I am from Quebec and even i dont speak very well in english i follow your vidéo. You are very Nice and pleasant guy and i appreciate the way you explain the différence between our 2 country.
Will no longer shop at Loblaws or any of its subsidiaries since they decided their CEO deserved a $5 million bonus. This at a time when many Canadian families and seniors are struggling with wildly escalating grocery prices. It’s a disgrace and they have the audacity to blame farmers and delivery options. 😥
@@gnomealone350 Ya, I really felt his care when he was deflecting blame. All these stores had record profits, but cut staff and made the customers do their work. I feel the care every time I shop.
I live seconds away from Loblaw’s but refuse to shop there. Why? I am tired of people staring at me when I laugh out loud upon spotting a truly egregious price tag. 😮
Canada's three main grocery companies are Loblaw Companies Ltd., Sobeys Inc. and Metro Inc. They own most of the grocery stores in Canada. It looks like there is a lot of competitions but with few parent companies, there is not really. (Just like with our mobile phone/internet situation.)
Tyler, Loblaws stores are branded differently across Canada. In most of Canada they have "Real Canadian Superstore" Here in the Maritimes we have "Atlantic Superstore" in Newfoundland it is "Dominion". Basically all the same stores. Fellow Canadians, feel free to correct me if I'm wrong
@@christinesaad6617they operate as Provigo and Loblaws, although there are fewer Loblaws locations than Provigo. Il y a un Loblaws dans la ville où j’habite 🤷♀️
Save-On-Foods is probably the most expensive, not a discount grocery chain. Their stores are usually really pleasant. I went to a new Loblaws and it reminded me of the look of Whole Foods.
Save-On, at least on Vancouver island compares and meets prices of other store fliers. If you can show a cheaper price from another store,they'll match it. I do believe that Costco and Walmart are the cheapest.
I was just going to post this. Sobeys is quite pricey as well. Though not as much as Save-On. But yeah, definitely NOT discount, at all. But at least at Sobeys you can get some good deals on sale items if you watch the flyers.
@@theravyshow2570 They do in Alberta as well. Superstore and No Frills also price match, Loblaws City Market and Safeway do not. When I moved to Victoria, I was surprised they didn't have a 15% off day on first Tuesday of the month, but they do in AB. Safeway and SOF do, Superstore doesn't. Save On tends to have the nicest produce so I tend to price match other flyers at SOF for that. In Alberta, I never found Walmart to be much cheaper. When I add in bonus points I don't receive at Walmart but at other stores, it's cheaper for me to stay with Canadian grocers. In Vic, Walmart and Fairways Market seemed to be the cheapest.
An an American living in Canada, I have to say that Sobey’s feels the most familiar and the most aesthetically pleasing to me. I love their discount store, Fresh Co.
We love Freshco! We have Safeway, No Frills and Freshco within minutes of our house. When the flyers come out on Thursday I can hit all three to get the deals.
Since Canada is such a big multicultural Country we also have ethnic stores like T&T (Asian) and Adonis (Middle-Eastern) that are across Quebec and Ontario. That's without counting the endless ethnic small groceries from all around the world. In a span of 20-30 minutes drive I can pretty much get anything from any Continents.
Admittedly, the ethnic grocery stores are pretty much exclusive to the biggest few dozen cities, along with Farm Boy. Leamington is one of the few smaller communities in Ontario that is diverse enough to have an International Grocery store.
@@Chilliwack56 They have opened a location in a Montreal suburb with a second location slated to open soon,,, and I beleive they are opening in Toronto as well at some point
Loblaws was GROSSLY understated, it is part of THE largest food, meat, dairy, bakery in NORTH AMERICA, under the George Weston vast empire of pharmacy drugstores, financial services, real estate, food supply companies. The WESTON group EXPORTS food as much as is sold within CANADA. Many Countries (third world) are supplied from Canadian wheat and food sources. WESTON Bread - BAKERY products are sold across the USA too.
As is Metro. They own their own artisanal bakery company (première moisson) which has their own stores (23 in QC and 1 in Ontario) that manufactures their own specific products (all made in house such as pâté, pies, croissants, traditional breads (water, flour and yeast based - no sugar😂) which are offered in all their various stores. Since the largest ethnic population in Quebec is middle Eastern it just made sense for them to acquire Adonis. Contrary to all other grocery stores they own and operate their own slaughter house and butchering Division. And to top it up while they own 2 pharmacy chains; they also possess a research and manufacturing facility for their generic pharmaceuticals needs.
At their annual meeting, the CEO of Loblaws said, in the most inflationary year (I think it was 2015 or 14), where inflation SURGED due to increasing fuel prices, "We have benefited from food inflation." In, roughly, the same year they were implicated in a 14 year long bread price fixing scheme. Our grocers are like criminal organizations ... but we still love 'em? NoFrills is Loblaw's discount store - it is franchised out. In Quebec their discount store is called, "Maxi's" (I do not know if it is a franchise model).
What's interesting is Maxi got a policy that if the customer finds a place where they sell an article at a cheaper price than them they can show proof and they will permanently reduce their prices to match them
The cut price versions of the stores are able to do it because they do not have the butcher/fish/deli/prepared food counters available in the full stores. The savings come mainly from the reduction in staff.
@@TheToledoTrumpton some NoFrills have fish and meat counters. Those are spaces contracted out to specialty provisioners (who do use their own brand - not the NoFrills brand) though what you buy you pay for at checkout as part of your grocery bill
@@TheToledoTrumpton that might be the reality in the rest of Canada but in Quebec since they bought an already unionized company. They could not abolish these positions as these are guaranteed in the buyout agreement. Loblaws had changed the names of the stores back in the day to counter this but realized that (us) Quebecers won't go to an "Anglo" store. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 The elaborated a scheme by creating Maxi as to reduce the amount of (union) workers while closing down some of their Ill-fated Loblaws stores
The name No Frills is kinda like the old No Name grocery store we used to have that would just use plain yellow labels on all the products to save on cost
No Name and No Frills are both owned by Loblaws. No Frills carries No Name products, and shares the same yellow and black branding, and simplified philosophy.
