The best regional grocery stores Normandy

The know-how can also cross departmental boundaries, passing from nearby Calvados to Manche. Thus the Bonne Enfumée, an institution of the town, emblematic and renowned for the quality of its products, has been at the top of the field for over a quarter of a century in the heart of the town. Here, the andouille is smoked in the fireplace, and its slightly peppery, authentic taste is incomparable. Vacuum-packed, it will keep for 2 months. You will also have the possibility of making your purchases on the spot or to have them delivered.

On the tourist route, you can't miss this colourful building. The chocolate is made in a traditional way and you can see for yourself because a large bay allows you to discover a part of the laboratory. In the shop, it's hard to resist: a large choice of bags, boxes or other forms of presentation is proposed. The team, very nice, will allow you to have informed advice. Conclusion: a detour here is recommended!

A nice little shop, right next to the Initiative Union, where Corinne welcomes you all smiles. On the one hand, wines and on the other, greedy products. A woman merchant, it's rare enough to deserve to be interested! Her selection is well felt: all regions are represented, mainly with relatively affordable tariffs. On the cheese side, then good! From the local (the main Norman actors are present) and at least local (goat, feta, mozzarella, Roquefort, Cantal…). A nice collection of sausages from Spain and sausage, just next to the Cidricoles products (Clos d'Orval). To complete the table, the pâté, the (original) jams, the gingerbread, the farmers' eggs… are what to fill your basket and even make it profitable for your return. You can even order, Corinne sends you the package by post (in this case, forget the eggs!).

In the heart of the Parc naturel régional des boucles de la Seine normande, Gérard Lenormand is known as the biggest cider producer in the region. On his farm, he sells all the - very good - products derived from apples: pommeau jams, ice cider, cider brandy, Normandy aperitif, vinegar and, of course, calvados. His products have been widely rewarded, notably with a gold medal at the 2015 Paris Agricultural Competition for semi-dry cider. Gérard Lenormand is also present at the Jumièges market.

Luxurious, the boutique flatters eyes like papillae. The keyword here is 'quality' and necessarily, it has a price… Products are sorted based on the components: teas from Kusmi Tea or Dammann Frères, preserved fish from La Belle Iloise, olive oils from Les Baux de Provence, Dolfin and Cluizel chocolates, caviar from Kaspia, products based on algae. In short, the top of the basket of French gastronomy (and elsewhere), fit for fine palates (and well-filled wallets!). A word on the cellar, which we don't see right now but which is immense and worth its weight in bottles. It is a separate world, where all regions of France are represented. It is possible to find pearls, especially in Languedoc wines or to offer a Vosne-Romanée, poised in its piggyback… Added to this is a whisky range and a beautiful Norman selection where vintage calvados occupy a privileged place.

A boutique housed in a former farmhouse, which focuses on the essentials. It focuses exclusively on local products, most of them AOC: cider from the Pays d'Auge, pommeau from Normandy, young, vintage or aged calvados, apple juice. Thierry and Michelle, the owners, will also introduce you to ready-made dishes, including rillettes, duck foie gras and Caen-style tripe. And for dessert, farmhouse jams, teurgoule, salted butter caramels, gingerbread and honey. For lovers of authentic produce and good food!

Pedagogy, smile, quality and taste are what you will find at the Laitière du Wuy. The greedy gourmets of local flavors will only have the convenience of choosing to fill their shopping cart. Honey, milk, butter, cream or meat, here, everything is produced on the farm, either by the owners, Véronique and Yves Lefebvre, or by the neighboring farmers. The couple also proposes the whole year of farm visits to discover how dairy cows and poultry are raised.

When you love the land, you want to make it discover, and that's the passion of the owners of this farm. Educational activities for children, the ecomuseum of linen, walks on the nature trail, the afternoon will not suffice, despite the great pause for tartinerie! A place "nature", ideal for finding relaxation and conviviality.

