The difference between French and American grocery stores: French vs American supermarkets.
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- The difference between French and American grocery stores: French vs American supermarkets.
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As a French girl who lived 5 years in the USA, I can tell you that French and American grocery stores are different! We're going to be talking about all of this today, and I would love to know if you have a similar experience.
Hopefully you found these french grocery store differences interesting and it helps you for your next trip to France ;)
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I love that you can open a package and just take what you need (individually). That is SO convenient. And I would give anything for a fresh prepared food section like the one you showed. Most of the prepared food in my grocery store (in the US) looks about as good as our school lunches (also horrible here). It must be so nice to live in a place that puts a big emphasis on food quality. I would trade my convenient store hours for better food quality! Great video, as always. 🙂
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and so glad you liked the video!
Things are changing in the USA now a lot of people bring their own bags and bag their own groceries, because we are only using paper bags, which cost 5-10 cent, so people bring their own bag
I moved to Ireland from the US in 1999, and one thing that surprised me was that here they don't confine the restocking work to less busy times. So as a shopper you are always having to climb over boxes or push those big carts aside to get to what you need. 😄
Another big difference is that in Europe, the labels are so full with information in all the different languages that there's often no room left to say what the product actually is! I'll never forget my first time trying to buy laundry detergent. There were all these boxes with pictures of clothing on them, but not being familiar with the brand names I couldn't be sure if I was buying laundry detergent, fabric softener, bleach, or something else laundry-related. 😂
Where I live, you can bring your own bags or pay for bags at the store. We have brown eggs too - I think it depends on the type of hen.
There are some of us in the US who use grocery trolleys. I live in Portland Oregon and don’t drive and rely on public transit so I started using one about 15 years ago to save my shoulders and arms from the pain of carrying grocery bags. I do see others with them on our bus system so maybe they are catching on. I think they look quite smart and sophisticated and I get asked about them all the time. Love your videos.
This was interesting to watch now that I have visited Paris this past holiday season. I am from NY and we are now required to bring our own bags or we have to pay for bags like in Paris. We loved the wine selections at supermarkets and convenience stores there and their prices were amazing. I do love the idea of Pharmacies being separate, but do understand the convenience of going to one place for several needs. My favorite were the fruit markets. The displays were beautiful and the fruit so fresh. Oh, how I cannot wait to visit again. It made my husband and I reevaluate how we spend our money as far as it comes to groceries and using fresh items regularly.
Great video!! One thing I noticed last time in Paris was the wonderful selection of more gourmet frozen meals, items with interesting sauces, etc. Here in the US frozen meals are bland, meatloaf with macaroni and cheese for example.
wow this was so informative! it’s very interesting to hear what each country values just from buying groceries.
Glad you enjoyed!!
It's so interesting hearing as an Australian, it's like we have good parts from both. You can buy cans or water individually, but often I just buy a 4 or 6 pack because they're discounted when you buy more. We have 2 major supermarkets in competition, they're like clones of each other and it's really boring! They have everything like over the counter medications, kitchen items, cleaning mops etc and a stationary section and makeup. So it's an everything store, literally 'super' in size and range. But we don't have giant portions, in-between the 2 countries in your video. I wish the portions were smaller and it might help our obesity rates here. I love carrefour, and wish we grew the french melons here. France has way better fruit, our apples are frozen then thawed!! and tomatos are sprayed to make them red, they have no taste. I just remembered I have french cheese in the fridge, bye!
It really is a difference. I loved shopping at the French stores. There are less products to choose from, but very. Interesting.
Yes, fewer choices I agree haha
The UK is a hybrid between the US and France. We can get OTC meds in supermarket and you can not open multi packs of water either eggs are on the shelf but many store them in the fridge. Most milks are fresh and fridge but we do have small UHT milk sections in stores. Fruit &veg are both loose and wrapped. And most people bring their own bags to the supermarket.
The anxiety I had grocery shopping in France, Greece and Denmark as people behind me started scanning their stuff and I was trying to bag mine and pay was terrifying. 😂😂😂
🤣🤣 to include Germany. It's like there's always a grocery check out race, otherwise, you are considered a nuisance if you are slow foot at check out. I prefer the American grocery culture hands down. American customer service is bar none.
I relate to that SO MUCH I get so stressed over that and I'm French lol😂
ahahah oui tout m’est arrivé la première fois où j’étais en france 😄😄 la caissière m’a demandé de péser les fruits et j’ai été complètement perdu. après j’ai appris qu’il faut toujours les péser avant payer. et j’ai aussi été surpris d’apprendre que je devais apporter mon sac ou même un caddy et emballer les achats dans un sac moi-même 😄😳 faire les courses chez costco aux USA est tellement différent que faire les courses dans une épicerie française comme carrefour ahah. et oui le laitage et les œufs sont toujours réfrigérés aux USA mais jamais en france. et enfin ça m’a aussi étonné qu’on pouvait prendre une bouteille d’eau ou une canette séparément du pack en france. jamais aux USA ! merci pour la vidéo lucie ! j’adore ta chevelure
As far as the tax. We have always had this, so you get used to it. I don't even think about it. You just have to always be adding as you buy things and then add more on to that.😪💝
In Delaware we are the first state and a tax free state so the price that is on the item is the price that the tag says no add ons which sounds the same as France..but we are diff from the rest of the US 😊
What dreams are made of. Alabama is one of the few states that has a grocery tax. Depending on where you are, it's between 8-10% tax on your grocery bill.
That's so awesome!!
Almost same in Greece as in Paris. In the US, it's common to have a huge section of baked goods & sweets soon as you come in which can easily lure you into buying some! 🤨 Also exchanging products that have been opened and you are not satisfied with, is an option here.
