A renewed contract was signed in the Goulaine greenhouses in Basse-Goulaine between McDonald’s France, Florette Food Service (processors) and the cooperative Océane.
The contract will run until 2018 and agrees on 1,000 tons of tomatoes being bought annually at a fixed price. Ten or so producers in the Loire-Atlantique are concerned by the agreement and it allows them to secure revenues.
The fast-food chain depends on 8,000 tons of tomatoes per year (this contract covers 50% of their needs over the summer period). The other production sites are in the South of France and Morocco.
McDonald’s France has 1,400 restaurants and serves 1.8 million meals per days.