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This page is updated on a regular basis with special offers at the major French supermarkets and anything else we think you will be pleased to find out about. Most supermarkets have special offers and we show some examples of these. Carrefour, Casino Champion, Cora, Le Clercq, Intermarche, Super and Hyper U. ETC. We are currently making changes to this page and adding website addresses for the supermarket and hypermarket groups. These generally tell you where to find your local store. We will be adding much more information about shopping in the near future. and remember ....
HYPERMARKET, SUPERMARKET CHAINS, MINI MARKETS Aldi is a German chain selling German goods in France. You can find the list of all Aldi’s market on their website. Website: www.aldi.fr/ADR_FR Auchan big hypermarkets with branches in most departments Very clear to understand website -go to www.auchan.com . You can also buy online - (although I do not think they will deliver to the Channel Islands! )Subsidiaries include ATAC - supermarkets http://www.atac.fr/ have a very good website which starts off with an English version - which if you are not good at reading French is a big bonus. It does however revert to French for specific information. Go to http://www.carrefour.com. Carrefour are worldwide with hypermarkets, supermarkets etc. in many countries. Their hypermarkets carry a range of goods from multi-media, clothing, electrical goods and household goods through to foods. For Channel Islanders a large Carrefour is found just outside the port of St. Malo and is well sign-posted from the port. The area is called La Madeleine. Opens late up until 8.30 but closes on Sunday. Subsidiaries include Ed - Discount stores http://www.ed-fr.com/ Promocash - Cash and Carry http://www.promocash.com/ Shopi - mini-markets or small grocery shops found in many small villages. http://www.shopi.com/. These open to suit the proprietor and can be open most of the time if attached to a bar!
Champion - supermarkets Champion have a variety of smaller subsidiary mini-markets such as the Marché Plus chain. which open till 9.00 at night and on Sunday mornings. . http://www.champion.fr/
CASINO - which group includes Geant and Monoprix
Cora - Cora supermarkets are big and carry a large range of clothing for men, women and children plus baby clothes and equipment from pushchairs to cots. They sell electrical goods - TV's, Hi-Fi, etc and computers, IT equipment and accessories and sell furniture in small quantities and usually on promotion basis. Cora is open until 9.00 Monday to Saturday. For Channel Islanders Cora is just up the road from St. Malo at St Jean de Gueret - For more detailed information go to their website. www.cora.fr.
E.LE CLERQ These Hypermarkets sell a large range of goods from household to white and electrical goods. Very good fruit and vegetable selection. Generally quality comes first and they are sometimes a fraction more expensive but it is worth it! Their website address is www.e-leclerc.com .
INTERMARCHĖ - Usually sited at centres called Les Mousquetaires where these supermarkets are frequently found grouped with other specialist concerns in separate shops Bricomarché - selling DIY materials, www.bricomarche.com Ecomarché - selling fresh and frozen goods www.ecomarche.com Logimarché - DIY sales www.logimarche.com Vetimarché - selling clothing and some household linen www.vetimarche.com Stationmarché - Petrol station and car accessory store - Tyre Sales and some repairs - www.stationmarche.com Current bargains at Intermarché -. Their website is www.intermarche.com or www.intermarche.fr/ - where you can buy on line. Leader Price, low prices market where you can find good wines at low prices. Their website is also in English. Website: www.leader-price-int.com LiDL www.lidl.fr - This chain are in England as well. Netto, low prices supermarket, where you can find good products at low prices. It belongs to the Intermarché supermarket. Website: www.mousquetaires.com/enseignes/netto.htm PICaRD Sell Frozen Foods www.picard.fr
Système U Chain includes Hyper U, Marché U & Super U The Hyper Us are hypermarkets and sell goods from electrical, household and garden to foodstuffs. The Super U supermarkets carry a range of electrical goods, clothing, DIY but in a minor way. Super U generally have excellent fish sections. For more information their website is www.magasins-u.com
CLOTHING
DECATHLON This is a Sports Supermarketarket - they supply clothing and equipment for all sports and leisure activities such as ballet, swimming, skiing, riding, etc. For horse and pony owners Decathlon has tack, saddles and clothing. They sell angling equipment, bicyles for sports and leisure - children's bikes too. For the keep fit fanatics there is a huge range of gym equipment. www.decathlon.fr
FURNITURE, FURNISHINGS AND HOME ACCESSORIES and DECORATING NB For Channel Islanders in particular there are many, many stores selling furniture, flooring and textiles as well as specialist building supplies along what was the old road to Rennes. This is nicknamed "La Route des Imeubles" and deserves this name. I have never in my life seen so many furniture stores! The prices are incredibly low in comparison with the islands. They even have a huge leather suite and furniture store! Many a Channel Islander has discovered bargains along this road and the stores are so used to selling to their islands that they organise groupage transport of goods to the Channel Islands. The old road runs parallel to the dual carriageway into Rennes as you approach Rennes. Assuming you are driving from St. Malo – look out for the 24 kilometre to Rennes sign and after this take the turnoff to Vignoc and turn off right from the dual carriageway. Most of the subsequent turnoffs from the dual carriage way take you onto the old Rennes road. You can see it running parallel from the dual carriage way from Vignoc onwards. The turnoff to Vignoc gets you there easily.
