Baker lets clients decide price of their baguette in north France ‘It’s a symbolic anti-inflation offer on an iconic French product’
How baguettes are changing recipe (again) in France Your favourite bakery’s baguette is set to become healthier with less salt content
Customer buys two baguettes for €500 to help struggling French bakery Village in north-west France came together to support a business struggling with high energy bills How French baguettes have become healthier The French obsession with how long baguettes are baked for Five things they don’t tell you about baguettes in France
French ‘cannot tell a good baguette anymore’ says bread historian Bakers are in crisis as French people no longer have a taste for good bread and the problem starts in schools
Learn from the French: how to order the perfect baguette Mi-cuite or pas trop cuite? Une ficelle or une flute? The Connexion breaks down the terms often used in French boulangeries
French baguette-baking considered for Unesco intangible heritage list The practice is one of 56 customs and traditions from around the world in the running. French and Belgian funfair culture is also being considered
‘A nice sheen’, ‘a honeycombed crumb’: France’s best baguette revealed This year’s competition shortlisted top bakers from across the country according to strict criteria, before crowning a baker from Marne as the national winner
Lidl baguettes recalled in France due to potential metal content risk Anyone who recently bought a baguette céréales rustique should throw it away or return it to the shop
Intermarché, E.Leclerc, Netto, U: Baguettes recalled around France A mass recall of several types of breads has been announced due to the products containing quantities of a chemical above regulated levels
Which supermarket in France is the cheapest? Tests show 17% difference Cost of the same basket of goods was compared across eight major supermarkets with major price differences discovered by brand and geographic location
Is price of baguettes and other bread fixed by the French government? Supermarket chains Leclerc and Lidl recently priced a baguette at 29 centimes, prompting outrage from independent bakeries
Lidl France joins Leclerc to sell baguettes for 29 centimes The budget supermarket says it must follow Leclerc’s lead ‘for a product as emblematic as the baguette,’ despite backlash from bakery sector
‘Bakeries will die’: Anger in France at Leclerc’s 29-centime baguette Bakers and millers say the supermarket giant’s pricing plan is a ‘slap in the face’ and will threaten independent bakeries Ça ne mange pas de pain: A French expression you may hear today Cost of baguettes set to rise amid flour and labour shortages Baguette chosen as French candidate for Unesco recognition
French baguettes are just too mundane to be a Unesco listing Baguettes have been chosen as France’s candidate for the intangible cultural heritage list. Here’s why it was the wrong move - and what next, the hamburger? Baguettes and Paris rooftops vie for Unesco recognition Where to find quality, old-fashioned baguettes in France French baguettes could soon be protected by Unesco Macron backs the baguette for World Heritage Status Charcoal baguette chalks up the sales
Donate a baguette for national bread week As bakers honour their patron saint today, customers are invited to buy a baguette for the needy