date:Mar 31, 2014
Perle du Nord is France's only national chicory brand. Caroline Basset, the company's Marketing Manager tells us that 80,000 tons are produced annually (by their 175 producers) which represents 45-50% of French production.
However she says that sales are not going well at the moment and ''the problem this year is that we haven't had a winter''. Chicory is on offer all year round but production is at its strongest between October and March. ''It really is a winter salad and is the 4th most co