After prosperous years, why bulk no longer thrills Ile-de-France customers

“How could we imagine all these crises? wonders Magali, former manager of Day by Day, her former bulk grocery store in Meaux, which closed in November. A little further, Léa, 26, was also forced to lower the curtain of her “baby” – her shop la Vie en verre – in June in Coulommiers (Seine-et-Marne). “I had a hard time coming to terms with it, breathes the young woman. By betting on bulk, there was the idea that society was finally going to change. »