Having groceries ordered and delivered isn’t a lazy thing but rather a convenience for folks who have troubles getting around or carrying groceries into their homes or apartments and for people without cars with long distances to carry heavy packages. It’s also very safe and convenient for people with autoimmune diseases. It’s a lovely service and not about laziness.
But the only reason the service is available for the reasons you mentioned, is because so many people use it because they just can't make it to the store.
Yep lazy people which is A LOT of people just order out EVERY DAY. I have full blown middle aged adult friends that have an empty fridge at all times. Obviously no or small family, which reflects the low birth rate.
As a Senior just turned 88 I agree. I started having my groceries delivered by Voila (Sobeys) when the pandemic hit and we were in lockdown. It is a safe and convenient way to get what I need and delivery is free or seniors.
Save on Foods specializes in products from the BC Growers Assoc, BC is home to some amazing fruit orchards, farms, cattle growers, etc., and because we host a food chain from 2 oceans and tropical climates, you'll find all kinds of BC Grown, produced and manufactured foods, feed etc
Some chains do not operate in Quebec because of the added costs and other complications associated with the province's strict language laws -- for example, chains with English names have had to alter their names and 'rebrand' to comply with those language laws; all employees must be fully bilingual, and the primary language of business must be French; Quebec also has other laws that differentiate it from other provinces, and in some cases they even stand opposed to Federal laws (French Paris Law is also still on the books in Quebec), so some chains have opted out of dealing with the added red tape & risks etc, based upon their own cost/benefit analysis. [Fun Fact: If a store cashier, employee or a bank teller were to greet or speak to a customer in English first, rather than in French, the business could be fined by the Language Police; I've seen it happen many times over the years]. Another reason why not all chains have stores in each province has to do with more obvious regional and cultural distinctions, differences and local needs (i.e. stores in Atlantic Canada and on the West Coast, versus those in the Western provinces and prairies (MB, Sask, AB). Some examples of those more regionally focussed chains include CO-OPs such as the Red River Coop Stores in the Prairies, and the Manitoba Family Foods chain. There are also more ethically specialized grocery stores that serve different and diverse local populations all across the country as well. Hope this helps you understand why not all chains and subsidiaries appear in every province.
What happened with Loblaws in the province of Québec : in 2013 they rebranded the stores, so now they have more Provigo and Maxi all around the province. It sounds more "frenchy". Btw, Maxi is the same thing as No Frills in the ROC (Rest Of Canada).
it made no sense just in my area in Montreal we had in many of the suburbs Loblaws and Provigo stores facing each other or less than 1km from one another not to mention Maxi. My opinion but I think people here in quebec were more used to the Provigo name. For myself I see no difference other than one day it was a Loblaws and the next day Provigo the store layout and products all remained the same
Provigo has always been a staple grocery store here since it's beginning (1970's). The decision to change the name caused more pain and financial losses for Loblaws. Therefore the "urgent" need to rebrand them back; they were forced to close stores as they had become not viable under the new rebranding. But when they restarted as Provigo, the change was instantaneous. Maxi is not the same as no frills as it is not a franchise and the minimum size requirement for these stores is a mere 150k sq ft (slightly larger than your average Costco)🤣 whereas no frills is a measly 55k sq ft. There was once long ago Maxi stores in Ontario but as the size requirements did not meet it's minimum range the majority were converted into fortinos.😅
@@asimoes1974when you experienced that situation they were starting to understand what went terribly wrong when they restarted under Loblaws. They were loosing so much money because of this. When Provigo was reinstated (like your area) it was to see how much foot traffic/purchases were being done. This is why Loblaws doesn't exist here anymore.
I really enjoyed your videos and comments plus learning more about the world around us. The steel beams is to help keep the roof up during the heavy winter months due to sometimes lots of snow which can weigh tons
Stainless steel sheeting is what you see (as that is easier to keep germ free with a simple wipe) Wood harbors germs bigly. We do not go grocery shopping for the ambience & most stores follow the same practices...seen one grocery store, you seen them all.
I think he should come to Canada. We can have his followers host him in different cities/towns and provinces. That saves him on hotel costs. Then each host can show him around their area. That would be a great adventure for him and a great video series!
@@suzannebadger8135 I couldn't agree more... Enjoyable time , while shaving money and waist of time BS tourist traps. If he ever does make it to 🇨🇦 I got a room I offer up anytime , Seems like a good guy.
I had friends visit from Taos NM and they were completly blown away by our grocery stores here in Canada, the selection, the quality and the standard of cleanliness,
I wanted to say thank you for showing info about Vancouver Island! I was born in Victoria bc on the island. I sometimes think I am biased because I obviously love my home. But it seems a lot of people come here and don't leave. We've had a huge population boom in the last 5-10 years. I think I really was born in one of the most beautiful places in the world. I go away, and always get very anxious to return home. The first nations, or the "coast Salish" are interesting and are some of the most amazing and spiritual souls. These people went through tremendous suffering, yet have taught me incredible wellness, and shown so much love for the land here. I wonder how beautiful it was before European people came here. Again, thank you for featuring my home Victoria on Vancouver Island
The "discount" stores are basically just smaller locations - they have less selection and no instore bakeries. Loblaw's Superstore is like a reverse Wal-Mart - smaller retail selection (toy section is 4 aisles), and much bigger grocery selection.
Prices vary greatly in grocery stores in Canada. It makes good sense to shop the sale flyers because you can save lots of money. For example, apples can range from $1.69 to 2.99 lb regular price whereas I got the same type of apples on sale today for $.79 a pound. I prefer Metro or Sobeys for meat especially beef but I get a lot of stuff at No Frills or Food Basics. I can usually get things at half price on sale so I make my shopping list based on the week's flyers. No Frills also price matches sale flyers for the exact same product so if you spend a few minutes you can save some money.
Hi Tyler, I believe Loblaw was once in most, if not all province's. Loblaw used to be in Manitoba. I've grown up in Manitoba my whole lif, and I'm over 50 years old, as a child, the major grocery stores were Loblaws and Safeway.😊
Save on is NOT a discount store! Its actually one of the most expensive..their name can b deceiving! Hahaha! ....but their deli is absolutely amazing! They roast ham in store and slice it right there! Its soo delicious!!
The idea is you collect their loyalty points (the card for which also unlocks discounted pricing on a variety of items just for having it) to use the points on certain items to get an even greater price reduction, sometimes to the point of voiding the price, or on items that aren't normally stocked, travel & vacation packages are also offered via the same schema.
