At a time when travel is limited and many businesses are closed, it can be complicated to do your daily shopping.
However, it is now and more than ever that it is essential to consume local and encourage the activity of small traders.
So how do you do it?
There is no question of going out into the street and strolling for the sole purpose of seeing which stores are open.
The simplest and most secure solution is on the Internet: in fact, different platforms allow you to find the businesses that interest you near you, whether they are open, practice click and collect or offer home delivery.
We offer a selection of sites whose services focus on Paris and the Paris region, but also in the rest of France in certain cases.
Small businesses: addresses in Paris and Île-de-France
The PetitsCommerces.fr site lists dozens of businesses in Paris and Île-de-France, with significant focus on crafts, short-circuit food, bookstores and even zero waste.
The platform also offers a selection of shops in the region, even if it is especially on the side of the capital that we find the most addresses.
You can access the files of the different stores, check if they are open, but also contact them directly.
In addition, many places offer good plans accessible only through the site.
Click here to take advantage of the Small Business offers
La Ruche qui dit Oui: the meeting place for French producers
The La Ruche qui dit Oui platform is particularly renowned in France, and for good reason: it offers to put individuals in touch with producers in France through its site.
You can fill your basket with fresh products such as fruits and vegetables, meat, cheese, honey, bread or even drinks.
The order placed is processed by the site, and you just have to go to the collection point on the day indicated to collect it.
Not only do you benefit from quality products, but the list of intermediaries is reduced and producers are remunerated at the right price.
Everybody wins.
As a bonus, the inhabitants of Île-de-France can take advantage of La Ruche qui dit Oui à la maison, an alternative that allows home delivery within 24 hours during the week.
Enough to enjoy quality products quickly, without leaving your home.
Click here to take advantage of the La Ruche qui dit Oui offers
Grocery: Deliveries and withdrawals everywhere in France
As for the Epicery platform, it is the proposal for delivery and withdrawals anywhere in France that is taking over.
Here too, it is the local businesses that are put forward: the first step therefore consists in making sure that merchants in your city are there on the platform, by geolocating you.
If so, you have access to a rather extensive local offer, all at affordable prices and quick turnaround times to collect your purchases.
Click here to take advantage of the Epicery platform offers
The Cdiscount local shops section
If you are looking for products that are not related to food strictly speaking, you can turn to the "Local shops" section of Cdiscount: the online merchant currently lists more than 230 physical shops that sell products on its marketplace.
You can order and receive your purchases at home, while choosing stores in your city or elsewhere.
Click here to see the Cdiscount local shops section