Those prices are wonderful compared to the U.S. prices. The tomatoes that you paid 1.99 for would cost us between $3 to $5 dollars. I enjoy watching your video's! Thank you for all the time and effort you both put into putting these together. Thank you also for the helpful tips and frugal hints towards managing money, savings and household tips. My own personal favorites are the prices and variety of your shopping haul's. Thank you! I look forward to each new video.
I think in general though wages are higher in America. I’m always surprised when someone on Dave Ramsey says they “only earn $60,000” because that’s quite high compared to a European average wage. So it probably evens out that way 😊
Wages do tend to be higher in the US, but Healthcare alone eats a large percentage of that. Just having insurance has cost our family $1,200 a month. That is before we use it, we have to pay for each time we use it, that is just having the insurance.
I enjoy seeing grocery hauls from other countries. I am in the USA. I try to buy fresh fruits and vegs from local farmers this time of year. I don't keep track to see if they are cheaper, but they are fresher, and I know more about what they are sprayed with, and I am supporting local, North Carolina, farmers. That is important to me. 🍉🥕🍑🍏
Hi Lynn, I live in North Carolina too. Moved from California seven years ago. I have cousins that live in Nantes and I just sent them a copy of our Food Lion ad so we can compare prices. Hope to hear from them soon.
What a gorgeous haul! I agree that about buying local and quality. I am in Northern California and shopping here is so expensive even if we do grow lots of veggies and fruits in state. Many times we do better at the Sunday farmers market especially in the summer than stores price and quality wise. Enjoy your beautiful, vitamin rich foods! If you have prosciutto at home, it pairs beautifully with all those melons! Thank you Jane and Mike. ❤to your 🐶
Love those fresh radishes and tomatoes 🍅✔️. All the fresh produce and selection looks fantastic. And Jane the prices are so much cheaper than Australia 🇦🇺. I agree farmers need to receive a fair price for their crops and hard work. Thank you Jane and Mike for a terrific video and cuddles to the doggies. 🐶
Thanks for sharing. Wow, beautiful produce and the prices seem pretty good from what we can get. I love that you recognize the importance of the farmers and workers.
Beautiful produce, we found one store that is a little more expensive however their watermelons are delicious. Unlike some of the others that’s ended up being throw away because they were mushy.
It does seem that small islands prove to be the best for growing new potatoes. Our Jersey Royals are, I guess, in a similar category. It's easy to see the quality of all that you bought. Those tomatoes! Imagine being able to buy something of that quality anywhere in UK, never mind a supermarket! Heaven Jane and much as we love to be economical, sometimes having first quality is irresistable. Lovely haul.
Thank you for sharing frugal 👸 👑 voice of a angle heart of gold. Apleasure to watch always .the puppies 🐶 stole the show ❤warm big hug 🤗🥰for the cutie 🐶 🐶
A little cheaper than here in New England (US) for the same quality. I love a big haul of fresh produce as I find it very relatable. I don't like most frozen or canned vegetables or fruit (it's a texture issue); fresh is worth it for me so I just save money by eating much less red meat, poultry, and fish and having very simple meals much of the time.
It's a nice treat to shop in a store with excellent produce. Overall, your prices are still very good compared to what we pay normally inthe US in a regular grocery store. Grand Frais is now on my list of must see places in France! 😊
The quality of what you showed was superb. A similar melon in Montreal costs about $7.00 Cdn each. They are from the U.S. or Mexico. The local ones will only be available in August. I remember eating those Ile de Batz potatoes when visiting Roscoff. They were wonderful. Here a bag of very ordinary red or white 5 lbs of potatoes would be about 7$ I paid 4$ Cdn on offer for one dozen large free run eggs today. My garden is providing me with some yellow and green courgettes. I hope to get a few peppers soon but it will be awhile until I get some green beans,aubergines and tomatoes although they are available at the local farmers market as I started my garden quite late this year. The garden is also giving me a few raspberries and blueberries and strawberries. Our berry season started with strawberries a few weeks ago and will go until about early September since several later varieties will be available. Corn has started this week but will be best a couple of weeks from now. Thx for sharing this trip with us! Enjoy your weekend and hope you have a great day with your friends.
