Fresh Food
Our Fresh Food collection is the chilled heart of Epicerie Corner: more than 1,200 French fresh products, from cheese and butter to yoghurts and desserts, ham and charcuterie, fresh meat and poultry, ready meals, pastry, pizzas and quiches, salads and fresh juices. It gathers the brands found in the chilled aisles of every French supermarket, including Président, Herta, Fleury Michon, Charal, Le Gaulois, Danone, La Laitière, Andros, Sodebo, Marie, Apéricube, Boursin and the Nos Régions ont du Talent regional range, delivered chilled across the UK.
The French Chilled Aisle
The rayon frais of a French supermarket is famously long. It reflects how the French eat: cheese after the main course, a yoghurt or dessert to finish the meal, cooked ham in the children's pasta, charcuterie and cheese cubes for the apéritif, and fresh pastry to make a quiche or a tart in minutes. This collection brings all of it together, so you can shop the products you know from France without travelling.
Cheese
France is said to make more than a thousand cheeses, and many are protected by a PDO (AOP). Our range covers soft cheeses such as Brie, Camembert and Époisses; mountain cheeses such as Comté, Beaufort and Abondance; blue cheeses; goat and sheep cheeses such as the Brique d'Auvergne; regional specialities such as the paprika-spiced Boulette d'Avesnes from the North; and family favourites like Babybel, Kiri, La Vache qui rit, Boursin and Apéricube, the little cheese cubes made for the apéritif. Browse our Cheese collection for the full range.
Charcuterie and Cooked Meats
Cooked ham, chicken and turkey slices from Herta, Fleury Michon and Madrange; dry-cured ham from Aoste and Saint Azay, including chiffonades of ham aged seven months; dry sausages from Auvergne and Justin Bridou; andouillettes from Tradilège; and regional classics such as the andouille de Vire, a Normandy speciality made from pork tripe, slowly smoked over beechwood, with a renown that goes back to the 18th century. See Sliced Ham and Poultry.
Fresh Meat and Poultry
Charal beef steaks and minced beef, beef entrecôte and marrow bones, Le Gaulois and Père Dodu chicken, Label Rouge chickens, lamb, veal and pork, for French dishes such as steak frites, pot-au-feu and roast chicken. See Meat and Fish.
Yoghurts, Desserts and Butter
Danone, La Laitière, Yoplait, Bonne Maman, Malo and Délisse yoghurts and dessert creams; Andros fruit compotes, including no-added-sugar recipes and the plant-based Gourmand et Végétal range; and French butter and cream, including Président and Elle & Vire. See Yogurts and Desserts.
Ready Meals and Regional Dishes
For quick dinners, choose Sodebo and Marie ready meals, pizzas and quiches, Lustucru fresh pasta, Menu Fraîcheur salads, and Asian dishes such as chicken nems. Regional specialities include Aligot from Aubrac, the stretchy mix of potato and fresh tomme cheese from the Aubrac plateau, which, according to tradition, monks served to pilgrims on the way to Santiago de Compostela. See Ready Meals.
Fresh Pastry
Ready-rolled shortcrust, puff and pizza pastry from Marie and Croustipate, and baking cases from 3 Toques: 3 Toques Vol au Vent au Beurre (x4), choux and éclair cases, tartlet cases and little charlottes, ready to fill for an easy French dessert or starter. See Pizzas, Tartes and Quiches.
Fish, Salads and Snacks
The chilled range also includes smoked salmon and fish spreads, surimi, ready-to-eat salads such as the Menu Fraîcheur Alaska salad, sandwiches and snacks from Côté Snack, and around thirty fresh pizzas. Organic shoppers will find more than fifteen Bio Village products, and a small halal selection completes the range.
Eating the French Way
A typical French family meal follows a simple order: an entrée (a salad, crudités or a slice of pâté), a plat (meat or fish with vegetables), then cheese, and finally a dessert, often a yoghurt, a compote or a dairy cream. Bread is served throughout. Shopping the chilled aisle with this structure in mind makes it easy to put together a French menu at home, whether for a weekday dinner or a weekend lunch with friends.
How to Shop Fresh Food
- A French cheese board: one soft, one hard, one blue and one goat cheese.
- An apéritif: Apéricube, dry sausage, cured ham and olives.
- Weeknight dinners: ready meals, fresh pasta or a quiche with ready-rolled pastry.
- Children's lunchboxes: Babybel, cooked ham and compote pouches.
- A taste of the regions: the Nos Régions ont du Talent range.
Delivery, Storage and Safety
Chilled products are packed to stay cool during delivery. Put them in the fridge as soon as they arrive, between 0 and 4°C for meat and fish and below 6°C for dairy, and eat them by the use-by date on the pack. Keep raw meat away from ready-to-eat food, and cook meat and poultry thoroughly. Once opened, follow the storage advice on the label. Raw-milk cheeses, cured meats and pâtés are not recommended for pregnant women and young children. Always check allergens on each product page, as many products contain milk, eggs, gluten, mustard or celery.
Fresh Food FAQs
How are fresh products delivered?
Chilled products are packed to keep them cool in transit. Refrigerate them as soon as you receive them.
What is aligot?
A speciality of the Aubrac plateau: mashed potato beaten with fresh tomme cheese, cream and salt until smooth and stretchy.
What is Apéricube?
Small cubes of processed cheese in assorted flavours, made to share at the apéritif.
What is the Nos Régions ont du Talent range?
A range of regional French specialities made with producers from all over France.
