Sadly, and ironically, in the Year of the Pig, the charcuterie in Preuilly's main street closed permanently at the end of January. It's always worrying when small towns lose a shop. Here is a link to a blog post I wrote about it a few years ago, detailing the sorts of things they sold. According to Madame Mas, the charcutiere's wife, who served in the shop, they weren't getting enough revenue for the amount of work they were doing. Her husband is going to retire, she will take a salaried job somewhere.
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7 comments:
oh no what shame, we always went in there every time we were over - there was usually a queue.
We had three charcuteries in Saint-Aignan when we came to live here. Now there are none. There's still one over in Noyers, but... oh well. We also had five boulangeries in town; now there are two.
There is worse news to come I'm afraid with regard to closures in town.
We've managed to not only stay stable boulangerie wise but gain one!
Such a shame.
Too many people simply seem to prefer shopping at the supermarket I think. They say they like to have small independent shops in towns and villages but don't support them by actually shopping there. We are as guilty as most, although now that we have more time we use the small retailers much more than we did.
Yep. It's use them or lose them. One of the things I find frustrating is that people automatically think the small independents and the farmers/fresh markets will be more expensive than the supermarket. That is not the case as the independents know they have to price keenly to compete, and in a lot of cases people are not comparing similar enough products, nor do they seem to have any ability to judge quality. Because they don't shop in them they don't understand how much better the service is either.
Oh good grief what else?
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