Kebab : plus fort que le burger ? - Summary

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The text is a transcript of a video report about the kebab industry in France and Germany. It covers different aspects of the kebab business, such as:

- The popularity and diversity of the kebab sandwich among customers, especially young people and students.
- The training and challenges of aspiring kebab restaurateurs, who learn the basics of the profession in a school in Normandy.
- The success and standardization of a franchise chain that competes with American fast-food giants, using lean meat and strict hygiene rules.
- The risks and practices of some kebab shops that use cheap meat from Germany, or keep their meat at low temperatures to avoid waste, which can lead to bacterial contamination.
- The innovation and creativity of a gourmet kebab restaurant in Paris, that uses fresh and quality ingredients, and invites external chefs to create new recipes.

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1. Armentières is a town near the Belgian border.
2. Mourad has run his restaurant for six years.
3. The restaurant serves 70 kg of meat on a spit daily.
4. Approximately 200 kebab sandwiches are sold per day.
5. The restaurant is located 100 meters from three high schools.
6. Kebab was born in the Middle Ages within the Ottoman Empire.
7. It was popularized in Germany in the 1970s by Turkish immigrant workers.
8. Kebab is the third favorite sandwich in France after hamburgers and baguette sandwiches.
9. The kebab industry hopes to dethrone burgers and buttered ham as favorites.
10. Kebab is learned at a professional training school in Saint Lô, Normandy.
11. A kebab franchise chain was founded by Hakim Benotman, who opened his first restaurant at 19.
12. The chain has 58 restaurants across France.
13. Meat for the franchise chain comes from a factory in Germany near Saarbrücken.
14. The meat factory orders 80 tonnes per month for the franchise chain.
15. Kebab meat is increasingly made from turkey chicken, which is cheaper than lamb.
16. In Marseille, a third of kebabs are pinned for hygiene issues similar to other restaurants.
17. Damien Schmitz, an HEC graduate, opened five gourmet kebab restaurants targeting young executives.

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