France's Institutional Food Market. Developments and Prospects for U.S. Exports

摘要

France's institutional food market is expanding rapidly as the increasingly affluent French eat more meals away from home. Consumer expenditures for food consumed away from home in 1969 were estimated at $2.3 billion, about one-tenth as much as spent in the United States. The number of meals eaten away from home in France--about 3.6 billion in 1969--will increase to at least 4.4 billion in 1975 and possibly to 6 billion. To accommodate the increased demand for food service, chain restaurants and store cafeterias are being established and food service in public institutions such as offices, schools, and hotels is being increased.