France's bakers may be forced to close their shops or raise baguette prices
The cherished French baguette is in trouble. The cherished French baguette is in trouble. Soaring electricity prices in France are threatening the livelihoods of bakers. Baker Julien Pedussel, 36, started demonstrations near his shop to warn of the threat to his profession. "I cannot pay an electricity bill of 12,000 euros with a turnover of 20,000 euros," he said in an interview with a local news outlet. He may have the raise the prices of his baguette from 1 euro to 3 or 4 euros -- a scenario Pedussel said he won't do. "Besides, who would buy a baguette at such a price when the supermarkets in the area have a baguette for less than 1 euro?" he said. MORE: French baguette earns a spot on UN list of Intangible Cultural Heritage French customers seem to agree with Pedussel. "I won’t [pay 3 euros] because it’s double the price," customer Faustine Lepoutre told ABC News. "Maybe sometimes I would because there is no equivalent to a baguette … but...