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Free sweets at stores in France
The national union of sweet-makers is giving away bon bons to celebrate Small Pleasures Day
FREE sweets are being handed out to mark national Small Pleasures Day.
The national union of sweetmakers has organised the day and 250 stores, cafes and bars are taking part.
For a list of those taking part visit www.petits-plaisirs.com
Towns taking part include Lille, Reims, Metz, Paris, Rouen, Dijon, Strasbourg, Rennes, Nantes, Lyon, Bordeaux, Toulouse, Nice , Cannes, Montpellier and Hyères.
According to the Syndicat National de la Confiserie the French ate 238,000 tonnes of sweets in 2009, down from 251,000 in 2008. Les
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