what I mean is places you can buy bottled water, fruit or "snacks".
For instance in NYC we could get this type of stuff at a corner deli or Walgreens...In Philly there were "Wawa" stores for above mentioned items..
My grand-dau is a "snack"person--not necessarily junk food-- just between meal things...

We found small grocery(water, snacks) stores all over Paris. Where we stayed on St. Louis en Isle there were 2 within 1 block either way from our apt. There are also the larger Monoprix stores.

Tell us where you are staying and I'm sure someone can tell you about what is close to you.

There are small stores, like convenience stores in the US, all over Paris where you can get bottled water, fruit, cheese, yogurt, etc. Plus there are creperies where you can get a snack crepe. Let's not forget the patisseries for yummy foods and you can get quiche, tartlettes or salads there are well. There are also supermarkets (smaller than American markets) where you can buy prepared foods, such as salads. All the stores are much better than Wawa. You won't go hungry in Paris - there's food everywhere!

Paris does not have quite the same corner stores as we have in N America -- what we in Canada call depanneurs: For cigarettes, soft drinks, lottery tickets, snacks. One-stop shopping, in other words.

You'll find cigarettes, lighters and lottery tickets in a Parisian bar-tabac.

Then there are lots of small epiceries where you can buy water, fruit, wine, packaged biscuits and the like.

But I imagine a snack-lover would want to stop in at one of the many, many patisseries for baked goods/ pastries.

There are alimentaires everywhere, plus Franprix and charcuteries and épiceries and Casinos (these may have a new name now) and Monoprix and food sections of department stores, plus an insane number of specialty stores. The good thing about the alimentaires is that they are often open when the main stores are not.

Franprix, Leader Price, Ed, these are all "supermarches" which are scattered throughout the neighborhoods and are sort of like 7-11's on steroids - they're not much bigger than a 7-11 but usually have a fruit and vegetable section, also a bigger selection of cheese and wine (bien sur).

One warning, many of the supermarches are closed on Sunday afternoon and on Mondays.

Convenience stores are everywhere. The small grocery stores are commonly referred to as "le marocain" in reference to the principal nationality that used to run these places. They open early and close late. The poorer the neighborhood, the longer the hours -- in my own neighborhood in Paris, there are a couple open until 2am and one I think is open until 5am.

Also in Paris, Monoprix has started a new chain (probably in the other major cities of France as well) called <b>Monop</b>, which is a smaller superette than in the main Monoprix stores, but which is open generally until midnight. They are also opening snack shops called <b>Daily Monop</b> in areas with a lot of office workers. These just sell ready to eat meals and drinks, but they provide everything necessary (plastic tableware) including microwave ovens to heat things up.

Ever since Monoprix extended its opening hours up to 22:00 or 22:30, most of the other supermarket chains have extended their hours as well, generally to 21:00.

Yes, lots. But they won;t be open 24/7 as in the US - so buy what yuo want during regular business hours.

Thank you all for the great info--in deed we will not go hungry..
Grand-dau is much relieved
Thanks again....

There may also be spotty availability on Sundays and holidays, with marocains much more likely to be open than the chains and even then only for part of the day.

The 8 a huit (8 to 8) stores seem to be very similar to 7/11s and they are in Paris. They do have fresh produce and water and such. Not sure about prices.