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'Boulangeries Are Helping Us Make It Through': In France, Bakeries Remain Essential

In a country that consumes 10 billion baguettes every year, "If the bakeries started closing, people would be unnerved," says Paris baker Tony Doré. His boulangerie now stays open seven days a week.
Tony Doré wears a face mask as baguettes cool in his bakery in Paris' 15th arrondissement.

Paris baker Tony Doré pulls a rack of toasted, golden baguettes from the oven. He says he's baking them all day long to keep his customers supplied.

"Every day, so many people thank me for staying open," he says. "If the bakeries started closing, people would be unnerved. In France, we eat bread

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