Baguette frozen out of French life - by Susan Bell
THE French have fallen out of love with the boulangerie. A bakery industry survey has revealed the people of France eat only a quarter of the amount of bread they did 100 years ago and now trail many of their European neighbours in consumption. The French eat an average of only 150g of bread per person, per day, less than in Germany, where people consume some 230g a day. Even the Danes, the Italians and the Dutch eat more bread, the survey showed.
The country's beleaguered bakers are certainly worried. Bakeries are closing down at an alarming rate. In 1965 the country boasted 48,000 boulangers. Today there are only 34,000.
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