Roquefort cheese's 100-year anniversary curdled by industrial monopoly and declining sales
- Posted on June 7, 2025
- By Le Monde
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Roquefort cheese's 100-year anniversary curdled by industrial monopoly and declining sales
The village where France's first cheese with an 'appellation d'origine' label is produced celebrates its centenary this weekend. But it's a bittersweet anniversary, as industrial dairy groups now dominate this emblem of French gastronomy and sales have steadily declined for more than a decade.