I enjoyed this video. I like that there are some things you like about stores in the U.S. - I kind of expected it to just be about how stores in Paris are superior (because they are) so it was refreshing to hear there are some things good here too lol.
There are such great things in the US too!!
So the bringing your own bag, bagging your own groceries and inserting a token to get the shopping cart is basically Aldi! I live in the US and Aldi is my favorite
Interesting!
Glad you thought so!
One thing I love about European grocery stores is the traffic light markings on foods. We don't have anything like that here, unless the grocery store decides to do it on their own products.
Also, grocery tax is unjust, imo. The state I live in charges 8-10% sales tax on all foods you purchase, including "essentials" as deemed by the US government (think eggs, milk, all fresh fruits and veggies, bread). It's normal in many states for there to be tax on processed foods and non-food items, but on fresh healthy foods it's absurd. Especially when this area is primarily poor.
The UK has lots of vegan and vegetarian options in supermarkets now, which makes shopping much easier as I no longer need to read all the ingredients, unless they are non-UK products. They are clearly marked and the nutritional guidance is mostly summarised using the ‘traffic light’ colours, so you can immediately judge whether something is healthier. We have lots of French products in the UK supermarkets and can pop over to France for the day as I live in Kent, but I often have to study the packaging or restaurant menu to make sure that it is suitable for vegetarians.
I find this interesting I’m from Canada and I’d say we’re a mix of US and Paris. We no longer have plastic bags and bring our own. We also have the salad bars with healthy snacks and sandwiches.our tax is definitely not included and we are not allowed to open cases. We can also buy 1 tomato or whatever in the produce department but I’d say the best veggies come from the farm markets in the summer/fall months. The cashier also weighs our veggies and fruit. 😊
Hello, Yes we do have 24 hr Grocery Stores and 24 hr Pharmacies. That changed during the pandemic. Now things are 24hrs again. That's true that you can't split up packs of soda, beer. All packs have to be purchased together. I would think someone stole a soda if I saw that. That's so fascinating. I've never been to France, but I Love learning about this so much.😊💝
Products like shampoo etc may need to be smaller because of the culture. Walking everywhere, small houses/storage.
With people in France (generally) shopping at grocery stores more often and during more limited hours, would you say stores there are more crowded than in the US? Are there more stores per person? I try to grocery shop during odd hours and middle-of-the-week days here in the US because I hate trying to battle angry soccer moms for access to the pasta aisle.
I’ve grocery shopped in Germany, though, and did find it a little too crowded for comfort, but the more narrow aisles and culture shock might be intensifying those crowd memories a bit..
A few months ago I watched french grocery store tour...I KNOW😂 But I was shocked at how much more affordable most food was there! I can of sardines and tuna was €3 while here a good can of tuna and sardines is $6-$8. The dried spices were €2 and here they’re $6-$8. 😢
Crikey, I'm glad I live in Europe! Sounds so expensive to live in the US!
It depends on how much you earn per month. In Scandinavia you pay for food more as in France or Germany. But you earn more money, so in the end there is that much difference.
I agree with some of these but a lot of it is a little outdated. I mean the United States is enormous next to France. Ive been to Paris over a dozen times so can understand the differences but every state is different. For instance where I live in NJ in Bergen county which is about 15 minutes from NYC they just passed a law about two years ago that no plastic bags are allowed in supermarkets so you do have to bring your own totes. We also actually bag our own groceries every supermarket Ive ever been to from places like Shoprite to Whole Foods to Costco. They politely ask you once in a while if you want it bagged but for the most part everything isn't. It must be where I live they are trying to push sustainability and environmental practices. On Sundays most of our stores are all closed as well you have to travel to another county if you want to go shopping for clothes or electronics and things like that. SO yeah all of America is quite different. I just traveled to Belguim and noticed like France the milk and eggs are on the counters and not refrigerated. (we also have brown eggs which I love better as well. I don't know why. haha) But we do have stores like Whole Foods that you find an assortment of wines on several aisles like you do in Paris and can buy prepared foods almost everywhere. For the most part you are right about single purchase items but in places called "Bodegas" which is a small independent owned grocery store in NYC you actually can open large packages and grab one or a couple if thats what you need. So it does vary according to state laws just wanted to add some updated input/insight to your video.Where did you live when you were in the states? Look forward to your videos.
Yes, those are all great points, you're right, thanks for sharing! I lived a little in Atlanta and then near Chicago!
@@Edukalebylucie oh nice. Where did you like living better? There are both so different Chicago cold and Atlanta hot.
You don't have some of these bigger sections, like cheese or alcohol, because they are sold a specialty stores. When I lived in Maryland in certain counties you couldn't buy alcohol in any of the stores because the liquor stores had made it to where they couldn't sell it so it didn't impact their businesses. If we could change one thing I wish the taxes would already be in the price this would be very helpful especially if you're on a fixed income.
How do they keep milk fresh with refrigeration? Is it very processed? Also, most food doesn't have tax in America, but junk food does.
It's just pasteurized at ultra-high temperature! And interesting that only junk food has tax
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Wait you have shelf stable cows milk? 🤒
Yes, we use UHT haha
California law requires you to bring your own bags. Trader Joe's and Whole Foods sell pre-made healthy meals.
That's awesome, things are changing!
Less junk food and more quality food in France.
I really really miss Europe. Specially Spain and France. One thing I don’t like from America is Costco Walmarts and stores like Ross. It is so annoying. I go to Costco to buy water and gas with my husband and peoples carts are always very very very packed all the way to the top!?!! It’s pretty disgusting to me 😷 everyone there always act like it’s the end of the world !