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| - Leave it to Loblaws to give you nearly everything you need under one roof.
Banking, Pharmaceuticals, Dry Cleaning, Wine and heck even some half-decent clothes shopping. All that's missing is a Legal Services booth from Bob Loblaw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwWAsNZTnug
The Musgrave location of Loblaws is pretty big and shiny, and although it's not a Supercentre, it holds it's own with fairly decent prepped foods, fish, and bakery counters. There is also an attractive, airy balconied seating area for eating on the upper level.
The produce and prepared veggies and fruits aren't great at this location. The pre-prepped salads seem fresh enough for hubby's liking, but the pre-chopped cantaloupe and honeydew melons seem to always go bad sooner than the best before date :(
The Organic, healthy foods section is okay-ish, if not a little more expensive than competitors pricing of similar goods, but when there's a markdown Loblaw's means business and sometimes pricier items like Nature's Path Cereals go for 3 for $10.
For processed foods and sundries you can't beat Loblaw's President's Choice for their dizzying array of everything from salad tongs to Gluten free "Smart" cookies (my current fave PC product) President's Choice's unrelenting mission to expand my waistline is pretty successful especially close to Xmas, when I swear they must have little elves churning out mad PC cookies, candies and egg nog flavoured everything for our gross consumption...it's a little crazy albeit in a delicious way.
The Joe Fresh selection is meh-to-okay here, but it's enough of a distraction that hubby can find me frolicking here marvelling at freakishly adorable baby booties and little girls clothes instead of actually grocery shopping in the frozen veggies aisle.
I will credit Loblaws for making grocery shopping less of a chore and more of a spendy adventure. As long as you're well disciplined and stick to your list of grocery items, you can get all the essentials, not like me and my spendthrift cosmetics crack meltdowns...one day I'll leave here without buying another nail polish or lipgloss or mascara or...
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