Near Rouen, this caterer was robbed on New Year’s Eve: “I lost 250 dishes”
By Adrian Filoche
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” I have already been victim of burglaries, but never during the holidays. This is the worst time for us. » Butcher-caterer for nearly 50 years, Didier Foulogne a pendant will long keep a bitter memory of this end of the year 2022.
His butcher’s shop, located at Bois-Guillaume (Seine-Maritime)near Rouen, one summer victim of a burglary on the night of Thursday 29 to Friday 30 December 2022. “They stole and ransacked around 250 catering dishes. We lost almost everything,” he says.
Thieves broke into a refrigerated truck
It was on his way to his place of work this Friday morning, around 4:30 a.m., that he noticed that his gate was wide open, fractured. According to him, “the thieves must have already done their spotting for a few days”.
“Each year, I rent a refrigerated vehicle that I use as a deposit for the holidays, explains the manager. The vehicle in the butcher’s yard has been broken into. “And to add:” All week, preparing meals for the New Year weekend. Last night, we had started loading the truck. »
A surge of solidarity is taking place
In one night, a week’s work has flown away, not to mention the financial loss. “For the moment, we have not yet suffered the losses. I have to go and file a complaint next Monday first thing in the morning, ”says the butcher. Bitter, he regrets that the police did not come this Friday, “at least to see and take fingerprints”.
Despite this misadventure, the butcher’s teams quickly remobilised. ” We’re going to do it all again! », launches Didier Foulogne. Moved, the boss congratulates the responsiveness of his colleagues and thanks them for the support provided: “There is a tremendous outpouring of solidarity. Of the suppliers and butchers have agreed to make a gesture to help us »he confides.
Former workers he trained have also agreed to lend a hand in an emergency. “They told me: ‘If you need it, I’ll come, I’ll bring you the goods you need.’ It is heartwarming. »
Didier Foulogne calls on his merchants to be very vigilant, “lately, we have heard a lot about burglaries in the Bois-Guillaume sector”.
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