In winter at -30°C order online & get it delivered for $1 is fabulous. Disabled people can use a scooter, much faster & safer to move around. Loblaws, Superstore - very large store. Scooters. No Frills (smaller store, no scooter). Sobeys, Safeway - medium store. No scooter. Save-on-foods - quality, more expensive food. No scooter.
Grocery delivery was really popular during covid with the long covid lineups outside every store here in Toronto. I dont do it anymore but I did during covid.
Farmboy is my favorite, yes it is probably one of the mpst expensive but the atmosphere is always very pleasing and the quality of food is also fantastic.
The major difference between Canada and the U.S. in the grocery industry (other than general price differences) is that most of our three major chains are nationwide while the U.S. tends to have smaller, local state based stores (though there are nationwide chains as well). This results in less competition in Canada (resulting in higher prices) but also more standardization (generally you can get the same products and brands nationwide).
8:00 "Loblaws is in three provinces, Sobeys in all 10 provinces, but Loblaws is larger?" Loblaws focused more on more high-population provinces, opening (or buying up) more supermarkets there, rather than having fewer supermarkets spread over the whole country, coast to coast, 6 time zones wide. For one thing, it shrinks their supply chains to a more modest range. Sobey's is smaller based on the total number of stores they operate.
I’m in New Brunswick and my regular go to is either the Atlantic superstore (Loblaws) or Sobeys, but we do go to Costco for paper products, laundry supplies,and bread as they are cheaper and you know you will use them.
Regarding pricing…Canadians tend to complain about “lack of competition” when compared to the US. The problem is that Canadians also tend to focus on specific products only when making those statements. My neighbour spends half the year in the US and is married to an American. For years, he’s told me that their grocery bill in the US is very similar in USD when compared to their grocery bill in Canada in CAD. The difference is in specific items. Milk can be cheaper in the US…but items like bread were a lot cheaper in Canada. At the end, there was far less difference than one would expect.
In Quebec Loblaws goes under the name PROVIGO, and MAXI.... Maxi is like SUPER C... SUPER C is a METRO under MERRO... METRO is in Quebec, and Ontario.. Sobys is IGA in Quebec.. Before there was the A&P. food store . Now it is Metro
Loblaws is good quality. Metro is as well but more expensive. I like IGA the the best thought. Tons of choice and variety and lots of gluten free food (since I'm celiac) at least at my local IGA. Great Canadian Superstore is also really good and has lots of stuff, i think it's owned by pres choice, or Loblaws.
Loblaws is national under various brands like Real Canadian Superstore and they sell a lot more than just groceries. You can also get toys, clothes, shoes, small appliances, electronics, and more. Kind of like Walmart but less departments.
I don't know if you can do this in the States, but in Canada you can also get your flu shot in the pharmacy section (no charge for that). So if you need, say, bread, cheese, and an immunisation, you can get them all at once. Where I live Safeway and CoOp are most popular, but as previously mentioned, places like Safeway are owned by one of the "big three", so it's not really separate. Also, Superstore is now available in Western and Eastern Canada. And Safeways usually have a Starbucks kiosk inside.
There was one year when I was in Walmart and decided to get my flu shot there. The funny thing is, after I was done the pharmacist said, "Thank you for shopping at Walmart." The shot was free.
Thanks Tyler for checking out our grocery stores. I love going to Freshco, I find the prices there are somewhat decent personally, the one that I go to has a lot of oriental food, which my family doesn't mind at all. I have been to a few grocery stores in US and the ones that I've been to I find are crowded and kind of cluttered, lot's of stock everywhere. Don't get me wrong, it's great to have lot's of products and selection, but it can be a little overwhelmed, that's why I like our stores, could be just me though.
Thanks for this video! I have a Loblaws (well it is branded Superstore) less than 1 km from my house and I love it. Yes, most stores value a pleasing experience for sure. One store I don't think you covered is Farm Boy. It is not a huge store and definitely not the cheapest, but they are AMAZING. It looks good, smells good, everything is fresh, and they source a lot of their prepared products locally under the Farm Boy label. It's not like a Whole Foods. If I had the budget, I would shop at Farm Boy all the time 😃
I guess you can say that Farm Boy is the closest thing to Trader Joe's in Canada. They are known for having large hot delis and plenty of salads. I guess you can think of them as offering gourmet self-serve takeout.
When I was a kid, my parents shopped at the old Dominion store. They went out of business years ago but I have heard that there are still a few in the Toronto area.
The ordering online and having it delivered or you could pick up became a big thing during covid. I personally use the delivery option most of the time. But will use pick up if I am going out anyway doing other errands. It is much nicer to be able to control your spending as you can see the price tallying up in your cart online, no crowds no waiting in long checkout lines...overall just a time saving experience.
Yup!! I get most of my groceries delivered since I don't have a car and I need , due to autoimmune issues, to stay away from crowded places and I must wear a mask all the time in public. It's just so much easier just to avoid all that fuss and danger. I do go out to shop once a month for things not offered online, but yeah...the convenience of delivery is great!!
Delivery of groceries during the worst of Covid really saved me, as I had been getting my parents groceries weekly when I went to get my families groceries. For almost a year I had to work massive hours at the hospital everyday so going out to get groceries was impossible. I have my parents groceries delivered to my parent’s home and my family groceries delivered to my home. *I was also extremely lucky that my hospital supplied ready made meals for us when we were at work during the worst Covid year.
@@wendywill7519, thank you for being one of those helpers that Mr Rogers talked about....those people that serve their communities and make life easier for us all.
Yes that's definitely when that started. I remember seeing these long lines of people waiting to get to the pickup point and thought what a waste of time lol. I'd be in and out of the stores by then I'm old enough to remember when grocery stores always offered free delivery. Especially considering some don't have a car or are seniors. It was very common
We shop mostly Real Canadian Superstore (Loblaws) but it isn’t nearly as fancy as the city market you showed. Sometimes we’ll go to Save-On-Foods if we’re entertaining or want to get higher quality meat. More and more I find myself reaching for the discount store brand like “No Name” from Loblaws as prices increase.
