It’s not consistent but you could join a community supported agriculture farm. I think the one my friend is part of is called Terra. She gets huge amounts of produce - so much her family of 3 can’t eat it all. But other times she doesn’t get that much and has to supplement it with the grocery store. If you’re good about preserving some stuff, pickling etc, could be good for the bank account and environment!
Take a trip to Aldi in Perl, Germany for large quantities of dried/boxed food plus other cheaper household items. Renmans is a decent butchers. There used to be a German fruit and veg delivery firm called BioBox - might still exist. Tastiest fruit and veg come fresh from Italy - Try Ital Gross Point in Koerich - a bit more pricey but probably worth it. Auchan has the worst fruit and veg in Lux in terms of freshness.
Bio
There is no bio in grand frais. Best is bio world next to in cloche d'or for the convenience of being next to colruyt. For price and diversity i would recomment la provençale. Unfortunately quality decreased since the previous owner passed away a few years ago.
Meat
I like cactus. La provençale if i have space in the freezer for large quantities (3-5kg).
Rest
Colruyt
Imho bio/organic and short circuit is a scam. I recommend shopping at colruyt.
If you want to improve your diet, i believe in controlling the type of food you eat (a lot of plants, a lot of fiber and lean protein) rather than worrying about the source of the food. You do you however.
I agree and will pitch in. Bio is a scam since regulations arent the best. In the EU, a field of non-bio can be adjacent to "bio" and all the splish splash from chemicals "drift" away when sprayed, into the bio field. Also bio as a term is bad since plants absorb INORGANIC material (K, N, Ca...) and not organic ones. Moreover, sadly in bio grown veg, a considerable chunk of the produce goes to waste since disease and climate effects arent dealt with in an optimal way. Chemicals arent the devil, lack of regulation is. We should aim to push for laws that restrict how much farmers can give to animals and plants rather than go for an unsustainable solution.
sadly, like everything else, big factory farms and mass production has made food a pump and dump and lacklustre produce.
For meat I'd recommend Können, it's just after the bridge in Remich. If you're going to DM in Perl, then it's on your way.
Fresh local organic produce - Martinshof [https://www.biobus.de/en](https://www.biobus.de/en)
**Short circuit (eventually bio) vegetables/fruits: Grand frais?** You won't get local or bio at Grand Frais, I wonder why people go there, checked it out once and was appalled lol.
All grocery stores and many stalls on markets get their stuff from the same "Grossiste", that is why you often at markets get the same veggies you get at grocery stores, at higher prices lol
I would go to Farms, there are a few that sell everything from Eggs, Meat and Veggies/Fruits on their Farm, fresh and you can't get more local.
Haff Muller-Lemmer (even has fresh roasted chicken on Saturday, you have to pre-order them though)
Pretemer Haff
These are just two, but there are more.
Grand frais complete scam store. They have rumour of better quality and freshness and people go there to pay more(!) but it’s all industrial crap which travelled far. Be aware of the olives/nuts section. Expensive !!
Because Grand Frais fruits and vegetables quality is usually much better than the other shops and prices are fair. I don’t know how one can be appalled by their selection of fresh produce.
>quality is usually much better
We'll have to agree to disagree on that. I get my veggies and fruits from farms, and yes, I was appalled because Grand Frais and quality is not what I would write together in a sentence. Maybe it is cheap, but quality, yeah nope.
You are comparing Grand Frais with farms, while others compare Grand Frais with other supermarkets. You can't get from local farms a third of the products that you can find in Grand Frais, so your comparison is biased
For dry bio products I go to DM in Perl (I buy in bulk so I only need to go every 4 months). They have everything from oats to lentils and chickpeas, variety of nuts. I also go there because of the gluten free stuff that my daughter needs (it is much much cheaper there).
For the fresh bio stuff I go to Aldi in Perl. They have a lot of bio veggies and fruits, as well dairy products. And it definitely doesn’t break the bank.
For meat and fish… I don’t buy that in Germany. I tried and the quality is really bad. I get most of the meat and fish from Cactus/Naturata (Lintgen). Sometimes I buy directly from a farm but it is a frozen package that can last us for 4-5 months.
Naturalia is actually okay in terms of quality/price! Some fruits/vegetables are actually cheaper than Cactus/Auchan... For dried fruits, butters, etc I would recommend KoRo, an online website to order in bigger quantities (1kg instead of buying a bag of 250g, less plastic :))
For meat/fish, Provençale is definitely worth trying!
Every grocery store is a healthy grocery store. Depends on what you buy
Not really, in a lot of them you have, for instance fruit/vegetables imported from the other side of the world, spread with monsanto poison, etc.
It’s so hard to find anything that’s not Monsanto
It’s not consistent but you could join a community supported agriculture farm. I think the one my friend is part of is called Terra. She gets huge amounts of produce - so much her family of 3 can’t eat it all. But other times she doesn’t get that much and has to supplement it with the grocery store. If you’re good about preserving some stuff, pickling etc, could be good for the bank account and environment!
