The best grocery stores France

With a name so emblematic of the region, this convenience store smells local. It is located on the main road. It offers many cheeses, local cold cuts, local alcohols such as genépi and wines. In the catering department, you will have the choice between Savoyard dishes (tartiflette, diots with white wine, polenta, cakes...), preparations for your fondues and raclettes with the loan of the material, as well as roasted chickens and other good things. They can also prepare a basket for your return. Welcome, advice and kindness that make you want to buy everything.

The name is really well found. Volontaires, because this organic and eco-responsible store is located near the eponymous metro station, and for the proactive, militant side. And bulk, because here, no pasta in 500g packets or almonds in plastic bags... Everything is in bulk. Finally, the maximum of possible references. Besides fruits, vegetables and fresh products, Imane also offers everyday products (cosmetics, drugs...). More widely, she encourages her customers to consume well and better, in particular by organizing workshops.

"Créateur et dénicheur de saveurs originales" is the motto of the boutique! Here, you'll find all the region's specialties: macaroons and Amiens duck pâté, Picard potée and pâté, salicornes, pig's ears, all kinds of mustards, Saint-Vulfran pavés from Abbeville, reinettes and poirettes from Picardie, strawberry sparkling wine from Marquenterre and so much more... Gift sets, starting at around 20 euros, allow you to bring back some of the region's flavors to your loved ones.

In the Jardin aux Escargots, Isabelle and Christophe Chaumeil raise 350,000 Gros Gris in the open air. You will be able to discover the snail farm and understand the work of these two enthusiasts, both for the breeding of gastropods and for the cooking. In the shop, you will find many gourmet dishes made from the little horned creatures but also products and herbs from the garden. You can also buy honey, pounti apple juice or lentils from Saint-Flour. Also to be found on some gourmet events in France.

Don't go to the High Alps without tasting the famous tourton, regional pride and met  ! Sweet or savoury, they are all as good as others, to the goat, to spinach, to meat, prunes or apples… This store offers you a wide variety of tourtons, made in an artisanal way. Fruit and vegetable purée are also cooked on site, ensuring the freshness of all products. A good address to purchase one of the most appreciated local products.

Éric Vidall has carefully selected his regional products: excellent wines, beer from Le Brasseur de Sommières, olive oils, fleur de sel, spices, locally-flavored mustards, fruit vinegars, artisanal jams, honey from Le Prieuré, excellent chocolates from Miralies, croquants Villaret, tapenade, saucisson, brandade de morue, various cheeses... All the typical products of the region, from the Camargue to the Cévennes, via Aigues-Mortes and Nîmes.

Small boutique stocked with products from the Les Bouriettes canning factory. In a charming setting, inside a magnificent medieval building, you'll find wines, preserves, truffle-flavored oils and vinegars, condiments, fleur de sel, aperitifs and digestifs from top-quality distilleries... For gourmets who can't wait for the fine weather, all the products on sale are available by mail order via the Les Bouriettes website. A delicatessen like a souvenir of yesteryear. A must-see!

Find an infinite range of peppers, seeds, mustards, spices, berries, sauces, sugars and coffees of all kinds. For more than 20 years, Erwann de Kerros and his Terre Exotique teams have been travelling the world in search of the best ways to enhance your dishes, by adding the little touch that makes all the difference. With Terre Exotique, choose products that have already seduced great chefs and food bloggers. The store is located in a beautiful building on the banks of the Loire in Rochecorbon. Charming reception, magnificent address!

Located at the foot of the castle, Chantal welcomes you since 2010 with a smile in her store with a pretty green front: specialized in local products, you will inevitably find here the delicacies to bring back from your stay in Touraine. A beautiful space that makes you want to taste everything: Loire Valley wines, rillettes and barley sugar from Tours, spices, teas, honey, Bourgueil wine cookies, cheeses, ice creams, and even a range of organic products. You will have understood, here, everything is dedicated to the gourmets who are looking for fresh and local quality products.