I remember when the Stupid Store in my city had to change its exterior paint from its corporate colors to something less garish. Their store is in the downtown area, close to some historic areas, and that horrid shade of green clashed with everything in the neighborhood. Enough people complained that they repainted it a subdued greyish-purple.
Save-On-Foods where I live is definately not a discount store, despite its name. They will have some really good sales at times, but on a lot of items they have the highest prices. No Frills and Walmart have a lot of better prices on more items on a regular basis. 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
Loblaws operates stores across all of Canada, however, only a few provinces have stores *named* Loblaws. The others are called The Great Canadian Superstore, or Great Atantic Canadian Superstore (often shortened to just Superstore by everybody)
Walmart only recently started selling groceries in Quebec (less than 10 years). I am not sure about the rest of Canada. We had Loblaws in Quebec. There was one not far from my home, but I don't see any anymore. I believe they bought Provigo, another large chain based in Quebec. They rebranded the Loblaws stores under the Provigo banner. There weren't many Loblaws to begin with in Quebec. They bought Provigo to expand their market in Quebec.
Loblaws used to have two stores where I live. One was the large Supervalu store and the other was the much smaller IGA. I loved the little IGA. Now it is a Splashes Bath store and the Supervalu is a Home Hardware. Today we have two Sobey's stores, one under the Safeway name and the other is a No Frills. They are both quite similar. You won't find the "bells and whistles" in a small town like you do in a metropolis like Toronto.
The quality of the food is most important and also selection. If you’re on a budget, then the discount stores really help people. As for me, I’m retired middle income, and I would much rather go to a store that gives me selection, quality and aesthetic experience. My husband and I destination grocery shop at some of the premium grocery stores too which are not large chains.
What the Co-op would do to attract customers was to have the bakery do up a batch of fresh bread, and they'd prop a door open. The smell of fresh-baked bread enticed people in from blocks around.
Time for some Bob Loblaw jokes. I shop at some independent specialty shops, for tea, cheese, charcuterie, etc., and independent one-outlet grocery stores. The farmers' market is too touristy now. Not Walmart, and I've never been in a Costco. In my city there's a small chain of Chinese grocery stores(T&T) owned by Loblaws that started up here, and has spread across Canada.Originally a consortium of Taiwanese, Californian, and Canadian investors. Now in Vancouver, you can find Japanese and Korean shops. Big chain groceries are only of use to me for fresh veg, if I'm in the neighbourhood of one
Fresh Salmon, Halibut etc. are available in most grocery stores in the Pacific as it is caught here. Same goes for Washington state, and Alaska. One thing I wish we had was Trader Joes. Nothing like Trader Joes. Got to drive an hour to the closest one in WA state. Some people here tried to start something similar called something like Pirate Joes. They brought in some Trader Joes products for sale here. They were taken to Court by TraderJoes and forced to shut down.
In Newfoundland people shop at Wallmart, Sobeys (Food Land in smaller towns(same company)), Dominion (Lowblaws), and Colemans. And there is one No Fills, but people don't usually shop there unless they live in that area (I've never been there)
Tyler, if you want to have a good idea of a METRO supermarket you should select a METRO from Québec. In this video you can see English signs which means it's not in Québec. METRO is super trendy and very pleasant to eyes. I can say the same thing for Sobey's in Québec.
Where i live on vancouver island we have Quality Foods, SaveOn Foods, Fairway, Thrifty Foods, Whole Foods, Canadian Superstore, Walmart, Canadian Wholsale, Costco, maybe a couple more. We only have about 900,000 on this huge island
I've always tried to shop at Canadian retailers. Lately I've been shopping at Giant Tiger more and more and I'm now going to Walmart - even though I swore decades ago I wouldn't, I no longer shop at Loblaws or any of it's other stores. Their record profits and disregard for the Canadian public has earned them a pass from me. Even Save-on, one of the most expensive stores here in Winnipeg, has had deals that were better or comparable. I'll pretty much shop anywhere but Loblaws, Superstore, No Frills etc. At least Junior's visage hasn't been on their commercials as much lately, but hearing his voice makes me cringe.
My closest supermarket is Food Basics. It is smaller than other grocery chains but it is walkable. If I want more selection, I drive to Metro, 5 minutes away. If I want somewhere more upscale I drive a little further to Longos. For the nicest Asian supermarket, I drive to an indoor mall where there is a T&T. It used to be owned by couple who were from Taiwan but was later sold to Loblaws
No frills was the first job I ever had as a teenager. It is just a typical grocery store, nothing fancy. But it truly does have the best deals. It even did the no bag thing before it was mandatory, you'd have to put your food into boxes like at Costco. (Bags are a frill)
The Coop short for Cooperative, available in most small towns and farm communities, I live in northern manitoba, we also have No Frills, both good variety and great prices considering the cost of transport and inflation.
Loblaws bought out and/or took over several other pre-existing grocery stores, pharmacies, partnered up with gas stations such as Esso, etc. They have their own Mastercard, they have their own online personal banking services as well, they seem to have their fingers in every pie now.
I used to deliver pizza when I was in College and University in London Ontario Canada and one of the regular customers was named Bob Loblaw. Say that name out loud. It sounds like Bah blah blah. They told me he owned Loblaws. Wtf! 😅
@@OntarioAtOrion So it wasn't a "Loblaws" store. It was a man named Loblaw who also owned a grocery store? So funny that his first name was Bob too! I really thought someone was messing with you!! 🤣
I have never been to the Loblaws in Toronto, but judging from that clip, I would have no trouble getting around. It looks exactly like the one I go to in Ottawa.
Tyler, the reason that Loblaws can be the largest retailer and only operate in a few provinces is because of population distribution. Canada only has just under 40 million people, while Ontario and Quebec have more than half of the total population. BC and Alberta together have approximately another 9 million people. The four maratime provinces combined have less than 4 million people and the three territories combined only have about 150,000 people.
Loblaws isn't "present" in Québec. They simply bought successful grocery store chains that were (Maxi and Provigo for example), became the owner and now, collects money from them. Their presence and management is minimal if it even exists. All they care about is the cash they make off of the ones they bought. You won't ever see a Loblaws banner / logo anywhere in this province. Same with Sobeys.
