Carrefour is Shut 9th June

[Stu]

According to an email I have received from their information site, its shut on the bank holiday.

The Marche Plus on 240 rue de Laigne
is open Sundays and Bank Holidays according to Gilles.
(9am to 1pm only thoough)

Stu

[IanB]

Thanks Stu...... we now know we have to re-infect France with BSE

[jpchenet]

What about the large Auchan on the way into Le Mans?? Anyone know if that's open on the 9th??

[Stu]

I've emailed them as well now. I will post reply when they mail back. I take it its the one North of Le mans.

Stu

[Kpy]

What about the large Auchan on the way into Le Mans?? Anyone know if that's open on the 9th??

I rang them. They will be closed.

[Stu]

Thats that then. Will have to pick up Monday nights supplies en-route.
Unbelievable, probably the biggest week of the year for them as well.

Stu

[jpchenet]

One part of me finds this really strange. As has been said, this is probably the busiest week of the year for the local community.

However, I also know about, and applaud, the rules protecting the workers in France (a couple of my colleagues have been "saved" from rash decisions by our American parent company due to these that have otherwise proved correct)

As an idea to everyone anyway, we always take some frozen bacon and frozen UK sausages with us anyway (along with Heinz Beans and PG Tips) to slowly defrost over the week. Much as we like the French sausages as a meal in the evenings, they're not quite right for a fry up for breakfast!!

[Kpy]

Thats that then. Will have to pick up Monday nights supplies en-route.
Unbelievable, probably the biggest week of the year for them as well.

Stu

Hardly, Stu. The following weekend is much bigger. Then there's Christmas, Easter (fantastic business weekend in France) - and so on. But all the big stores are closed on 9th June.
Le Mans has a population of about 189,000. How many Brits will there be looking to shop that Monday ??
Actually French supermarkets have an odd attitude to opening on holidays. Auchan and Carrefour will be open  tomorrow, Thursday (a holiday), for instance. I suspect that this may have something to do with the Sunday trading laws which prohibit stores over a certain surface area opening on Sundays. I think certain holidays are included in this, but I'm not sure.
In the meantime Gilles has pointed out some smaller places which will be open on 9th June.

[Gilles]

As an idea to everyone anyway, we always take some frozen bacon and frozen UK sausages with us anyway (along with Heinz Beans and PG Tips) to slowly defrost over the week. Much as we like the French sausages as a meal in the evenings, they're not quite right for a fry up for breakfast!!

That's why I'm French and your're British  

As far I   baked beans, I won't accept to ingerate frozen sausages. There's too many butcheries which will be open to buy some good and FRESH food.

You probably use to go to supermarket in Uk to buy your food but here we mostly use to shop at the corner in our bakery, butchery, cakery, fruit & vegetable seller,...

... so if you still interest in giving your money to local people these guys worth better than big stores.

And you're dependant to pushing your caddy in supermarkets, they're still middle stores such as Marche Plus Rue de Laigné , which would be open !