In Rouen, the Rollon restaurant is closing permanently: here’s why

manager Luval Bakeries Loses big. very big After the liquidation of Luval “in mourning”, as he explained to us last week, Fabrice Antonique also had to say goodbye to it. Rollon Restaurant.

An establishment located on the corner of rue du Gros-Horloge and rue du Bac inn Rouen (Seine-Maritime) has just closed its doors. On the same day as Luval, there was Fusion 4 Company (a subsidiary of the Luval group, on which the restaurant depends). placed in judicial liquidation.

Judicial liquidation in the wake of Luval

Result: All his employees will suffer Economic dismissal

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Like the bakeries, Norman will be in the pub-restaurant Two short years passed. It opened its doors in April 2022. But from December 27 of the same year, a security procedure was opened. A plan that freezes debt to allow a troubled company to raise the bar.

On December 19, 2023, SARL Fusion 4 – and therefore Rollon Restaurant – was placed in receivership after payments stopped. A new deficit of 89,000 euros was noted. Unable to absorb its mounting debt, the company was logically placed into compulsory liquidation on January 30, 2024.

It also comes out of the commercial court debate unpaid rent “Debt of 28,018.39 euros” between October 2023 and January 2024.

Franchise restaurant

Unlike Luval, no takeover offer has come forward. But this time a little subtlety, Fabrice Antonique was not the only entrepreneur behind Rollon. Pierre-Marie SaultThe manager of Ragnar Brewery, is the originator of this concept of street food with Normandy sauce.

Originally, he planned to open this restaurant by 2024. But in 2022, a big opportunity came in front of him. In the midst of changing franchises (from Paul to Luval), Fabrice Antonique approached Ragnar’s manager and suggests that it install Rolon at its premises on the rue du Gros-Horloge.

Instead of building a big Luwal, he suggested we set up our concept here. It’s a high-quality location that we would never have gotten otherwise.

However, Ragnar’s boss does not become the partner of Luval’s manager. But good Its “franchisor”. Clearly, Pierre-Marie Sollat ​​authorized Fabrice Antonique to manage and operate the restaurant under the Rollon brand in exchange for “royalties.”

For this, Fabrice Antonique had to follow strict rules, from the furniture to the colors of the walls to the menu. Additionally, Ragnar was the restaurant’s exclusive beer supplier.

Ragnar’s boss ‘open to debt’

As a result, Pierre-Marie Sault had “no control” over what was happening In the dining room or in the kitchen. “It will be a full-scale crash test for us. And of course, we are proud and grateful that Fabrice (Antonique) gave us this great performance. »

But there was also an entrepreneur behind Rollon “Open to Debt” of the Luval group. In other words, it lost money as operating expenses were not collected in 2022. Like the supply of beer.

If he had to do it again, Pierre-Marie Sollat ​​would try the experience again “but with conditions” to avoid unpleasant surprises.

Rollo is not dead, he will “come back”.

And then, in full transparency, the entrepreneur lamented the restaurant’s “significant turnover in staff.” “8 to 10 different chefs in two years”. All this has to do with the Luval group’s financial difficulties, “we felt it coming”, he confides.

Also Rollo is not dead. On the contrary, “We do not intend to stop there. We will come back,” Pierre-Marie Sollat ​​assured us. Lessons learned for him: the future Rollon will no longer be a franchise, but a restaurant in its own right, “a good address”, he hopes. keeps

Obviously, we’ll have to wait a little longer. Entrepreneur Norman is targeting “Spring 2025” for Burger’s rebirth. But everything will depend on opportunities.

Contacted by telephone regarding this other closure, Fabrice Antonique has not yet responded to our requests.

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