https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed There is nothing France loves more than Nutella - at least according to a 2020 review of the most-sold groceries in French shops (apart from wine). https://www.thelocal.fr/20200827/revealed-this-is-how-popular-nutella-is-in-france Thu, 27 Aug 2020 16:57:45 +0200 revealed-this-is-how-popular-nutella-is-in-france French authorities said Friday that there appeared to be no health risks behind the decision to halt production of Nutella at a plant in Normandy, the world's largest factory making the prized chocolate-and-hazelnut spread. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190222/no-health-risks-behind-nutella-production-halt-says-france Fri, 22 Feb 2019 13:34:50 +0100 no-health-risks-behind-nutella-production-halt-says-france Production at the world's biggest Nutella factory in Normandy, which is responsible for producing a quarter of all global sales of the famous chocolate spread has been temporarily suspended due to "quality defects". https://www.thelocal.fr/20190221/worlds-biggest-nutella-factory-shut-down-in-france-due-to-quality-problems Thu, 21 Feb 2019 09:53:29 +0100 worlds-biggest-nutella-factory-shut-down-in-france-due-to-quality-problems The fallout from the Nutella riots in French supermarkets continued on Monday with the country's finance ministry announcing it would investigate the promotion on the famous chocolate spread to see whether it was against strict consumer laws on discounts. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180129/france-to-probe-nutella-promo-that-sparked-supermarket-riots Mon, 29 Jan 2018 14:09:51 +0100 france-to-probe-nutella-promo-that-sparked-supermarket-riots French lawmakers have voted to slash a surtax on imported palm oil - dubbed the Nutella tax because the commodity is used in the popular chocolate spread - after protests from top growers Indonesia and Malaysia. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160318/france-moves-to-slash-nutella-tax-after-protests Fri, 18 Mar 2016 14:50:40 +0100 france-moves-to-slash-nutella-tax-after-protests A team of bakers smashed the record for the world's longest baguette on Sunday, smothering the 120-metre loaf with Nutella. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151019/new-record-worlds-longest-baguette Mon, 19 Oct 2015 12:37:24 +0200 new-record-worlds-longest-baguette France's ecology minister has apologized to Italy after she told French people that they needed to stop scoffing Nutella for the sake of the planet. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150617/nutellagate-french-minister-grovels-to-italy Wed, 17 Jun 2015 19:56:25 +0200 nutellagate-french-minister-grovels-to-italy UPDATED: French people need to stop scoffing Nutella for the sake of the planet, the government's ecology minister has said, even though she admitted that it does indeed taste good. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150616/french-told-to-stop-eating-nutella-to-save-planet Tue, 16 Jun 2015 17:20:14 +0200 french-told-to-stop-eating-nutella-to-save-planet Nutella has been the subject of much mockery in France after its advertising campaign aimed at personalizing jars banned a list of words including 'Lesbian', 'Muslim', 'toilet' and 'poo'. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150302/nutella-bans-lesbian-and-muslim-from-jars Mon, 02 Mar 2015 15:21:00 +0100 nutella-bans-lesbian-and-muslim-from-jars The president of the Italian food giant Ferrero has denied that there is a Nutella shortage on the way after speculation that a poor hazelnut harvest could hit the popular chocolate spread. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140826/ferrero-dispels-fears-of-nutella-shortage Tue, 26 Aug 2014 11:55:00 +0200 ferrero-dispels-fears-of-nutella-shortage France's legions of Nutella fanatics may find themselves having to pay a bit more to get their fix of the chocolate spread in future after a disastrous spell of weather prompted a shortage of the product's key ingredient. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140819/nutella-shortage-hazelnut-turkey Tue, 19 Aug 2014 16:30:00 +0200 nutella-shortage-hazelnut-turkey Nutella and other similar spreads look set to become more expensive after a decision by the Senate this week. https://www.thelocal.fr/20121115/senate-approves-nutella-tax-on-palm-oil Thu, 15 Nov 2012 14:35:00 +0100 senate-approves-nutella-tax-on-palm-oil In a bid to tackle obesity, a French senator has proposed a 300-percent tax hike on products that use palm oil. https://www.thelocal.fr/20121107/senator-proposes-300-tax-hike-on-palm-oil Wed, 07 Nov 2012 11:54:00 +0100 senator-proposes-300-tax-hike-on-palm-oil