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France to host another US fast food giant

Despite their reputation for being the kings of gastronomy, the French love their fast-food and particularly when it comes from across the pond. And now another burger giant is on its way.

Published: 18 February 2015 17:21 CET
France to host another US fast food giant
A meal from the US burger chain. Photo: James/Flickr
The French might gobble down the most Big Macs after America but a new US burger giant is set to challenge McDonald’s for Gallic appetites.
 
The burger specialist Five Guys looks like it will be the latest fast-food giant to make the journey across the Atlantic, France’s Huffington Post reported on Wednesday.
 
The chain’s intentions were given away by a job advert appearing on the website Apec, reproduced by the site FastandFood for a “Passionate restaurant manager”.
 
The job description suggested the applicant needed to be “positive and flexible for the launch of their first restaurant in France”.
 
Five Guys, which has more than 1,000 restaurants in the US, began its international expansion in 2013 in the UK.
 
A report last year found that French sales of hamburgers, pizzas, hotdogs and other fast food grub surpassed those of traditional restaurant dishes for the first time.
 
Indeed, the burger is proving more popular than ever. A study last year found that nearly one of every two sandwiches sold in France in 2013 was a burger, up from one in nine in 2000.

 

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Cheese in numbers: France’s obsession with fromage

From cheese types to the amount eaten per year, via cheese favourites - here's a look at how France really feels about fromage.

Published: 27 March 2024 14:16 CET
Cheese in numbers: France’s obsession with 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

READ ALSO France Facts: There are eight cheese families in France

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.

READ ALSO Best Briehaviour: Your guide to French cheese etiquette

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. 

READ ALSO Three things to know about the new Paris cheese museum

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