Food Costs in Avignon France – Avignon France – ECTV

Food Costs in Avignon France – Avignon France – ECTV

[Music] Hey everybody, this is Eric Clark’s travel videos and I’m in Evan, France. And behind me is Monorris. It’s a grocery store, but it’s a lot more like a like a super Walmart, but smaller. I mean, it has a grocery store, but if you look behind me, there’s also clothes and shoes and all sorts of stuff. And so, but I’m more interested in the cost of groceries and how much food costs. Let’s go do it together. So, this is the monoricks and this is the food side. And you can see where it says food up on top. And this is the clothing side. And it’s got all sorts of stuff, you know, shoes, handbags, purses, I mean, jewelry, earrings, watches, everything. So, it’s really like a big ass Walmart uh or super Walmart that has both. But we’re only concerned with the food side. So, be cool. I’m going to stop talking for a while. Here we go. eggs. No eggs. And these are 10 eggs for $6.49. I’m trying to find they’re stocking the shelf, so I’m trying to find places that are that are um empty of people. But this will give you an idea. So like jellies, you know, that’s 3.45 for it looks like strawberry or raspberry or something. But take a look and you can see here’s honey. And that’s really pretty good. 309 for honey. I mean, it’s good honey. That’s what I use in my tea every morning. Nutella is pretty expensive. 65 for a big one. And then bread. So, like a loaf of bread is $1.99 and it’s this kind of bread. It’s not bad bread. It’s just basic bread. I’m going to recenter my camera. Little rolls $125. Little croissants 275. Um, here’s better bread. $1.99 for Harry’s. I hope it’s not Harry bread. Here’s extra molex. Whatever that is. That looks like uh wheat bread. $185. $1.99 for that. Let’s turn around. How about granola bars? $415 for granola bars. 415. And that’s 50% off the second one. Their brand Monopric is 225. If you want Muclex, it’s 3.95. 3.95. 3.95. 215 for the bio. Here’s other stuff. It’s 425429. And I hope you can see the prices cereal. Corn flakes. 339 for a box of corn flakes. Quaker Oats 270. Cruzly, whatever that is. Here’s Kellogg’s whatever those things are. I’ve never seen them, but they’re 535. Kit Kat cereal is 515. Frosted Flakes. How about Frosted Flakes? A little itty bitty tiny box. Um, and it is 269. Um, I’ll just let you look here. So, coconut milk, soy sauce. So, Kikum and soy sauce here is 5.49 for the no salt. 5.89 for the regular, I think. 535 for that one. Kikum in the regular big bottle is 625. And I can’t afford Kiko men, so I always end up getting Which one do I get? I get like this one. Oh, no, it’s not that one. I get the small one. Anyway, and then here’s Top Ramen. 99 cents. 85 cents. 85 cents. A big bowl uh of noodles is 219. Let’s go over here. Um, looks like apple juice and banana or applesauce and bananas and all sorts of stuff. And you can see those prices. 5.99 215. Um, sweetener. So like Stevia 439. How much is flour? Flowers $3.29 and sugar looks like $159. Coconut pieces coconut mixed $1.99 coconuts and almonds $3.29. and then the spices and stuff, but I don’t know that too many people are interested in that. But coffee is expensive. $379 and you get six packets for $379. If you want 30 of them, it’s 1059. If you want 50 of them, it’s 16 bucks. Let’s see. Do they have Okay, they do. Here’s like uh like you can stick it in your own little mixer. 385, 395, 475, 359, and then the Nest, the instant crap. 509, 8.95, 519, 516. Grand Mir, I don’t know. 429. How about tea? Tea is one of the big things I drink all the time. 5.45 for 50 packets. 25 is 265. girl gray. When you start getting into twinnings, they’re expensive. 5.9 or 7.99 8.95. And they do have Lipton here. Lipton is $2.99. If you get a big one, it’s 739. Let’s go to the next side. Um, pasta 379, $2.49. Let’s go to the Mexican side here. Here we go. So, um, if you want a can of a jar of salsa, 359. Um, guacamole is$2.95. Tortillas 3.49. 255. Taco tortillas 425. And you can see those prices. So, like here’s a fajita mix $639. Pretty expensive. Old El Paso 319 319 olives 8.45 679 and then when I do spaghetti I always do like I’ll borrow a jar of this and then add my own stuff to it. Each little jar is $252, $1.99, $2.99. If you want a bigger one, um, and their brand, $1.99, $139. Mayonnaise. Here’s mayonnaise, American style, $2.45. And here’s another mayonnaise. 209. Um, maybe this is Or maybe that’s salt. Saul. Yeah. So sell Saul 2994$435. If you want the good stuff at 689. If you want good pepper 729. And then bullion $1.99. How about ketchup? $239 for ketchup there. Ketchup’s 2.89. I’d take the Hind twice over. olive oil. Their brand is $1150. And then regular oil 515, 3.99, 469. Pretty expensive. Tabasco’s 339. I’ll just let you look for a second. Vinegar. Vinegar 435. Crazy. How about this side? So, this looks like rice and stuff. Can you see those prices? Go to another aisle. All right. So, a can of peas looks like a $135. A can of carrots, $119. Can of spinach, $139. Asparagus, $209. White asparagus, $319. A can of peas, 335, 215. Can of corn, 95 cents for their brand. If you get the expensive stuff for the better stuff, 259, 269. Peas 235 25519. I’ll just let you keep looking here. Raviolis 339 and macaroni and cheese is 274. I’m sure that’s not going to be the spaghettiio flavor. And then here, I don’t know what this stuff is. Something I don’t eat usually, I’m sure. Potato chips. Lays potato chips. $1.99. And that’s a pretty tiny little bag, but it’s $1.99. That one’s 215. The little bag, little itty bitty tiny bag is 99. Um, let’s see. What else do they have here that I normal? I get pretzels all the time. 89 cents. And this is a good brand or at least it tastes good. Pringles $2.49 279 279 235 for regulars. Doritos are 2.89. Down there it’s 299 285. Okay, you get that. Peanuts 365. Pistachios 875. Pretzel bites. Interesting. I’m g have to try those now. Let’s go over here. Toilet paper for uh what is this? Six rolls or no? These are paper towels. Six rolls are 539. 325 for three rolls. Um this is the toilet paper, I think. Yeah. So, three rolls is 275, 239, 269, 279. What else would you use here? If you were traveling, you’re probably not going to use any of this stuff. Now, laundry soap you might buy. Um, but 30 of them is $10.90, $10.90. 20 of them is 615. And I don’t ever seem to find like a small one. They’re usually pretty big and pretty crazy. Let’s go to another aisle. Okay. What might you drink here? So, apple juice. I always buy apple juice because I take my thyroid pill with it. So, let’s see. So, here’s like neck mango. 255 315 315 85 for their brand 301 for apple juice their brand Tropicana 355 431 and this is gourmet whatever that means something I never buy what’s on this side sorry for panning fast I guess I just worry about stuff. Um, a six-ack of little sodas. I mean, these are tiny little sprites. I mean, you can see there. Oh, it’s only 33 33 milliliters. 439 for a six-pack. A bottle. A one liter bottle. 155. 175. Yeah. I don’t know what that stuff is. Here’s Coke. A six-pack of cherry Coke is $4.79. And a six-pack is $4.99 for a regular. And these again, they’re tiny. They’re not It’s not 12 oz. It’s more like 10 oz. But for a liter, one liter is $2.45. Hogand 699, 715, 715, 7 Ben and Jerry 635. Pretty expensive. I don’t buy ice cream when I travel. Ben and Jerry’s up there are 715. This is probably pretty close to American prices, huh? Let’s see what’s in here that I use. Um, I usually get like these things when I make spaghetti. Mozzarella balls. 2.95. Something doesn’t smell good on in there. 415 for Philadelphia cream cheese. That lady was looking at me. Funny. Butterless cheese. Let’s go past her. Um, yogurt. We all like yogurts. 369. Okay. Meat. Here’s where they do their meat at. So, hamburger is $419. 455. And that’s just two patties. So, you get two patties this way. You see that one? And it’s 455 if you want a big box of hamburger or one of these which is like one kilo. So I don’t know that’s a kilo. 959. Let’s see. Do they have chicken in here? They do. Chicken up here. So two pieces of chicken is 1138. 1135. And steak is pretty expensive too. I don’t buy that. 658. Um 9005. Let’s see. Shrimp is pretty expensive, too. Is there a price on that? No price. $4.69. 5.99. Ham. I buy ham a lot cuz I put it in my eggs, too. So, like this is five slices, it looks like. Is that right? Yeah, it looks close to five thin slices. $1.79, $4.45, 369. Got that one. Moving down a little further. I wanted to do butter for you because I think butter is pretty important. I use butter all the time. No, I’m good. Thank you. Um, yeah. I’m just doing something for America just so my kids know how much things cost. Nothing’s hard. I I I live in America. So, thank you. But like butter here is uh 3:15. So he’s going to tell me I can’t do this. 3:45 3:45. Huh? If you want to recording, you need to have an an access. Well, he uh he told me I couldn’t film, so I couldn’t take any more pictures. I wanted to get uh more fruits and vegetables and more other things. But uh anyway, you get a good idea of what things cost here in Avenueon, France. Thanks everybody. One.

