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How McDonald’s, likely new Ligue 1 football sponsor, won over France

Adapting to French culture helped make burger chain biggest in country

Popeyes, Wendy's, McDo: why fastfood restaurants are booming in France

Fast-food outlets from more and more companies are growing in France.

The chicken burger that sold out in the US is coming to France

A first ‘Popeyes’ restaurant will open in Paris later this year with several hundred more branches to follow

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McDonald's to grade its burgers in France with health A-E Nutri-Score

Fast-food giant will use French Nutri-Score system for its products online and on its app and later in order terminals in restaurants

Covid-19 in France: The shops and brands still trading

A number of brands in France - including Nicolas, Interflora, and Castorama - are finding creative ways to continue serving customers in safety despite the government-ordered shutdown.

Fast food in France: Bordeaux and McDonald's top list

The city of Bordeaux (Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine) has the most fast food restaurants in France per inhabitant, with McDonald’s still the most common brand in the 30 largest towns, a new report has found.

Burger King has 'no plans' for veggie burger in France

Fast food giant Burger King has no plans to bring its newly-launched meat-free “Rebel” burger to France, and will instead focus on higher-end meat options for the time being, it has said.

McDonald’s ‘Big Mac’ trademark cancelled in EU

McDonald’s has had its famous “Big Mac” trademark cancelled across the European Union, after a successful challenge from small Irish burger chain, Supermac.

Look out for new US fast food chain

Popeyes opens its first restaurants in western Europe in southwest France

I am fighting plans for the 71st McDo in Paris

Burger giant McDonald’s is being challenged by the Green mayor of the Paris second arrondissement over plans for a diner near a school. Jacques Boutault says it will spoil the fashionable Marché Montorgueil and attract children from the school which makes a point of healthy meals. Since ‘McDo’ arrived in France in 1979 it has grown to now have 1,400 diners, employing 74,000. Its turnover last year was €4.7billion. However, several mayors have, like Mr Boutault, opposed plans for new sites. In Paris, work has started on the diner, at Rue des Petits Carreaux and Rue Réamur and Mr Boutault has asked Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo to intervene. He told Connexion why.

World heritage town demands removal of McDonald’s ads

The mayor of a Saône-et-Loire town hoping for Unesco World Heritage status has demanded that McDonald’s advertising be removed, calling it “visually aggressive”.

Fast food

How McDonald’s, likely new Ligue 1 football sponsor, won over France

Popeyes, Wendy's, McDo: why fastfood restaurants are booming in France

The chicken burger that sold out in the US is coming to France

McDonald's to grade its burgers in France with health A-E Nutri-Score

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