As one of the world's leading capital of fashion, you'd expect Paris to have a fair number of malls. Since most Parisians prefer "la lèche-vitrine"-- window shopping, or, quite literally, "licking the windows", most shopping areas in the city are found outdoors, in much-coveted shopping districts such as the Marais, the Champs-Elysees, or the "haute couture" district on Rue Saint-Honoré. From Auchan to Super U to Intermaché to Géant to Monoprix to Carrefour to LeClerc… OK I’ll stop there, over the years I’ve been to them all and have rounded up my best tips for grocery shopping in France. If you are shopping in France, you'll need to know the lingo. So to be useful today, I’ve put together 9 handy tips for grocery shopping in France. I think I know the answer to this as no French woman could possibly buy her vegetables without seeing and feeling them, but having looked at the websites of the supermarkets in my area - Leclerc and Champion they don't seem to offer the good old online ordering with delivery service that English supermarkets do. 9 Handy tips for grocery shopping in France. People in France must have a document justifying why they're outside, even just for a walk or to go to a shop, after they refused to stay indoors. You could just stick with one shop or market, go in, pay and get out.
13 Best Shopping Centers and Outlets to Shop at in Paris March 17, 2020 by Mona Paris, along with a few other cities such as New York, London and Milan, being the capital of fashion, it is the perfect place to go shopping.
France in general is a paradise for shoppers. PUBLISHED: 13:14 09 May 2017 | UPDATED: 15:13 16 May 2017 Peter Stewart Even outside Paris, most main towns have excellent department stores – usually a Galeries Lafayette – as well as a host of independent shops which make superb targets for window-shopping (known as lèche-vitrines, or literally “window-licking” in French). For example, in the 6th arrondissement, the long straight street of Rue de Rennes is lined with hundreds of shops, from big stores such as FNAC to smaller boutiques. The top 10 shopping centres in Paris are mainly found in the centre and West districts of town.
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61 French words and phrases to use when shopping in France.
However each arrondissement have one or several shopping precincts where to found grocery and other goods. But most of us do more than that …