“At my house, contactless does not work. Old ! » Behind his bank card reader, Patrick Farrant, 58, with his remarkable banter from the first exchanges, always has a little word for his customers. Here, a third are faithful. However, under his butcher’s apron that he has worn for thirty years in his shop on rue Poncelet, in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, he hides a slight stress from his regulars.
The trader put his business up for sale five months ago, but he has not had a “serious touch”. In recent years, he has seen four of his colleagues close their shops, within a 500 m radius, due to a lack of buyers. He fears that his market butchery will follow the same path.