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Are French Supermarkets Open on a Sunday?

I want to go to France on a Sunday in August for a "stock up on wine" trip.

Are the supermarkets open on Sundays over there?:beer:

Many thanks.

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  • LesD
    LesD Posts: 2,112 Forumite
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    I assume you mean Calais? If so, have to checked the Cité Europe website?
  • sooz
    sooz Posts: 4,560 Forumite
    french supermarkets - mostly no (except for a select few very early on sunday morning for mainly buying bread)

    beer and wine 'supermarkets' eg beer and wine warehouse, oddbins etc, - yes
  • John_3:16
    John_3:16 Posts: 849 Forumite
    As said mostly no. Very hard to find. we did find one about 10 miles from calais, up the coast. had quite good stock of wines about half the size of a tescos over hear only open till mid day.
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  • jaymac_2
    jaymac_2 Posts: 1,740 Forumite
    Sainsburys and Tesco in Calais are closed on Sundays.
  • shown73
    shown73 Posts: 1,268 Forumite
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    You have to hand it to our French chums, Sunday is still Sunday, almost everybody has a day off, and then there are the two-hour lunch breaks on weekdays. As far as I can see, they still get on at least as well as we do.
    In my area, Tesco's and Asda are heaving on Sundays, along with the DIY outlets, and traffic is horrendous, worse in some respects as weekdays. I wonder which of us has got it right.
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