Next to the town hall and not far from the port, Le Paradis Libournais offers a wide range of wines and spirits, including whiskies and bourbons, rums and digestives. On the cellar side, you will also find digestives, champagnes and crémants, beer and many other alcohols for the aperitif. There are many references and Sandrine is the one to advise you. To offer, also think of the accessories dedicated to the world of wine: : ! As for groceries, please, the most gourmands will appreciate the beautiful selection of products from the Bordeaux region. And more so affinities! Wine salt, foie gras, Périgord truffle, Aquitaine caviar, lamprey à la bordelaise, Médoc vine shoots... There are also sauces, spreads, cooked dishes, oils and vinegars as well as some Italian products. Lovers of sweet pleasures will find their happiness among biscuits, chocolate in all its forms and various sweets. Be careful, you may leave with a full basket!

It's your turn to become an actor of a practical, concrete ecology, by thinking before buying and throwing away mountains of packaging! At La Bonne Pioche, everyone can bring their own containers (bottles, jars, boxes, bags...), but there are also practical and reusable containers on site. The reception is adorable to help us discover this more economic way of consumption, since we choose the desired quantity and not the imposed quantity. The products are local (Rhône-Alpes and Isère) and often from organic or sustainable agriculture. Also hygiene products and products for the house. An address that makes sense for the planet and for our well-being!

If you come to Ars, don't miss the church and its typical bell tower. But from Carnot Square, head to this small boutique with many treasures. Held by Cyril, she brings together everything that is best on the island of Ré. You will find in particular the flower of salt, many preserved, like the speck of etrilles and the confit of pinwater, the beers of Ré, always as natural, the renowned jams of the Clocher and so many other products! If you don't have time to get there, don't worry! Products are available on the website in just a few clicks.

Gourmet corrézien specialises in duck and goose foie gras and its derivatives, such as neck stuffed with foie gras and fruit stuffed with foie gras. As an accompaniment, a whole range of jams: black cherries, onions, peppers? But also a selection of French wines particularly adapted to foie gras. And of course mushrooms, fresh or frozen Perigord truffles, ceps and dried morels. Gourmet Corrézien is present on the markets of Tulle on Wednesday and Saturday mornings, and Brive on Tuesday and Thursday mornings.

In 2000, the two brothers Jean-Pierre and Michel Brossard completely restored this large farm body dating back to the th century and put their wives Diana and Nadine on the orders of this charming boutique to offer you products from the home of homemade manufacture: duck fatty livers extended to maize, pur rillettes, terrine, poultry meat, preserves and packages. These delicacies are also found in the Amboise, Tours, Monts and Saint-Avertin markets. Please note that you can also enjoy the guest rooms (2 to 5 persons) and the reception room of 45 people (with catering service).

In the heart of the medieval city and echoing the tea room and ice cream parlour in the lower town, the Cosy du Plo, offers a tea room-ice cream parlour and delicatessen concept that you will find right next to the Jean-Deschamps Theater square. This "gourmet store" features a selection of local producers, beers, wines, olive oils, cassoulets, honeys, liqueurs and sweet treats. For a gourmet break, sit down to taste the delicious specialties of the house such as the waffles in the Liège style that you can decorate with homemade ice creams.

This biscuit factory makes galettes and palets according to traditional recipes. A whole range of Breton specialities and biscuits has been developed with simple ingredients: Le Gall fresh churn butter, flour, sugar, eggs and know-how. The cakes are of artisanal quality, and are available in different flavours. It is possible to attend the different stages of cake making, free of charge. A tasting of the products is offered.

The two passionate oyster farmers produce here oysters, both hollow and flat, of an exceptional quality, full of the tonic freshness of the sea, whose virtues are concentrated in them! Situated below the cherry and apple orchards, the oysters also gorge themselves on the aromas of apple cider as they develop ... And, most importantly, a few tables are set up next to the fish ponds so that you can taste these delicious shellfish and seafood on the spot... An address as we like them and which we don't pass by.

In the spring of 2022, Patrice took over this locavore business located in one of the most beautiful villages in France. As a real neighborhood grocery store, Le Braqueur des Sens offers all the products of daily life. Patrice buys fruits, vegetables, meats, cheeses and other herbal teas, cookies, syrups in the shortest possible geographical radius. In the summer, the grocer deploys a few tables and chairs in the street and serves small boards of local products and snacks accompanied by good wines. He also offers picnic baskets.

