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In Villages in France, The Local Bakeries Are Disappearing


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“Without bread, there is no more life,” said Gérard Vigot, standing in his driveway across the street from the now shuttered bakery. “This is a dead village.”

Two years ago, the 650 residents of La Chapelle-en-Juger lost their bakery, the last local business where they could meet one another, chitchat and gossip while waiting in line for their daily baguette or their weekend éclairs. For the community, the closing of the bakery was “un drame,” as one newspaper put it, or a tragedy, one that is being repeated in countless French villages.

 

 

And they're selling bread from vending machines!

 

Truly the end of the world as we know it...

 

 

 

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Mitch Weinstein aka "weinoo"

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The idea of buying a baguette from a vending machine horrifies me. What a loss to their culture!

 

It's strange (and fortunate for us) that the pendumlum seems to be swinging the other way in the USA. I see more artisanal bakeries in places I travel than I used to see.

 

 

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It is a tough rigorous life. My childhood friends were kids of a baker. The hours! Surprisingly the son went into the family biz. This was Germany late 60's, early 70's. 

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