All that fresh local produce looks wonderful. We are behind you with local produce so we are anxiously waiting for the local produce to arrive in stores.
That produce is absolutely beautiful!!! The prices were fantastic! The produce is expensive here in the US and is awful! Couldn't even find a decent bag of potatoes this week. We'll just have to eat rice and pasta! Love your food haul videos!
Your produce haul was amazing, the quality was beautiful. Your prices are much more affordable than here in Canada. Thanks for sharing Jane, Mike & puppies.
Great shop, the meat prices were crazy. We made our weekly trip to the Mennonite community today- they have organic produce at great prices ( except watermelons.
Oh Jane! What lovely produce and great prices as well. If I were there I would want to but everything looks because it was so fresh and beautiful. Thank you for sharing. ❤️❤️
Wonderful haul. I used to shop at the farmers market weekly but it has become so expensive that I also go there seasonally and just for a few favorite veggies and fruits. I buy 18 pasture raised eggs for $10, so this is a good price.
That produce looks amazing. Much better prices than Northern Ontario, Canada - even with the exchange figured in. I love radish too. Have you ever tried them sautéed in butter as a side dish? So good.
I love getting my veg from grande frais, it always seems to last longer than supermarket bought veg. Thanks to watching your videos and saving our money we are coming up your way next week for a holiday. We are going to the Valley of the saints and visiting some of the forest and coastal towns and also visiting Normandy. Keep up the good work Jane xx
What beautiful produce! We have one store here called AJ's fine foods. Beautiful store and the best quality on everything. I just go to browse and also for the shock and awe! 8 years ago I rarely purchased from them and usually for something specific that I was needing. But now I would never because of the inflation on food. What you spent on produce is now my weekly budget for 2. Great video!
The produce is beautiful!! Its so interesting to see the prices. Our prices are so high now. I only buy the loss leaders! This week head lettuce was $.99 and cherries $.99 lb. We've had extreme heat for 10 days 114*-118*. Record breaking. Enjoy your weekend and thanks for sharing!
Gorgeous produce. Most items cheaper than In my area in Central NY State. I usually only buy what's on sale. Lately it has been cherries, strawberries, and blueberries.
The produce looks amazing and I love the way that they display it all. I would so love to have a store like that in close proximity so I could have the choice when I wanted quality. I think those prices are pretty much what we pay in NZ for not so good quality at times.
You’ve inspired me, I must stop at my GF tomorrow. I don’t go often but am always amazed at the quality and choice there. Always a pleasant experience. I find that living in the countryside, the quality and choice of produce at my local supermarket is not good. I assume it’s because people grow a lot of their own food at home, but not everyone does! (I live in Normandy).
I remember visiting that supermarket chain while we were visiting France a few years ago and being blown away by the fruit and veggies, I’ve never seen cool water being sprayed on veg etc to keep it fresh before in a supermarket. It was a really memorable shopping experience, it all felt so “French”. They had really helpful staff too. Back in the day in the UK Waitrose used to be a memorable customer service shop too 😂 Thanks for posting I look forward to your videos!
Everything looks fantastic! Yes,it's not an everyday shop I guess. But quality cost money. Health is important. Honestly,thinking about it now,since you said that the quality of the produce in your usual shopping places dropped....it doesn't make sense to get it even for cheaper,if one not gonna use it fully because of bad quality for instance. Sometimes you open or cut and inside is a bad surprise. As they say, the cheap stuff will cost you expensive. Because you will eventually throw away a lot. It was interesting to see. I didn't know about this shop as a brand. I am not yet there obviously,but will definitely be a pleasure to visit it. I bet shopping there is a big pleasure. How was their fresh meat section? Meat was also on another level? Thanks for sharing. Show the dishes that you will make with everything pls. 👍🏻
I think that’s very good for the total price. Our equivalent here is probably Whole Foods which people jokingly call whole paycheck. They are not cheap but you can sometimes get reasonable prices on very good produce and their cafeteria style lunches.
