CDG Participations provokes supplier anger on listing fees

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**DFNI EXCLUSIVE** Suppliers have rebelled en masse in protest against the terms demanded by CDG Participations, the surprise winner of the gastronomy contract at the new Paris Charles de Gaulle terminal 2E (DFNI November 1, 2002)

The store is due to open on June 17.

Amid rumours that fashionwear specialist CDG Participations considered resigning the contract, DFNI has learned that many confectionery and fine foods manufacturers are refusing to pay substantial up-front sums simply to gain listings in the proposed Lafayette Gourmet store.

CDG Participations, headed by president Gabriel Zéboulon, has impressed potential suppliers with its creative ideas, but faces high levels of expenditure. It has a franchise-style agreement with Monoprix, which owns a Lafayette Gourmet store in its Galeries Lafayette retail complex in central Paris, and has recruited top chef Alain Ducasse as an adviser.

For the full exclusive story and reaction from suppliers, see DFNI April 1, out Monday.