What you can buy
TOBACCO - 3,200 cigarettes, 200 cigars, 400 cigarillos, 3 Kg smoking tobacco.
ALCOHOL - 110 lts beer, 90 lts wine, 10 lts spirits, 20 lts fortified wine.
Pre -order by internet from the Wine Beer Warehouse and if you spend £400 or more get a free daytrip with Seafrance or £30 cash back if you travel with Eurotunnel.
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Information about French shopping chains you will find on Centre Commercial - day-tripper.net, the web magazine which saves you money when crossing the channel to Calais, to buy wine, beer, spirits and food, travelling by ferry or Eurotunnel.
Drive around a French Centre Commercial and many of the shops are familiar where ever you go.
On this page we list the main French shopping chains we have come across and where we have found them, list links direct to their sites.
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Shops you find at most French Commercial Centres and what they sell. To find the nearest branch when visiting the web sites, click on either "Proche de Chez vous" or "Nos magasins"
Centre Commercial Marine ZAC des bassins 59140. Dunkirk. Tel: 0033 328 63 77 77. Fax: 0033 328 51 23 55.
Nearest store is at the Centre commercial de Lomme. Tel: 0033 320 93 36 77.
Natalys. Gone into liquidation.
Calais - Avenue Charles de Gaulle, 62231 Coquelles. Tel: 0033 321 36 90 26. Boulogne - ZI Le Blanc Pignon. 62280 Saint Martin Boulogne. Tel: 0033 321 80 69 98.
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- Conseil National des Centres Commerciaux. Find a French Centre Commercial (click the map of France). 
- Centres Commerciaux. Lists many Centre Commercial throughout France and Portugal. 
- Site des Marques. Useful resource for French brand information. 
- Societe, for official information on a business. 
- Boussole. Useful directory for many shops and institutions in France. 
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- 4 Murs. DIY. 
- Ambience and Styles. 
- Animalis. A French chain with 24 stores in France (nearest to Calais is near Rouen). 
- Aubert, Baby clothes. 
- Autours de Bébé - 
- Bébé 9 - 
- Best Optique, rue Victor Hugo. Tel: 0033 321 10 86 59. 
- Bleunuit. 
- Boulanger. Electrical goods. 
- Mr.Bricolage. DIY, Gardening, Decorating goods. 
- Bricoman. DIY. 
- Bricomarché. DIY, building goods. 
- Bricorama. DIY, Gardening, Decorating goods. 
- BUT. furniture and household goods. 
- Castorama. Garden furniture, decorating products. 
- CEDEO - Plumbing and heating materials. 
- Chantemure. 
- Conforama. Furniture and electrical goods. 
- Cuisinella. Kitchen, Bathroom, Household. 
- Cultura. A great store full of interesting bits and pieces, and a wide range of good quality books. Worth popping into if you are passing a store. The nearest store to Calais is in Henin Beaumont. Zone commerciale Noyelles Godault, Avenue du bord des eaux. 62 110 Henin Beaumont. Tel: 0033 321 08 01 60. 
- Darty. Electrical goods. 
- Décathlon is a sports wear chain. 
- De Neuville chocolate shops. 
- Feu Vert. 
- Fly Meubles. Furniture. 
- FNAC. 
- La Foire Fouille. 
- Galleries lafayette. 
- Gamme Vert. 
- Gedimat. DIY, building materials. 
- GEMO - Clothes and shoes. 
- Gifi, Electronic goods. New store in Calais at the ZAC Curie. 
- GITEM. Store in Dunkirk. 
- Go Sport, Sportswear. 
- GP Decors, DIY stores. 
- La Grande Recre. 
- La Halle Chaussures. Shoes. 
- La Halle aux Vetements. Clothes. 
- IKEA. 
- Intersport. 
- Jacardi Baby clothes. Large chain with many shops in France. 
- Jardiland. Garden Centre. 
- Keria Lights (luminaires). www.keria.fr
- Kiabi. Good value clothes. 
- King Jouet. 
- Guery Optique. 
- Lapeyre. Doors and Windows. 
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- Lynx Optique. 
- Maison de la Presse (newsagents). 
- Maxauto. 
- Maxi Toys - toys. 
- Mephisto Shoes. A popular French brand with a loyal following. 
- Mobalpa. Kitchens and Bathrooms. 
- Monsieur Meuble. Furniture. 
- New Baby. 
- NOCIBÉ Parfums & Beauté. 
- Norauto - Car repair, brakes, tune up, tyres. 
- Optique 2000. 
- Phildar (Wool). 
- Picard Frozen Foods. 
- Pizza Paï Pizza chain. 
- Point.P - DIY, Gardening, Decorating goods. 
- Printemps. 
- Quick Restaurant, a European version of mac Donald's - sells salads and beer. 
- Saint Maclou. Carpets, rugs and plastic flooring. 
- Speedy - Tyres replacement, batteries. 
- Sport2000, (shops in Pas de Calais at; Aire sur la Lys, Berck sur Mer, Saint Pol sur Ternoise. 
- TOYS 'R' US. toys. 
- La Trocante is a chain of shops where you can buy and sell second hand goods. 
- Troc is another large French chain with 180 shops in France. Items can be bought on line or at their warehouses. 
- Truffaut has a wide range of garden and home products.Nearest stores are in Amiens and St Quentin though. 
- Vet'Affaires. 
- Vision Originale. 
- Weldom. DIY, Gardening, Decorating goods. (Formerly known as OBI).