix, Monoprix, Lidl and even Picard, are also saving measures for retailers who, like the French, face with the rising cost of energy.
Although “the electricity bill represented 30%” of the brands’ net income “before the recent increases in energy costs”, it is “essential to reduce the electricity bill and mobilize together to avoid an impact too significant in price for consumers. “, acknowledges the federation, while the Élan Law also provides for a reduction in energy consumption in stores by 40% by 2030.
The federation also wants to believe that this protocol can serve “as a basis for all trade and distribution federations for the generalization of these measures”, which will be presented to them “at a meeting on July 26”.
Source: BFM TV
