LIFE IN FRANCE

Nostalgia in Aldi, Frustration in Intermarche

Shopping for groceries in France is a mixed bag

Janice Macdonald
4 min readMay 8, 2024

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Now if only Aldi’s became a Trader Joe’s

I don’t love grocery shopping. I did when I first moved to France, everything was new and different and exciting. Eleven years on, the thrill has gone — cheeses sometimes capture my attention and I’m still happy that fruit and vegetables are seasonal, you…

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Janice Macdonald
The Daily Cuppa Grande

At 68, I started a new chapter in my life: I moved to France. Alone. It turned out to be quite the page-turner. Still is — even when age insists on a part.