Some supermarkets they will stay open and other closed to RomeToday First of May, workers Day. Some chains have chosen to rest, closing all branches nationwide and therefore also in the capital: among these Coop and Esselunga. Other groups, however, will remain open, with i usual times or half day. Different decisions also in shopping centerswhere some workers had launched a project in recent days petition against the obligation to remain open on May 1st.
Carrefour, Lidl and Pam open
Among the open supermarket chains there is Carrefour: «We are open all year round», they explain from the headquarters in via XXI Aprile. Points of sale are also open Pam Panorama, from 9am to 10pm, from via Panisperna. Shutters raised, like other years, also in the sales points Penny And Lidl. While others opted for half a day: for example the group Elite, from the headquarters in via Arno, explains that they will remain open until 1.30pm. In general, where they are missing online updatesthe employees recommend calling before going to the store.
Esselunga and Coop closed
Other supermarket chains will remain closed. long S, which also this year warns on its website: «On May 1st all shops are closed». Same choice for Coop. And the supermarkets are also closed Tiger: «We are like all the other sales points», they say from Viale Liegi.
The shopping centers, the protest
Different choices also for shopping centers. To the Talenti Village in via Niccodemi the mall is closed but Carrefour is open from 7.30am to 10pm. Shopping mall also closed at Gate of Rome, but the cinema remains open as usual. The Maximo in via Laurentina follows the classic opening hours, 10am-9pm, as does the outlet Castel Romano (10-20). Shops active from 10am to 9pm (even if the hypermarket inside will not open) in the center Euroma2 of Pacific Ocean Avenue, where employees organized a petitionwhich until a few days ago reached 500 members, to ask to rest and therefore not open shops on the occasion of Labor Day.