AMBIANCE&styles Very stylish and attractive items such as lamps, glasses, cushions, cutlery, candlesticks, etc. If you are a cat lover they have a complete range of mugs, bowls, aprons, glasses, clocks etc all decorated with cats and a collectable range of miniature cats. Their goods appeal to the lovers of classic furnishings and to those who prefer really modern items. Their shops very occasionally go under other names. www.ambianceetstyles.com
BUT large and impressive stores selling furniture, kitchens, bathrooms, white goods, telephone equipment and computers www.but.fr
CASH AFFAIRES Stores at Begard, Carhaix, Dinan, Guingamp, Landerneau, Landivisiau, Lannio, Paimpol, Saint-Brieuc, Saint Pol de Leon, Concarneau, Bayeux and Mayenne have a huge range of household bargains. Their goods are really cheap They sell, ornaments, curtains, cupboards, rugs, saucepans, candles, crockery and toys among many other items. To give you an idea - a quality, ceramic bathroom set of mug, toilet roll holder and brush holder decorated with roses costs £9.00.
Conforama www.conforama.fr - lots of accessories such as lamps and tracked lighting, linen baskets. Pine furniture abounds.
Fly is fun and they have the hugest stores with vast floor areas. It is well worth that walk, as FLY cater for all tastes and the young and trendy in particular. They sell furnishings and household accessories plus gift items and stationery. Their items are novel, new and as well as classic.There are 130 stores in France and otherwise you will find FLY stores in Switzerland, Spain and Canada. For Channel Islanders there are stores in Brittany on the back road to Rennes and in Quimper, Saint Malo, Morlet, Vannes, Reddon etc. and in Normandy in Caen, Cherbourg, Grainville, Le Mans, etc. etc.
GiFi www.gifi.fr Gifi sell a range of cheap, bargain type goods including toys and household accessories.
GP DECORS www.gpdecors.fr sell decorating materials but also have a range of fabrics, lamps, voiles, cushions, wrought iron furniture etc.
La Foir'Fouille www.lafoirfouille.fr - this is a store full of cheap, cheap items. Some things are impulse buy and designed for almost immediate obsolescence - but there are lots of real bargains too.
LAPEYRE are Building Wholesalers but also from the household point of view their kitchen units are really something else!! Beautiful! So are their bathroom suits and accessories. www.lapeyre.fr They have units in strong colours such as Royal blue combined with oak, pillar box red as well as the more usual wood finishes. Very wide kitchen drawers - all very modern and new as well as providing more classic ranges.
LEYROY MERLIN have 90 stores throughout France selling household items from Curtains and wallpapers through to furniture and DIY items. In Brittany they have stores in Rennes and St. Brieuc and in Normandy in Calais and Boulogne. www.leroymerlin.fr
MEUBLES GODEST www.groupe-pem.com -branch just outside Dinan sell fairly classic French furnishings such as the "sleigh" type beds and leather suites.
baobab www.baobab.tm.fr - generally low cost and sells some decorative household items such as candlesticks, plant holders and gift type items. 50 shops in France - the Ile et Villaine shop is at St Malo, close to the Leclerc centre and on the Ploubalay Dinan road just outside Dinan. Has good range of garden plants, exterior and interior. Also sells barbeques, equipment, fencing, decking etc.
botanic http://www.botanic.com/ - stores are far away for Channel Islanders - east of France and some in Italy although stores are opening in Toulouse and Perpignan in 2005. Site has some good information on it for gardeners. Stores sell everything for the gardener.
Gamm Vert http://www.gammvert.fr Garden equipment, plants and even regional foods are sold in these stores. Books and toys are also sold. for Channel Islanders, the Cote d'Armor stores are further into the region than the Dinan area and in Ile et Villaine, again further out with, it appears, no stores in St. Malo - however Minniac Morvan, Dol de Bretagne and Becherel have stores. Go to their site and play with their interactive map of France which is good fun and displays all their locations.
Jardiland http://www.jardiland.fr/ Many Jardiland centres throughout France. For Channel Islanders - they have shops at Anger, Brest, Caen, Cherbourg, Chartres, Cholet, Laval, Le Mans, Nantes, Rennes, Saumur, St. Brieuc, Vannes. Their website details all their sites. Jardiland sell plants and offer a garden planning and assistance service. They also have a pet section.
Magasin Vert - Lovely shops selling a range of plants, equipment and garden furniture and household accessories. Not very helpful on the website front as they are part of Coopagri and the site does not make much mention of the garden centre site although it is helpful about egg production!
TRUFFAUT www.truffaut.com 43 shops in total - a good number in the North West of France. For Channel Islanders there is are stores just outside St. Malo, next to the Cora Supermarket and in Rennes in the Centre Alma. There are further Truffaut centres at Deauville, Le Mans, Pace, Quimper, l'Orient, Nantes, Tours, La Rochelle, Angouleme, plus branches at Gisors, St. Quentin, Colmar, Wittenheim, Orleans, Blois, Calbries, Nimes, Mauguio, Toulouse, Pau and Bordeaux plus about 18 centres in the Ile de France region. Named after a famous French gardener - Georges Truffaut, their website offers online shopping. Truffaut coud be described as quite "up market" and they have a large range of decorative household items and a big crafts section. Truffaut have a Pet Section - remember that you cannot take live animals back to England and the Channel Islands without permission and sell equipment, indoor and outdoor plants, chalets, children's outdoor toys, ponds and pond equipment, garden ornaments and statues. Their range of Christmas decorations seems to improve year by year - last year's collection was stunning and according to their site and magazine this year's are equally amazing.
Feu Vert Big range of vehicle accessories, tyres, seats, radios etc. They fit the tyres and also exhausts and shock absorbers. Thinking of travelling into the mountains for winter sports? Snow chains are from 29 euros 90, ski or snowboard racks are 36 euros 90 and magnetic ski racks with locks for 2 pairs of skis and 4 sticks, are 45 euros 90.
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