Gourmet friends, once upon a time, the best tripe in France and Navarre! At the end of the Vire, near the keep, the Ruault House has been producing tripe from father to son since 1955. In Calvados or Caen style, tripe can be found in this small shop. Many restaurants have made Ruault tripe one of their emblematic ingredients. And if tripe doesn't make you tripper, the house also concocts excellent terrines and country rillettes.

The ingredients used are of the highest quality, with organic buckwheat flour and wheat flour from the Roupsard mill in Le Vicel. In addition to crêpes and galettes, you can also enjoy salads, ice creams, and local products such as cider, aperitifs, camembert, ham, terrine, andouille, salmon, and oysters. The crêperie's chef, Marceau Leleve, is looking for products with character to delight your taste buds. Don't hesitate to contact La Gravelette crêperie for more information or to reserve a table. Bon appétit!

A welcoming boutique where you'll find a wealth of local products (with an s), finds from Normandy and beyond. Loose teas and spices, ground and granulated coffees, blended rums, Italian pasta of every colour, apple juice, ciders and calvados from the Loterie de Clécy cellars, Normandy beers from the Odon (awarded a medal in Paris). Gift baskets, jams, boxes of chocolate: you'll find your arms full. In summer, try artisanal ice creams from the Haizerie farm in Vaux-sur-Aure. In winter, warm up with mulled wine!

O Grain of Aroma is a beautiful fine grocery store where you can find many regional products but also coffee, tea, chocolate, biscuits, and jam. It is difficult not to crack for a small box to report for yourself or to offer…

If the setting of this grocery store is sublime (Barfleur is one of the Most Beautiful Villages in France), the place itself is just as pleasant! Here, all the gastronomic Normandy - but not only (the choice of wine is just as vast) - is represented, proposed, sublimated! The products (cider, jams, whiskies, chocolates, etc...) are tastefully displayed and will be hard to resist! And if you are put in appetite, note that you have just beside the restaurant Le Phare.

The Helix of this breed breed for one purpose: land on your plate! In short-bouillon, à or forest, large-grey and small-grey are sold directly on the farm, itself present on the local markets.

Samuel and Christine Brostin welcome you in this remote farm and discover how the baron Normand is made and, above all, how to enjoy it! Here we sell to all lovers of fresh products, camemberts, white cheese, cream or butter…

It is with the milk jam that the history of the company begins. Since then, the family farm has started to produce other milk sweets: chocolates, berlingots, calvados cream or jams, which have been widely rewarded. The sign is also a splendid place, halfway between a flea market and a farm, in an old farmhouse. You also have a nice tea room, in a carefully thought rustic atmosphere. We love it!

A new temple of flavours arrived last October at Le Havre on the Coty sector. A wide range of products, including an impressive amount of hairy vinegar, with the famous and rare Regio Emilia, the unique Frères tea range in Le Havre. Honey is also a place of choice with no less than 47 different varieties from all over the world like litchi honey. Even more curious, honey or borage honey. Such a choice makes this establishment an indispensable place for culinary curiosities. Artisanal beers, nougats to the old, know, blend of spices for rum will complement this non-exhaustive list.

All the flavours of the midi appear to have come to an appointment in this small boutique of rue Louis-Philippe, dedicated to olives and their derivatives: great olive groves - more than recorded - spices, mustards, spreading, but also cosmetics. There are also Italian products and crockery. Free tasting. The whole will certainly help to find greedy and original gift ideas - greedy baskets - full of sun!

Of course, you need to climb up to Veules-les-Roses to find them. But they are the only ones produced across the department!

The " P'tit Gris des Moulins " is a helicicultural breeding farm created by Florence and Jean-Jacques Lucas. Two breeds of snails are raised on their farm, in an outdoor park, in the middle of the woods, on the heights of the Vallée des Moulins, in Fermanville. The public eager to know everything about snails is also welcome since the farm has the labels "Discovery Farm" and "Educational Farm". Please note that you can be accommodated here.

