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| - I just moved to the neighborhood and was excited to discover a No Frills close to my house - I love me some cheap groceries! To my great dismay, the Coxwell location was sad and disappointing. Perhaps I was spoiled by the superawesome No Frills in my old 'hood, but I'm still let down.
Crowded. Small. Grungy. Someone else mentioned that it smells like garbage near the entrance and I can tell you that's still true. I'm actually willing to forgive grungy and run down if a shop carries what I'm looking for, but this one does not.
Produce was pretty standard for No Frills, nothing out of the ordinary, but all your basics, most of which are just slightly underripe. Reasonable toiletry aisle. Some veggie meat alternatives, frozen section. All the normal No Frills super sales (48 rolls of soft, cushy TP for $9.99? Yes please!).
The most annoying thing for me is that there's no sign of anything gluten free anywhere - not even rice crackers. What kind of grocery store doesn't sell rice crackers? I could forgive the lack of GF bread and flour (though tons of regular grocery stores carry it now and the rest of them should get on the train), but no rice crackers? Rice crackers aren't classy! They're cheap! No Name brand even makes their own rice crackers! Come on!
I will continue to do my routine shopping here, because it's cheap and close to home, but I wont be excited about it.
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