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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The site for shoppers and day trippers to Calais, France - a page listing all the regional products and producers (cheese, beers, Foie Gras, Spirits etc.)
Northern France
Terres en Fêtes - an agricultural show held every year. Packed full of interesting stalls selling local produce. More ...
This list of regional products and producers is collated from a variety of different sources - please telephone before a visit. We have listed the shops first and then the farms where the goods are produced.
CREDIT CARDS - we suggest you ring your credit card company before shopping in France - increased fraud means they are turning down shoppers cards if their spending deviates from the norm. Take your mobile - you can often sort the problem out over the phone.
OFFER 1 - 20% off daytrips to Boulogne with Speedferries. 50 minute crossing. From £20 return (Offer available on this site only)
OFFER 2 - Cheapest ferry fares to Calais with P O Ferry. Cheap daytrips starting at £20 only (No fuel surcharge, subject to availability)
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www.france-saveurs.net - In French but has some useful information about local products. www.nature-gourmande.com - Some useful links can be found on this site. |
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The "AB" (Agriculture Biologique) logo guarantees that a food product has environmentally friendly origins, which rules out the use of synthetic chemical products, and takes account of the well-being of animals. Boulogne Organic Food Market - Paris, France. 3rd Saturday of every month. 140, Route de la Reine, 92 Boulogne-sur-Seine. France is one of the largest world consumers of organic produce. The Marché Boulogne is one of Paris' numerous Bio Marché, with lots of fresh produce such as craft cheeses, fruits, vegetables and charcuterie. Auchan in Calais now has a good range of organic products available. |
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The "Label Région al" together with the Label Rouge, is the only official sign of quality which attests that the products have specific characteristics of the higher quality. |
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The Label Rouge logo indicates a product considered of superior quality compared with other similar products. |
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Groupement Qualité NORD - Pas de Calais. Tel: 0033 328 38 94 94. www.gqnpc.com Companies using this label; Bières Spéciales du Nord; Brasserie St Sylvestre, Brasserie Terken, Brasserie Jeanne d'Arc, Brasserie Castelain Charcuteries du Nord - Pas de Calais; Andouille de Cambrai, Andouillette de Cambrai, Langue de Valenciennes Lucullus, Pâté de Foie du Nord, Petit Salé Lillois, Potjevlesch. CGF Charcuterie, Kalifrais, Les Naturelles du Haut Pays, SN. Norvia Smoked herring Fillets; Bourgain, Simon-Dutriaux Cheese Vieux Lille; Les Fromagers de Thiérache Gaufres Fourrées du Nord; Biscuiterie Vander Bread of Beffrois; Moulins du Nord, Boulangerie Magnier Rollmops; Simon-Dutriaux Fish Soups of the North - Pas de Calais; Régals du Touquet |
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A tout Qualité Certifié - this Certification of Conformity attests that a product with this label is of certain traceable quality. Products carrying this label; Apples, pork, beef and veal, fish, lamb, rabbit. |
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Comité de Promotion NORD - Pas de Calais; On Saturday at 3.15pm on Radio Bleu Nord (94.7FM) information is given on local fairs etc. |
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France has many markets selling organic products (Markets in France). There are also festivals and fairs worth looking in on if on holiday (Food events in France). However there are also shops which only sell organic products and there are organic brands available in supermarkets. Fairtrade is also catching on.
www.natoora.co.uk - U.K. deliveries, largest range of French products in the U.K.) Cap Nature - a new shop selling local and bio products. Route de Musée, Haringzelles. 62179. Auginghen. Tel: 0033 321 10 83 70. Fax: 0033 321 10 83 71. Vin Bio France (Organic wines). www.vinbiofrance.com.
An independent organisation for certification is ECOCERT. Comité de Promotion NORD - Pas de Calais, has a book listing specialist shops, farm shops and organic markets called "La Bio près de chez vous" - one for Pas-de-Calais and one for NORD.
