Great video, thanks for putting this together. The reason for the more frequent grocery shop is that there are fewer preservatives so things do go bad (or stale for bread as you said) much quicker. One of the big differences between NAmerica and most other continents ;) I still grocery shop in Ottawa about twice a week
Thanks for watching! It took me a couple of days to clue in to the no preservatives thing. I bought some pork chops and they went bad in two days in the fridge which is totally enough time in Canada. Then the lightbulb went off!
I love that there is so little plastic bags inside your grocery bag, I imagine they are stricter there. Also in one of the shots I saw so many bicycles outside, are you going to get one for yourself?
I was going to mention the plastic bag situation but I refrained because I felt like I haven’t been here enough to comment on it- so I’m so glad you mentioned that. Plastic is a hard no here and it’s great. Just toss it all in your bag and get on with your day. It’s pretty refreshing compared to where I’m from (Canada). Bikes, if I was living here longer I definitely would. Everyone bikes here! But I leave for Germany at the end of the month so it would likely be more trouble than it’s worth.
Hey there ! It's so interesting to see grocery shopping in France from a foreigner's point of view :) Like it's funny how you mention the aisles being pretty empty, they look perfectly normal to me 😅 (I'm french btw)
I do agree that most Europeans shop more or less on a daily basis, especially for breads. This a great video showing the smaller local stores . but they do have one stop shopping and it is very popular. Carrefour, Leclerc etc. Those are called Hypermarkets and they have everything from electronics to clothing to every food imaginable and huge selections of alcohol.
You’re so right! In the small town we were in though, they only seemed to have Carrefour Express which were super condensed versions. We ended up going to Spar for the most part for everything but meat. We bought their meat a couple of times and it had gone bad.
Great video, thanks for putting this together. The reason for the more frequent grocery shop is that there are fewer preservatives so things do go bad (or stale for bread as you said) much quicker. One of the big differences between NAmerica and most other continents ;) I still grocery shop in Ottawa about twice a week
Thanks for watching! It took me a couple of days to clue in to the no preservatives thing. I bought some pork chops and they went bad in two days in the fridge which is totally enough time in Canada. Then the lightbulb went off!
I love that there is so little plastic bags inside your grocery bag, I imagine they are stricter there. Also in one of the shots I saw so many bicycles outside, are you going to get one for yourself?
I was going to mention the plastic bag situation but I refrained because I felt like I haven’t been here enough to comment on it- so I’m so glad you mentioned that. Plastic is a hard no here and it’s great. Just toss it all in your bag and get on with your day. It’s pretty refreshing compared to where I’m from (Canada). Bikes, if I was living here longer I definitely would. Everyone bikes here! But I leave for Germany at the end of the month so it would likely be more trouble than it’s worth.
Hey there ! It's so interesting to see grocery shopping in France from a foreigner's point of view :) Like it's funny how you mention the aisles being pretty empty, they look perfectly normal to me 😅 (I'm french btw)
That’s too funny! It’s so interesting the differences you notice going from one country to the next
I do agree that most Europeans shop more or less on a daily basis, especially for breads. This a great video showing the smaller local stores . but they do have one stop shopping and it is very popular. Carrefour, Leclerc etc. Those are called Hypermarkets and they have everything from electronics to clothing to every food imaginable and huge selections of alcohol.
You’re so right! In the small town we were in though, they only seemed to have Carrefour Express which were super condensed versions. We ended up going to Spar for the most part for everything but meat. We bought their meat a couple of times and it had gone bad.