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| - First off, this is no longer a 24 hour location, making the Sobey's your only 24 spot in the area.
Quality: This location had a major infestation a few years back. While they closed it down and completely re-did the store I am still wary of the produce here. The section just looks dirty. The freezers against the wall have dirt stuck to the back and if you look in the trays, one often sees scraps that look a few days old. I don't recommend buying produce or Meats/seafood here. Sobey's or Fiesta Farms are much better. Packaged stuff is good ofcourse.
Selection: They have most of the mainstream brands and items you would expect. However, in the ever persistent push to make everyone buy PC products, they have chosen not carry a lot of products. Examples are Doritos Intense Pickle chips, Ben & Jerry's (none!!), lots of the Chapman Frozen Yogurts. It seems like every few months, they launch more PC products, taking out branded stuff and leaving customers with sub-par generic substitutes (except the cookies of course). Side ways thumb on this one. You could probably find everything you want (or some version of it)
Pricing: You would think that Loblaws would have cheaper prices on average, or atleast their prices would be middle of the road. Wrong on both counts!! Literally everything is more expensive than else where (not counting sale prices). Here are a few examples, Smuckers Chocolate syrup is $4.99 at Loblaw. $3.99 at Fiesta Farms! Nutella is $3.99 at Fiesta Farms but its $5.49!!!! at Loblaw. That's more expensive than 7-11!. Big minus on pricing. Unless it's on sale, don't bother buying it.
Convenience: The store is quite literally up the street from me so it's convenient. Even though it's no longer 24 hours, it's open until 12 am, so it's quite convenient. They have a giant parking lot.
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