French grocery store tour: Holiday favorites
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French grocery stores are a lot of fun and in this video, I'm taking you with me to Super U where we have a look at some Christmas foods as well as some of my favorite foods and products. Come along for this virtual taste of the French supermarket.
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I love seeing the markets, grocery stores and food shops. Particularly when I can see the prices. Thank you for a great tour.
You are so welcome!
Yes enjoy comparing prizes too!
Yes love these
you didn´t saw the best... this dicreptions are really worthless. I spend over 2 years in France and speak french quite good. So ask me if you have further questions.
Just about my favorite thing to do when traveling is to shop in grocery stores for my daily sustenance -- thanks for the tour!
Agreed. Makes me feel like I live there and am going about my normal routine.
Hmmm no surprise there American favorite anywhere you go shopping, shopping and more shopping, shopaholic,
It's always worth looking in a supermarket when you're abroad. It gives an insight into how the locals live and makes you reconsider what's available where you're from.
@@coratheexplorer1824 Piss off.
@@coratheexplorer1824 it’s true 😭 but it’s to full the void cuz I’m depressed 😂
Things that I found when I was in France was shocking to me in a way. The grocery store I went to when I was in Grenoble 9 years ago was similarly big and they had a huge yogurt aisle with a lot of unflavored yogurt. You don't find that kind of an aisle here in the US and the yogurt sold here is made with ingredients that shouldn't even be in our bodies to begin with. Another thing that shocked me was the cheese, especially ones labeled "lait cru" (raw milk). Raw milk is illegal in the US and that was very cool to try some of those cheeses and not get any illness from it as our stupid country claimed a long time ago. Since my experience in France, I have been drinking my coffee black and have learned to eat quality ingredients and read labels at the grocery store.
I had my favourite cheese here in the States for the longest time - gourmandise with cherries - but haven't been finding it for the past few years. Asked around, and found out that the U/S has been banning its import because it isn't pasteurised. Unfortunate that it isn't made with pasteurized cheese..
Tho I heard that americans can get easily ill eating our raw milk cheeses, because your bodies aren't used to the bacterias in it (for example, french women can't eat raw milk cheese during pregnancy, it can lid to listeriosis and toxoplasmosis infections).
Yes, yes...the US is horrible...except for liberating France so it could be a prosperous democracy in the first place!
what you have in the US called "cheese" Europeans (With exception of good food nowhereland GB) we didn´t even wipe our asses with that bullshit.
And you don´t talk about fresh fish, even deep in the Alpes, the best chocolate you can get and so on... and don´t buy petit four or baquettes at a grocery store...
@@barfuss2007 How do you know this? I buy the same cheese in Ohio that I bought in France. Did you think Europe somehow prevented the export of cheese? My supermarket in Ohio has a large selection of cheeses from many countries.
I discovered your channel recently and I watch it to practice my English too. I am French and I find it so funny to see foreigners being fascinated by French shops. Once I was shopping and I came across an American family (I think lol) who were marvelling at the yoghurts xD I never really realised how lucky we were to have so many good products in France. I was born here and I'm used to always shopping, eating healthy actually became normal and a habit for me. It's when I travel that I realise the differences and also that we don't realise how lucky we are, we complain too much!
But I find it fascinating to see the differences in culture, I would love to travel to the US one day, the skyscrapers have always impressed me! And maybe I'll find some unusual products in their shop too lol
This bring nostalgia!! I’m french living in the US, I miss the French food a lot even after 25 years. My kids love going there for the food!
saucisson sec, jambon cru, camembert ! toute la charcuterie francaise ....... ! hummmmmmmmmmmm !!!!
@@mickaels.1614 oh ouiiiiiiiii trop bon!!!
You could do worse than an aisle-by-aisle series. The most wonderful thing about grocery stores in France is, they're full of French food!
Except for the exotic food aisle :D
I forgot to mention I’m now officially obsessed with the concept of a Bûchette de Noel!
I would be in heaven if I was in that supermarket. I am in London but miss France so badly. I used to go twice a year! ❤️🇫🇷😢
When my wife and I travel to France, we always go to the markets and also look at the snacks. I love the flavors of chips. They usually show up in the US a couple years later.
