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| - I have to be fair in this review of the joint. There are parking issues. Its in the old Sun Building. The underground parking is only available to store customers AFTER 6PM M-F, or wide open on Week-ends.
The aisles are normally pretty clean, and shelves are stocked although sometimes ya can't find something (I went looking for sesame oil, tag, but no stock, warehouse not shipped). I have seen the egg area a disaster. But realistically, after you have a few hundred people going through the store, it might not be 100%.
As for out-of-date or OOD. I've found that at Loblaws (Moore Park & Broadview). So sadly if you get out of date stuff it can be missed by anyone in any store. So shame on them, but if you can't be bothered to check your dates before purchase, Shame on you. Having said that, get your receipt and item and take it back to the store, they will exchange it. If returning and exchanging it is a hassle, then maybe those 30 seconds to check it before purchase isn't time wasted.
The difference between NO Frills, Zehrs, Loblaws, Loblaw, RCSC (Real Canadian Super Center), is square footage. Market Location. Variety of product. For example, there's 3 grades to a lot of produce, Grade A (premium), Grade B and Grade C, not all the grades are used on all the produce. IF your in a Loblaws, or RCSC you'll more likely find Grade A&B, in a No Frills B&C, What's the difference in grades? A (premium) will look almost perfect, no blemish or peculiar growths. B may have blemish, or dents or a weird growth, and C will look more distorted growths. Like when you have a green pepper that's 3.5 inches tall and 3" wide, and it looks perfect, that'll be an A, if its got a dent growth in one side, it'll be a B, but those 2" by 2" squated weird shaped ones will be a C. (Now don't kill me if I'm wrong, I'm just going by what I remember), but functionally and taste wise, their all the same. Its all about presentation. The A's will have higher pricing because they look better, and will sell faster, than a C,
Last thing about produce. For everyone that goes to Kensington Market. Unless it specifically says, Ontario Grown (From a Farmer), there's a very high probability that it comes from the Queensway Food Terminal, which imports, warehouses and distributes produce to various venders around the city. SO know what your buying before you buy it. Kensington may offer better produce, but only when its from an Ontario Farmer. Otherwise the produce will come from where everyone else gets its, down south. Also note: No Frills / Zehrs / RCSC / Loblaws all share the SAME warehouse. Just as Sobey's/FreshCo/Price Chopper/Foodland (was IGA) shares the same warehouses.
So in closing, is this the best store for groceries, nope. but its not bad. I can get 90% of what I need here, without getting too annoyed.
Remember retail is 90% presentation, and 10% content. Most groceries stores will carry similar if not identical products. Read your labels and check your dates.
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