" Local and organic products delivered to you! " This is the slogan of Philippe Lemasson, an initiative that promotes the short-circuit consumption of local and organic products. It also simplifies the lives of "total'players" because consuming organic and zero miles is good for health and the planet! Tikeco will therefore search for products directly from the Channel producers for its customers: eggs, milk, yoghurt, cream, cheeses, poultry, blocks, bread, vegetables etc. All farming with the organic agriculture label. Philippe also offers groceries and organic fruit baskets. Finally, discover every week recipes for cooking fresh fruit and vegetables in the adding region. In addition to home delivery, your orders can be withdrawn in relay points.

You'll find this store in the heart of Argentan, close to the château. And it's an understatement to say that this delicatessen offers so many products that it's hard to make an exhaustive list! The place is run by Sébastien and Benoît, who have no shortage of ideas and pretty proposals: teas, cookies, chocolates, sweets, gift sets... there's no shortage here. The warm welcome reflects the shop's slogan: "There's no age limit to be a gourmand!" A visit is highly recommended.

It is a traditional restaurant that offers a famous menu for workers because considering only the North-Mont in this way would be almost disrespectful! But this place is also equipped with a nice delicatessen where you can find the vast majority of the essential products from the north of France and Belgium! Indeed, in addition to a wide assortment of beers, Nord Mont also offers Belgian wines, aperitifs, and nice digestives.

Founded in 1897, Maison Danjou makes genuine andouille sausages, appreciated by connoisseurs. But did you know that the recipe for andouille has not changed - or only slightly - since the Middle Ages? And that it requires several stages: assembly, salting, placing in the smokehouse, then desalting and cooking? Yes, the andouille is to be deserved, you will be told at the store, which also proposes cobblestones of Vire (specialities of the house) and many other specialities of the soil. And if you live far away, don't panic, you'll get your andouille! How do you get it? By ordering by phone!

As soon as you enter this promising little shop, you are torn between the colourful and well-stocked shelves and the smile of the saleswoman. About fifty varieties of jams will make your head spin and countless calvados, as the name of the shop announces, will add to your dizziness. The jams are the work of Dame Rhubarbe, a good fairy who officiates a stone's throw from Honfleur, and who only buys her nectars from local producers. Stop on the flower of salt milk jam, much more subtle than salted butter caramel and definitely divine! Calvados are also more than fifty in number, divided between the Domfront tradition - a blend of pear and apple -, the Pays d'Auge PDOs with double distillation, and the classic and essential single-distillation calvados. From this visit, we keep a sweet taste: we dipped our finger in the jars or almost, and the welcome leaves a smile on our lips.

You will find, here, a beautiful range of local gastronomy. Between land and sea, you will make a lot of discoveries as your basket fills up. But the Normans are not chauvinistic. In this shop, you will also find oils, teas, jams, fish soups. And that's not all. Also, something to complete your wardrobe, that of your children and grandchildren: seaside clothing with striped sailors' boats, oilskins, hats and sweaters (from major brands) and other souvenirs. And it's open 7 days a week, all day long. Ideal for a last-minute gift! Sandrine has just taken over the shop and promises (as we write) the opening of a welcoming tea room.

When you arrive in front of the Verger Carentanais, you will see the sign "Sélectionneur de saveurs" (Flavour selector): it's a good choice! Because here, it is a festival of colours, and thus of fruits and vegetables, that you will find. The products are excellent, and the quality is obviously there. We don't stop there, because here you will find excellent baskets, excellent preserves and even dairy products. In short, nothing is missing, and especially not the welcome, which is excellent. We can only recommend it.