Opposite the Halles Sainte-Claire, in a city open to the flavors of the world, GreCnoble takes us on a journey to the shores of the Mediterranean. An impeccable presentation for this Greek delicatessen offering products full of sunshine and Mediterranean flavors from Greece. This is where you'll find high-quality bulk extra virgin olive oil at reasonable prices, Kalamata olives, dairy products including delicious feta, seafood and Cretan products. GreCnoble also offers takeaway dishes, such as eggplant stuffed with vegetables, and wines to discover. Smiling welcome and sound advice.

This farm, located in the plain of the Ramier on the outskirts of Montauban, specializes in livestock farming and processing, including pork, fatty duck and poultry. The farm provides fresh products from high-air and day-free animals on straw, fed grain, organic farm clofles, and processed in their workshop. They respect the peasant agriculture charter. Julie and Clément make you rediscover the taste of our ancient charcuterie. Products are guaranteed without nitrite, dye or preservatives. The shop brings together farmers who are concerned about environmental ethics and proposes meat, cheese, fruit, vegetables, wines, beers… developed in the region. La Cuisine des Pibouls, a mitoyen restaurant, works for the pleasure of our palate products.

Located in Wettolsheim, just 300 meters from the Colmar equestrian center, INDIA France EPICES is a food supplier specializing in seasonings. Their website offers a wide range of seasonings to suit all tastes and cuisines. Whether you want to make your own sausages, make tasty stuffings or season your grilled meats, you'll find quality spice blends and salts at INDIA France EPICES. Seasonings are available in pods or liters.

L'Echoppe Paysanne is all about good cheer and fresh, local produce. Twenty or so local producers are on hand to welcome you (and offer friendly advice). Fruits and vegetables, craft beers, honey, juices and syrups, bread, dairy products, meat and charcuterie, fish, flour - you'll find everything you need to concoct a good meal, or simply to do your weekly shopping while supporting local producers. L'Echoppe Paysanne delights locals and tourists alike!

La Corbeille Aux Saveurs in Chevigny-Saint-Sauveur responds to the demand to buy produce from local farms. As one of the new managers is a breeder of "Bêtes au pré" with a hundred heifers in Magny-Saint-Médard, the values of the short circuit are respected. You'll find beef, pork, charcuterie from Ferme Hazotte and poultry from Ferme Bel Air. Add to this a fine cheese and yoghurt section, plus seasonal regional vegetables and fruit, delicatessen, Beaune sweets, honeys, pasta and beers..

In this "counter of yesteryear" setting, it is good to find beautiful flavours. Local products, a collection of rare teas, exceptional whiskies, everything comes together to make shopping enjoyable. From raw cider to raw cream, from cheese by the slice to good wines from all over France, from starters to gifts or souvenirs: nothing is missing here. Note that just across the street is the sister establishment Côte et Cottages, which offers a wide selection of decorative objects, lighting and tableware, among other things.

Trinitaine is the perfect place to find the small Breton sweetness to offer or a souvenir of the region. This boutique has everything you can dream of and that makes us saliver in the area of Breton products. The address, which has been in place for many years between the central Halles and the Colombier Center, offers an enormous choice of products from the Breton region and the sea, the latter being the specialty of this chain which, after the beginnings of the first store, was founded in Brittany in 1955, from where it has its name. In the grocery store, you will find proven - and approved - products by many consumers: cotriade, sardines prepared according to dozens of recipes (notably to whisky Breton and algae), mackerel, sea terrines, crustacean mosses… There is also a spaceship radius, with Quimper's earthenware, utensils to prepare themselves pancakes and cakes, and traditional Breton bowls on the first name of their owner. The tasting baskets make ideal gift ideas before picking up the train for Montparnasse. And to accompany all this, boxes with the Breton craft beers, and in addition to the cigars and vitrean pommeons, a selection of liqueurs with berries, the Strawgastel strawberries, and the inevitable chouchen! A very good choice of handicraft products, well developed in this pleasant boutique in which tourists and Bretons come to delight with authentic specialties. Salidou, cakes, madeleines, jams, pallets, kouign amann, niniches…

There are "magical" places where the eye does not know where to rest, where the senses are awakened. This is the case at Grains de Folie with the sweet fragrance of green coffees - beans or ground - from all over the world. The store also distributes about a hundred teas in bulk, in crystal bags or herbal teas. Tea room corner with also à la carte chocolate and pastries. Grains de Folie is also a delicatessen, a wine and brandy cellar with an international accent. A curious, travelling and gourmet address!

