Shopping
People
do most of their shopping in supermarkets and hypermarkets, which
have a wide range of products, like ready-made meals, frozen vegetables,
dairy products, cheeses, etc. The cheapest supermarkets tend to
be located on the outskirts of towns.
There are also many quality small shops: pork butchers' (charcuteries),
bakeries/cake-shops (boulangeries/pâtisseries), delicatessens
(traiteurs) and small local grocery shops (alimentations). The
small grocery shops are particularly convenient because they are
often open until late at night.
In every provincial town and quarter of Paris, there are also
fresh produce markets, which are as much for strolling through
as for shopping at.
Student
cafeterias
Student cafeterias are run by the Centres Régionaux des Ouvres
Universitaires et Scolaires (CROUS).
There
are two types of student cafeteria:
1- university cafeterias (restaurants universitaires),
2- approved cafeterias (restaurants agréés), which are usually
canteens in secondary schools.
Students who live too far away from university cafeterias can
eat at approved cafeterias at cheap rates (which vary from town
to town).
The CROUS sells subsidized meal vouchers (tickets restaurants)
to students for EUR 2.50 each.
Fruits and vegetables Raspail Market 6 arr Paris 