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Food deliveries to be top activity for French postal service by 2035, says CEO

There are only 7,000 post offices left in France, compared with 14,000 at the end of the 1990s. For many village post offices, fewer than five customers turn up a day. © Mychele Daniau/AFP

With fewer people sending each other letters, France's post office will change its strategic plan for the next ten years, looking to significantly increase its home meal delivery business - aimed in particular at elderly people - and to continue to deliver parcels.

"We are committed to our public service missions," Philippe Wahl, the CEO of France's postal service, La Poste, told the French Senate on Wednesday, but "[we] are under pressure".

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