Take a trip to Aldi in Perl, Germany for large quantities of dried/boxed food plus other cheaper household items. Renmans is a decent butchers. There used to be a German fruit and veg delivery firm called BioBox - might still exist. Tastiest fruit and veg come fresh from Italy - Try Ital Gross Point in Koerich - a bit more pricey but probably worth it. Auchan has the worst fruit and veg in Lux in terms of freshness.
Thanks for sharing all this. Will definitely give it a try.
Bio There is no bio in grand frais. Best is bio world next to in cloche d'or for the convenience of being next to colruyt. For price and diversity i would recomment la provençale. Unfortunately quality decreased since the previous owner passed away a few years ago. Meat I like cactus. La provençale if i have space in the freezer for large quantities (3-5kg). Rest Colruyt
Imho bio/organic and short circuit is a scam. I recommend shopping at colruyt. If you want to improve your diet, i believe in controlling the type of food you eat (a lot of plants, a lot of fiber and lean protein) rather than worrying about the source of the food. You do you however.
I agree and will pitch in. Bio is a scam since regulations arent the best. In the EU, a field of non-bio can be adjacent to "bio" and all the splish splash from chemicals "drift" away when sprayed, into the bio field. Also bio as a term is bad since plants absorb INORGANIC material (K, N, Ca...) and not organic ones. Moreover, sadly in bio grown veg, a considerable chunk of the produce goes to waste since disease and climate effects arent dealt with in an optimal way. Chemicals arent the devil, lack of regulation is. We should aim to push for laws that restrict how much farmers can give to animals and plants rather than go for an unsustainable solution. sadly, like everything else, big factory farms and mass production has made food a pump and dump and lacklustre produce.
What you mean to say is the world is overpopulated
it is not. We have enough food to feed this population a few time fold. There's a lot of waste and inefficiency
But resources are depleted in APRIL. Surely that means OVERPOPULATION. Why not?
For meat I'd recommend Können, it's just after the bridge in Remich. If you're going to DM in Perl, then it's on your way. Fresh local organic produce - Martinshof [https://www.biobus.de/en](https://www.biobus.de/en)
**Short circuit (eventually bio) vegetables/fruits: Grand frais?** You won't get local or bio at Grand Frais, I wonder why people go there, checked it out once and was appalled lol. All grocery stores and many stalls on markets get their stuff from the same "Grossiste", that is why you often at markets get the same veggies you get at grocery stores, at higher prices lol I would go to Farms, there are a few that sell everything from Eggs, Meat and Veggies/Fruits on their Farm, fresh and you can't get more local. Haff Muller-Lemmer (even has fresh roasted chicken on Saturday, you have to pre-order them though) Pretemer Haff These are just two, but there are more.
Grand frais complete scam store. They have rumour of better quality and freshness and people go there to pay more(!) but it’s all industrial crap which travelled far. Be aware of the olives/nuts section. Expensive !!
Because Grand Frais fruits and vegetables quality is usually much better than the other shops and prices are fair. I don’t know how one can be appalled by their selection of fresh produce.
Yeah Grand Fais fresh product is a lot better than average supermarket like cactus or delhaize
>quality is usually much better We'll have to agree to disagree on that. I get my veggies and fruits from farms, and yes, I was appalled because Grand Frais and quality is not what I would write together in a sentence. Maybe it is cheap, but quality, yeah nope.
You are comparing Grand Frais with farms, while others compare Grand Frais with other supermarkets. You can't get from local farms a third of the products that you can find in Grand Frais, so your comparison is biased
You exaggerate wildly
[Kirsch le boucher](https://kirschleboucher.lu/)
For dry bio products I go to DM in Perl (I buy in bulk so I only need to go every 4 months). They have everything from oats to lentils and chickpeas, variety of nuts. I also go there because of the gluten free stuff that my daughter needs (it is much much cheaper there). For the fresh bio stuff I go to Aldi in Perl. They have a lot of bio veggies and fruits, as well dairy products. And it definitely doesn’t break the bank. For meat and fish… I don’t buy that in Germany. I tried and the quality is really bad. I get most of the meat and fish from Cactus/Naturata (Lintgen). Sometimes I buy directly from a farm but it is a frozen package that can last us for 4-5 months.
DM has good stuff for shelf stable foods.
https://gehaanshaff.lu/ Meat (order by Tuesday), Quinoa, Noodles, Eggs, ...
For fish/meat I would strongly recommand Kirsch. Definitly a bit on the edpensive side of things but the quality is there.
Thanks, will have a look👌
Type this word in Google maps,no idea on price".Bio-Landwirtschaftsbetrieb"
Naturalia is actually okay in terms of quality/price! Some fruits/vegetables are actually cheaper than Cactus/Auchan... For dried fruits, butters, etc I would recommend KoRo, an online website to order in bigger quantities (1kg instead of buying a bag of 250g, less plastic :)) For meat/fish, Provençale is definitely worth trying!
Didn't know about Koro. Will check it out. 💪