The thumb meals offered by the motorway areas are used to saving the endless car trips in summer. A practicality which however has a sacred cost. But why?
Between the suitcases, the full of gasoline and the stress of forgetting something, it regularly arrives at vacationers not not anticipate The meal they will consume during their long trip by car. And this lack of anticipation or this choice of not planning your snack is not the most economic.
Indeed, sandwiches, salads and other foods found on the motorway areas in summer have a cost Two to three times higher than the prices offered by supermarkets. And if you wonder why, discover the reason in this article.
A logistical reason which explains the high costs on the motorway areas
The French feel quickly trapped Highway areas in the face of the prices offered for food products. And with a tense inflationary and economic context, 38% of them Choose to get out of the highway to go to supermarkets and pay less for their meals.
The first reason for excessive price proposed by the motorway areas is obviously their position monopolistic. The motorway service areas are not challenged by competition since the next area is generally several tens of kilometers.
Another reason, more logisticalexplains the high costs of motorway areas, according to Vincent Fanguet, director of operation at Sanef and questioned by RMC Cons: “Logistical costs are greater than in a brand located in the city since there are no savings of scale, carriers travel many kilometers to deliver only one service area, while in town, they can deliver several brands at the same time”.
New “good plan” motorway areas
If you don’t want you ruins At the Caisse des Aires de service and that leaving the highway annoys you, note that Sanef, a highway concessionaire company, sets up the areas « low-cost ».
“We can do it on certain areas, for example areas in good condition which do not require work and therefore where investment and operating expenses are limited »Explique Vincent Freat.
In total, the company opened eleven areas highway service “Good plan” In France. Sanef promises its consumers to offer advantageous price On gasoline, but also in stores and in terms of its catering services.
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