The grocery experience in France has always been fun for me! Seeing the different foods compared to US grocers provides great insight into the French diet. Dairy, wine, bakery all larger than US counterparts. Yogurt alone takes up an aisle. Thanks for sharing and Joyeux Noel (sorry, no umlaut).
Umlaut, you mean Tréma ?
@@olivierdk2 Ah, what's a couple of dots among friends! Joyeux Noël, Olivier!
@@martinm2178 Joyeux noël à toi aussi.
@@olivierdk2 In all my years of taking French, including a year of living there, I never heard that term (Tréma). How could I not know that! Shame on me.
@@jackienaiditch7965 Unless you have been in elementary school in France or study French language as a future french teacher, you wouldn't have heard of it.
I just love to watch stuff like this -- everyday tasks, shopping, banking, errands, simple walks in the park, etc. I especially love that you are not 18 and saying "like" all the time and trying to live in a glorified broom closet. HA! I have visited France and plan to again. Keep up this great content. Love
The flour aisle was the most amazing to me. In UK we have plain flour or self-raising flour - and a few oddities like cornflour or wholemeal flour - all in all it occupies maybe 10 foot (3m) of aisle. A typical French supermarket will have a whole aisle devoted to flour - loads of different types for different breads/cakes/pastries etc.... Amazing....
I experienced this in reverse recently. I'm French and the first time I went shopping to get ingredients for baking and making a cake in London I couldn't believe the small selection of baking stuff (including cooking chocolate... I could never even find real praliné and plain 60% cooking chocolate was so expensive 😅). I went to three supermarkets and combed through the aisles of Waitrose several times, certain I had missed the right one, before I had to admit defeat.
I was really surprised. It hadn't crossed my mind things like that could be hard to find on the other side of the tunnel.
Oh, how I missed going to France this year to do my Christmas shopping! French supermarkets do Christmas so much better than ours in the UK do - ours are just piles of cheap sweets, whereas in France there are those too, but also the lovely selection boxes you showed, and the hampers with jams or wine and paté (so useful as presents for one's elderly mother, who loves that kind of thing), and so on.... to say nothing of the smoked salmon (okay, you can get that here, too) or the foie gras with its gingerbread and onion or fig chutney..... I do hope that by next Christmas we will be able to travel again.
LOVE this! Any grocery store content works for me! Super interesting to see everything!
Cool, thx for letting me know.
Thanks, Diane. I love wandering around foreign grocery stores just to see what is similar or different. When we were in France in 2017, we stopped at at GIGANTIC Carreforre”(sp?) somewhere in the south of France. It was ginormous- bigger than the Costco here. They had everything. If they didn’t have it, you don’t need it. Some employees were on roller skates. They had fresh game - definitely authentic because the unskinned leg and hoof were there...... The whole place was fascinating. We got hopelessly lost in the dang parking lot - getting out was frustrating, but also hilarious. A tour of one of those giant stores would be interesting.
* GIGANTIC "Carreforre” ... It's "Hypermarché CARREFOUR" : 248 Hypermarchés CARREFOUR in France, 703 in Europe, 1207 in World.
@@jockrangeos calmes toi poto
Le rayon fromage est toujours le meilleur 🤤
If you haven't tried the Amora Savora mustard sauce, it is WONDERFUL. Good on pot au feu, or even mixed with some plain yogurt to make a sauce for avocado, grapefruit & shrimp salad to serve as l'entrée.
J’aime bien le pot au feu.
Diane, thanks so much for taking me back to France, I can’t wait for healthier times when I can return. Like you, I also enjoy exploring French supermarkets. Nicely produced episode, your vlogs are getting more and more sophistiquée.
Agreed. Diane is a standout from others.
You are so welcome! Thanks for watching and so glad you enjoy my content.
Sophistiqués*
But yeah, I agree as well :)
Thank you for taking the time to do this. I love the fact that you start in the car and we see how/where you park etc. It really gives the whole experience!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I loved this! I was in heaven seeing these awesome treats.