Jane, the quality of the fruit and veg you bought looks amazing! We’re finding the quality here in the UK is not great lately.! It’s false economy to buy cheap if you have to throw some of it away! Thanks to you and Mike for sharing. Enjoy your weekend ❤️
@@tinkerbell9399 thanks, it’s hit and miss, sometimes all the stores are good, sometimes some are. When I don’t want to gamble I go to grand frais or intermarche for the best fruit and vegetables.
Grand frais is expensive in my opinion but your can find good bargain. Here, the shop is open on Sunday and I find low price on that day. But I admit that I love buying their italien products that are awesome on full price
Thank you so much for the most informative content. This shop sounds a bit like Harrods food hall ! Marks and Spencer’s over here in very over priced so like yourselves I only buy what I cannot get in Tesco or Aldi ! Tesco too puts up its prices every week. I do feel so sorry for families with growing children!
Golly, 12 local good quality eggs here in Portland, OR are upwards of $7.00 Our normal tomatoes can be $2.99-$3.99 pound. In the summer, we can go to U-Pick farms and get a bit better price on produce, especially berries. Plus, it's good fun to pick your own fruits and veggies. Our local farmer's markets are good too in general price-wise because everything is in season and we're supporting local farmers.
Texas has cheap migrant labour. France has permanent contracts, sick pay, above minimum wage for farm workers, pensions, holiday pay, 5 weeks paid holiday and you can't grow vegetables cheaply with french employment rules.
Great haul. You are right about the quality of produce. It’s the same her in UK. The quality of fruit, veg and meat in the supermarket is just getting worse. Lidl used to be excellent for chicken breast and now they are tasteless and full of sinew. The only one keeping the standards high is waitrose. I get an online shop there sometimes when they have good meat offers on.
@@FrugalQueeninFrance if it’s not in season, and I can’t grow it myself, then I would rather spend a little bit more and go somewhere where the produce lasts longer than the car journey home. Surprised it’s similar in France, as thought it was just here because of Brexit and delays. Oh well, just got to make the best of it.
@@TheKitchenGardenatPlot6b it's not about delays, it's seasonal produce. There's no shortage. There's no offers on so far I have to pay full price, I'll go for quality
Food prices have gone up all over, but I think what you paid is quite fair compared to what we spend here in Chicago. We have many supermarkets ranging from budget to luxury, with a lot of imported fruits and vegetables from all over the world. Much of the produce looks appetizing but the taste is bland and definitely not up to par with seasonal produce in other countries.
Gorgeous produce. Here in Texas been buying produce at Aldi and it is not always great quality. Mushrooms are the only items that are consistently good.
They're cotton, they biodegrade. All of our refuse that we don't personally compost, gets burned and the energy from burning it in a totally filtered and non polluting manner gets turned into energy/electricity. This is done locally.
@@maryfreeman9231 no, better, like Harrod's food hall. Waitrose and M&S has a lot of convenience food. None of that in Grand Frais. It's like a traditional French market with fresh produce.
@@FrugalQueeninFrance there is one in Frejus where we normally holiday but we've never been in. We'll take a look this year, that'll be exciting to find somewhere new. We used to shop in Ed's but they appear to have all turned into Carrefour Express. Cheers!
Those prices are wonderful compared to the U.S. prices. The tomatoes that you paid 1.99 for would cost us between $3 to $5 dollars. I enjoy watching your video's! Thank you for all the time and effort you both put into putting these together. Thank you also for the helpful tips and frugal hints towards managing money, savings and household tips. My own personal favorites are the prices and variety of your shopping haul's. Thank you! I look forward to each new video.
Oh wow!
lovely produce ..and i think great prices
I think in general though wages are higher in America. I’m always surprised when someone on Dave Ramsey says they “only earn $60,000” because that’s quite high compared to a European average wage. So it probably evens out that way 😊
It depends where you live in the US. I thought those were rather high.
Wages do tend to be higher in the US, but Healthcare alone eats a large percentage of that. Just having insurance has cost our family $1,200 a month. That is before we use it, we have to pay for each time we use it, that is just having the insurance.