While your population statistics are correct. The wiki page only refers to the stores under the Loblaw's banner, that's why it said it only has stores in the 3 provinces and doesn't count for the other banners such as Superstore or No Frills which would be in all provinces.
Save -on- foods is just a regular store prices are the same, some things cost more. Where I live we have Save -on -foods, Safeway, loblaws and Walmart to shop at for food.
No Frills isn’t really a discount store. While there may be some things that are cheaper, I price compare between No Frills, Save On Foods, and Walmart (my local stores) and they’re all about the same, only varying about 50 cents or so. I’ll often prefer save on just because it has more selection.
Loblaws operates in The USA also. Target came to Canada and left 18 months later. Apples in Ontario, say Norfolks apple growers. Norfolks grows 38% of all apples in Ontario, but have storage facilities that keep 98% of all apples grown in Ontario
Loblaws Superstore is the biggest grocery store in Whitehorse, and nowhere else in Yukon. Save-on is close to it, and is fairly new. Outside of Whitehorse, about the only bigger stores are run by TGP - often the only store in town.
In my neighbourhood (Downtown Toronto along the waterfront) we used to have all 3 major chains - Loblaws, (and their subsidiary No Frills) as well as a Sobeys store and a Metro store. The Loblaws and the Nofrills are about 5 blocks apart. No Frills serves the low income familes and Loblaws serves the high income families who can afford to rent or own the highrise condo apartments along the waterfront. There is also a Metro store several blocks in a different direction which seems to serve the middle income familes and also workers who work in the businesses and pick up a few things before they go home. During covid, Metro offered grocery delivery to your door, but No Frills do not - which makes sense because they are trying to be as cheap as possible. During covid, we spent 3 years getting our groceries delivered to our door by Metro, but would still have to go and get the basics from No Frills. We don't go near the main Loblaws store. Those items are all brand names which push the prices up. But what I really wanted to mention was the war of the grocery stores we had going in my neighbourhood, several years before Covid began. Sobeys built a local market back around 2012 and I loved their bread. i used to go and buy a fresh warm loaf of bread every morning. But then the New No Frills store was built across the road, (around 2014 I think) and since their prices were cheaper than Sobeys, the Sobeys store eventually closed down. I was sad to miss the fresh bread, but that's just a distant memory now.
We have Loblaws in Québec as well a few at least. There is one in my town. Although the Provigo brand, which is a Loblaws chain, is more wide spread. Sobey’s in Québec is IGA
I am from Manitoba and we have the great Canadian Super Store which Loblaws own! They obviously haven’t updated their online info for some time now as we have had super store hear for many years!
that’s all the chains, not like they’re all in every town… here there’s two kinds nearby (iga & super c a little farther each at a strip mall) and a few more kinds (metro, maxi, super c again, and walmart if that counts, and provigo which was loblaws which iirc it was overrated and overpriced but not sure) a little farther away farm boy sounds american because it is in america lol canada is in america, basic geography (: never heard of marché frais (mar-sheh freh, fresh market) but maybe it’s in some parts of quebec and/or frenchie parts of the other provinces x yah walmart is cheaper but too far by comparison to others so it doesn’t end up cheaper if you’re not elderly and therefore have free public transport I wonder if that mr loblaw has a law blog or his relative Bob does 😆 ja-no not jeu-noo (or genou aka knee in french) YAY! I like that girl, Andrea van Niekerk, she’s from back home (south africa) but moved to canada like I did nice shop location but nothing nice about someone’s stolen shoulder and life and worse… I want a starbucks in a discount supermarket! or in any!😩 only seen one in target which didn’t last long at all… they seem disproportional because that’s the parent brands, some own more subsidiaries, chains some less and it’s also how many locations… no, not all over canada since it’s not in quebec which is a huge province that no frills entrance looks a lot like the local super c if they took out the fruits section and compacted it with the veggies one “even in america” again, this is in america (: my video at the local IGA (11:52 so almost 12 minutes) : ua-cam.com/video/TqXV-KJ6WoE/v-deo.html
Superstore and Nofrills are the same owner and are by far the best prices. And you always wait for sales on the item you want, just be patient and then buy two. There is as a Safeway near by that is very nice but its way more expensive.
Save On Foods also operates Urban Fare, a high end luxury Grocery store, featuring fresh Baguettes flown in from France ($100 each) Square Japanese Watermelons, and Wine available with lunch inside the store. We like to sail into False Creek, dock at Quayside Marina, and enjoy the Urban Fare right across the street.
I work at Save On Foods and we do price match with other grocery stores in their fliers so you can get a lower price...thanks for mentioning my store that I have worked at for over 23 years 😊
I have lived and shopped across Canada and in Europe, and I'm a big fan of Save-On-Foods. Their prices are competitive and their sales are excellent, sometimes cheaper than discount stores. I especially appreciate their quality. They carry a good selection of organic produce and other products, and most name brands. Their service is also top drawer. Many years ago when I was a struggling single mom who had a son with dairy sensitivities, the local S-O-F manager said I could purchase case lots of a milk substitute at their case lot sale price any time I came in the store. That made a big difference to me at the time, and earned them a life-long loyalty.
All the major chains have very similar designs, you have vaiations but they are minor overall. Most have a fresh meals section, that are set up cafeteria style for either consumption in store at tables or for take out/away, often, adjacent to the deli and fine cheeses counters. They all have bakeries in house for breads, cakes etc. You can generally request specialty cuts from butchers, or fish/seafood attendants may also provide as required. They have regional quirks reflecting local tastes, marketing is a thing!
Loblaws, which runs under different banners, is similar to Publix in the US south. Super Stop and Shop and Shaw's in US North. We live in a rural community in NS and shop at Freshmart, which is a small grocery store like a 711, is part of the Loblaws group.
IGA is the Independent grocer's alliance, so it is like a chain but they are locally owned franchises in most places. There was a very small IGA in a small town near where I grew up in USA. many are closing down now with the old owners retiring or dying off. The one near me was a very classic general store and deli style tiny grocery store with the kindly old grocery man etc, the kind of which are all disappearing.
I spend more at Save on foods on average than any other grocery store. They do price matching and have a rewards system, but the prices in general are higher than anywhere else.
