A crisis that started a long time ago and very difficult competition with the giants of large shopping centers, even more so in times of pandemics and soaring electricity bills. Rinaldo Carta , former president of Torres, an entrepreneur with great experience in the distribution sector, had thrown down the gauntlet . But Supermercati Europa Sardegna (SES), a company of which he was Sole Director, was taken over by Carrefour . Which absorbed its 92 employees. Which last Friday signed the contract with the new company. Which has already changed the brands in record time.
But now for Capri , another company in the sector administered by Carta , 45 employees, distributed in the Corte Santa Maria di Sassari shopping center and 4 other peripheral stores (2 in Ittiri, one in via Copenaghen and the other in the hamlet of Ottava), winds of crisis arrive . The workers for the September paycheck received 3 advances (the last one at the beginning of November). But there is more: the peripheral points of sale are emptying of the goods, conveyed to the "mother shop" of Corte Santa Maria. Facts that obviously concern employees and trade unions.
"The situation in Capri is very delicate - affirms the trade unionist of Cigl Maria Teresa Sassu, who follows the entire affair daily -. As a union we have made an active contribution to the resolution of the Supermarkets Europe Sardinia dispute. We are naturally available in this case too. . But wages and jobs must be guaranteed ".
On Corte Santa Maria there is also a cost of the energy bill which exceeds that of the previous year by 450 thousand euros. But also bad debts towards suppliers. It seems that the company has tried to pay the payments in installments. Rinaldo Carta, when asked, makes no declaration. But everything suggests that these are crucial days for Capri and its 45 employees. The widespread fear in the world of commerce is that that of Capri (in Sassari and beyond) is only the tip of the iceberg, which in the chain could involve other companies in the sector, struggling with energy and supply costs that are no longer sustainable.
Argentine Tellini
In the photo Corte Santa Maria (photo Tellini)