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15/03/2013 - France

Thousands of bags stranded at Paris airport after week of snow costs businesses millions

France is counting the cost of this week’s surprise snowfall, with shopping malls estimating a loss of up to 85 million euros and insurers expecting tens of thousands of claims.

01/03/2013 - France

'Pathological miser' fined for using fake supermarket gift vouchers

A 45-year-old Frenchman has been fined 5,000 euros for faking supermarket gift vouchers, a practise that earned him at least 400 euros a week, according to his lawyer, who said her client was a ...

10/02/2013 - France - United Kingdom - Romania

French supermarkets withdraw thousands of products in horsemeat-for-beef scandal

French supermarkets on Sunday withdrew thousands of ready-made meals produced by the company at heart of the European horsemeat-for-beef scandal.

09/02/2013 - France - United Kingdom - Sweden

Findus, French supplier to sue over horsemeat lasagne

French frozen food supplier Spanghero and Sweden’s Findus are to take legal action over horsemeat allegedly supplied by a Romanian company under the guise of beef.

17/04/2012 - France

Motorists queue to steal 3,000 litres of petrol

Motorists filled up with 3,000 litres of free petrol at a French supermarket service station on Saturday night.

27/10/2011 - France

Internet campaign stops French hypermarket firing

A deluge of emails, tweets and Facebook protests has forced French supermarket chain Cora to drop an attempt to fire a checkout operator for taking a coupon for a free sandwich left on her till by ...

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09/09/2011 - France

Total to open 600 low-cost service stations in France

French oil giant Total is to create 600 low-cost service stations throughout the country aimed at beating the competition from supermarkets.

06/07/2011 - France

LVMH boss is France's richest man

The CEO of the French luxury company LVMH is France’s richest man with a fortune worth some 22.76 billion euros.

17/06/2011 - France

French E coli child victim in serious condition

One of the seven French children hospitalised with E coli was in a serious condition Friday, according to hospital sources.

16/06/2011 - France

Seven French children hospitalised with E coli

Sevenchildren have been hospitalised in northern France with E coli infections after eating meat that manufacturers said came from Germany, Belgium and The Netherlands.

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