Loblaws is 3rd in Québec behind IGA (Sobeys) and Metro. Loblaws acquired all the Provigo Québec stores in 1995, when they started changing the Provigo banners to Loblaws, that didn't go so well, they changed them back to Provigo in 2015. Québecers were used to the homegrown Provigo banner even though Loblaws acquired them. My favourite grocery to shop is my local Metro followed by Provigo. IGA, is always more expensive than Metro and Provigo.
Super C was called in the past : Super Carnaval. It is a discount store. Adonis is as Super C a Metro property. My favorite store is for is price policy Super C. Sometimes I shop at other super store when they have something in special.
Loblaws is right across Canada, in all provinces but is known under different names in some provinces. Here in Nova Scotia it is known as Atlantic Superstore but the flyers are basically the same. Sobeys is everywhere and owns several other chains like Foodland and Needs. Sobey's headquarters is about a half hour drive from where I live and is actually located in the small town of Stellarton, not in a city.
I am from Quebec and even i dont speak very well in english i follow your vidéo.
You are very Nice and pleasant guy and i appreciate the way you explain the différence between our 2 country.
It's funny watching this as a Canadian.. Sometime I forget how blessed we are.
Same here.favorite is Dollar 🌳
Will no longer shop at Loblaws or any of its subsidiaries since they decided their CEO deserved a $5 million bonus. This at a time when many Canadian families and seniors are struggling with wildly escalating grocery prices. It’s a disgrace and they have the audacity to blame farmers and delivery options. 😥
Oh, c’mon! Haven’t you seen the ads? He CARES about us and our families, and our struggles to make ends meet. He really, really cares.😒
@@gnomealone350 Ya, I really felt his care when he was deflecting blame. All these stores had record profits, but cut staff and made the customers do their work. I feel the care every time I shop.
If it's fun to say Loblaws, did you know the owner's name is: Bob Loblaw? That's even more fun to say. Try saying that.
@@drunkvegangal8089 Amen !!
I live seconds away from Loblaw’s but refuse to shop there. Why? I am tired of people staring at me when I laugh out loud upon spotting a truly egregious price tag. 😮
I love your videos. You're the perfect person to do them, curious, pleasant, and mannerly. Thank You for highlighting Canada
It's a business.
@@lmaonader You got that right!! UA-cam $$$. 😉
@@lmaonader Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of UA-cam viewers !!!
And funny!
Canada's three main grocery companies are Loblaw Companies Ltd., Sobeys Inc. and Metro Inc. They own most of the grocery stores in Canada. It looks like there is a lot of competitions but with few parent companies, there is not really. (Just like with our mobile phone/internet situation.)
Hes done a video on that fact.. a month or so back?
Metro used to be the A&P.
In Quebec, Metro and IGA
@minnierat I was about to say the same! In the west lots of Pattinson!
Sobeys is more expensive than Loblaws that's why they are second
Tyler, Loblaws stores are branded differently across Canada. In most of Canada they have "Real Canadian Superstore" Here in the Maritimes we have "Atlantic Superstore" in Newfoundland it is "Dominion". Basically all the same stores. Fellow Canadians, feel free to correct me if I'm wrong
Yeah. They operate as Loblaws in 3 provinces but under other names in all the rest
Here it is Fortinos.
Provigo here in Quebec
@@christinesaad6617they operate as Provigo and Loblaws, although there are fewer Loblaws locations than Provigo. Il y a un Loblaws dans la ville où j’habite 🤷♀️
@@christinesaad6617and also Maxi
Save-On-Foods is probably the most expensive, not a discount grocery chain. Their stores are usually really pleasant. I went to a new Loblaws and it reminded me of the look of Whole Foods.
I was about to say the same. Both Safeway and Save on are expensive. No frills and superstore are the cheapest
Save on food is pricey. BUT!!! . I WON A $1300 KAYAC in a draw I never entered 😅
Save-On, at least on Vancouver island compares and meets prices of other store fliers. If you can show a cheaper price from another store,they'll match it. I do believe that Costco and Walmart are the cheapest.
I was just going to post this. Sobeys is quite pricey as well. Though not as much as Save-On. But yeah, definitely NOT discount, at all. But at least at Sobeys you can get some good deals on sale items if you watch the flyers.
@@theravyshow2570 They do in Alberta as well. Superstore and No Frills also price match, Loblaws City Market and Safeway do not.
When I moved to Victoria, I was surprised they didn't have a 15% off day on first Tuesday of the month, but they do in AB. Safeway and SOF do, Superstore doesn't.
Save On tends to have the nicest produce so I tend to price match other flyers at SOF for that.
In Alberta, I never found Walmart to be much cheaper. When I add in bonus points I don't receive at Walmart but at other stores, it's cheaper for me to stay with Canadian grocers. In Vic, Walmart and Fairways Market seemed to be the cheapest.
An an American living in Canada, I have to say that Sobey’s feels the most familiar and the most aesthetically pleasing to me.
I love their discount store, Fresh Co.
We love Freshco! We have Safeway, No Frills and Freshco within minutes of our house. When the flyers come out on Thursday I can hit all three to get the deals.
Freshco is great, from my experience the grocery stores under Sobey's are the cheapest of out the 3 major companies.
FreshCo produce is THE best and the compliments mini cornbread bars are so good.
missing out on fortinos
Since Canada is such a big multicultural Country we also have ethnic stores like T&T (Asian) and Adonis (Middle-Eastern) that are across Quebec and Ontario. That's without counting the endless ethnic small groceries from all around the world. In a span of 20-30 minutes drive I can pretty much get anything from any Continents.
Admittedly, the ethnic grocery stores are pretty much exclusive to the biggest few dozen cities, along with Farm Boy. Leamington is one of the few smaller communities in Ontario that is diverse enough to have an International Grocery store.
T&T is around the lower mainland area of BC and actually moving into Washington State.
@@Chilliwack56 They have opened a location in a Montreal suburb with a second location slated to open soon,,, and I beleive they are opening in Toronto as well at some point
@@Chilliwack56Alberta too. It's my favourite place to shop if we go to Calgary or Edmonton. I wish we had Adonis out here
@@JillLalande My youngest loves T&T and I enjoy it as well. They have some interesting product there such as Octopus ball flavoured Lays Potato Chips.