We always make a point of going to local grocery stores when we travel. While in Paris we visited Monoprix. We love the little glass pots of yogurt and the variety of salts. Of course, we have those in the US now too. Thanks for the tour.
Absolutely brilliant Diane. The extensive selections, beautiful displays and impeccable cleanliness of the store is impressive. In some ways it reminds me of Wegmans. Your presentation style keeps everyone engaged and everything informative. These are my favorite. Joyeux Noël et bon anniversaire 🎂. Josef et King Louis XIV.
Love this content Diane.. makes us feel like we are there in France. Going to grocery stores in foreign Countries is always a highlight.
My wife and I enjoyed watching this video. Well done!
Awesome! Thank you!
Would love to see what the French typically eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner...and the costs associated with them
Most of us start the day with coffee and tartines (baguette bread + butter and jam). We really don't eat that much in the morning compared to Germans for instance.
Tea, coffee or orane juice, brioche , break,butter, marmelade or corn flakes and milk for big kids lol. French try to avoid sugar and eat more organic food. Kiss from France
As a drink, cereals, chocolate or cofee are common. And then we eat mostly tartines (either honey or jam on top of a buttered slice of baguette). Sometimes fruits. If we want to make it fancy, we'll add some viennoiseries, croissants for instance, and maybe some orange juice. Overall the breakfast is mostly sweet stuff.
Very nice! Would you be able to do a video on each denomination of money and coins? Showing what it all looks like.
Thanks for sharing!! I don’t know if I will ever get to France. I enjoy watching your visits to the supermarket, Boulangerie etc..😊
Happy Holidays! I love watching your videos, I was in France last year, stayed in the 16th. We had a Fran Prix around the corner. We loved buying the rotisserie chicken & potatoes, it was our favorite meal. We also got to shop at Auchan in Serris, that was grocery heaven! We purchased plastic containers and brought back several pounds of aux cristaux de sel de mer to enjoy at home. Hopefully someday after the pandemic we can go back. Stay safe out there!
Such a great country. The foods there are so good and really ‘clean’.
Bring on the videos! Happy NY
Excellent video, very well done! Would love to see a “this is how the French eat their favorite foods” video. For example, foie gras isn’t my thing either, but it’s so popular. The French love a lot of foods that I am afraid to even approach, as an American, so a guide to how to eat some of them would be so useful!
Liz, foie gras is popular... at a few exceptional moments of the year !
Oh foie gras is da bomb!!! Yummy.
Foie gras is usually eaten around year's end holidays, like christmas and new years eve.
There's the cold version from conserves -the best being sterilized glass jars. Watch out if its actual complete foie gras and not mixed with a lower product like mousse de canard of stuff like that.
Typically served as the entry dish with roasted toasts, maybe a pinch of salt if you dont find it salty enough and either chutneys (there are frenched variants like chutney de pommes du Calvados) or marmelade d'oignons and white wine.
I lack culinary knowledge to perfectly describe the hot version, and anyway have eaten the cold one more often. You can do your own foie gras from a foie bought at the butcher and it can be better than any conserve would.
Foie gras for Christmas
FYI foie gras is eaten mostly during winter, because its made from goose liver: they usually fill their stomach themselves only at that of the year (I mean we force them, but they do it naturally too).
Also, if by typical french food you're afraid to approach you mean, frog legs, snails, beef tongue/brain, etc... We don't usually eat them either :D From all of the "weird" french food, snails might be the only one "lots of french" have tasted (and it's awesome because of the sauce, garlic, parsley and butter, the snails themselves don't have much taste)... As for the rest of it, pretty uncommun even for us !
Salut Diane,
Merci beaucoup pour ce petit sentiment de vacances en cette année difficile de Covid. Agréable de se promener dans le SuperU. J'aime ça autant que d'y marcher moi-même.
Un joyeux Noël et une 2021 prospère et saine pour vous et votre famille.
Merci beaucoup ! Je suis contente que ma vidéo vous ait plu !
I think I got just as emotional about being back in a French supermarket via video as I get from all the beautiful photos of the architecture, countryside etc in France. Cointreau flavoured cream - that's definitely a first for me. I am still surprised everytime I see the huge range of chocolate flavoured breakfast cereals in French supermarkets. I suspect it is not limited to supermarkets in France and that we in Australia with 2-3 varieties are the odd ones out.
