Climate change is hitting the French snail industry hard by disrupting harvesting and accentuating the many difficulties it faces, in particular the lack of labor in harvesting countries and the overall increase in production costs ( transport, packaging, energy, raw materials, etc.). “All the signals are red.
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While the harvests of previous years were already insufficient, the quantities will still not be there in 2022, and French snail growers are facing growing tension on supplies”, explains in a press release the Federation of Food Industries. Preserved. According to a survey of companies, snail growers have to face an increase in the price of snails of up to +40% depending on the species compared to 2021, which is added to the general increase in prices, in particular those of metal packaging (for preserves) and butter (for prepared buttered snails in shells). Over the past two years, the manufacturers estimate that the price of this essential ingredient for the preparation of snails has more than doubled, while the price of cans has increased by up to 85% according to some snail manufacturers. A tense situation estimates the FIAC. A sector of French gastronomy that could disappear In order to be able to continue to meet the expectations of consumers and to ensure the sustainability ...
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