From filet de perche and Saucisson Vaudois, to cheese Malakoffs, these are just some of the many local culinary delights that expatriates discover when they move to Vaud. Yet from time to time, expatriates also like a taste of food from their own countries, and for this there are local retail options around to source products from “home”.
Firstly, there is My Expat Shop com. This successful online shopping site stocks and delivers products across the whole of Switzerland. From British favourites such as Terry’s Chocolate Orange and Carnation Evaporated milk or Betty Crocker mixes for its American customers, the shop carries a comprehensive stock of products.
Check out the many different categories of products on the site from the “Baby and Toddler” range to the “Expat Gourmet” range. My Expat shop also offers customers the option to buy their products at approximately eight different retail outlets across the canton (there is one in Crans près Celigny and in Tannay). You can find them all listed under the ABC section of the site.
The Nyon outlet is the Marché de l’Etraz . This is a small supermarket on the Route de l’Etraz in Nyon (near the Edward Life Sciences building heading towards Prangins) see map here. This shop has an area specifically dedicated to exapt products. Should you want a product that you don’t see on the shelves, you can order it from the catalogue, just point to the photo in the catalogue if your French isn’t quite up to scratch !
The shop is owned by by Mr Kadri Mustafe, and run by the very friendly Madame Vezire Moustafa helped along by her son Lulzim and assistant Madame Mary Luce-Fimon (in photo below). This shop is open from 08:30 until 20:30 Monday to Saturday and 08:30 to 13:30 on Sunday morning, which is very useful to know!
Listen to the interview here that the Living in Nyon editor made with Kristine from My Expat Shop on World Radio Switzerland in January 2012. On it you can hear what the most popular expat food products are requested by customers across Switzerland. You can also hear what the expats round the table like about local food!
The American Market in Nyon (there is also a Geneva branch) has been in the centre of the town for around seven years. Along with selling food and products geared to the U.S and Canadian market, it also stocks food and drink for the local Latin American population who miss a taste of “home” including Inca Cola, Mate, Dulce de Leche, Alfajores, Mexican and Tex Mex food. The shop also carries a small stock of British produce.
New to the scene but certainly not new to selling produce to British expatriates, is Jim’s British Market which opened last month on the Avenue de Mont Blanc in Gland just a few miles along from Nyon. Already a well established name over the border in St Genis-Pouilly, “Jims” has been operating for 15 years in France and in addition to the shop, he has also been serving fish and chips and scones in its tea toom. Check out their website on the story of “Jims” and for full details and opening hours of both shops.
Links
The American Market