Fresh Food
More About Fresh Food
Our Fresh Food collection is the chilled heart of Epicerie Corner: more than 1,200 French fresh products, from cheese and butter to yoghurts and desserts, ham and charcuterie, fresh meat and poultry, ready meals, pastry, pizzas and quiches, salads and fresh juices. It gathers the brands found in the chilled aisles of every French supermarket, including Président, Herta, Fleury Michon, Charal, Le Gaulois, Danone, La Laitière, Andros, Sodebo, Marie, Apéricube, Boursin and the Nos Régions ont du Talent regional range, delivered chilled across the UK.
The French Chilled Aisle
The rayon frais of a French supermarket is famously long. It reflects how the French eat: cheese after the main course, a yoghurt or dessert to finish the meal, cooked ham in the children's pasta, charcuterie and cheese cubes for the apéritif, and fresh pastry to make a quiche or a tart in minutes. This collection brings all of it together, so you can shop the products you know from France without travelling.
Cheese
France is said to make more than a thousand cheeses, and many are protected by a PDO (AOP). Our range covers soft cheeses such as Brie, Camembert and Époisses; mountain cheeses such as Comté, Beaufort and Abondance; blue cheeses; goat and sheep cheeses such as the Brique d'Auvergne; regional specialities such as the paprika-spiced Boulette d'Avesnes from the North; and family favourites like Babybel, Kiri, La Vache qui rit, Boursin and Apéricube, the little cheese cubes made for the apéritif. Browse our Cheese collection for the full range.
Charcuterie and Cooked Meats
Cooked ham, chicken and turkey slices from Herta, Fleury Michon and Madrange; dry-cured ham from Aoste and Saint Azay, including chiffonades of ham aged seven months; dry sausages from Auvergne and Justin Bridou; andouillettes from Tradilège; and regional classics such as the andouille de Vire, a Normandy speciality made from pork tripe, slowly smoked over beechwood, with a renown that goes back to the 18th century. See Sliced Ham and Poultry.
Fresh Meat and Poultry
Charal beef steaks and minced beef, beef entrecôte and marrow bones, Le Gaulois and Père Dodu chicken, Label Rouge chickens, lamb, veal and pork, for French dishes such as steak frites, pot-au-feu and roast chicken. See Meat and Fish.
Yoghurts, Desserts and Butter
Danone, La Laitière, Yoplait, Bonne Maman, Malo and Délisse yoghurts and dessert creams; Andros fruit compotes, including no-added-sugar recipes and the plant-based Gourmand et Végétal range; and French butter and cream, including Président and Elle & Vire. See Yogurts and Desserts.
Ready Meals and Regional Dishes
For quick dinners, choose Sodebo and Marie ready meals, pizzas and quiches, Lustucru fresh pasta, Menu Fraîcheur salads, and Asian dishes such as chicken nems. Regional specialities include Aligot from Aubrac, the stretchy mix of potato and fresh tomme cheese from the Aubrac plateau, which, according to tradition, monks served to pilgrims on the way to Santiago de Compostela. See Ready Meals.
Fresh Pastry
Ready-rolled shortcrust, puff and pizza pastry from Marie and Croustipate, and baking cases from 3 Toques: 3 Toques Vol au Vent au Beurre (x4), choux and éclair cases, tartlet cases and little charlottes, ready to fill for an easy French dessert or starter. See Pizzas, Tartes and Quiches.
Fish, Salads and Snacks
The chilled range also includes smoked salmon and fish spreads, surimi, ready-to-eat salads such as the Menu Fraîcheur Alaska salad, sandwiches and snacks from Côté Snack, and around thirty fresh pizzas. Organic shoppers will find more than fifteen Bio Village products, and a small halal selection completes the range.
Eating the French Way
A typical French family meal follows a simple order: an entrée (a salad, crudités or a slice of pâté), a plat (meat or fish with vegetables), then cheese, and finally a dessert, often a yoghurt, a compote or a dairy cream. Bread is served throughout. Shopping the chilled aisle with this structure in mind makes it easy to put together a French menu at home, whether for a weekday dinner or a weekend lunch with friends.
How to Shop Fresh Food
- A French cheese board: one soft, one hard, one blue and one goat cheese.
- An apéritif: Apéricube, dry sausage, cured ham and olives.
- Weeknight dinners: ready meals, fresh pasta or a quiche with ready-rolled pastry.
- Children's lunchboxes: Babybel, cooked ham and compote pouches.
- A taste of the regions: the Nos Régions ont du Talent range.
Delivery, Storage and Safety
Chilled products are packed to stay cool during delivery. Put them in the fridge as soon as they arrive, between 0 and 4°C for meat and fish and below 6°C for dairy, and eat them by the use-by date on the pack. Keep raw meat away from ready-to-eat food, and cook meat and poultry thoroughly. Once opened, follow the storage advice on the label. Raw-milk cheeses, cured meats and pâtés are not recommended for pregnant women and young children. Always check allergens on each product page, as many products contain milk, eggs, gluten, mustard or celery.
Fresh Food FAQs
How are fresh products delivered?
Chilled products are packed to keep them cool in transit. Refrigerate them as soon as you receive them.
What is aligot?
A speciality of the Aubrac plateau: mashed potato beaten with fresh tomme cheese, cream and salt until smooth and stretchy.
What is Apéricube?
Small cubes of processed cheese in assorted flavours, made to share at the apéritif.
What is the Nos Régions ont du Talent range?
A range of regional French specialities made with producers from all over France.