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The other half really rates merguez (Spelling?) sausages- a spicy bright red long thin banger! We buy a huge box on the way home and keep in the cool box while driving hell for leather home to put them in the freezer when we get home.

( I aint bothered being veggie)

Tins of asparagus and artichokes are a bargain compared to over here and I always find a couple of nooks and crannies to put them in to bring back.

Fresh fruit and vegetables are excellent in supermarkets. Much of it will be locally grown and most of it will be unpackaged so not only are you reducing pollution but you can choose degrees of ripeness - get some juicy ripe tomatoes for lunch and some to ripen for later.

Roadside sellers are often very good especially when they are at the gates of the farm/orchard/vineyard but beware ones where the fruit &c has been trasnported miles by lorry and is getting covered by car fumes - they're not always cheaper than supermarket stuff anyway!  Either way, make sure that you rinse everything well before eating - clean running water is not a problem in France.