I have to admit my favorite part of your videos is seeing the babies at the end. So cute
You are so kind
Let’s all admit we are only here for Dolly and Mary 😂
It’s a ploy to make us stay to the very end 😉 - they’re adorable ❤
Maybe she could do a video: “a day in the life of 2 frugal dogs” 😊
I enjoy seeing grocery hauls from other countries. I am in the USA. I try to buy fresh fruits and vegs from local farmers this time of year. I don't keep track to see if they are cheaper, but they are fresher, and I know more about what they are sprayed with, and I am supporting local, North Carolina, farmers. That is important to me. 🍉🥕🍑🍏
Hi Lynn, I live in North Carolina too. Moved from California seven years ago. I have cousins that live in Nantes and I just sent them a copy of our Food Lion ad so we can compare prices. Hope to hear from them soon.
I'm in Indiana (US) and those prices were excellent! Good job finding the bargains!
Thanks so much
I like how the radishes are presented like a bouquet. Everything looks wonderful
Thank you
The largest and most beautiful bunch of radishes I've ever seen in store.
I ate them all as snacks over a few days.
What a gorgeous haul! I agree that about buying local and quality. I am in Northern California and shopping here is so expensive even if we do grow lots of veggies and fruits in state. Many times we do better at the Sunday farmers market especially in the summer than stores price and quality wise. Enjoy your beautiful, vitamin rich foods! If you have prosciutto at home, it pairs beautifully with all those melons! Thank you Jane and Mike. ❤to your 🐶
Thanks so much
Love those fresh radishes and tomatoes 🍅✔️. All the fresh produce and selection looks fantastic.
And Jane the prices are so much cheaper than Australia 🇦🇺.
I agree farmers need to receive a fair price for their crops and hard work.
Thank you Jane and Mike for a terrific video and cuddles to the doggies. 🐶
Thanks so much
The produce looks gorgeous! I love seeing the grocery items and the meals you make from them 😊
@@Harasezza thank you
Thanks for sharing. Wow, beautiful produce and the prices seem pretty good from what we can get. I love that you recognize the importance of the farmers and workers.
It's so important to have solidarity with the workers
Beautiful produce, we found one store that is a little more expensive however their watermelons are delicious. Unlike some of the others that’s ended up being throw away because they were mushy.
Thanks for sharing
Stunning produce. All looks delicious.
Thanks so much!
Thanks for the video. Lovely looking veg and fruit. Ours are a little behind because of the cool wet spring.
Thanks for visiting
The tomatoes look amazing!
It does seem that small islands prove to be the best for growing new potatoes. Our Jersey Royals are, I guess, in a similar category. It's easy to see the quality of all that you bought. Those tomatoes! Imagine being able to buy something of that quality anywhere in UK, never mind a supermarket! Heaven Jane and much as we love to be economical, sometimes having first quality is irresistable. Lovely haul.
Thank you so much
Love the haul, love the veggies. Thank you for sharing Jane Mike and puppies.
Thank you for watching
Thank you for sharing frugal 👸 👑 voice of a angle heart of gold. Apleasure to watch always .the puppies 🐶 stole the show ❤warm big hug 🤗🥰for the cutie 🐶 🐶
You are so kind
In my area of the U.S the bell peppers would cost $1.99 - $ 2.99 each. I grow my own and freeze them.
Gorgeous produce!
What a lovely place to shop. That would be a mini vacation for me!
It really is!
Great Prices Jane. Enjoy the weekend 🙂
Thank you! You too!
Higher income areas always have the best produce in their stores, compared to regular suburbs, areas.
Thank you
Your prices are incredible and everything looks so fresh! ❤
Thank you so much!!
I live in a suburb of Chicago and the prices you paid were reasonable for the quality
A little cheaper than here in New England (US) for the same quality. I love a big haul of fresh produce as I find it very relatable. I don't like most frozen or canned vegetables or fruit (it's a texture issue); fresh is worth it for me so I just save money by eating much less red meat, poultry, and fish and having very simple meals much of the time.
Thanks for sharing!
Always enjoy your. Video's. Fruit and vegetables look scrumptious 😊 sweet dogs
So nice of you
Gorgeous produce! Thanks for sharing your shop with us!
Thanks for watching!
