French to shell out over snails

French to shell out over snails

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Producers warn the price of snails - one of France's more exotic foodstuffs - is about to soar, because of economic development in eastern Europe.

France consumes more than 14,000 tonnes of snails every year but practically none of them are actually French.

With the most prized species now under protection, the industry relies on central and east European imports.

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the poor people in France are running out of snails

i would have thought it would be easy to get them seeing as they are in almost everyones garden destroying the lettuice patch or something.

i didnt even know they had protected species of snails untill now

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I suppose all is lost when the price of snails soars up. You thought high oil prices were bad... The French will revolt no?

Must be a slow day in the news, especially in Europe.

How about this one:

Mossad agent is latest dupe of Baron-Cohen