French bakers grumbled against insanely cheap bagels in local supermarkets
Bakery & Bread
Wheat
France
Published Jan 16, 2022
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The French supermarket chain Leclerc has set a price of 29 euro cents on the bagels sold, causing a mass murmur among local grain growers and bakers, Franceinfo reported. For comparison - currently, the average price of a baguette in France is about 90 cents.
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The French supermarket chain Leclerc has set a price of 29 euro cents on the bagels sold, causing a mass murmur among local grain growers and bakers, Franceinfo reported. For comparison - currently the average price of a baguette in France is about 90 cents. The general manager of the supermarket chain Michel-Edouard Löckler presented the decision on one of the social networks as a measure to protect the purchasing power of the country's population. In just one day, however, farmers and bakers flooded him with criticism. France's largest agricultural union, FNSEA (National Federation of Farmers' Unions), said in a statement that when wheat prices rose by 25% a year, the price of a 29 euro cent bagel was a "catastrophic blow destroying a superior French product". "While the government and the sector are working to ensure fair pay for farmers, millers and bakers, Leclerc is embarking on a campaign to undermine the value of the entire grain chain in France," the industry said. In ...
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