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La Roulotte is a group of 3 Corsican organic shops, based in Bastia Furiani, Ajaccio Mezzavia, and on the eastern plain between Valle di Campoloro and Cervione. Organic groceries, natural cosmetics and 100% organic fruit and vegetables await you, along with kokopelli seeds and other carefully selected products.

La Roulotte Furiani - Opening hours - 100% organic produce shop in Furiani

La Roulotte's three organic supermarkets are open Monday to Saturday from 9am to 7pm and are located in :

• Bastia: La Roulotte Bastia at Furiani, RN 193
• Ajaccio: La Roulotte, Route de Mezzavia
• La Roulotte Prunete in Valle di Campoloro, lieu di Padullone (Plaine de Cervione)

The three Roulotte sites

La Roulotte also operates a tour of the Balagne region once a month (on the penultimate Thursday of the month), commissioned by its customers at specific meeting points.

Organic fruit and vegetables

Eating locally and organically is what La Roulotte shops offer, working with organic producers from Corsica and the mainland to promote local produce and short supply chains, with seasonal fruit and vegetables. The general food offer includes a wide choice of cheeses, ready meals, rice, gluten-free and gluten-free pasta, organic bread, as well as dried fruit (almonds, hazelnuts from Cervione, sultanas, walnuts). Mineral waters (including Saint Georges in glass bottles), fruit juices such as Babbone Rossu Corsican orange juice, as well as Corsican coffee and A Peraccia organic wine from the Peri plain.

Typical Corsican products

As the seasons go by, you'll find typical Corsican produce: Corsican chestnuts and clementines in autumn, organic Corsican strawberries, as well as salads and lettuces, spinach and Corsican artichokes, depending on availability, and processed products (Corsican jams, biscuits, canistrelli).

Non-hybrid organic seeds

Your Furiani organic shop also sells Kokopelli non-hybrid, reproducible organic seeds for your vegetable garden.

Vegan products

A wide range of products is available for vegans and vegetarians, including ready meals, soya steak and vegetables, vegetable proteins, protein bars and other animal-free recipes.

Organic grocery

La roulotte is a 300 square metre organic supermarket where you'll find all the groceries you need.

Organic food supplements

On your left as you enter the shop, you'll find a range of food supplements for well-being, health and weight loss, particularly in the form of ampoules for dilution. Products from the organic brands NutriVie, SuperDiet, Dietaroma and Fitoform.

Dietary advice

The shop focuses on quality, including organic products, with advice on every product, from dietetics to body care. There's a special area dedicated to dietetics, with a consultant on hand to offer you a tasting of 100% organic tea or herbal teas.

Non-food

Hygiene and beauty

You'll find everything you need for your bathroom in the Hygiene and Beauty section, from organic toothpaste (for adults and children) to shampoos and hair dyes.

• Organic toothpastes for adults and children (Melvita, Argiletz, Weleda, Phytonorm, Logodent)
• Organic Corsican soap (Atelier Altagna, Regalu di Dolcezza), Marseille soap, Black soap

Organic baby nappies

For toddlers and babies, you'll find Tidoo ecological nappies, as well as fluoride-free toothpaste for children aged 3 and over.

Natural cosmetics

In its 3 shops, La Roulotte also offers you a choice of beauty and hygiene products, organic and ecological cosmetics to take care of your body and your health naturally, such as Oliambru Corsican Immortelle Beauty Balm. Our wellness advisors are on hand to help you from 9am to 7pm, Monday to Saturday. Homeopathic products are also available for herbal treatments.

La Roulotte also organises visits from professionals, particularly cosmetics professionals such as Realia.

Household products retail

At the back of the shop, near the mineral waters, you'll find natural household products with a deposit container that you only pay for once. You can also take your own container, which will need to be tared.

• Active washing powder: neutralises stains and greyness
• Citric acid: powerful natural descaler, multi-purpose household product, removes limescale and rust stains
• Baking soda: Ecological cleaning product, gentle abrasive and degreaser
• Dishwasher tablets: Water-soluble sachet with active oxygen. Degreases and shines
• Verbena-scented floor cleaner.

You'll also find organic shampoo and shower gel, by the litre.

Organic on the move

La Roulotte is committed to good practice, which it is happy to share with you, for example by inviting you to discover its stainless steel Qwetch bottles, which keep food cold for 24 hours and hot for 12 hours.

St Georges glass water bottles

To combat the use of plastic in mineral water bottles in particular, La Roulotte and Saint Georges are now offering you the chance to buy mineral water in glass bottles from 2019.

The supermarket remains at the forefront of innovation, particularly when it comes to introducing you to unsuspected natural treatments such as mycotherapy, where mushrooms are used to boost our health and stimulate our immune system, as well as our general energy levels, which are beneficial in certain cases of allergy and many other pathologies.

Commitment to quality

The shop retains the spirit of the early days, with a rigorous selection of products that undergo regular checks.

In order to reduce the need for local transport and for the good of the planet, we give priority to Corsican organic products and to seasonal produce. The shop selects its suppliers on the basis of the trust they inspire, their approach and their ethics, to offer you the very best in organic produce.

Pallets of wood to recover free of charge

At the back of the La Roulotte shop, you'll find wooden pallets to donate. You can also use the shop's crates and boxes to transport your shopping.

Virtual tour of the shop in 2014

Historic organic players

Pioneers of the organic sector in Corsica, La Roulotte shops were founded by Christa Duren, a German by birth who has lived in Corsica since the 1980s. The Swiss, Austrians and Germans were the first to be concerned about food quality in the 50s and 60s, in reaction to the widespread use of synthetic treatments resulting from research into chemical weapons during the 1st World War.

Organic food arrived from across the Rhine in the 1990s. Christa Duren, who worked in a campsite, noticed the recurring requests from German tourists for the organic products they were used to eating. In 88, the first Roulotte was set up in San Giuliano. This was followed by requests for deliveries all over Corsica. This success gave rise to the first organic shop in Ajaccio in 1993, with a surface area of 500 m², followed by the 300 m² Roulotte in Furiani in 2001 and, more recently, the Roulotte Prunette in Valle di Campoloro in March 2018.

For over 35 years, La Roulotte has learned to recognise the real players in the organic sector, and every year it discovers new organic producers at trade fairs. La Roulotte works closely with its suppliers, whom it meets regularly, to ensure the traceability of your products. It also thinks about how to reduce the carbon impact of its products, and how to combine safeguarding your health with protecting the planet.

Address and Contacts : La Roulotte