Hello,
My family (we have two daughters aged 3.5 and 18 months) arrived in Switzerland on Sunday. We're staying in a temporary apartment and need to do a huge shop getting all the basics in, plus meat. We are in Nyon and have access to a car, so is France the best option for us?
I know there's a Carrefour in central Divonne, is there a hypermarket anywhere near the border?
Any help/advice would be appreciated.
Kevin
Hello,
My family (we have two daughters aged 3.5 and 18 months) arrived in Switzerland on Sunday. We're staying in a temporary apartment and need to do a huge shop getting all the basics in, plus meat. We are in Nyon and have access to a car, so is France the best option for us?
I know there's a Carrefour in central Divonne, is there a hypermarket anywhere near the border?
Any help/advice would be appreciated.
Kevin
Yeah, France is cheaper. And opening hours are better (typically until 8 throughout the week and on Sunday morning)
I don't know about close to Nyon, but we do most of our shopping in Ferney-Voltaire (behind Geneva Airport); at Carrefour or Leclerc.
Yeah, France is cheaper. And opening hours are better (typically until 8 throughout the week and on Sunday morning)
I don't know about close to Nyon, but we do most of our shopping in Ferney-Voltaire (behind Geneva Airport); at Carrefour or Leclerc.
I should also mention the markets around Geneva for cheap vegetables and local products: Saturday morning in Ferney and Sunday morning in Divonne.
I should also mention the markets around Geneva for cheap vegetables and local products: Saturday morning in Ferney and Sunday morning in Divonne.
Carrefour just past Ferney Voltaire is a good one. Welcome!
The Carrefour in Divonne is a good start. Be careful when crossing the border.
http://www.ezv.admin.ch/zollinfo_privat/zu_beachten/00350/index.html?lang=en
http://www.ezv.admin.ch/zollinfo_privat/essen_trinken/00356/index.html?lang=en
The Carrefour in Divonne is a good start. Be careful when crossing the border.
http://www.ezv.admin.ch/zollinfo_privat/zu_beachten/00350/index.html?lang=en
http://www.ezv.admin.ch/zollinfo_privat/essen_trinken/00356/index.html?lang=en
The Carrefour in Divonne is a good start. Be careful when crossing the border.
http://www.ezv.admin.ch/zollinfo_privat/zu_beachten/00350/index.html?lang=en
http://www.ezv.admin.ch/zollinfo_privat/essen_trinken/00356/index.html?lang=en
Or Pass the border at CERN/Meyrin, I've seen it manned 3 to 4 times in the last year, and that was at night. 
Not that i'm encouraging grocery smuggling or anything...
Or Pass the border at CERN/Meyrin, I've seen it manned 3 to 4 times in the last year, and that was at night. Not that i'm encouraging grocery smuggling or anything...
Agreed. Also Mategnin is rarely manned (near the E.Leclerc).
kevin,
A trolley full in Switzerland will cost you a couple of hundred CHF at the very least...
Would advise you shop in France for a 30% discount on most goods.
The border police are interested in Meat and Butter mainly... which is a shame, since steak here costs 80CHf per kilo compared to 40Euro /kg or cheaper in France... however carrefour meat (esp pork) doesnt keep beyond a couple of days so freeze it, if you dont use it immediately.
There are numerous unmanned border posts, but the border police have a right to stop you within 10km of the border, which in the summer BBQ months they often do to check the meat smugglers and increase their christmas fund. Just a heads up.
kevin,
A trolley full in Switzerland will cost you a couple of hundred CHF at the very least...
Would advise you shop in France for a 30% discount on most goods.
The border police are interested in Meat and Butter mainly... which is a shame, since steak here costs 80CHf per kilo compared to 40Euro /kg or cheaper in France... however carrefour meat (esp pork) doesnt keep beyond a couple of days so freeze it, if you dont use it immediately.
There are numerous unmanned border posts, but the border police have a right to stop you within 10km of the border, which in the summer BBQ months they often do to check the meat smugglers and increase their christmas fund. Just a heads up.
