Grocery shopping in Le Touquet: market, supermarkets and good food shops

Grocery shopping in Le Touquet is easy: the centre has a covered market (Thursday and Saturday mornings all year round), convenience stores and a whole street of food shops, while the large supermarkets with click & collect are in Étaples and Cucq, a few minutes away by car. On a holiday rental, the idea is therefore to combine a big shop on arrival with fresh purchases day by day.

Here is where to go, on which days, and how to organise the first evening without stress.

The covered market: which days and what to find?

Le Touquet's market is held under the semicircular market halls on rue Jean-Monnet, right next to rue de Metz. This 1932 building, listed as a historic monument, is also a fine piece of architecture. According to the tourist office, the schedule is as follows:

Under the market halls you'll find greengrocers, cheese, meat and poultry, eggs, olives and a well-stocked fish wing; clothing and accessory sellers set up on the pavements around it. Opening hours vary with the season: the official market calendar is updated every year.

Saturday is by far the busiest day. If you can choose, Thursday is quieter and just as well stocked. For the history of the market halls and shopping nearby, see our guide to Le Touquet's market and shops.

On Sundays: place Quentovic and the market fishmonger

On Sunday mornings, there are two options for filling your basket without taking the car:

• The "rendez-vous du terroir", place Quentovic: every Sunday, the tourist office announces a small market of craftspeople and local produce. It's smaller and less touristy than the one under the market halls, and you'll find local market gardeners there in particular.
• The covered market's fish section, open on Sunday mornings even on non-market days.

As for shops, the tourist office points out that many of the resort's shops welcome customers all year round, including on Sundays. Opening hours are specific to each shop, and public holidays often follow Sunday hours: it's best to check the day before if you're counting on a particular shop.

Supermarkets in Le Touquet and the surrounding area

For basic groceries (water, coffee, cleaning products, breakfast), here are the stores we've identified in the resort and neighbouring towns. We don't give opening hours: they change with the season and are published on each store's website.

The convenience stores in the centre are useful for top-ups, but their range is smaller and their prices a little higher: for a week with several people, a trip to a large supermarket is still the most economical. For more tips, read our advice for a stay on a budget.

Bakery, cheese, butcher: the food shops

Rue de Metz is Le Touquet's foodie street: walking up it from the market halls, you can do most of your fresh shopping in half an hour. The addresses below are well established and appear in guides or on our own activities and good addresses page.

Bread and pastries

• La Talmelière, 69 rue de Metz: a bakery and patisserie popular for its varied breads and traditional cakes.

The centre has many other bakeries; in season, the Sunday morning queue grows quickly, so it's worth going early.

Cheese, fruit and vegetables

• Touquet Fruits, 101 rue de Metz: seasonal greengrocer and grocery, with a counter of cheeses from northern France and elsewhere.
• The cheesemongers at the covered market, on market days: ask for advice to put together a cheeseboard with maroilles, vieux-lille or mimolette.

Meat and deli

• Boucherie Mailly, 52 rue de Metz: traditional butcher and charcuterie.
• Maison Montet: butcher, charcuterie and caterer, useful for ready-made dishes on the first evening.

Fish and seafood in town

• Poissonnerie Pérard and Poissonnerie Ramet, rue de Metz: fish of the day, crustaceans and shellfish.
• La Goélette touquettoise, rue Jean-Monnet, opposite the market halls: seafood and shellfish to take away. For a seafood platter, remember to order in advance.

To know what to put in your basket, see our guide to Le Touquet's food specialities.

Fish from the port of Étaples, just across the water

On the other side of the Canche, about 5 km by road, Étaples is a fishing town. On the quayside, stalls run by fishing families sell freshly landed fish in the morning; the Vélomaritime guide also mentions the town's fish market halls. It's the ideal place to buy sole, dab or herring depending on the season, or brown shrimps.

• Getting there: around ten minutes by car, or by bike via the cycle path on the bridge across the Canche.
• When: in the morning, most days of the week; later on, the choice dwindles.
• The bonus: Étaples also has its big Friday morning market, place du Général-de-Gaulle.

Bring a cool bag and a few ice packs. For seafood platters, oysters and seafood restaurants, read our article on seafood in Le Touquet.

Click & collect, delivery and arrival day: our method

The first day of a holiday rental stay is often the busiest: the journey, settling in, tired children. Here's how to organise it:

1. Order click & collect before you leave: the Leclerc in Étaples offers a drive-through pick-up service (drive), and the other big stores in the area also have online ordering. Choose a collection slot just before you arrive: Étaples is only a few minutes from Le Touquet.
2. Check home delivery on the stores' websites: it depends on the store and the time of year, and is not guaranteed in high season.
3. Keep fresh produce for the next day: fish, cheese and bread are best bought locally, at the market or on rue de Metz.
4. Arriving on a Sunday or public holiday: the convenience stores in the centre and some shops stay open, but with reduced hours. Stock up on the way if you're arriving late.
5. Think about bags: a shopping bag for the market, a cool bag for fish.

The apartments at Villa Mon Étoile have an equipped kitchen with a dishwasher, oven and Nespresso machine, and are a few minutes' walk from rue Saint-Jean and the market: you can do your fresh shopping without getting back in the car.

Charles's tip: do the bulk of your shopping by click & collect on the way, then save Saturday morning for the market: fish from the fishmonger in the market halls, cheese, fruit, and a stop at the bakery on rue de Metz on the way back. If you want a seafood platter for the evening, order it in the morning.