I remember the first time I went into a grocery store in Paris looking for eggs. In the US, these are refrigerated. Not so in Europe. I was trying to imitate a chicken when the store employee said: "oeuf?" and walked me to the aisle where they were kept. Things are different outside the US and finding the differences is fun!

Don’t forget to purchase a shopping bag at the register. They are unique, extremely strong and literally last forever! Quite the conversation piece at your local market, stateside as well!

You may not want to take meat products back to the US or Canada as a souvenir as most meat will be confiscated by customs when you arrive.

Spain, Germany, Austria etc. has the same high quality foods sans the French 😂😂

For those wondering about the dairy selection in France, it's a lot more nuanced that shown in this video. If you are from north America, there is this type of dairy product that says UHT on it, those are the shelf stable before opening dairy items because they are extremely high temperature pasteurized. Again for those from North America, those items are only good for hot things like coffee, tea, hot chocolate, making other desserts or cooking where heat will be added to it. For anything more on the cold side any UHT dairy product is going to be absolutely disgusting to anyone that is more used to "fresh" dairy products, it'll taste burnt, so be aware of that. You can buy fresh dairy products like cream and milk in the refrigerated section (she said they won't have them in the video, but they do, they exist, in both cow and sheep milk, every store will have them, don't worry) but you won't find a huge selection of them, and it'll usually only be 1% (demi-ecreme) or whole (entier), skim milk (ecreme) is only ever sold in the UHT version. As for creme, this is where it can be the most complicated. There many different types, there are UHT versions of everything, so be careful, just because the package says "creme" does not mean it'll be the cream you're thinking of. Creme legere will be more like "half n half" that most North Americans are used to, yes, but it isn't 30% butter fat, nor is creme entier at 30%, if you want good heavy whipping cream (or double cream I guess it the UK word), you want "creme fleurette", if you are intending to whip it it must have a fat content of over 30% butter fat (on the back label this will read as "matières grasses") and it CAN NOT be UHT in any way or it won't whip up, if for some reason you end up with a cream that is UHT or not at least 30% butter fat, there is a stabilizer you can buy called called either chantifix or fix-chanti or cremefix, they're all the same and most french people use it because they almost always will have the UHT stuff and don't know about the not UHT rule for whipping, lol. Anyways, I know this is long and most people just visiting for a couple of weeks won't care about this but you'd be surprised how often someone has visited and met people and said "oh, let me make you something for our picnic yadayada for thanking you" and you ask for items but then your recipe that ALWAYS worked in North America jsut falls flat, lol, wanna know how many times I've seen this happen, lol, sooooo many times, lol. Also, cream cheese does in fact exist in France, but if you ask any French person they will have no idea what in the hell you're talking about, lol, ask for Philadelphia, just that, not even cheese after, just say something like "Est-ce qu'óu je peux trouver Philadelphia?" or something like that while in the dairy section and they will know exactly what you need, also most if not all plain fromage tartiner can double for cream cheese though it's not exactly the same.

One of my favorite things to do is visit a grocery store no matter what country I am in. Thanks for another great video.

We shopped at a Carrefour supermarket near Gare de Lyon and had no issues. Also went to a pharmacy for medication and no problems.

Don't forget to mention Picard for the best frozen food. Not all grocery stores have clothing and slippers..monoprix does..

Food shopping is one of the highlights of any French holiday and I always fill up my car with groceries before I get the ferry back to England.

1kg = 2.2lbs. An easy way to remember 1 lb. is 500 grammes.

Eiffel Tower pasta!! 😊 I loved the French supermarkets. My husband found a bottle of wine for 20 euros that cost $220 at home! The Nutella filled biscuits (cookies) are fabulous. Many Americans might be surprised at having to bring your own bag and bagging your own stuff. Oh , I almost forgot ~ the flavored plant based “milk”

When in France, Carrefour and Monoprix are my favourite stores. The quality of the food is flawless. I had to smile when Antoine mentioned the Carambar caramel, my favourite when I was a child and now my eldest grandson's. Love your videos

baking soda is called bicarbonate de soude found in the cleaning aisle, instant yeast is levure boulangère and baking powder is levure chimique both found in the baking section

Fleur de sel from the supermarket comes in pretty containers and make great gifts. I'll be on the lookout for different flavored potato chips next time - that always makes a fun souvenir. Thanks!

At the airport now… waiting to board our flight to Paris. 🎉🎉Thanks for the “food souvenir” idea.

We went to a grocery store close to our hotel by the arc De triomphe

Freshly squeezed orange juice for breakfast at Monoprix is excellent.

L-O-V-E Monoprix (purchased my grandchild's organic layette and toddler clothes there and now the sibling reaps the benefits. For me? I still wear here in California, the skirt and sweater I purchased in 2002 and 2012 respectively). Thanks for the content!

Love, loved this video! One of favorite pastimes in Paris. Thank you for sharing. I forwarded this to my friend, Nate, who also loves Paris and grocery shopping there.

Great help! On point up to the smallest details, incredible dedication... thank you for all of these! ❤