2024

NATURALIS EPICERIE BIO

Bulk grocery
5/5
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The managers of this pretty organic grocery store and tea room in the Saint-Joseph-de-Porterie neighborhood, Thomas Lefebvre and his Nepalese companion Chukki Lefebvre, have the art of unearthing local products. Orchards of the Farm in cider, bakery Panisfaire and Brewery of L'Olifant of Grandchamp-les-Fontaines, ice creams and sorbets of Sucé-sur-Erdre, for the local flavors, the exotic perfumes are also very present. Thanks to Chukki's cooking, you can taste white rice noodles with Timur pepper. Bulk, fruits, fresh vegetables..., you can find everything in the grocery store including organic products, at low prices. Naturalis is also committed to the fight against food waste.

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2024

ATELIER DU BOCAL NANTES

Bulk grocery

Julie and Jean-Baptiste have been at the helm of Atelier du Bocal since late 2022. Here, everything is returnable, whether in the store or on the drive. Products are already put into jars, which saves time when shopping. All that's left to do is return the containers. The deposit is free. The brand sells to both private and professional customers. 900 in-store references, 1,300 in bulk. Fabric sanitary protection, savoury and sweet groceries, drinks and softs, drugstore, cleaning and hygiene products, household products, cosmetics, dairy products, fruit and vegetables and accessories - you'll find it all, in quantity and quality. Bicycle delivery in Nantes with Les Coursiers Nantais. A zero-waste drive!

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2024

PILE POIDS ÉPICERIE JUSTE

Bulk grocery

A few steps away from the Saint-Donatien-et-Saint-Rogatien basilica, Lise has created Pile Poids, a nice local shop that offers bulk products to take back control of our consumption, i.e. to reduce the carbon footprint with less packaging, and to value more the local products. Totally eco-responsible, Pile Poids offers many references among which a majority of local producers from Nantes, or based in Pays de La Loire or in Brittany. Organic, local and also returnable among dry food, hygiene and cleaning products and accessories ... We can certainly find what we need for our meals (legumes, pasta, rice, cereals, biscuits, dried fruits, condiments...), our bathrooms (shampoos, soaps, balms, toothpastes, deodorants...), and our households (DIY products, for the floor, the laundry, the dishes). The idea is to come with your own container, or to find one on the spot, and to buy exactly what you need!

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2024

Ô BOCAL ÉPICERIE

Bulk grocery

Located in the city centre of Nantes, the shop took its place in 2020 in this new location dedicated to groceries, with the drugstore section remaining in the original shop on rue de l'Hôtel de Ville. As its name suggests, Ô Bocal is all about jars. Jars that are brought in empty and filled on the spot with organic food (flour, sugar, rice, pasta, seeds, pulses, biscuits, dried fruit, aperitif mixes...). Take care to weigh them beforehand so that you only pay for their contents. Glass bottles (for liquid products) and tote bags (cloth bags) are also allowed. You can also find fruits, vegetables and cheese from local producers. At the head of Ô Bocal is Johanna and her team, who are convinced that packaging-free grocery stores are the future. We like the concept, the sober decoration and the jars made from recycled products which are available free of charge if you come empty-handed. We love the bulk bags stamped Ô Bocal. We love the regular organization of workshops to exchange tips and tricks and learn how to do it yourself to consume responsibly and move towards zero waste

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2024

L'ÉPICERIE ÉQUITABLE

Bulk grocery

After the success of an identical and initial grocery store in Lyon, it is in Nantes, a stone's throw from the South Station, in the heart of an eco-district that you will find this beautiful address. The smiling Chloé embodies the Nantes shop and we feel her happiness to welcome us in her fair trade grocery store (that's her name), a militant and radiant grocery store! The place is surprising. Two areas invite us to indulge in gourmet food: on the ground floor, the grocery store specializing in bulk, very complete with useful products for our daily lives. Upstairs, in a warm space with comfortable and colourful furniture, the lunch restaurant and the tea room! This light-filled place is perfect for stocking up on good seasonal fruits and vegetables as well as market produce, thanks to the market gardener's section at the entrance. Very fashionable and very practical, a large section devoted to bulk food is there: we also stock up on legumes, rice, lentils, buckwheat but also on good cereals, muesli... for our balanced breakfasts or snacks for the children. The zero-waste policy is also here again with hygiene or household cleaning products, by weight. We come with our own containers and refill them with laundry detergent, soap and dishwashing liquid. Bulk is also found with everyday products (flours, pasta) and other more exotic products (ginger, raisins) with a desire to clearly show French or foreign origins. We also have good soups, mustards, sauces cooked in jars, spices, but also a wide range of teas and herbal teas. The fresh products are also cheeses and a little creamery. Another originality of the place, it is also a place of restoration with every day at lunchtime a menu and short card with the sandwich of the day (hot with melted cheese or cold), a salad or the soup of the day according to the mood of the chef and products of the market, for such soft prices! You can enjoy this cuisine on the spot, to take away or on the beautiful wooden terrace outside. Please note, on Thursday (to be ordered on Tuesday), Poiscaille delivers fresh fish! There are also sublime homemade pastries, including some of the Bouchées Douces. For a good coffee, latte, hot chocolate, original fresh drinks, it's still here! You will have understood it, it is difficult to mention everything, it is a fair trade Ali Baba cave near the South station!

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2024

JOLY COQUELICOT EPICERIE

Bulk grocery

Aude, Stéphane and Christophe have created a nice grocery store in the Beaujoire district in Nantes, in a district in full mutation. Here, there was not yet really any shop of this type with a 100% responsible vocation. You can find bulk products, with glass tanks where you can take according to your needs, by weight, and products coming from short circuits, notably from nearby farms (Ferme Blanc, Limeur), organic products (Nantes hillsides), Breton artisanal ice creams with original and traditional flavors and lots of good salty and sweet ideas for the aperitif (salty granola, almonds, cashew nuts...), but also some local dishes cooked under glass. This is the new address in the area for bulk, cereals, legumes and for bulk and recyclable cosmetics. Note that on Friday mornings, you can find pancakes and galettes but beware, they go fast. The poppies grow on healthy and organic land. This grocery store too! Nice welcome and beautiful spaces for this pretty new neighborhood flower.

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2024

LA PETITE MARCHANDE

Bulk grocery

Welcome to this new bulk grocery store in the Rond-Point Vannes district. The concept is still as attractive as ever: valorization of local producers, short circuits, anti-waste and quality of organic products! Here you can fill up your gourmet basket, with fresh products (dairy products, cheeses), an early fruit and vegetable section. We find the inevitable dry products (legumes) and other cereals, pasta, rice. And above all: quite unique in Nantes, there is a section dedicated to organic and natural cosmetics with, in particular, essential oils (in cans, you can choose the size) and hydrolats (floral and pepper waters). Nice also these beautiful multicolored clays (green, purple, blue) or the Moroccan rhassoul to make us a beauty. Here are gift ideas for every day: soaps by the cup, soap bags, bread bags... Of course here we find delicacies: chocolate, cookies, candies and the good bread of the House Arlot Cheng. Everything is organic and the welcome and advice are present for our greatest happiness.

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