Ugo Pascolo 4:44 p.m., April 05, 2022
Guest of "France moves", the general manager of Jacquet Brossard, Rodolphe Millet, gave the pulse of the snack market in France.
And according to him, the turnover is doing well after the storm generated by the Covid.
In addition, the man wants to be reassuring in relation to the supply of raw materials disrupted by the war in Ukraine.
INTERVIEW
A little pleasure found.
After the various confinements and curfews, and the fashion for homemade, the French seem to have rediscovered the taste for the traditional four-hour meal.
In any case, this is the observation drawn by Rodolphe Millet, general manager of Jacquet Brossard.
Guest of
La France moves
on Tuesday, he confirms that "things are going pretty well".
"After the period that we experienced in 2021, with the coronavirus and the return of the fact at home, the market is regaining color."
A market growing by 6% per year
The group thus achieves a turnover of around 308 million euros in 2021, with an increase of around "6% per year".
"We take our snack outside, we want to find pleasure again and therefore the market is picking up color."
And if the Russian invasion in Ukraine "strongly upsets the raw materials markets", Rodolphe Millet assures him: "Almost all of our ingredients are of French origin."
“We control our supply chains,” he summarizes.
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