Mass-market retailing: The end of a system? (2021)

The supermarket chains used to seem unbeatable, capturing the lion’s share of the grocery market. But for some years now they have been in crisis. In the wake of a fierce price war, retailers are resorting to increasingly aggressive commercial negotiation methods at the expense of suppliers, farmers and producers. Further competition is coming from the tech giants as Amazon and Alibaba invest in the food industry. What are the implications of all these changes on working conditions, the quality of our food and the future of our planet?

Producers	ARTE, STP Productions
Original title	Hypermarchés, la chute de l'empire
Directors	Rémi Delescluse
Writers	Rémi Delescluse

Cast

Clément Bouvier

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Philippe Moati

as Self

Cyril Bourdou

as Self

Rainer Münch

as Self

Silvia Bravard

as Self

Marwan Mery

as Self

Denise Klug

as Self

Jérôme Coulombel

as Self

Grégory Besson-Moreau

as Self

Thierry Benoit

as Self (archive footage)

Michel-Édouard Leclerc

as Self (archive footage)

Éric Dubouchet

as Self (archive footage)

Sylvain Ferry

as Self (archive footage)

Thierry Cotillard

as Self (archive footage)

Dominique Schelcher

as Self (archive footage)

Sylvain Couvrieux

as Self

François-Xavier Awatar

as Self

Philippe Pottier

as Self

Benoît Berthelot

as Self

Brittain Ladd

as Self

David Bishop

as Self

Stacy Mitchell

as Self

Zhang Yanyong

as Self

Zhuang Shuai

as Self

Liu Chen

as Self

Guo Bohao

as Self

Wu Zhong Yi

as Self

Anne-Charlotte Neau

as Self

Daniela Ucnova

as Self