When in France do as the French do: Shop at the hypermarket!
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- The French love their daily visits to la boulangerie and other neighborhood stores, but like many people in the rest of the Western world, they also like deals and convenience. They have shopped at les hypermarchés (hypermarkets,) since the 1960s. Véro takes you around one of these superstores and shares her favorite products and shopping tips.
What you will learn in this video:
- Find your way around a French hypermarket and learn handy shopping tips.
- Pronounce French words and brand names.
- Identify some of the best products one can buy in a French supermarket.
Tutorial / Things to Remember:
- un hypermarché (a hypermarket, a superstore) (Edouard) Leclerc, Carrefour, Auchan, Géant Casino, and more, typically located in the suburbs.
- This store's location: "le 93" (la Seine St Denis, east of Paris.) All French administrative geographic subdivisions are identified with two digits (found in postal codes and other places.) Downtown Paris is 75.
- La parapharmacie: Quality beauty products found in most pharmacies or in the "parapharmacie" section of many hypermarkets.
- Apéritif (Apéro:) Refers to a favorite French ritual similar to Happy Hour, and to food and beverages served to celebrate that special time of day (saucisson, dry sausage, being a favorite.)
- "Bio" (biologique,) organic products. Trendy!
Disclaimer: Brie is a cheese, and also a region outside Paris, not a city. The two main cities where Brie is produced are Meaux and Melun. I realized this while listening to the video afterwards! ;-)
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Finally had time to watch this Vero, and I loved it! It's so great that you are taking the time to show us real French life! Merci!
Excellent preparation for my trip to France
This was a great video. So many have been done while gliding by the Eiffel Tower, etc., but this is real life. Just fantastic! And thanks for the tips and suggestions, very useful!
E. Leclerc is the best! Mostly cleaner stores and more variety of grocery products, Nos Regions Ont Du Talent is also my favorite housebrand, and Tres Madiere is again my favorite grocery boulangerie brand.
The good thing about France is the quality of food is much higher that even in hypermarkets you can find goods that are sold overseas in expensive boutiques.
But you are right, globalization has brought a lot of mugs, and if I may say so, unnecessary dry goods that are bad for the environment (plastic utensils, cheap luggage, toys).
Great store - thanks
Mimolette is a french cheese.
From the French Flanders I believe :-)
@@francewithvero yes, Lille and its region
Great video!
Oh the cheese, honey, & jam selections! I'm from Wisconsin & my family would be in heaven in those sections.
Nice
Salut!! L'hyperamarche est tres similaire a la supermarche asiatique aux Etats-Unis!
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This is very helpful, thank you very much!! This is not an American store? It seems very familiar to me!! What is the legal drinking age in France?
Bonjour Joan. The legal drinking age in France is 18. French hypermarkets look very much like their American counterparts. Thank you for stopping by!
@@francewithvero I ' m sorry but you are mixing up two things. Minimum drinking age and minimum purchase age. While you do need to be 18 to buy, there is no minimum legal drinking age in France. You can give a little alcool to your children. Making them drunk is illegal.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_drinking_age#Europe
Lol. Yeah, ok. Give wine to your kids. After all, they only prohibited wine in school in the 1980s I believe.
@@francewithvero it depends on the age the prohibition in school didn't start at the same date for younger and older children
standing in other lands！
smaller is better biger is no good for the planet. too much electricity consumption etc and us cars are terrible pollution etc not allowed in france
la villageoise.... a drunk beggermen wine. cheap enough, and burning your stomack...
Ahaha c'est sur c'est degeulasse
Great video, Vero! I'm looking forward to everything you have to share.
Great video. I was wondering if France had big stores like the United States. This was interesting to watch.
First thing I do when I visit France, after unpacking, is hitting Carrefour, LeClerc, or Super U. And the local markets. It helps me get acclimated to the French lifestyle.
Well, all of the above are indeed part of the French lifestyle whether some French people care to admit it or not.
I was so excited to find this video!! I love Leclerc, much to everyone's amusement 🤔
Ha! Ha! Ha! Those big stores can be a lot of fun! I used to hunt them down when I visited the US years ago ;-)
Thank-you for this video. It will help me a lot
Please make another tour of leclerc! Thanks.
i LOVE the mugs
My advice on bagging, I liked it when we were free to bag our own. You don't have to bag everything, don't bag things that are large or heavy. I normally use between one and three bags. Just bag that small stuff, or pack it in the cart and do your bagging at the car.
Yeah. I've been using my cloth ones for years, but clearly jugs with handles or bottle six packs of beer don't need a bag.
love your video! is there any Leclerc hypermarket near the centre of Paris? very interesting to checkout one while i'm visiting Paris next time. thanks
Bonjour. Thank you for your comment. There are Leclerc Hypermarkets (or Auchan, Carrefour, the main competitors) all around Paris, but typically more in the suburbs. The stores are too big and would not fit downtown! A bientôt!
This is a amazing video! But i affraid of close time of this hypermarket :((((
Close time?
@@francewithvero sorry. Its my fault. It mean closing time of supermarket.
@@thangnguyenphuocquy6338 I see... Hypermarkets close pretty late, after 8:00pm and sometimes later.