In 2009, There Was an Unlikely Boom in British Cross-Channel

question 115

Multiple Choice

In 2009, there was an unlikely boom in British cross-Channel grocery deliveries to France because of:

• A) an increase in French income.
• B) an increase in French preferences for British food items.
• C) crop failures in France due to a year-long drought.
• D) a dramatic weakening of the British pound against the euro over the previous 18 months.

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