It's a nice treat to shop in a store with excellent produce. Overall, your prices are still very good compared to what we pay normally inthe US in a regular grocery store. Grand Frais is now on my list of must see places in France! 😊
You really must
The quality of what you showed was superb. A similar melon in Montreal costs about $7.00 Cdn each. They are from the U.S. or Mexico. The local ones will only be available in August. I remember eating those Ile de Batz potatoes when visiting Roscoff. They were wonderful. Here a bag of very ordinary red or white 5 lbs of potatoes would be about 7$ I paid 4$ Cdn on offer for one dozen large free run eggs today. My garden is providing me with some yellow and green courgettes. I hope to get a few peppers soon but it will be awhile until I get some green beans,aubergines and tomatoes although they are available at the local farmers market as I started my garden quite late this year. The garden is also giving me a few raspberries and blueberries and strawberries. Our berry season started with strawberries a few weeks ago and will go until about early September since several later varieties will be available. Corn has started this week but will be best a couple of weeks from now. Thx for sharing this trip with us! Enjoy your weekend and hope you have a great day with your friends.
Thanks so much for your reply
Beautiful veggies. I wish I could find stuff that good.
Thanks
That produce is just beautiful!
Absolutely gorgeous produce! Those peppers and tomatoes!
Thank you kindly!
When I lived in Switzerland (Geneva) I used to cross the border to shop weekly at Grand Frais. I miss it so much!
Thanks
All that fresh local produce looks wonderful. We are behind you with local produce so we are anxiously waiting for the local produce to arrive in stores.
Thanks
Beautiful produce! Great price on the peppers!
Yes they are!
Your fresh produce looked so amazing. I grow eggplant but at the price you paid I wouldn't.
Thanks
Thanks Jane. Thumbs up. From a long term subscriber. x Jen from Adelaide Australia
Thanks so much
Enjoyed seeing store & vegs. Good prices for time of the year there
Yes it was!
That produce is absolutely beautiful!!! The prices were fantastic! The produce is expensive here in the US and is awful! Couldn't even find a decent bag of potatoes this week. We'll just have to eat rice and pasta! Love your food haul videos!
Thanks
Your produce haul was amazing, the quality was beautiful. Your prices are much more affordable than here in Canada. Thanks for sharing Jane, Mike & puppies.
Thanks Barbara
Great shop, the meat prices were crazy. We made our weekly trip to the Mennonite community today- they have organic produce at great prices ( except watermelons.
Sounds great!
Such beautiful produce!
Oh Jane! What lovely produce and great prices as well. If I were there I would want to but everything looks because it was so fresh and beautiful. Thank you for sharing. ❤️❤️
Thank you so much!
Wonderful haul. I used to shop at the farmers market weekly but it has become so expensive that I also go there seasonally and just for a few favorite veggies and fruits. I buy 18 pasture raised eggs for $10, so this is a good price.
That produce looks amazing. Much better prices than Northern Ontario, Canada - even with the exchange figured in. I love radish too. Have you ever tried them sautéed in butter as a side dish? So good.
Thanks for the info!
Nice fruit and vegetables. Well done.
Thank you so much
I love getting my veg from grande frais, it always seems to last longer than supermarket bought veg. Thanks to watching your videos and saving our money we are coming up your way next week for a holiday. We are going to the Valley of the saints and visiting some of the forest and coastal towns and also visiting Normandy. Keep up the good work Jane xx
Enjoy every moment
What beautiful produce! We have one store here called AJ's fine foods. Beautiful store and the best quality on everything. I just go to browse and also for the shock and awe! 8 years ago I rarely purchased from them and usually for something specific that I was needing. But now I would never because of the inflation on food. What you spent on produce is now my weekly budget for 2. Great video!
The produce is beautiful!! Its so interesting to see the prices. Our prices are so high now. I only buy the loss leaders! This week head lettuce was $.99 and cherries $.99 lb. We've had extreme heat for 10 days 114*-118*. Record breaking. Enjoy your weekend and thanks for sharing!
Thanks for sharing!
Gorgeous produce. Most items cheaper than In my area in Central NY State. I usually only buy what's on sale. Lately it has been cherries, strawberries, and blueberries.
