France

French Consumers Massively Cutting Essential Purchases, Carrefour CEO Warns

The CEO of French retailer Carrefour has warned that consumers were massively curbing purchases of essential staples due to high prices, and urged French a...

French Market Leader E.Leclerc Consolidates Top Position

France's E.Leclerc has reported a 1.4 percentage point increase in market share in the period from 10 July to 6 August, to gold 23.9% of the market, new da...

Carrefour CEO Alexandre Bompard Named President Of France's FCD

Carrefour chief executive Alexandre Bompard has been named as the new president of France's Fédération du Commerce et de la Distribution (FCD...

UK's Pret Takes Coffee Subscription Service To US And France

British sandwich and coffee chain Pret A Manger will launch its monthly coffee subscription service in the United States and France this year after the sch...

French Hot Spell To Cut Wine Output But Boost Quality

Scorching temperatures have hurt vines in southern France so much that output will fall but the hot weather could produce a vintage of "exceptional&qu...

French Pork Gets Go-Ahead For Trade With Australia

France has obtained final approval for exporting pork to Australia, adding a new potential trade outlet for a sector that has faced fluctuating demand from...

EU Crop Monitor Trims Yield Estimates, Warns Of Wheat Quality Damage

The European Union's crop monitoring service has reduced its forecast for this year's average EU soft wheat, maize and rapeseed yields for a third consecut...

Top 10 Beer Producers In Europe

Beer production rose to 34.3 billion litres across the European Union last year, a 7% increase year-on-year. But which countries are the top producers?