Ahhhh, the Batignolles district! With its market, good butchers and numerous greengrocers, not to mention cheese makers and bakers, Batignolles is a historic district of Paris that loves its local stores, so it's hard to break the chain and buy your pasta and household products in the supermarket!
It was with this in mind that Damien Di Cicco decided to open a Day by Day franchise, to provide an intermediary solution to supermarkets and their standardized products. In premises on rue des moines, Damier Di Cicco has fulfilled a childhood dream by opening this bulk grocery store, offering 750 products without packaging. This is the 11th opening for Day by Day, and the first in Paris!
Inside the small store, the concept is explained: here, all products are paid for by weight. While we're used to doing this with sweets in candy shops or olives prepared at the market, here the concept works with 750 products, pasta, spices, tea, and even wine and olive oil!
Yes, at Day by Day, you can buy a dozen wines by the kilo, all you have to do is pay for a glass bottle or bring in your own empty, cleaned bottle (which will then be weighed). So you choose how much you buy, you only buy what you're going to use, you avoid all that packaging (from the store to the consumer, but also from the producer to Day by Day) and you recreate a relationship of trust with a grocer who knows the products he's selling (at Day by Day, not two brands of pasta or washing powder, but good products!).
When asked about the use of bulk products in some organic stores, the manager explains that Day by Day doesn't advocate French organics: only 25% of the product stock is organic and 50% of the products are French, reminding us that "good cashew nuts come from Burkina-Faso! And on the budget side, Day by Day advocates "the right product, the right price (which feeds everyone), and the right impact on the environment"!
Would you like to try it out?
Practical info:
Day by Day
Location: 46 rue des Moines, 75017 Paris
Opening hours: 9:30am-1pm then 3:30pm-7:30pm Tuesday to Friday, until 8pm on Saturday, 9:30am-1pm on Sunday
Please note that it's been over 4 years since our last visit, so the place and experience may have changed.
Dates and Opening Time
Next days
Saturday:
from 10:00 a.m. to 02:00 p.m.
- from 03:00 p.m. to 07:30 p.m.
Sunday:
from 10:00 a.m. to 01:00 p.m.
Tuesday:
from 10:00 a.m. to 02:00 p.m.
- from 03:00 p.m. to 07:30 p.m.
Wednesday:
from 10:00 a.m. to 02:00 p.m.
- from 03:00 p.m. to 07:30 p.m.
Thursday:
from 10:00 a.m. to 02:00 p.m.
- from 03:00 p.m. to 07:30 p.m.
Friday:
from 10:00 a.m. to 02:00 p.m.
- from 03:00 p.m. to 07:30 p.m.
Location
Day by Day
46 Rue des Moines
75017 Paris 17
Access
M°2 - Brochant
More information
Opening hours: 9:30am-1pm then 3:30pm-7:30pm Tuesday to Friday, until 8pm Saturday, 9:30am-1pm Sunday