Monoprix is a major French retail chain with its headquarters in Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France, near Paris.[1] The company’s stores combine food retailing with fashion, beauty and home products.

History
The company was founded in 1932 in Rouen by Max Heilbronn, a son-in-law of Theophile Bader, the founder of Galeries Lafayette.[2]

In 1991, Monoprix acquired the Uniprix brand after Galeries Lafayette took over Nouvelles Galeries, the parent of Uniprix.[citation needed]

In 1997, the chain merged with French retailer Prisunic, in a deal that saw Casino Group acquire a 21% stake in the merged company.[3]

In 2000, Galeries Lafayette, entered into an agreement to sell a 50% interest in Monoprix. Casino Group provided Galeries Lafayette with a put option to sell the remaining 50%. In 2012, after legal wrangling over the value of the put option, the shareholders of both firms agreed on a sale price of $1.6 billion (€1.2 billion).[4] The Autorité de la concurrence, France’s competition regulatory body, approved the transaction in 2013, with the condition that the merged group sell 58 stores. This allowed the deal to close, making Monoprix a wholly owned subsidiary of Casino Group.[5]

On 23 May 2019, Rallye S.A., owner of Groupe Casino, declared bankruptcy protection in an effort to maintain its high debt costs. Casino later announced that same day that the bankruptcy would not affect any of their subsidiaries and that operations would continue normally.[6][7]

In 2023, Monoprix’s parent Casino announced that they have completed a deal to avoid bankruptcy. This restructuring procedure would allow for the company to cut high debt and improve recent losses to other rival supermarket corporations.[8] In 2024, Casino USA filed for Chapter 15 bankruptcy.[9]

Monoprix currently has more than 700 shops in total: most under the Monoprix brand, but also smaller Monop’, Monop’ Daily, Monop’ Station, Monop’ Beauty, and Naturalia formats.[10] It has a presence in over 250 towns and cities in France and employs around 21,000 people.

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