Jean-Yves took over the store a year ago (after rolling his boss at Coutances, Cherbourg and Bayeux) and actively dedicated himself to presenting the fruits of local know-how. His face is not unknown to you? Of course, he is the former Restaurant of La Pin d'Argent. The timing of cooking, the overheating buds, the impatient customer demand, prompted him to turn the page. Now he spends his job of relaxing time to find this and there are stellar coastal products known by mouth. Here, large and small are at the party. Orge of barley, jellies bay jellies, Mous-sur-Mer soft caramel, bouche-sur-Mer, and a thousand dry cakes are de pêchés of delicacies from the delicacies of delicacies in Caen fashion, terrine of farmer's bay, as well as rillettes of moutardées mackerel, as well as crystallized of moutardées mackerel, with crystallized jelly cider. Next to the consumables, you can also find the Tee t-shirts (Norman humour 10!) and a plethora of novels with enchanting titles, such as "Lethal Blackmail in Avranches".

The sign at the entrance sets the tone: "We do not speak English honestly... You may not speak French fluently... Goal if it comes to wine, buying, we will be able to communicate perfectly!". OK, it is to speak Bordeaux that we come here (in windows, bottles up to 18 liters!)... but the store does not have its location at Falaise for nothing: they also sell Calvados, stuffy and gras bowl, for the most regionalists of us.

La Ferme du Lavoir is a must for lovers of cider products. With twenty hectares of orchards, this farm produces a range of organic products, using traditional methods. What's more, free tastings are offered to visitors. In addition to cider production, Ferme du Lavoir also offers a motorhome park in the middle of the orchards. Visitors can enjoy an exceptional setting, just three kilometers from the D-Day landing beaches at Omaha Beach.

In the heart of old Honfleur, this charming boutique offers local products from Normandy only and selected directly from producers. You can discover its ceiling decorated with kitchen utensils and of course, the major brands of the region.

No, the southwest has no monopoly on foie gras! Christophe Infant, producer in Brosville, a village on the banks of the Iton, proposes direct sale at the farm of his fatty livers, breasts, rillettes, candied, and poultry (chickens, guinea fowl, ducks, capons, and roasted geese). He also manufactures a wide range of cooked dishes in an artisanal way: duck legs with ingots, lentils or chasseur sauce, neck stuffed with duck foie gras… 100% tradition, 100% local. Guided tours of the operation are available for groups.

About thirty products are presented, all made from farm milk. Among them, Le Petit Havrais cheese, made from raw milk moulded with a ladle. Also pork and farm beef.

Who hasn't tasted the products of La Trinitaine? Originally from Brittany (which goes to show that Normans and Bretons agree at least on the taste of good things!), the brand is best known for its cookies, whose success has been undiminished for over 50 years. But the Cherbourg store goes beyond this, offering dozens and dozens of local gastronomic references: ciders and other spirits, jams and jellies, all carefully packaged to guarantee a successful gift idea!

To put some sunshine on your plate, an unmissable address has recently opened its doors in Pacy-sur-Eure: Anthos. This delicatessen specializing in Mediterranean products offers not only a large choice of spreads with the sweet flavors of the South, but also cold cuts, oils, cheeses... And even black truffles from Périgord. The establishment also sells a nice selection of antipasti for your aperitifs or receptions!

You have trouble finding a table or you want to enjoy the sun in the shade of the cliffs? La Rose des Vents has the solution! Located in an old building, this delicatessen offers picnic baskets to take away. Enjoy a tasty Norman cuisine based on fresh and local products without having to worry about reserving a place in the restaurant. Moreover, the store presents many regional dishes: terrines, cookies, jams, honeys, Isigny caramels, gift baskets, tableware, ciders, calvados...

Good news! Ferme du Bec d'Or has opened a grocery store in Manneville-la-Pipard, near the town hall. Farmers for four generations in Orbec (a predestined name!), the Soetaert family raises free-range poultry. Chickens, turkeys, guinea fowl, ducklings, capons and hens thrive in 4 hectares of orchards. In addition to farmhouse poultry at good prices, the site offers a selection of products (delicatessen, cheeses, wines, spirits) from passionate producers. And every Sunday, don't miss the chicken roasted on site with roasted potatoes!