The vast super/hypermarkets such as Carrefour and Auchan have a tendency to be restricted to just the outskirts of Paris. But you’ll find lots of smaller supermarkets centrally where items significantly vary in quality and price. The supermarket that I like the most is Monop; it’s an auxiliary of the Monoprix store chain. I was happy to find it clean, well organized and wonderfully well stocked with all kinds of interesting and useful things. Go there once and you’ll love it!

