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| - Yummy Market is essentially a fusion of a grocery store and a Russian Deli. As such, there is a good selection of delicatessen and cultural specialities (i.e. teas, foods that are a part of the Russian culture). I also happen to like that this grocery store carries organic milk (although it's overpriced), which the Metro that Yummy Market replaced did not (also typical of other grocery stores like the No Frills near by). They recently added a cafe inside the store.
However, there are some aspects of the grocery store that I do not like. Many food items are substantially overpriced. Yes, they have their own baker for the bread, and cook, however, I don't think this is justification enough, i.e. I purchased almond butter a while back for about $8 - 10 more than the price at Sobeys (which isn't even a cheap grocery store), and their organic milk is more expensive than at health stores. You have to know grocery store prices and compare, otherwise you will be paying a lot more. I don't like the fact that day old bread is priced the same as same day bread (I have had them run out of fresh bread on me and had to purchase the day old bread). I also don't like the customer service here. Once I had to purchase mint, and they had a small selection, all of which wasn't very fresh. I would have to throw out at least a quarter of the herb, so I asked for a discount, and they made a huge deal out of it and gave me .50 off (not even half of the price). Being Ukrainian myself (fluent in Russian), I am ashamed of their obnoxious and pretentious attitude sometimes (depends on who you deal with, this generally excludes cashiers, who are mostly young and friendly youngsters and I've found to be nicer and more upbeat than any other grocery I have been to).
I was there a few days ago waiting for my number to be called at the deli counter, when one of the workers behind the counter sneezed twice into her gloves, and then came up to help a lady beside me. Her name is Svetlana (late 50's, early 60's), watch out. It was evident that she had no intention to change her gloves, so I told her that she needs to change her gloves. She made a confused face, appearing not to understand English, so I repeated myself. She held up a finger like "hold on a second," and proceeded to sneeze once more into her gloves. Then she said to the lady beside me in Russian "I don't understand what she's talking about." I then repeated what I said in Russian, and she changed her gloves, without an apology, and without saying a word to me. I really have no words... this is so unacceptable and a public health hazard. I told the deli manager on duty what happened, and she was like "ok." She didn't really seem to care.
Also, the name sucks. I mean Yummy Market, come on. It sounds like it was produced by Russians on a time crunch with a very limited English vocabulary.
That is all.
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