“I only receive 10% of the usual volumes of foie gras. So I ration… I only allow a case or two per customer, and those who have already been served this morning will wait until next week. Above all, I do not take on new buyers
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For Bruno Courillon, CEO of Eurovolailles, which supplies restaurants, food shops and markets in Île-de-France from Rungis, this Christmas 2022 has a special flavor.
That of the rush earlier in the season of its customers, who try to obtain the little foie gras available in France, and try to have the maximum of capons and free-range turkeys to offer for the New Year's Eve tables.
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Due to the violent avian flu which this year decimated more than 20 million poultry, ducks and ducklings in France, many typical products on holiday menus will be difficult to find.
The most emblematic being foie gras, of which 30 to 40% of the annual production is running out at the end of the year.
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