Institute of Advanced Studies in Taste, Gastronomy and the Arts of the Table
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Economic and Legal Sciences


 The arts of the table sector today

 
Which place does tableware take in our everyday life ?  

 

What happened in the Tableware sector? How did consumer’s behaviour change these last few years?

 

Mr Bourgeois, President of the Confederation of Tableware will introduce the different aspects of the market and the changes it undegone.
First of all he will give you sociological informations which can explain the consumption modifications and changes.
Then he will present a study of the French Tableware market, its main actors, and its distribution network.

 

For many years the purchases of Table, Kitchen and Decoration products were most often made at the time of a wedding and were supposed to last a whole life.

But the consumption habits and the economic context has changed (globalization…).

The Tableware sector competes with mobile phone, fashion, leisure… and has to increase its creativity and competitiveness to be back in homes and shopping carts.
The French manufacturers -even if they want to protect their ancestral know how- work also on the new consumer expectations and way of living, to launch adapted products, shapes, colors, styles.

 

 Economics of gastronomy 

 

How can we explain that gastronomy is becoming a mass phenomenon whereas its representatives only address to a limited elite? 
How can we explain the price difference between a standardised cuisine and luxury cuisine?
Which economic models of restaurant business are developing?
What does it mean to produce a creative cuisine in gastronomy? 

Which economic analysis of gastronomy can be made as mass markets and luxury markets develop? 
 

 Law, food and gastronomy: the French legal exception...

 

Chefs, caterers and professionals in the food and catering sector: is it utopian to learn how to abide by regulations in your everyday activities?

Regulations applicable to food and catering have a long history , but they are still topical in view of recent or ongoing reforms, initiatives on the part of professionals, and decisions handed down by judges. It is urgent to review the legal environment of food in France.

 


 

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