France

France Plans €400m Aid For Livestock Farms

France is to provide €400 million ($440.12 million) of aid to livestock farms that have been hard hit by the soaring cost of feed grain in the wake of...

French Growth Holding Up, But Ukraine Crisis Hits Consumer Confidence: INSEE

French economic growth is holding up for now despite the energy price shock from the Ukraine crisis, but business and consumer confidence is falling fast,...

France To Cull Millions More Poultry As Bird Flu Hits West

France is to slaughter several million poultry birds in the second mass cull of flocks this winter as the country tries to contain outbreaks of a...

French Soft Wheat Crops Rated 92% Good/Excellent

An estimated 92% of French soft wheat crops were in good or excellent condition by 7 March, down from 93% a week earlier but above a year-earlier rating of...

Carrefour Signs Charter With Farming Organisation Jeunes Agriculteurs

Carrefour has signed a charter with farmer representative group Syndicat des Jeunes Agriculteurs, under which it commits to support French agriculture and...

French Household Expenditure Down, Lidl Outperforms Rivals: Kantar

French household expenditure in the grocery channel fell in February on a month-on-month basis, according to the latest data from Kantar.

French Consumers Set To Adopt Variety of Measures To Combat Inflation, Says Kantar

French consumers are likely to face a 3% increase in the price of food products from the next quarter onwards, and with this in mind, Kantar surveyed 13,00...

Danone Unveils Targets To Ramp Up Revenue Growth

Danone has pledged to step up investments behind its brands and actively rotate asset portfolio, as it seeks to accelerate revenue growth in a fresh strate...