If you buy something from an Eater link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics policy. Things are getting all kinds of quelle horreur and mon dieu in France right now, where fast food restaurants have officially overtaken formal restaurants. French food consultancy firm Gira Conseil finds that fast food restaurants now account for 54 percent of the market share , which The Telegraph notes is "a huge jump from , when fast food only claimed 40 per cent of overall market share. So is it because of all the novelty sandwiches that French people are consuming, from the McCamembert to the Darth Vader burgers?
Well, yes and no. Gira Conseil's Julien Jeanneau explains that the problem has gotten so much worse, saying, "Before it was mainly sandwiches and hamburgers, today an array of thematic outlets offering salads, bagels or kebabs are strangling traditional restaurants.
But it's not just salads and bagels that are to blame. French people are part of the problem now that they are no longer lingering over their three-course lunches during the workday. Gira also found that France's average lunch time "has dropped from an hour and 20 minutes in to half an hour today. Bonne chance, France. Filed under: France. Pocket Flipboard Email. Quick, Brive La Gaillarde, France. Photo: Facebook Things are getting all kinds of quelle horreur and mon dieu in France right now, where fast food restaurants have officially overtaken formal restaurants.
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