I love this sort of format with the brief intro and wrap up with well edited filming and interesting content. I liked that it was snappy and focussed particularly on the theme of Christmas. I create to dos to watch your longer videos but I never seem to get around to them. When I see anything above about 13 mins I think I don't have time to watch now - do it later. I have so many videos in my "To watch later" part of my library. :)
Thanks again for this video. I will share it within the FB group I help admin. The members will absolutely ❤it!!!
Joyeux Noël Diane
One of my favorite things to do when we travel is to go to a grocery store. What fun, it reminds me of our Whole Foods here in Dallas, TX! Have a good holiday season.
Have you been to Marcel Market in Dallas?
www.marcel-market.com/
I enjoyed this content. That is a nice store. I love to shop early in the mornings too.
So glad! Yup, early is the only way to go on Saturdays here unless you want to lose your mind.
Miss Diane... so fun. Love this content. Beautiful grocery. I've been to Paris and loved it but looks like I need to get to the Loire Valley. Just gorgeous. Can't wait to travel again. 8 years. Wonderful.
I loved this video! Whenever I go to France I like going to grocery stores, and especially to shower gel and shampoo section, I am absolutely mesmerized by the variety of scents and cute packaging!! My mom grew up between la Haute Savoie and Avignon, so we go to France pretty often, I'm even thinking of moving there with my husband and kids. Anyway, I am a new Sub :)
Love love grocery store tour. So many things to explore! Especially a country I have not been to. Enjoyed so much your video! Thanks.
Thanks so much! 😊
Cool Dianne, nice to see Scottish Salmon in the freezer!
As a retired chef, I love grocery/market crawls. I was in France and Paris in the early '80s when I was in college at the Culinary Institute of America. We visited anything that had to do with professional cooking. I know we did go shopping in Lyon for a little wine & cheese picnic we wanted. Thank you for your videos.
Bonjour to you too. In a previous video you praised Picard frozen foods. It turns out that my on-line supermarket (Ocado) sells some of those product in the UK. I am loving their pizza, as well as the frozen croissants and pain au chocolat (I live nowehere near a patisserie). Thank you
Merci Diane. I really enjoyed this video. It's interesting to see the similarities and differences. I like how you point out what's popular and why. I'm learning French so I also like seeing how many words I can recognize from storefronts to traffic/parking signs to items in the store. :) Wishing you and your husband a very happy and safe holiday season!
Hi, I think it would be very interesting to show a large view of the yogurt and cheese sections as there is nothing like this else where. We are obsessed with our dairy products.
🎄🌟🎄I love your channel. You’re great at showing the wonderful French culture. You are a great ambassador. If I could be in France to shop, I definitely would be buying many types of cheese, some Maille pickles for my husband, some Cremant from Loire....some bread and croissants❣️
Diane, maybe you can try the French pickels sold by U. I buy them for few weeks there and there are incredible... Delicious! ;) www.coursesu.com/p/le-petit-cornichon-francais-estragon-jardin-dorante-210g/1189450.html
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I love European grocery stores ... anything involving food works for me!! Thanks for sharing!
Reminds me very much of Fred Meyer -- the overall look, design, selection. Felt rather strangely familiar, honestly.
OMG... even French supermarkets are stylish!!! 😄 TFS x
I love seeing grocery stores when I travel!
President Camembert is my favorite! The chocolate aisle is amazing. Carrefour has such an amazing variety!
I was amazed at the deli section and the cheese section in the store. I was in a small town, St. Zacharie, and the local supermarche focused on a different cheese each week. They had a load of information about the cheese, where it was from, it's history etc. One thing I had difficulty with was milk. Confusing, all the kinds and types. The deli section was very different, with rabbits and more "raw" looking items. Great video. I hope you will go to some brocantes and vide grenier.
The pointsettia plant is very popular in France for Christmas and New Year. In French we call it Étoile de Noël (Christmas Star) and usually we buy it at this period in time because it is not easy to keep it for more than some months.
We fell hard for Bonne Maman Jam when there. Especially the Rhubarb flavour. Yummm.
