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| - I was probably way too excited about this store when I heard it was opening. Everyone says that it is kind of like a cross between Trader Joe's and Whole Foods. I can understand that comparison because of the wide array of organic products offered, but it is generally an unfair comparison. This store definitely stands out on its own.
For me, the best part of the store was the produce and pre-packaged meal selections. In this way, the store really did remind me of Trader Joe's. There were soups, salads, samosas (!), sushi and plenty of other things that would be great (and affordable) to have for lunch at work.
Also impressive were their selection of meats. They had varying cuts of meat, all looking very nice. Much better than Trader Joe's and much cheaper than Whole Paycheck, er, I mean Whole Foods.
The beer selection is very small, with very little choice of microbrews or anything pretending to be a microbrew. But, once again, good for those emergencies where your beer run also requires something else like diapers. No booze, but there did seem to be a decent selection of wine.
There was also a rather nice tea selection.
Regular groceries were varied in scope - you'd definitely be able to get that emergency bottle of ketchup or can of tuna on the way home.
I would have preferred more "exotic" grocery items such as ethnic foods, but they DID have samosas so I guess I can't complain too much. Also, the checkout was a bit weird because everything is self-checkout but they also have a cashier who will do the self-checkout for you.
They didn't have paper bags which kind of surprised me.
Overall, it's a good alternative to the Walmart Neighbodhood markets, especially if you are looking for something organic.
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