In the land of orchards and vineyards, where can you buy good local products at the best price? At the Ferme des Lônes, in the direction of the leisure center, immediately on the left, there has been a store open to individuals in search of short circuits for the past fifteen years. Seasonal fruits and juices, but also wines of the region, beers, delicious cheeses, terrines, delicatessen or meat... Cooking workshops at the rhythm of the seasons. The right address to shop and to fill up with kindness.

Bare and Nicolas surprised the whole region when they settled in 1994. Since then, they have imposed and the heads of the Opal coast have put the ostrich on their cards. All the meat comes from the legs of these exceptional outfits. Sausages, white boudin, rillettes, terrine are also derived from his flesh, his fat products, leather leather leather, and beautiful pieces of art from her eggs. Once a year, at the beginning of September, the operation takes place in the ostrich.

The small, rustic store in the heart of the family farm sells a wide range of products: milk, bibalakass, siasskass, munster, mammersbach tomme, randonneau (plain or caraway), bargkass, butter..

The Comptoir Gourmand is one of the institutions of the Halles Castellanes and the Halles Laissac. For more than seventeen years, Lory Caselli has favoured exceptional products in his delicatessen. These products - always AOC or AOP - come directly to him from the producers. If they are mainly local, they also come from elsewhere. The result: on her stall, black lucques from the Hérault, black truffles melanum sporum and anchovies are found alongside pepper from Madagascar, Cameroon and some rare spices such as saffron from Iran.

Specialising in the daily roasting of large coffees, this boutique also offers a wide choice of teas from all over the world, Des Medici, home-made chocolates and regional products: Galets galets, nantais in, slate quernons, pavés pavés, caramel with salt butter, rigolettes nantaises. What a good thing!

Before entering the Spice Palace, you didn't know that by asking for salt, you could be faced with more than fifteen different options! Fortunately, in this little shop with a thousand and one scents, the team is there to guide us and tell us the story of the products. Because it's not just salt: pepper is also available in a variety of seasonings, just like olives and other condiments (turmeric, curry, etc.). We are served by weight and we complete our shopping with teas, home-made preserves, or a good rum, unless we opt for the range of Monin syrups or a little sweetness to end this journey that awakens the senses.

On this farm you can complete the well-placed jellies in your cellar with jams, sorbets and berries.

This is the oldest traditional cider maker of Finistere, founded in 1947 by Pierre Sachedina. His grandchildren today perpetuate the family tradition by producing a drink that has been awarded several times at the general competition of agriculture in Paris and in 2006, the half-dry received an excellent award as a recognition of hard work. The following crops have also received awards in Paris and Brittany (especially at the Terralies competition in 2012). Kerne also produces an organic cider, Keltys and an excellent apple juice. It is a good family business that produces ciders with good apple taste.

Pierre Oteiza products "breathe" the Basque Country and its unique know-how. A signature that is multiplying its presence in France with 10 boutiques, including 2 in Paris and 1 in Bordeaux, not to mention numerous partner delicatessens. In Biarritz, as in the other stores near the Gare du Midi, you'll find the full range of products, made from the famous Basque pork from Les Aldudes. These are the region's flagship cured meats. And don't leave without tasting hams, sausages, chorizos, cheeses, etc., and a gourmet basket.

Le Vieux Berger is first and foremost a Combes family story. Cheese has been made here for three generations. It's a slow, patient and meticulous process. The milk comes from local producers. All stages - cutting the curds, molding, draining, salting and maturing - are done by hand. Discover all the secrets behind the making of this Roquefort during a visit to the packaging workshop, and leave with products that smell of Aveyron and quality.

