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Article: Salty snack market: growing in France.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
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- Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery
- Article date:
- July 1, 2002
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Ooh-La-La. French who have loved their sweet snack foods for years are now developing a strong taste for salty snacks.
Together, sweet and salty snack foods in France represent a $4 billion market. The salty snacks market is growing at a rate of 7% per year, and the entire snack food market in France is expected to double within five to six years, reaching $8 billion.
Eighty percent of French consumers snack as a supplement to traditional meals or to replace meals. As snacking becomes more popular in France, younger consumers are snacking slightly more than older consumers with adults consuming 10% of their food as snacks and young people consuming 14% ...