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    31st May 2018 at 4:27 pm #388388

    Started this thread as a place to share recomendations and or well priced shopping.

    Found delicious fresh Cherries in Lidl Guingamp today 500g only 1.99. I have seen them in the bigger supermarkets up to 18 Euros a kilo. Fresh Asparagus (which goes well with lamb) is also 1.99

    31st May 2018 at 5:16 pm #388402

    Found a lady selling gluten free maize bread on Sunday at a vide grenier, she gets it made by a bakery in Pontivy and it is delicious, 1.80 a loaf and freezes well. It is very expensive in the supermarket and health food shops so this was a real find :good: ( I have eaten the entire loaf though….)

    2nd June 2018 at 2:37 pm #388776

    I bought 4 melons for 4 euros in Lidl, Combourg <when the big stores were selling them at 4.95 each and they were very sweet and tasty.

    non food – I bought 4 plug in anti moustique that work through sound ( no chemicals) for 3 euros each where as in the big stores they are over 9 euros each and these work very well – from GIFI St Malo.

    I get lots of toiletries from Action St Malo which are the same brands – oral B toothpaste for eg – I have used for years and are a lot cheaper than in the big stores

    Anonymous
    2nd June 2018 at 5:17 pm #388792

    Action is a brilliant shop! Big brand mouthwash is always a good buy amongst other things

    Anonymous
    2nd June 2018 at 7:20 pm #388855

    How can you not love Action  :good:

    Always grab a basket and take a bag with you, because I can guarantee you will buy a good few things  :yes:

    Anonymous
    2nd June 2018 at 7:22 pm #388857

    Yes I never, ever come out of that shop empty handed and never with only the thing that I went in for either!

    2nd June 2018 at 7:47 pm #388872

    Action has built a masssive new depot in Montauban which I suppose serves the south-west quarter of France.Going past on a weekend there are at least lorries parked.

    Anonymous
    2nd June 2018 at 8:57 pm #388905

    Lorries for stocking or lorries for shopping Pete?  :unsure:

    5th June 2018 at 6:08 pm #389455

    British Corner Shop ( they are an online shop for your favourites) have a sale on at the moment with a lot of things at a £1. .  :yes:   I used them recently  to get a load of dark chocolate Bounty Bars, very difficult to get here !

    9th July 2019 at 10:47 pm #486757

    For those that like Action! and live around or visit Guingamp, there’s one recently opened. It’s behind Kiabi where Mobilier de France was.

    11th July 2019 at 1:38 pm #487020

    I know they have been mentioned somewhere before but the 1 euro boxes in Lidl’s of ‘spent’ items are brilliant value if you are there at the right time and have a sort through. I always look when in there and have been lucky on several occasions lately, had a brilliant one the other day with raspberries, strawberries, blueberries, bananas, pears and some tomatoes. Even after sorting through and discarding that which was no good I had enough for a big fruit salad, and to make a Raspberry Bakewell cake, a Banana, Raspberry and Chocolate cake, a pear and raspberry pie and we had tomatoes for tea. Can’t complain at that for 1 euro!

    I’ve also recently had a box full of bread and croissants, nothing wrong with them, they went straight in the freezer.

    11th July 2019 at 3:55 pm #487057

    For those that like Action! and live around or visit Guingamp, there’s one recently opened. It’s behind Kiabi where Mobilier de France was.

     

    Thanks for that.  I have been hearing about the great bargains for months but having no Action near us it was depressing.

    11th July 2019 at 5:08 pm #487065

    You’ll not come out of the shop empty handed I can guarantee Sh-Sh. Mr. F. likes the tubes of Acrylic/silicone, the paint’s cheap too! I love all the homeware stuff and toiletries – have fun!

    11th July 2019 at 6:07 pm #487096

    You’re welcome, Shapeshifter. As Fruitcake has said, you won’t leave empty handed, but then, your wallet won’t have taken a huge hit either.

    BTW, if anyone is gluten free (apparently they’re good for lowering cholestrol too) or wants to try something different, ATM they have for 99 cents ZeroNoodles (Japanese idea, made from a plant, konjac)  and they’re not bad at all. A funky smell when you open them, but you have to rinse them anyway and quite an enjoyable texture, not much in the way of taste, but it’s what you put with them, which is normal. Had spaghetti too, but I haven’t tried that.

    16th July 2019 at 10:14 am #487990

    Thanks to you tournesol.  We found Action in Guingamp yesterday and were blown away.  Bright, clean, spacious, and with a huge and varied range of stuff.  Staff looked a bit worn out but still quick with a friendly smile.  I bought a few small items that I normally buy from China that were actually cheaper.  Quite a few big name brands from UK at about 2/3 the price.  :good:

    16th July 2019 at 10:43 am #487997

    :good: Really pleased you found it, Shapeshifter, now you can see why it’s popular. :-) If ever you are near Plerin, there is a bigger one, on the opposite side of the RN12 to Leclerc. Happy shopping!

    16th July 2019 at 11:39 am #488000

    Does that now make you an action man Sh-Sh? :whistle:

    Welcome to the fan-club! :good:

     

    BTW for all you lovers of steak – in our new local Lidl they are selling T-bone steaks. I don’t think I’ve seen them available here before. They are 9€60 (ish) each – I don’t know if that is expensive or not as I’ve never bought any.

    Happy shopping!

    Lippy

    14th May 2020 at 5:38 pm #525013

    Just a heads up that Action is open now. 😎 I know you wanted to go, Fruitcake. I went to Plerin, as I wanted to go to Picard too. The amount of traffic compared to when I last went out was quite staggering, cars everywhere. Arrived and there was a queue of about 10 parties, some groups of two, three and four, most wearing masks. After about 10 mins, there were three or four in front of me, when I was invited to jump the queue as the young lady manning the door noticed I was disabled, she offered me a wiped down wheelie basket and squirt of gel and off I went. They had a sort of one way system, that didn’t really work, but it was nice where it wasn’t crowded as is the norm. Got all that I went for and I must admit, it was nice to get out and give the car a bit of a run.

    14th May 2020 at 5:56 pm #525015

    Snap tournesol! I went this morning too! The one in Loudéac was very well organised too as far as hand gel and a wiped with disinfectant wheelie basket. I got stocked up with their bio washing up liquid and other products that I like from there. It wasn’t too busy and the majority of people wore masks.

    Much more traffic on the road!

    I also went to Lidl to stock up with the things I like to get from there – totally different story there! Nothing as far as antivirus precautions were concerned except for social distancing strips at the checkout. Fortunately, most people were wearing masks and I made sure I kept a safe distance from those that didn’t, I asked the lady behind me in the queue, who wasn’t wearing a mask, to step back a bit more, she wasn’t too pleased but then went to another checkout!

    I must say I found it all a bit scary and was pleased to be home and won’t need to go again for 2 or 3 weeks!

     

    14th May 2020 at 8:17 pm #525025

    How funny, Fruitcake! :good: It is a great shop for some things, glad you made it. The traffic was a shock to the system.

    I went to Lidl last time out and apart from perspex shields by each check out and the floor markings, that was it. Thankfully, it wasn’t busy though, which was unusual to the norm.

    I agree with you, but I think by isolating ourselves for weeks, it is strange and a tad nerve jangling when we venture out.

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