Bad times for sausages as consumers have eaten less grilled food because of the rainy summer in France

Published 2021년 9월 12일

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The article highlights a decrease in the purchase of pork and lamb by French households for home consumption in July, as reported by Kantar Worldpanel, attributing it to the gloomy and cool summer weather of 2021. This weather has also led to a 14.7% drop in fresh sausages purchased for grilling. Despite this, butchers like Jean-François Guihard, president of the French Confederation of Butcher, Butcher's and Delicatessen, see this as an opportunity to sell more everyday pieces and profit from the lower cost of sausages. The decline in meat consumption is also linked to last year's exceptional home cooking habits during the health crisis, which have now normalized along with the summer weather. However, Guihard anticipates a rebound in September and October.

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The return of sunny days is above all the return of grilling: one in four French people light their barbecue at least once a week in summer. But the cool and gloomy summer of 2021 has probably disappointed more than one skewer fan. Enough to reduce the consumption of certain meats? According to data from Kantar Worldpanel published by FranceAgriMer, purchases of pork (-16.2%) and lamb (-19%) by French households for home consumption in July plummeted from year to year. the other. Fresh sausages to cook (more specifically, merguez and chipolatas) plunged 14.7% compared to July 2020. It must be said that meat reigns on the grill: 87% of main dishes cooked on the barbecue are meat dishes, and only 4% fish-based and as much for vegetables, according to other figures from Kantar Worldpanel. So less sun, less sausages: one of the explanations for the fall in summer consumption of pork or lamb can therefore be found in the weather, which is not very favorable to outdoor cooking. For ...

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