Located in Le Beillard in Gérardmer, La Ferme du Bien-Être is a paradise of essential oils. You will also find hydrolats, natural cosmetics, herbal teas, syrups and herbs. New products are regularly proposed. You can see the distillery from the shop as well as the medicinal plant garden. The welcome is warm and the advice is wise. You will leave with everything you need to live happily and in good health. If your choice is not made during your visit, you can order from home through the shop and also know about new products.

Spirits are well represented in this cellar with a whisky but cognac selection also and rum. The big names are represented but you will also find a selection more pointed intended to the illuminated lovers or for curious who want to go off the beaten track. Obviously, the cellar also offers wines and champagnes for all occasions.

The Cezarenque is a cevenol work center (CAT) cevenol, a farm-workshop that has a shop in which local products are produced locally. In small or large quantities, prices - and quality, sound - defy all competition! To give you a little idea of what you can find and rates, here's a small selection of their products: olive ham cake (4-6 servings), 4,30 €, leg of lamb, 12,20 € per kg, lamb stew, 4,50 € per kg, farmer chicken 6,10 € per kg, bin-baked container (240 g), 2,20 €, large meat sausage, 7,65 € per kg, apricot jam, 2,90 €, bag of assortment of chocolates (205 g), 6,95 €, ballotin of 200 g pralines, 5 €… We stop there, but the list is really long. Interesting for events such as receptions, baptisms, communions… They give on order (such before Tuesday noon) on Friday in Alès and Nimes and (every 15 days) in Bagnols-sur-Cèze!

It is thanks to François Defossé that Oise once again produces cheese, and not any: rollot, small round cheese or heart, whose taste is closer to that of maroilles, but in less strong. The farm proposes other dairy products such as yogurts, fresh cream or white cheese. The farmer is also involved in events organized not far from there, by the Oie-Paw-d'oie museum.

Producer Annie and her husband bring the Espelette chili pepper and its by-products to life, from simple powders to a range of elaborate chili-based products. More than 20 products are available: jelly, compote, jam, powder, etc. From the cultivation of 10,000 pepper plants to the finished products proudly displayed in the boutique, it's also an opportunity to showcase the products of local producers: cheeses, beers, charcuterie, preserves, dishes...

Created in 2017 by residents concerned about offering not only a grocery store but also a new space for conviviality in Rochecorbon, Label Échoppe is not a lambda point of sale. On the shelves, organic, local and bulk products. From foodstuffs to confectionery without chemicals, including natural hygiene and cleaning products. You will even find a children's book area. You can enjoy a coffee or a juice at the counter, unless you prefer the inevitable Sunday morning rendezvous over oysters and a glass of wine!

Les Délices de La Ciotat is a top-quality delicatessen where every product has been meticulously selected by the owner, a true enthusiast for good, and even very good, food. Local spirits and rums (Maison Ferroni, Les Canailles, Manikou...) are particularly worth discovering, as are bulk coffees, roasted in La Ciotat, and a whole range of preserves and spices from around the world. You'll also find superb gift boxes and, of course, local wines and craft beers to wash down your victuals.

This little store on the Quai des Sardiniers sells products from Lou Mujou, the Provençal name for the muge (or mullet). Anchoïade, monkfish liver confit, rouille, pistounade and, of course, the company's emblem, poutargue, the Provencal caviar made from mullet roe... all made on site. The managers are happy to offer advice on how to prepare it. And to discover the different stages of production, the young couple open the doors of their cannery once a month, from July to September.

Here is an obligatory passage in Locronan, the Fine Epicerie. You will discover products selected by a passionate person. Jolan travels the region and the fairs of Europe in search of new and incomparable flavors. Delicatessen, cheeses, nougats, beers and liqueurs... nothing but the best and happiness. Jolan, who makes his own salted butter caramels, plans to produce his own mushrooms soon. Our favorite ? The filet mignon, from pigs raised in the open air and fed on acorns. It is flavored with porcini mushrooms, truffles or herbs.