The gas bottles, cylindrical metallic blue silhouettes, lined up on their display next to the door of the village grocery store, have been in slow decline for several decades.
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The electrification of cooking, with the revolution of induction and ceramic hobs, has dealt them a severe blow.
Not to mention the boom in microwaves and frozen meals, as well as
"the decrease in cooking times",
as industry players call it, with the gradual disappearance of stews and home-made jams.
The strong development of the gas network in recent decades in more and more municipalities has not helped the business of the four market players, Antargaz, Primagaz, Butagaz and Vitogaz, now specializing in serving isolated towns.
"Small decrease"
"We are clearly in a market in small decline, with a decrease in activity of 1 to 2% per year",
recognizes the leader of one of the four distributors.
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