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do companies put french labeling on american products as a marketing technique?
By Dave | January 20, 2010
Chris asked:
i see many products on store shelves, mostly “gourmet” food and cosmetics, that have french labeling on them even though 99% of the time the products have nothing to do with france and are american made.
Montague
i see many products on store shelves, mostly “gourmet” food and cosmetics, that have french labeling on them even though 99% of the time the products have nothing to do with france and are american made.
Montague
Topics: Gourmet Food | 1 Comment »
January 23rd, 2010 at 5:01 am
No. It just allows them to tap into the French Canadian market without increasing their production costs. They don’t want to separately wrap every product that will be sold in Quebec. That is a huge market. Also in the French West Indies.