France in Focus

Has anyone tried this "Bacon in a Box" ??

Do you mean https://baconbythebox.com/ ?

No, but I've been turning it over in my mind, not really for the bacon but the breakfast sausages. There's nothing like traditional (i.e., spicy) Irish sausages to wake you up!

Minimum order value is 100 euros!!

Yes I'm sure that they used to in a box, but now by the box, had a look at the website, just wonder who they use for final delivery or do you have to pick it up from somewhere.

demi wrote: ↑Fri Feb 03, 2023 11:27 am Minimum order value is 100 euros!!

Think that might be 150€

Minimum order is 100€ - see FAQ
Minimum order to get freebies is 150€ - see how it works where it sets minimum order quantities to receive a level of freebies.

Hence the confusion.

Not for me even though I struggle and fail to get British Isles style sausages.
I can get back bacon labelled "Bacon" from a number of stores. Trade mark Herta.
I can get streaky - always labelled "Poitrine fumee" from Lidl (St. whatsitsname own brand), Super U (Own brand), and again Herta in various supermarkets.

I rather like the Bacon fumé au miel from Lidl when they have their American weeks - can't really pick up any honey sweetness but the cut thickness and smoking is nice.
That said, I do miss the packs of UK supermarket wonky bacon packs for almost no money to make bacon sandwiches with.

According to their FAQ's they use Chronopost which rules me out as their drivers refuse to deliver to my address. Apparently they ( Chronopost ) will use isothermic boxes if they haven't got a refrigerated van. Yeh right. A couple of Christmas's ago Picard used them to deal with the festive rush. It was an unmitigated disaster. Shame as I really fancy those gammon steaks.

My son in Tokyo sent me a food parcel from the bacon crowd. All vacuum packed great stuff. Some of the meat pies were not to my liking, but the bacon was excellent as were the dogs and steaks. No worries there.