Thanks for watching
The Grand Frais in Pontivy sells smoked garlic which is my favorite!
The produce looks amazing and I love the way that they display it all. I would so love to have a store like that in close proximity so I could have the choice when I wanted quality. I think those prices are pretty much what we pay in NZ for not so good quality at times.
I hope so too!
The fruit and veg look wonderful
Thanks
Beautiful produce!
Much appreciated!
Sweet puppies!
I love your gates!
You’ve inspired me, I must stop at my GF tomorrow. I don’t go often but am always amazed at the quality and choice there. Always a pleasant experience. I find that living in the countryside, the quality and choice of produce at my local supermarket is not good. I assume it’s because people grow a lot of their own food at home, but not everyone does! (I live in Normandy).
Thanks. Our local le clerc is usually good but the vielle charrue festival is on so we're staying away for a week
I remember visiting that supermarket chain while we were visiting France a few years ago and being blown away by the fruit and veggies, I’ve never seen cool water being sprayed on veg etc to keep it fresh before in a supermarket. It was a really memorable shopping experience, it all felt so “French”. They had really helpful staff too. Back in the day in the UK Waitrose used to be a memorable customer service shop too 😂 Thanks for posting I look forward to your videos!
@@serenaglister8017 I love waitrose and Sainsburys. When we visit the UK, we always call in.
We are fortunate. Unlike other non democratic countries we still have options and produce. ❤🎉 Beautiful produce.
Everything looks fantastic! Yes,it's not an everyday shop I guess. But quality cost money. Health is important. Honestly,thinking about it now,since you said that the quality of the produce in your usual shopping places dropped....it doesn't make sense to get it even for cheaper,if one not gonna use it fully because of bad quality for instance. Sometimes you open or cut and inside is a bad surprise. As they say, the cheap stuff will cost you expensive. Because you will eventually throw away a lot. It was interesting to see. I didn't know about this shop as a brand. I am not yet there obviously,but will definitely be a pleasure to visit it. I bet shopping there is a big pleasure. How was their fresh meat section? Meat was also on another level? Thanks for sharing. Show the dishes that you will make with everything pls. 👍🏻
Their meat was outstanding and equally so in price. 16€ for a small chicken
I think that’s very good for the total price. Our equivalent here is probably Whole Foods which people jokingly call whole paycheck. They are not cheap but you can sometimes get reasonable prices on very good produce and their cafeteria style lunches.
Thanks. It's expensive but regular prices for fruit and vegetables
Wonderful produce, it was a good decision to go there!
This was very reasonable it’s ok to mix it up a little for quality ❤
Jane, the quality of the fruit and veg you bought looks amazing! We’re finding the quality here in the UK is not great lately.! It’s false economy to buy cheap if you have to throw some of it away!
Thanks to you and Mike for sharing. Enjoy your weekend ❤️
@@tinkerbell9399 thanks, it’s hit and miss, sometimes all the stores are good, sometimes some are. When I don’t want to gamble I go to grand frais or intermarche for the best fruit and vegetables.
Thanks for sharing your "joy" with us! Your light is shining through. Thank you for sharing 😊
You are so welcome
I would love to try those Ile de Batz potatoes one day.
What was the cost of the melons? Would you consider each melon to be 2 servings? They look small. I always enjoy your haul videos!
6.99€ for 7 melons. Each melon serves 2.
Grand frais is expensive in my opinion but your can find good bargain. Here, the shop is open on Sunday and I find low price on that day. But I admit that I love buying their italien products that are awesome on full price
@@flochou63 thanks so much
We have a store like this where I live in Arizona. It's a beautiful, expensive store, but if you want the best, that's where you'll find it.
Really good prices compared to the US. Good haul. Thx for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
Thank you so much for the most informative content. This shop sounds a bit like Harrods food hall ! Marks and Spencer’s over here in very over priced so like yourselves I only buy what I cannot get in Tesco or Aldi ! Tesco too puts up its prices every week. I do feel so sorry for families with growing children!
I do too. Food prices are crazy.
I like the way the shop presents the food .
Better prices than here in Southern California. Wow
Wow, Jane peppers for me are $5 for 3 peppers.