Volvic water especially the Volvic Juiced or Volvic Juicy
My husband still dreams of the cookies from Mère Poulard.
I dream of the rice puddings in the glass jars in packs of 2.
Different flavors of Pringles were a big hit too.
Have you gotten the "Intense" version of Bonne Maman? Holy cow I don't want to eat any others now! So much fruit flavor!
@@Rachel-rs7jn no. Haven’t seen those in my part of Canada yet. Another excuse to go back to France. LOL 😂
Great video as usual. I would love it if you could go back after the holidays when the store is less busy so that you could concentrate on showing the prices. I find it interesting to see which items are more expensive, which ones are cheaper, and which are about the same as here in the US.
Bonjour! I love when you do tours. Makes me wish I was there! I noticed the Bonne Maman yogurt or dessert you skimmed past. The only Bonne Maman product I've seen in the US is the preserves. I always get the cherry! A bit expensive here. So good! They all are!
Yup, Bonne Maman does jams, cookies, and desserts in French grocery stores!
hello trust me try the cookies
in fact, most French families prepare a homemade Christmas meal, with products ordered from local producers (poultry, foie gras, cheeses, etc.). For Christmas we only buy the appetizer stuff at the supermarket.
Je vois que vous êtes à Cholet, il y a un très bon producteur de canard gras (Foie gras, confits, magrets...) pas très loin à Vihiers, la maison Coraboeuf. Vous connaissez ? Et connaissez-vous le château de Passavant bio ? Moi qui n'aime pas l'Anjou rouge, je trouve celui-là très bon.
Thanks for your video. It was very interesting to see the items in a French grocery store.
Glad you enjoyed it!
The pink poinsettias are very pretty! It's fascinating to see other countries familiar yet different stores. The green tea t.p. looks cool!
For those Francophiles living in the UK without access to a serious cheese seller, M&S are currently offering a cheese selection from Chateaubourg, like those featured around 4.25 in the video. It’s the Selection de Medailles, comes in two sizes and they are relatively inexpensive for the selection of real french cheese offered. Another lovely video!
Thanks. The market is so clean and organized. A pleasure to shop
Love these shopping videos.
I love going to the grocery store with you. When I would visit my sister in Australia the highlight for me was going grocery shopping.
We went to France in 2019 and shopped at a grocery store located in a mall, best experience, what a selection, bread and cheese my personal favourites. Chocolate kinder in particular my Daughters favourite.
What great memories of food shopping in Paris, Monoprix or Galleries Lafayette--you can't go wrong. One Christmas I was there, 2017?, and the theme was gold garnishes, The pastries were coated with a gold spray, there were huge grinders of gold salt and silver peppercorns (still have them as I couldn't bear to use them.) The most decadent thing was thinly sliced smoked salmon with the edges dipped in flakes of gold leaf. It was everywhere. We won't even mention the chocolates. I was there last October and still kick myself for not buying a vegetable scrubber shaped exactly like a large black truffle--28 Euros, but it would have looked astounding on my sink. Next time. I am really suffering from homesickness now.,,,,sob.
There is just something homey about grocery and pharmacy shopping!. Your tours are great, thanks for taking us along. The Maillie Cornichones have always been my favourite pickle. I live in Canada and think it is a staple here. They really make entertaining easy with their edible selection trays. The cheese looked so interesting. Happy Holidays and Joyeux Noël to you and yours Diane.
When in other countries, I long to shop in the little stores that specialize in one thing...bakery, cheese, fruit, meat etc. But I find the supermarket much more user friendly. I don't have to keep asking prices and I'm not embarrassed when a piece of cheese is way too expensive. In the supermarket you know the size and price upfront and it is a more relaxed shopping experience. So I substitute romance for practicality.
Loved this! The packs of cheese are great! I wish we had them. It takes the guess work out of it. I always learn new French words in places like stores and restaurants.
