Our local mini supermarket, Vival, stocks a range of locally produced products -- honey, organic apple juice, goats cheese, yoghurt, preserves, free range eggs. I buy the honey regularly, some apple juice every few months and from time to time the goats cheese.
Fly: Vival is now part of Casino I believe. My experience is that all the local supermarkets I am familiar with have a local buyer, not just the small ones. In a way, all French supermarkets are relatively small though, as they are franchises. Each supermarket does have to commit to a certain amount from the central pool, but each is also run by a local franchise owner who has a big influence on store presentation and local links.
Come and See the Sunflowers
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In only a few weeks time it will be sunflower season again in the Loire
Valley. The farmers sow them in May and harvest them in September. In
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Visitors
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5 comments:
I would like to buy a branch of
that gorgeous holly.
Both M. Tortissier's honey and that apple juice from the bio lads are good stuff!
Sheila: I took this photo at Christmas time. The holly is a nice touch, isn't it?
Tim: I always have at least one jar of the honey in the house. The apple juice is great.
That's the plus point of small operations like Vival...not tied hand and feet to central purchasing.
Fly: Vival is now part of Casino I believe. My experience is that all the local supermarkets I am familiar with have a local buyer, not just the small ones. In a way, all French supermarkets are relatively small though, as they are franchises. Each supermarket does have to commit to a certain amount from the central pool, but each is also run by a local franchise owner who has a big influence on store presentation and local links.
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