The best grocery stores Maine-Et-Loire

Ô Local is a tearoom/cantine/designer boutique on the banks of the Loire. Émilie and Morgane, epicureans, wanted to promote organic and local products, well-being and living together by creating this unusual place, fitted out in a spirit of recovery and a cosy atmosphere. Here, you can take a snack break, dine on gourmet cuisine at lunchtime, or enjoy a drink while admiring the Loire River. You're sure to fall for one of the creations in the pretty boutique, or a piece of clothing from the second-hand shop. A place full of life, delicacies and sweets!

The best of Anjou gastronomy awaits you here! Specialties include rillauds, Le Vinaillou cookies and Quernons d'ardoise. But also other culinary treasures like Pavés du bout du monde, delicious puff pastry and fleur de sel bites, a tasty chicken terrine with Cointreau or appetizing Loire smoked eel fillets. There's also a fine selection of organic products such as terrines and crackers, as well as soaps and eau de toilette made with rose extracts from Doué-la-Fontaine.

This pretty store is a real pleasure for the senses! Here, you will be advised among the many gourmet products, local or from elsewhere. The shelves are dedicated to wines, beers and spirits with the local Saumuroise beer, the timeless L'Original and Royale Combier but also spirits from farther away like those from the German Saarland... You will also discover the preserves of the Belle-Illoise and the delicious shortbread of the Sablésienne. The local creators are also honored with the accessories for bicycle La Bouclée.

Open on the semi-pedestrian streets of the old Saumur, the grocery store offers its wooded stalls, carefully arranged, inviting the customer to discover these famous delicacies. But what are they? A large choice of cookies, teas, chocolates, fois gras, oils and vinegars, sweets, regional products, jams, gift ideas, wines and other delights... In short, a gourmet's paradise! As far as local sweets are concerned, you will also find Quernons d'ardoise, pommes tapées and Vinaillou, which you can accompany with liqueurs from the Combier distillery.

If you're looking for a sweet scent of roasting that escapes from this shop, lovers of coffee, herbal teas or fine teas will be able to find their happiness. All the more so as we discover a wide range of aromas of multiple origins. But the Comptoir des Saveurs doesn't just is our smell. He also knows how to turn into a tea salon to offer us small delicacies to savour at the same time as taking time, attablé on the small terrace during the beautiful season, to taste the blends of the mistress of the places.

A pretty little grocery store in the village which has been offering, for 12 years now, a selection of regional and world products, both sweet and savory: Les Délices de Flo jams, Le Dréan lace crepes, Doucet chocolates, Voisin coffee, L'Olivier olive oil, Manoir d'Alexandre foie gras, rillettes and terrines from Treilles gourmandes... Pretty gourmet baskets are also on sale. You won't leave empty-handed! Guaranteed to please!

The story of Saveurs is that of a group of local people who decided, in 2007, to buy the main shop in their town when it was about to close. In this cooperative grocery store, local and organic products are available. Favoring short circuits, the store also offers a cellar corner of the most sympathetic where a number of good wines of Savennières are mixed. A grocery store as warm as the land it promotes.

This family-run shop sells local products, many of which come from organic farming, such as wines from small producers, but above all delicatessen products: jams, honey, foie gras, preserves, condiments, chocolates, teas, liqueurs as well as beauty articles. It is also a place to take a break for a snack, a drink, a cocktail, a breakfast or even a lunch. One is received with great kindness and sits on vintage chairs in a fresh and invigorating decor. Bicycle tourists are especially welcome!

Douceur, Plaisir et Gourmandises is a delicatessen located in Saint-Georges-sur-Loire, Maine-et-Loire. The store offers a wide selection of quality products, including teas, spirits, jams, cookies, gourmet starters, oils and vinegars, spices and condiments, terrines and rillettes, as well as gourmet baskets. Customers can order online and have their purchases delivered, or pick them up in-store thanks to the drive-through service. Douceur, Plaisir et Gourmandises also offers customizable gift boxes for all occasions. Whether it's for a business gift, a promotional event or simply to treat yourself, this delicatessen will satisfy all gourmets in search of sweet treats and gustatory pleasures.

Blessed people in this neighborhood who finally have shops open even on Sundays. Because next to the Asian giant, there is this small, practical Spar and the offer is enough to get supplies, without running hypermarchés. A real butchery, fresh bread and delivery service, what more to ask, it is a real service of proximity that we appreciate, and who has kept a very friendly relationship with the clientele. Open until on Sundays, who says better?

Epica ? "épicerie-cantine"! The (fine) grocery section features a selection of jarred products from Les Treilles Gourmandes, based in Le Lion d'Angers (foies gras, rillettes, terrines...), excellent ready-cooked dishes from their "le Bon Bag" range (cassoulet, osso bucco, sauté de veau), as well as a variety of local and non-local products, Giffard syrups, wines, jams... The canteen offers a dish of the day (tartiflette, duck parmentier), a number of pasta and salad recipes, and tempting desserts (banoffee, crumble) at very reasonable prices.

At the end of 2023, there will be a new change of ownership for this attractive greengrocer's store on Place Hérault. Also present at various open-air markets in the north of Angers, Benoît and his salesman offer a rich selection of fruit and vegetables, both organic and non-organic, often from small-scale local production, and at prices that have nothing to envy those charged at these same markets. The shop also functions as a local grocery store, offering honey, eggs, dried fruit, soups, jams, local cheeses...

This vast delicatessen (the most beautiful in Angers?) offers appetizing small cheese and charcuterie departments (with a focus on Italy and Spain), not forgetting exceptional smoked salmon! Can't decide what to have? For your giant aperitifs, the store offers superb themed platters (mixed, sea, antipasti, vegetarian), as well as delicious small dishes of the day to take away, from starters to desserts, at very affordable prices. The rest of the store is devoted to spirits, canned goods, oils, sauces, condiments...

La Ferme de Sainte Marthe is a seed supplier located in Loire-Authion. They offer a drive-through service to facilitate purchases.

La Cochonnaille d'Olivier is a charcuterie. It offers a wide selection of charcuterie and delicatessen products, from guinguette fare to refined dishes from Michelin-starred restaurants.