The best specialty grocery stores Franche-Comté

A snail farmer since 2020, Perrine Doudin has won over many of Burgundy's Michelin-starred chefs, who reserve her gros gris for use in their most famous dishes. The farm extends over 5,000 m², where 200,000 snails are raised each year in the best possible conditions. Their food, consisting of clover, alfalfa, herbs, radishes and cabbage, is grown directly in their immediate environment. Everything is 100% organic and processed into canned or frozen products designed on site.

Do you feel like enjoying a fruit flavour? Think of the products of Emmanuelle Baillard! Coulis, fruit juice, jams and jellies, syrups... Blackcurrant, raspberry, mango, vine peach, mirabelle prune, guava, tomatoes... Whether they are from here or elsewhere, they are from France, Emmanuelle selects them himself; he does not hesitate to travel to the other side of the world. Three fruit nectars come from organic agriculture: the blackcurrant nectar, the apricot and the mirabelle one. He made two exquisite products for the Bernard Loiseau group: the Morello cherry nectar and blackcurrant buds, the Lorraine mirabelle and grapefruit nectar. This year, the range has extended with a salted butter caramel and blackcurrant of Burgundy. As sweets or in spreads... A delight. As for the salted dishes, find vinegars with fruit pulp, confits, spices like the pepper with blackcurrant, made from blackcurrant buds harvested in February. A noble product, with vegetable and fruity flavour. Our favourite? The Reunion mango confit and the shallot of Brittany. A great combination.

Fresh spirit, it's a mix between the grocer's shopping cart and the corner. In this small, colourful shop, you can find fruits, vegetables, spices, soups and fresh fruit juices. If the places are not very large, there is nevertheless a great choice of good quality, for all tastes: organic selection, légumes vegetables, citrus fruits, cucurbits, fresh cheese, dried fruit… When you want to cook good dishes or prepare compound aperitifs, this is the ideal place. In addition, promotions are regular. The cherry on the cake? The free online order allows you to pick up an order on the spot one and a half hours later. Fast and effective, it is practical. More original, the preparations for creative fruit baskets and the cutting fraîch, a selection of fruits and vegetables ready to eat and cook in a sexy and colourful presentation.

Founded in 1996 in the heart of Provence, Oliviers & Co has been so successful that other stores are springing up all over France. Set up in Sens in September 2023, it offers the very best in olive oils, sourced from carefully selected, demanding producers. A sustainable approach that anchors the brand, and applies to vinegars, delicatessen products, aperitif preparations and sweet treats such as Provençal nougat and spreads. When the Mediterranean sets up shop right next to Senon's cathedral, the sun is guaranteed to shine!