Five stars in class!…read more For the ten days I stayed in the town of Eu last year, I visited Auchan 7 times... For those with the good chance of living within 100 miles of an Auchan, I suspect it's taken for granted that such offerings exist. It's clear that the business model works in France, where the enjoyment of food is paramount, and the notion of "healthful and wholesome diet" is understandably secondary given that enjoyment of a diversity takes care of that. This review, therefore, is written for the vast majority of us in the States that would relish having an Auchan to go to - and to access the freshest ingredients from a broad spectrum of ingredients. If the business model were to be compared to one in the U.S., the closest I could come to would be a "Super-Walmart" - but what a travesty of a comparison that would be. Auchan is rather like Costco - in the sense that Costco aims to provide the highest quality ingredients. But, Auchan is not a warehouse outlet - and therefore concerns itself with a VERY, VERY broad and deep spectrum of fresh foods. What's particularly fascinating to me is that this particular Auchan is effectively servicing three relatively small towns (or, relatively large villages). There are Auchan stores across France, as well as in a dozen or so other countries. Doing a quick Wiki search, I see that Houston and Chicago were host cities to the only two Auchan stores in the U.S., but they were suffering losses because they simply couldn't attain the economy-of-scale advantages they would have needed to thrive. This review - ultimately - is a statement of envy to all of you that get to enjoy shopping here. The U.S., with all of our clear benefits as a nation, has NOTHING remotely close to an Auchan. Be happy with your lot!

It's cheap and cheerful, but with the credit crunch, that's got to be a good thing. You'll get less…read morechoice than at some of the bigger supermarkets but the prices are generally lower which is the most important thing for many shoippers. East access and car parking too.

Now its a bigger store, there is more verity and space to get through the isles without crashing…read moreinto other people. The staff are normal very friendly and helpful. Unfortunately, one of the checkout staff was not very friendly. My husband and myself went to the 10 items or less counter as all the counters were really busy and this one was practically empty, had 13 items which we could of split and paid for separately but did not, only for the checkout staff to rant and out loud rudely about us to her colleague who was taking over to serve us. It was unprofessional and had she mentioned the till was 10 items or less we would of told her that we will split the items between us, which would of meant she was serving twice instead of once taking more time up. Customer service skills need reviewing.

A French "hypermarche", (what we'd call a supermarket) located near Cite Europe featuring…read moreeverything you could ask for, especially if you're a good wine-fan. Due to it's location in Calais this place is popular amongst people who want to get alcohol at a cheaper price than in the UK. Many of the staff speak English well enough to help you if you don't speak much French, and are most polite about it, (I once had someone try to insult me there in English, so I responded by insulting him in French, then he showed me what I was looking for, so it could be a sport there, heh).