Loblaws was GROSSLY understated, it is part of THE largest food, meat, dairy, bakery in NORTH AMERICA, under the George Weston vast empire of pharmacy drugstores, financial services, real estate, food supply companies. The WESTON group EXPORTS food as much as is sold within CANADA. Many Countries (third world) are supplied from Canadian wheat and food sources. WESTON Bread - BAKERY products are sold across the USA too.
As is Metro. They own their own artisanal bakery company (première moisson) which has their own stores (23 in QC and 1 in Ontario) that manufactures their own specific products (all made in house such as pâté, pies, croissants, traditional breads (water, flour and yeast based - no sugar😂) which are offered in all their various stores. Since the largest ethnic population in Quebec is middle Eastern it just made sense for them to acquire Adonis. Contrary to all other grocery stores they own and operate their own slaughter house and butchering Division. And to top it up while they own 2 pharmacy chains; they also possess a research and manufacturing facility for their generic pharmaceuticals needs.
It's because of the Alsos. There is a long list of stores, just like Sobeys have. Sobeys and Loblaws aren't as common in BC as a Save on for sure
Did you know the Westons also own Selfridge’s? They are beyond wealthy.
@@leecox6241 And Primark. And Associated British Foods. And Choice Realty in Canada.
@@leecox6241 They sold Selfridge's a few year ago.
At their annual meeting, the CEO of Loblaws said, in the most inflationary year (I think it was 2015 or 14), where inflation SURGED due to increasing fuel prices, "We have benefited from food inflation."
In, roughly, the same year they were implicated in a 14 year long bread price fixing scheme.
Our grocers are like criminal organizations ... but we still love 'em?
NoFrills is Loblaw's discount store - it is franchised out. In Quebec their discount store is called, "Maxi's" (I do not know if it is a franchise model).
Maxi is owned by the company.
What's interesting is Maxi got a policy that if the customer finds a place where they sell an article at a cheaper price than them they can show proof and they will permanently reduce their prices to match them
The cut price versions of the stores are able to do it because they do not have the butcher/fish/deli/prepared food counters available in the full stores. The savings come mainly from the reduction in staff.
@@TheToledoTrumpton some NoFrills have fish and meat counters.
Those are spaces contracted out to specialty provisioners (who do use their own brand - not the NoFrills brand) though what you buy you pay for at checkout as part of your grocery bill
@@TheToledoTrumpton that might be the reality in the rest of Canada but in Quebec since they bought an already unionized company. They could not abolish these positions as these are guaranteed in the buyout agreement. Loblaws had changed the names of the stores back in the day to counter this but realized that (us) Quebecers won't go to an "Anglo" store. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
The elaborated a scheme by creating Maxi as to reduce the amount of (union) workers while closing down some of their Ill-fated Loblaws stores
The name No Frills is kinda like the old No Name grocery store we used to have that would just use plain yellow labels on all the products to save on cost
No Name and No Frills are both owned by Loblaws. No Frills carries No Name products, and shares the same yellow and black branding, and simplified philosophy.
Having groceries ordered and delivered isn’t a lazy thing but rather a convenience for folks who have troubles getting around or carrying groceries into their homes or apartments and for people without cars with long distances to carry heavy packages. It’s also very safe and convenient for people with autoimmune diseases. It’s a lovely service and not about laziness.
but mostly taken advantage of by the lazy.
But the only reason the service is available for the reasons you mentioned, is because so many people use it because they just can't make it to the store.
Yep lazy people which is A LOT of people just order out EVERY DAY. I have full blown middle aged adult friends that have an empty fridge at all times. Obviously no or small family, which reflects the low birth rate.
As a Senior just turned 88 I agree. I started having my groceries delivered by Voila (Sobeys) when the pandemic hit and we were in lockdown. It is a safe and convenient way to get what I need and delivery is free or seniors.
Save on Foods specializes in products from the BC Growers Assoc, BC is home to some amazing fruit orchards, farms, cattle growers, etc., and because we host a food chain from 2 oceans and tropical climates, you'll find all kinds of BC Grown, produced and manufactured foods, feed etc
No Frills is also where you find those product that are all yellow with just black lettering that you like.
and no cart control in the parking lot, and no bags, and no help.
Some chains do not operate in Quebec because of the added costs and other complications associated with the province's strict language laws -- for example, chains with English names have had to alter their names and 'rebrand' to comply with those language laws; all employees must be fully bilingual, and the primary language of business must be French; Quebec also has other laws that differentiate it from other provinces, and in some cases they even stand opposed to Federal laws (French Paris Law is also still on the books in Quebec), so some chains have opted out of dealing with the added red tape & risks etc, based upon their own cost/benefit analysis. [Fun Fact: If a store cashier, employee or a bank teller were to greet or speak to a customer in English first, rather than in French, the business could be fined by the Language Police; I've seen it happen many times over the years].
Another reason why not all chains have stores in each province has to do with more obvious regional and cultural distinctions, differences and local needs (i.e. stores in Atlantic Canada and on the West Coast, versus those in the Western provinces and prairies (MB, Sask, AB). Some examples of those more regionally focussed chains include CO-OPs such as the Red River Coop Stores in the Prairies, and the Manitoba Family Foods chain. There are also more ethically specialized grocery stores that serve different and diverse local populations all across the country as well. Hope this helps you understand why not all chains and subsidiaries appear in every province.
What happened with Loblaws in the province of Québec : in 2013 they rebranded the stores, so now they have more Provigo and Maxi all around the province. It sounds more "frenchy". Btw, Maxi is the same thing as No Frills in the ROC (Rest Of Canada).
it made no sense just in my area in Montreal we had in many of the suburbs Loblaws and Provigo stores facing each other or less than 1km from one another not to mention Maxi. My opinion but I think people here in quebec were more used to the Provigo name. For myself I see no difference other than one day it was a Loblaws and the next day Provigo the store layout and products all remained the same
@@asimoes1974I'm in Gatineau. On the same corner, there is IGA and a Metro.
Provigo has always been a staple grocery store here since it's beginning (1970's). The decision to change the name caused more pain and financial losses for Loblaws. Therefore the "urgent" need to rebrand them back; they were forced to close stores as they had become not viable under the new rebranding. But when they restarted as Provigo, the change was instantaneous. Maxi is not the same as no frills as it is not a franchise and the minimum size requirement for these stores is a mere 150k sq ft (slightly larger than your average Costco)🤣 whereas no frills is a measly 55k sq ft.