It's nice to have a change from time to time Jane. Some lovely food there. 🤗
Golly, 12 local good quality eggs here in Portland, OR are upwards of $7.00
Our normal tomatoes can be $2.99-$3.99 pound.
In the summer, we can go to U-Pick farms and get a bit better price on produce, especially berries. Plus, it's good fun to pick your own fruits and veggies.
Our local farmer's markets are good too in general price-wise because everything is in season and we're supporting local farmers.
@@georgettedashiell7682 thanks for your reply
I think the prices are very fair for the quality you got, especially as so much was from France with their high workers and environmental standards.
We think that too
The produe is beautiful~Enjoy!
I try to buy my produce before its fuly ripe as it lasts longer. Aso i dnt buy anythng thats out of season.
Aubergines we’re a fabulous price
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Wow, those prices are high on some of the veggies. I'm in Austin, Texas, and I can get a pound of carrots for .99cents
Texas has cheap migrant labour. France has permanent contracts, sick pay, above minimum wage for farm workers, pensions, holiday pay, 5 weeks paid holiday and you can't grow vegetables cheaply with french employment rules.
Thank you for the amazing information
Those bell peppers would cost $9 or more here in the southern U.S.
Bell peppers were on sale for $1 a piece here in NY and I didn’t get to the store. Not happy about it!
Tuscan cantaloupe, we call it here in the States.
Great haul. You are right about the quality of produce. It’s the same her in UK. The quality of fruit, veg and meat in the supermarket is just getting worse. Lidl used to be excellent for chicken breast and now they are tasteless and full of sinew. The only one keeping the standards high is waitrose. I get an online shop there sometimes when they have good meat offers on.
I shop very judiciously now. I won't buy rubbish
@@FrugalQueeninFrance if it’s not in season, and I can’t grow it myself, then I would rather spend a little bit more and go somewhere where the produce lasts longer than the car journey home. Surprised it’s similar in France, as thought it was just here because of Brexit and delays. Oh well, just got to make the best of it.
@@TheKitchenGardenatPlot6b it's not about delays, it's seasonal produce. There's no shortage. There's no offers on so far I have to pay full price, I'll go for quality
Food prices have gone up all over, but I think what you paid is quite fair compared to what we spend here in Chicago. We have many supermarkets ranging from budget to luxury, with a lot of imported fruits and vegetables from all over the world. Much of the produce looks appetizing but the taste is bland and definitely not up to par with seasonal produce in other countries.
The taste of all French vegetables is fantastic
1 red pepper at our local grocery in August was $2.79. Things here in Ohio USA are insane.
Gorgeous produce. Here in Texas been buying produce at Aldi and it is not always great quality. Mushrooms are the only items that are consistently good.
Oh wow!
Much higher prices in Cincinnati and much too hot!
Sorry to hear that
Are the prices in Euros Jane ?…..sorry should have waited til the end ! Got it thanks !
I'm going to find out where our nearest one is! Cheddar price is better than Super-u, did they have any butter beans?
I didn’t look for butter beans. Sorry.
@@FrugalQueeninFrance No worries! There's one at the top of town in Dinan, I'll go and have a reconnoitre some time.
Hi. The fruit and veg look beautiful. Do you re use the nets they come in for something? I can't imagine throwing nets like that out 😊
They're cotton, they biodegrade. All of our refuse that we don't personally compost, gets burned and the energy from burning it in a totally filtered and non polluting manner gets turned into energy/electricity. This is done locally.
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Is Grand Frais an equivalent to Waitrose or M&S in the UK? Thanks for a great video.
@@maryfreeman9231 no, better, like Harrod's food hall. Waitrose and M&S has a lot of convenience food. None of that in Grand Frais. It's like a traditional French market with fresh produce.
@@FrugalQueeninFrance there is one in Frejus where we normally holiday but we've never been in. We'll take a look this year, that'll be exciting to find somewhere new. We used to shop in Ed's but they appear to have all turned into Carrefour Express. Cheers!
Potatoes used to be cheap, not anymore. The sad thing is that the farmer doesnt get the profit..
Did the Tour go past your house?
No