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Shops selling local produce but not exclusively Organic. Gastronomie du Sud-Ouest, Bld la Fayette, specialist in foods from the south west of France and traditional products. Le Terroir, rue des Fontinettes, a wine merchant and seller of fine gastronomic products Charcuterie Maffrand, rue des Fontinettes. Produces its own meats, pates and terrines. NORD DOMICILE - A chain of shops selling products produced in the NORD Pas de Calais region. 42 Boulevard Gabriel Péri. 62110 Henin Beaumont. Tel: 0033 321 43 70 82. www.norddomicile.com
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Normandie - www.normandiealaferme.com
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Cheese Farms (Cheese Shops) M. et Mme. Guy Lecoutre, EARL de la Lande, 33, rue Raymond Sulliger. 62720. Hydrequent. Tel: 0033 321 92 88 37. Butter, crème fraîche, fromage blanc. M. Antoine Bernard, Fromagerie Sainte-Godeleine, Ferme du Vert. 62720. Wierre-Effroy. Tel: 0033 321 87 00 97. Local cow cheeses. Mme. Andrée Gradelet, 404 rue de Tinghen. 62360. Hesdin-l'Abbe. Tel: 0033 321 33 67 07. Goats cheese. FERME DU VINAGE. Michel et Thérèse-Marie COUVREUR. Carrière Mme Desflandres 59223 RONCQ. Tel: 0033 320 94.60.67. Fax: 0033 320 94 20 90. Farmers produced cheese made with whole milk. Several varieties of cheese. Groups welcome. Sale of the dairy and pork products on site (pigs reared on skimmed milk). FROMAGERIE du MONASTERE de BELVAL, 62130 TROISVAUX. Tel: 0033 321 04 10 10. Fax: 0033 321 47 18 15. "Abbaye de Belval" cheeses are the fruit of a combination of different influences including master cheese makers, the region and the monastic origins of the cheeses. These quality cheeses are matured in the cellars of the abbey by Trappist sisters who take a great deal of care over their work. In addition to the traditional "plain" cheese, the sisters have developed a Trappist "beer matured" cheese. TOME DE CAMBRAI, 70, Grand Rue. 59400 SERANVILLERS. Tel: 0033 327 78 66 25. Fax: 0033 327 78 72 90. The Tome de Cambrai is a farm produced whole milk cheese, matured in a cellar long enough to become creamy and delicious to taste. FROMAGERIE DU MONT DES CATS, Abbaye du Mont des Cats. 2470, route du Mont des Cats, 59270. GODEWAERSVELDE. Tel: 0033 328 42 52 50. Fax: 0033 328 49 49 79. Considered to be one of the oldest cheese producers in the Department of the North, the cheese business of the Abbaye du Mont des Cats is an independent regional company which has been established since 1870 in the Monts de Flandre. LA FERME DU PONT DE SAINS, Lieu dit "le Pont de Sains" - Féron. 59610. FOURMIES. Tel: 0033 327 60 83 83. Fax: 0033 327 60 83 81. Products include Maroilles cheese (Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée), La Boulette d'Avesnes, Flamiche and goat's cheese. SA HENNART, ZI du Château. 62220 CARVIN. Tel: 0033 321 74 82 01. Fax: 0033 321 74 82 04. Specialists in cheese maturing for 3 generations now, our business (which is also our passion!) involves selecting farm or craftsman-made products, mainly produced from whole milk, and maturing them in our cellars or maturing halls. La Maison Fromage et des Vins, 1, Rue André Gerschel. Tel: 0033 321 34 44 72. Closed Tuesday. Nathalie Pinheiro, 1, rue Montaigne. Tel: 0033 321 97 03 30. Roland Delannoy, 88 rue Colonne. Tel: 0033 321 31 95 48. Philippe Olivier, 43, rue Thiers, 62200. Boulogne-sur-Mer. Tel: 0033 321 -. |
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Farms Ferme du puits du Sart. 62132. Hermelinghen. Tel: 0033 321 85 00 79. Fois Gras, confectionary, duck specialities. Comtesse du Barry, 59, Bd. jacquard, Calais. Tel: 0033 321 85 14 13. Les Produits du Terroir, 1001 Bd. Kent, Coquelles. Tel: 0033 321 34 83 37. |
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Les Escargots du Bocage, 217 rue Henri Béthouart, Airon St Vaast. Tel: 0033 321 84 32 27. Fax: 0033 321 . Event; April, Osenbach, Alsace. The Snail Fair here will delight all who find snails delicious as well as fascinating. After a session tasting snails cooked Alsace-style, you can appreciate their speed in the traditional tiercé (bet on the three winning snails!) on a specially designed race course! |
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Brewery & Brasserie, La Blonde d'Esquelbecq (biére artisanale des Flandres- speciality beers). At Brasserie Thiriez, 22, rue de Wormhout, 59470. Esquelbecq. Tel: 0033 328 62 88 44. Directions; from Dunkirk A25 towards Lille, then exit Berques. Cider Farm, Rue du Wint. 62240. Brunembert. Tel: 0033 321 32 30 67. Useful link (in French); www.info-cidre.com |
