French consumer have cut back on spending, causing concern for businesses that depend on the country's increasingly frugal consumers. Leigh Thomas explains more ▻ ↧ Anxious French consumers cut back as election and budget battles loom A cash-strapped customer split an entrecôte steak with a companion the other day at David Zenouda's Paris restaurant while others increasingly share starters, skip wine at lunch ​or opt only for a main course.