Ça m’a fait plaisir de regarder votre vidéo, je vis au pays de Galles et j’ai un peu de mal du pays ! Bonnes fêtes 🥳
Love that you showed & discussed the need to weigh produce in some markets - NOT normal for the US and easily overlooked. Thanks also for showing & discussing the parking validation. Had kinda hoped you'd take a shopping cart and discuss how often you have to "pay" to get the cart then get your money back when you return it (looks like you just loaded up your shopping bag to carry them to the check-out). Again, those things that are not normal in the US and can trip us up when we are there are always helpful.
I love these videos. Keep 'em coming :)
Im french and i living in rome for a year, seeing your videos make me so happy i really miss france.🇲🇫
Aww. fond memories. I miss Carrefour, the flavored syrups, violet candies, Cote d'or Chocolate, Le petite e'coulier, cheese and du pain....miss Grenoble oh and the saucisson!!! Love your channel...just happened upon it. Nice job!!!
Awesome! Great share! Yes, over here in Tx. We have the HEB grocery store, and you have to weigh you produce, coffee, and bulk spices on the scales and put the stickers on. But if you forget, the cashier has a booklet filled will all the codes and they will weigh them for you and put in the code and it will price it right for you. Great share, Happy Holidays! I have tried foie gra in culinary school and found it buttery rich on a cracker with some cheese. Very interesting flavors.
I have family that live in TX and I live going grocery shopping at HEB when I visit.
Merci, Diane. Such a good idea at this time of year.
I so enjoyed the trip to the supermarket. Thank you. You would hate shopping here in Tasmania,the bakerie was wonderful. Merci beaucoup.
You're very welcome!!
Gosh.. dreams do exist.. as I really miss the cheese and snacks section in Bangalore.. India.. praying that we get an opportunity to enjoy the worlds wide range of produce and products here soon.. have a very joyful festive season of shopping and sharing
Nice video . Love the potato chip varieties and so much smoked salmon! I love checking out pharmacies while traveling too! Thanks for showing the whole process
I will never get to France, but it was fun seeing a French grocery store - especially during the holidays! Thank you, or perhaps I should put it this way - Merci beaucoup!
I am embarrassed to admit I love this video. Groceries are the best experience in Europe even if it is not that much different than a trip to Kroger or Publix. Thanks for the tour
Supermarkets are great, but I prefer the small stores, like the bakeries/pastry shops, delis, local green markets, cafes.
Anyway, thanks for taking us along, on your shopping trip.
It was a pleasure.
Have a GREAT and SAFE, NEW year 🍾🎈😊
I love shopping in the French grocery store. My first experience was arriving in Lille on a Saturday afternoon and we drove to the Euralille centre. OMG! the parking garage was pure insanity. We had a rental car and I was positive that we were going to get the car damaged. We did find a spot and luckily all went well. My absolute favourite part of shopping in the French grocery store is the cheese and bread section. Once we settled in to our Airbnb i walked daily to the grocery store and tried so many different cheeses
I totally agree with you . In Germany parking garage is so tight that I can never park a car for fear of damaging it . Unlike in the States , everything is big ,.
Bonjour...Oui Française. Super U is one of the many others I frequent. They're pretty in varieties but usually L'eclcre or Franprix prefere most due to the poultry the poulet,lots of legume veggies choices...voilà the 🍅 and especially the fromage section...french supermarché is absolute the way to go. Merci
It's good that more people are using vinegar and baking soda (bicarbonate de soude) for cleaning again, (thanks Grandma!), but just a tip, buy the stuff in the food section, usually salt adjacent, for less than half the price I saw advertised for the specially packaged stuff.
Love this kind of content. Also, could you do more behind-the-scenes videos- maybe a restaurant, or a pharmacy- when COVID permits.
Unfortunately, for a restaurant it's currently impossible, they are still closed (once again) because of this horrible virus. :-(
Yoghurt is BIG in France, so you’ll find literally several hundreds of references in any small city supermarket, with all kind of flavors (goût vanille means it’s just flavored, artificial unless explicitly mentioned), but also with natural fruit bites, different milks, etc. as well as many cream deserts like custards, mousses, …
Paradise for any sweet palate (bec sucré, in French !!)
I find the variety of choices very interesting, especially the cheeses and yogurts. I enjoy your channel very much!