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La Maison du Perlé - A locally produced apéritif is "Perlé de Groseille", a champagne like drink made from redcurrents. You can visit this farm, taste and buy some. 50, rue Principale, 62990. Loison-sur-Créquoise. Tel: 0033 321 81 30 85. Fax: 0033 321 86 05 80. Open July - August every day 10.00am - 7.00pm. April, May, June & September, every day 10.00am - 7.00pm. Closed Saturday and Sunday morning. Try the local spirit "Genièvre de Houlle", a juniper gin distilled in Houlle near St Omer by the Persyn Family since 1812. You can even visit the distillery. Distillerie Persyn, 19, route de Watten. 62910. Houlle. Tel: 0033 321 93 01 71. www.genievredehoulle.com Genièvre Claeyssens et Genièvre de Loos, 1, rue de la Distillerie. 59118. Wambrechies. Tel: 0033 321 14 91 91. |
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Betises - mint humbugs. |
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Mme. Monique Vasseur, Société la Gosse, 3, route de Guines. 62132. Hardinghen. Tel: 0033 321 85 00 96. Lemonades and sodas. www.lagosse.fr |
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Potatoes - M. et Mme. Etienne Verlingue, 17 rue del'Eglise. 62720. Hydrequent. Strawberries - M. et Mme. Jean-Paul Regnault, La Wattinette. 62830. Questrecques. Tel: 0033 321 83 67 01. Watercress (the local variety is tasty and broad leafed) - M. Michel Bourbiaux, Cressonière de la Liane, Le Village. 62240. Quesques. Tel: 0033 321 35 01 72. A la Ferme, 22, Bd. Jacquard. Calais. Owned by a cooperative of local farmers who sell their own produce and other goods. Tel: 0033 321 96 92 42. |
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The town of Licques is famous for its turkey's, which have been produced here since the 17th Century. Capon and chicken are also produced locally. 777, rue de l'Abbé Pruvost - BP 13. 62850. Licques. Tel: 0033 321 35 05 42. Fax: 0033 321 35 02 43. M. et Mme. Gérard Lelievre-Sauvage, Butcher's shop, 48, rue de Montluc. 62610. Ardres. Tel: 0033 321 35 40 18. Dry Turkey sausage, ham, liver pâte. |
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M. Philippe Delavalle, 118, Chemin des fermes, 62340. Pihen-Les-Guines. Tel: 0033 321 35 12 84. Mm. Olivier et Ludovic Dussaussoy, 11 rue Roger Salengro. 62720. Réty. Tel: 0033 321 92 97 65. L'Apiculteur Boulonnais, Syndicat d'Apiculteurs, 18 rue du boudoir. 62360. Baincthun. Tel: 0033 321 83 38 21. |
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M. et Mme. Romain Magnier, Route de Conteville. 62720. Wierre-Effroy. Tel: 0033 321 83 92 14. Pain du Bocage, brioches and tarts cooked in a wood oven. |
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Leroux - chicorée sauce. For free recipes created by Clément Marot (of Restaurant Clément Marot, 16, rue de Pas. 59800. Lille. Tel: 0033 320 57 01 10) contact; Leroux Service Consommateurs, 84, rue Francois Herbo, BP 28. 59310. Orchies Cedex. France. www.leroux.fr |
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An agricultural show held every year near Arras an hour or so from Calais. Whilst the farming mchainery may not be of much interest, there are a lot of stall selling local produce and from elsewhere. www.terres-en-fete.com If you have an interest in food, its worth a visit. Photos from Terres en Fêtes (June)
This farmer was from Provence, and sold a lot of unusual garlic and onions (see below)
Bee keepers had stalls selling an interesting range of products
Endives (chicory) are a very good buy in France at about 1/6th the cost in the U.K. This a picture showing what it looks like at various stages of its development.
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- Biocoop. A chain of organic shops throughout France,. 
- The nearest store is in Boulogne. BIOCOOP OPALE BIO, 17, rue Edmond Rostand. 62200 Boulogne. Tel: 0033 321 32 65 53. 
- Natoora. Not a supermarket as such, but an online organic supplier.
- ETHIQUABLE is a French company with a range of fair trade products. 
- Max Havelaar. Fairtrade foods generally available in hypermarkets. 
- BIO-PLANET. This stylish Belgium supermarket only stocks organic products - tea and coffee, vegetarian and vegan products, meat, cosmetics, books, freshly baked bread, fruit and veg, dairy produce, clothes and so on. 
- Bienvenue a la Ferme. Stay at working farm and learn about local products and animals. There are sections devoted to some departments and regions. You can search by criteria as well. 
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- Fête de Terres
