French yoghurt-maker Danone logged first-half net profits of €861 million, up 2.7 percent on the same period last year, it said in an earnings statement Thursday.
Sales rose 16.3 percent to €9.7 billion ($13.9 billion), said the French group, which makes yoghurt and Evian water.
“The growth of sales in the first half has been remarkable, especially in water” during the warm spring months, the group said in a statement.
“We have responded to strong rises in the cost of raw materials with big efforts in production and a meticulous managing of our prices.”
It confirmed its outlook for 2011, aiming to raise its adjusted sales figure by up to eight percent.
From cheese types to the amount eaten per year, via cheese favourites - here's a look at how France really feels about fromage.
March 27th is the Journée nationale du fromage in France – so here are a few facts about the delicious dairy delicacy.
246
Charles de Gaulle famously once asked of governing France: “How can anyone govern a country with 246 varieties of cheese?”.
His numbers were wrong. Producers in France make closer to 1,000 varieties of cheese – and some have estimated that figure could be pushed up as high as 1,600.
8
The number of cheese ‘families’ in France. A good cheeseboard in France is generally considered to consist of at least three ‘families’ – a soft cheese, a hard cheese and either a blue or a goat’s cheese. Remember, too, an odd number of fromages on a platter is better than an even number, according from cheese etiquettists
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2.5
About how long – in years – it would take you to try every cheese made in France, if you tried a new variety every day. Life goals.
95
The percentage of people in France who say they eat cheese at least once a week, spending seven percent of their weekly food bill on it.
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40
Two-fifths of French people say they eat cheese every day
57
The amount of cheese produced, in kilogrammes, in France every second, according to this website, which has a counter to show you how fast that really is. It’s estimated that 1.8 million tonnes of cheese are produced in France every year.
27
The French consume, on average, a whopping 27 kilogrammes of cheese per person per year.
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3
The three most popular cheeses in France, based on sales, are Emmental, Camembert, and Raclette – followed by mozzarella, goat’s cheese, Comté and Coulommiers.
63
Some 63 cheeses have been awarded the Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée status, which means they can only be produced in a certain region.
1
France has – or at least soon will have – one dedicated cheese museum.
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