date:Nov 20, 2012
re are a number of factors that may have contributed to this the general economic crisis being an obvious one the beer market in France has also declined by a third in the last three decades. With beer consumption in France at just 30 litres per head per year, the second lowest in the EU, and beer representing over a third of the revenues for French cafs and brasseries, it is sure that extreme tax hikes can only further accelerate the decline of the beer market and the closure of yet more pubs