Thousands of small eateries shut, but McDonalds is booming
(NEWSER) - France used to be the home of the three-hour lunch, complete with wine, cheese, and maybe some spirits to push indolent workers through the rest of their day. But times have changed, and so have eating habits—these days, reports the Washington Post, the French are scarfing down sandwiches in front of computers just like their American cousins. The transformation is ruinous to neighborhood cafés, which are closing in record numbers. More»
