Jacqueline and André Dubosq announce the closure of their grocery store-bar-tobacco

After fifteen years and a month in Vierville, Jacqueline and André Dubosq announced the closure of their grocery store-bar-tobacco the following Saturday. Eager to retire, they had put the business up for sale for several months without finding a buyer. André, formerly employed in the sugar industry in Cagny, had followed his wife when she bought the shop.

He expressed his bitterness at the evolution of the village. In his eyes, the closure of the school, the departure of the parish priest and the successive disappearance of businesses showed a lack of dynamism, which he opposed to the opening of two hotels in three years in Saint-Laurent. He recalled having enlarged the bar three times and created a bread deposit: when they arrived, the bar was just a simple refreshment bar.

André recognized the importance of a good tourist clientele during the summer. In winter, however, he estimated that the inhabitants preferred the large supermarkets of Bayeux and only kept a troubleshooting role at the grocery store. He regretted the lack of support and openness policy. These judgments are those of the merchant questioned.

The La Pie qui Tête hotel, run by Monique Veyrat, was to temporarily take over the newspapers. These could return to the grocery store if a sale was successful; the resumption of tobacco depended on the tax administration. The couple did not plan to retire in Vierville, but remained waiting for a buyer.

The newspaper concluded that this closure would leave a void in the life of the village and regretted the decrease in the place of local shops, places of presence and social relations.

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