The best specialty grocery stores Pays De La Loire

Behind the new Leclerc Drive, or Hyperburo, the new address for exotic and Asian products in Le Mans is here. At attractive prices (lower than supermarket prices). Chillies, bean sprouts, flours, teas, cookies, drinks, rice, sauces, nori leaves and many other products are available on the shelves. But the most impressive is the frozen food section, with lots of fish, but also desserts, smoked meat, samousas and Reunion corks. The products come mainly from Asia, but also from Africa and the West Indies. The sales area is around 300^m2, enough to add a touch of the exotic to your dishes so that your guests won't be able to resist, and to whom you'll be happy to pass on the address. The young owner Xin Lin is very friendly and it's not uncommon to hear Ni hao, which undeniably adds to the exoticism of this store. And if the northern zone doesn't tempt you, there's the same in the city center!

Thai delicacies are a family story that gradually fits around common values such as engagement (part of the exploitation will become organic), dedication (fresh and high quality products), transparency, originality and family, then it's not less than four generations that contribute to the smooth running of this. store. To be more precise, Thai delicacies are a store where fresh fruit and vegetable lovers come from. Fresh and original vegetables, as it is also possible to find atypical vegetables (on pre-order), like mini-vegetables, food flowers or germs, especially in the air of time. We obviously buy home crops, but also a whole selection of groceries (dried fruits, creeds, spreads, wines, juice…), local to the extent possible. A small selection of very affordable wines (3.50 € to 9.90 €) and the cheese chosen by Pascal Beillevaire. Once a week, "Kitchen is yours" proposes a playful and original concept: every volunteer can offer a simple recipe prepared from seasonal products and prepared on the spot at the entrance of the sales area. A delicious way to occupy a Saturday morning! Children are not there and several ranks are already reserved for the grocery store for an initiation to gardening, which promises these apprentices tasty discoveries at the time of gathering. The dynamism and friendliness of the team make Thai Delights a precious address, especially for gourmets who encounter some difficulties in getting cold bowl and other tubéous capucine…

It was in March 2020 in Carquefou that the young farmer Alexis Chauvelon created his gourmet farm. This young market gardener grows carrots, potatoes, chard, courgettes, aubergines, tomatoes and strawberries in a reasoned way... Located between the chicken and goat pen and the market garden greenhouses, this new wooden building houses a shop that offers various quality farm products direct from producers, most of them local. The fruit and vegetables are grown using integrated farming methods and the aim is to convert to organic farming in the future. We love the Comice pears from Carquefou, the Fuji apples and the yellow kiwis from Saint-Julien-de-Concelles, the XXL version of quinces (with a recipe for a pie as a bonus!), for this anthology of cucurbits, for these sweet potatoes... In addition to the fresh produce, you will find beef from the Guillauminerie du Gaec le Bois Guillaume in Ligné, but also poultry from the Ferme des Marais in Haute-Goulaine and pork from the Ferme de Bel-Air in La Meilleraye-de-Bretagne as well as from the Maison Bodet in Le Landreau. A dairy section with eggs from Bio Divatte, farm dairy products from the Pays Guérandais from the Mézerac farm and ice cream from the Ferme du Blanc Verger in Sucé-sur-Erdre. You will also appreciate the abundant grocery store where gourmet products all as tempting as each other are mixed together: coffees, teas, honeys from Frédéric Hermann of Couëron and Ferme de la Pénoue of Petit-Mars, jams from Ferme du Bouffay, compote, porridge and vegan cookies from Vahina of Trentemoult, Des Épices à ma guise items from Ancenis, west Spiruline from Carquefou, soups from the Conserverie des saveurs, bagged legumes from Gaec Le Parpounet, vinegar and cider from Landes du Luquet... As you will have noticed, La Ferme Gourmande lives up to its name! In the summer of 2021, strawberries, raspberries, blackberries and vegetables will be picked, and a workshop will be set up to transform the crops into jams, ice creams and soups...

Nous anti-gaspi Mercoeur is the second outlet in Nantes with the one on rue Pitre Chevalier. A brand born in Rennes in 2018. Stéphane and his team of heroic grocers save 60 tons of produce from waste every month! Ugly but still good vegetables, smoked trout with a label but too small, brioche vendéenne a little overcooked, run there to save them. Everything is sold here: fresh produce, rusks, cheese, ham scraps, chocolate, household products... From unsold produce to short use-by dates, we make the most of it. Our anti-gaspi approach is good for the wallet (on average, products are sold for 20% less) and good for the planet!

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!

An impromptu aperitif? An original evening? Do you want quality without having to go to several shops to find what you're looking for? Here is the place you've always dreamed of! And this dream finally fulfilled was also the dream of Véronique and Sylviane, the two women in reconversion behind this project that satisfies their quest for contact and sharing. Their delicatessen, which opened near the Rennes roundabout at the dawn of summer 2020, specialises in aperitif products. Cheese, cold meats, spreads, biscuits, wines from small producers, local beers and top-of-the-range fruit juices await you there. Order your aperitif boards and your boxes online or on the spot and treat yourself!

Sainte-Luce-sur-Loire is a town full of good addresses, including the specialized ÉPİCES grocery store. This grocery store offers a wide selection of spices and quality products. They'll be delighted to help you.