France

As France continued to emerge from the pandemic, work-from-home activities, which had been prevalent in 2020, when the pandemic first hit the country, were, to a great extent, coming to an end, with people returning to the office. After the spike in…

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners launched a new, universal 250ml returnable glass bottle for its Fuze Tea, Tropico, Sprite, Fanta and Minute Maid brands in France as part of its sustainable packaging initiatives. This change in pack size from the…

There are far more cats than dogs in France and while the cat population decreased in 2023 it is expected to stabilise in 2024 and could even increase slightly. Local associations reported a drop in pet adoptions in 2023 whilst abandonments remained…

Dog food registered double-digit growth in current value terms in 2023 but this was largely due to the impact of price rises with sales declining in retail volume terms in both dry and wet dog food. A similar pattern has continued into 2024 with…

Sales of cats and dogs in pet shops and superstores and garden centres is now forbidden due to a new law that came into effect on 1 January 2024, but the sale of small mammals, birds, fish and reptiles remains authorised. Nonetheless, in late 2022,…