This is fantastic, this is what I’m interested in different countries, yes, plz keep it coming!🇺🇸🥰
This was fun! I am in NYC and I am amazed at how inexpensive the prices are. The scented toilet paper is interesting...surprised it hadn’t made it across the pond here!
Lol "across the pound" I laughed 😅
Both scented and dyed toilet paper used to be common in the United States. The government banned it as a health and safety concern.
Oh yes the prices are so much cheaper. Also in UK. I was last there in 2019. I never thought groceries for 2 people would be more than electicity. Hot in Florida so lots of AC. However, that is the case.
I love visiting grocery stores when in another country. One of my favorite things to do. And trying new or different products is a lot of fun. Thanks for the interesting video!
This brings back memories of the times when I spent a month or two of the year in France (different regions) and would go to the supermarket. Some things are very similar to a supermarket in the U.S. or Canada while other things are different. I remember learning from my French friends with whom I stayed in Toulouse about weighing your own produce, and then seeing it again in Brittany. Glad you showed that. In the U.S., at least in Texas and California, both of which I know well, weighing your own produce isn't something I see, unless you're using the self-checkout, in which case you weight it on the fly. But you don't weigh your produce to obtain a priced sticker before taking it to the checker as you showed, and as I remember. Another thing I remember are the checkers don't stand like they do in the U.S. They all sit, and they don't bag anything for you. But I remember seeing the same thing in Spain and the UK too, so that must be pan-European. You forgot to show us that you need a coin to get a shopping cart (a caddie in France French?) With fewer and fewer people carrying change around, is that still a thing or has the 1 EUR coin been replaced for getting a shopping cart. It's a great concept because it encourages patrons to return the shopping cart to its spot to recover the 1 EUR coin.
I was surprised to see France has such large grocery store. My limited experience in France was with small shops. I found the variety of potato chips/Crisps fascinating. Thanks for the insight. Keep these type of videos coming.
This is actually a small one in a town center. There are big hypermarkets as well!
Like being on a trip to France...lots to know
That was a pure joy even for a french this video! I love your channel, i binge watch a lot of your videos :D
Liked seeing all the puddings and treats!
really missed our trip to France this year to celebrate our grandsons 5th birthday, but the one thing I miss are the bakery shops, but there was one supermarket that had mini pastry sampler, "box", about 6 different pasties times 2, last a couple afternoons, also Carrefour, had self scanning as one shopped through the store and placed in your trolley and when you arrived at the checkout, an attendant would just run her eye over your trundler and if it looked close to what was on your docket, away you went, very fast.
I love the cheeses in French supermarkets. Some of the supermarkets here in the UK have decent selections but nothing like France. Yup I like to shop early too. I can then get in with my day.
VERY HIGH QUALITY OF PRESENTATION that I always enjoy for to watch.
You kind of swimming along in France like fish in a water. Just chill out and enjoy ... when you make a videos.
Bonjour! I was so excited to see the Maille line of products. I just purchased their Dijon mustard at my Wal-Mart here in Rochester, NY this past Monday. I saw it was from France, but still wasn't sure until I came across your video. 😁 I thoroughly enjoyed your video. I am learning French on Duolingo. It helps to hear a real person say some of the things I am learning. 😊Avientot! 🙋
Bonjour! What a great video! I love seeing how the French shop on a daily basis. I try and go with my husband's family when we're visiting. I'm from California and when we've wandered into the "Mexican Food" section, I shudder! :-D My (French) husband came in while I was watching and was mesmerized by all the brands and foods he's missing because of the lockdown. Thank you for this trip. Have a fantastic Christmas and New Year's.
Yes, great content! Love to see how people in other countries go about daily life in a usual way!
Super interesting!!! Thanks for the video. I love hearing you speak French. Great content in your channel. Greetings from Argentina.
Thank you! 😃
Hi Diane...newly subscribed Canadian follower here.....LOVED this video! In my fridge here in Ontario Canada I have both the Maille cornichons, Dijon Mustard and Grainy Mustard, as well as Bonne Maman strawberry jam. I've been fortunate enough to be in France twice, once a few days in Paris included in a trip to England and once for a10day cruise from Arles to Marsailles. Would love to be able to return once more.....