There was once long ago Maxi stores in Ontario but as the size requirements did not meet it's minimum range the majority were converted into fortinos.😅
@@asimoes1974when you experienced that situation they were starting to understand what went terribly wrong when they restarted under Loblaws. They were loosing so much money because of this. When Provigo was reinstated (like your area) it was to see how much foot traffic/purchases were being done. This is why Loblaws doesn't exist here anymore.
@@helenevoyer5317but that's two separate companies😮. That's normal 🤣
Save on is really a nice store to be in. It generally has a higher price than other grocery stores.
I really enjoyed your videos and comments plus learning more about the world around us. The steel beams is to help keep the roof up during the heavy winter months due to sometimes lots of snow which can weigh tons
We don't have the roofs collapse in the rain like I have seen other places
Stainless steel sheeting is what you see (as that is easier to keep germ free with a simple wipe) Wood harbors germs bigly. We do not go grocery shopping for the ambience & most stores follow the same practices...seen one grocery store, you seen them all.
Day thirteen inviting Tyler to come to Canada on a cross Canada trip 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
The words F-Off definitely come to mind. Let the man do his thing without interference from YOU.... Like I said F-OFF.
Dude has like 5 other UA-cam channels about reactions to other countries. Tyler rumple is his British account
Tyler walker is his Norway account
I think he should come to Canada. We can have his followers host him in different cities/towns and provinces. That saves him on hotel costs. Then each host can show him around their area. That would be a great adventure for him and a great video series!
@@suzannebadger8135 I couldn't agree more... Enjoyable time , while shaving money and waist of time BS tourist traps. If he ever does make it to 🇨🇦 I got a room I offer up anytime , Seems like a good guy.
@@Phenotypek Your point is ?
I had friends visit from Taos NM and they were completly blown away by our grocery stores here in Canada, the selection, the quality and the standard of cleanliness,
I go to Walmart sometimes but I mostly stay with Safeway or Co-op. I will even shop at Sobeys.
I wanted to say thank you for showing info about Vancouver Island! I was born in Victoria bc on the island. I sometimes think I am biased because I obviously love my home. But it seems a lot of people come here and don't leave. We've had a huge population boom in the last 5-10 years. I think I really was born in one of the most beautiful places in the world. I go away, and always get very anxious to return home. The first nations, or the "coast Salish" are interesting and are some of the most amazing and spiritual souls. These people went through tremendous suffering, yet have taught me incredible wellness, and shown so much love for the land here. I wonder how beautiful it was before European people came here.
Again, thank you for featuring my home Victoria on Vancouver Island
The "discount" stores are basically just smaller locations - they have less selection and no instore bakeries.
Loblaw's Superstore is like a reverse Wal-Mart - smaller retail selection (toy section is 4 aisles), and much bigger grocery selection.
Prices vary greatly in grocery stores in Canada. It makes good sense to shop the sale flyers because you can save lots of money. For example, apples can range from $1.69 to 2.99 lb regular price whereas I got the same type of apples on sale today for $.79 a pound. I prefer Metro or Sobeys for meat especially beef but I get a lot of stuff at No Frills or Food Basics. I can usually get things at half price on sale so I make my shopping list based on the week's flyers. No Frills also price matches sale flyers for the exact same product so if you spend a few minutes you can save some money.
Hi Tyler, I believe Loblaw was once in most, if not all province's. Loblaw used to be in Manitoba. I've grown up in Manitoba my whole lif, and I'm over 50 years old, as a child, the major grocery stores were Loblaws and Safeway.😊
Maxi and Provigo are Loblaws too.But Maxi is a discount store in Quebec and both Maxi and Provigo belongs to Loblaws since 1998.
You really need to be the leading man in your own movie and yes, it would be a super hero movie. I wish the producers would take notice.🥰
Save on is NOT a discount store! Its actually one of the most expensive..their name can b deceiving! Hahaha! ....but their deli is absolutely amazing! They roast ham in store and slice it right there! Its soo delicious!!
The idea is you collect their loyalty points (the card for which also unlocks discounted pricing on a variety of items just for having it) to use the points on certain items to get an even greater price reduction, sometimes to the point of voiding the price, or on items that aren't normally stocked, travel & vacation packages are also offered via the same schema.
Agreed. Save on Foods is the biggest scam. I see them charge more for the same products I can get at superstore
In winter at -30°C order online & get it delivered for $1 is fabulous.
Disabled people can use a scooter, much faster & safer to move around.
Loblaws, Superstore - very large store. Scooters. No Frills (smaller store, no scooter).
Sobeys, Safeway - medium store. No scooter.
Save-on-foods - quality, more expensive food. No scooter.
Grocery delivery was really popular during covid with the long covid lineups outside every store here in Toronto. I dont do it anymore but I did during covid.
Farmboy is my favorite, yes it is probably one of the mpst expensive but the atmosphere is always very pleasing and the quality of food is also fantastic.
The major difference between Canada and the U.S. in the grocery industry (other than general price differences) is that most of our three major chains are nationwide while the U.S. tends to have smaller, local state based stores (though there are nationwide chains as well). This results in less competition in Canada (resulting in higher prices) but also more standardization (generally you can get the same products and brands nationwide).
8:00 "Loblaws is in three provinces, Sobeys in all 10 provinces, but Loblaws is larger?" Loblaws focused more on more high-population provinces, opening (or buying up) more supermarkets there, rather than having fewer supermarkets spread over the whole country, coast to coast, 6 time zones wide. For one thing, it shrinks their supply chains to a more modest range. Sobey's is smaller based on the total number of stores they operate.
I’m in New Brunswick and my regular go to is either the Atlantic superstore (Loblaws) or Sobeys, but we do go to Costco for paper products, laundry supplies,and bread as they are cheaper and you know you will use them.
my video at the local IGA (11:52 so almost 12 minutes) :
ua-cam.com/video/TqXV-KJ6WoE/v-deo.html
Regarding pricing…Canadians tend to complain about “lack of competition” when compared to the US. The problem is that Canadians also tend to focus on specific products only when making those statements. My neighbour spends half the year in the US and is married to an American. For years, he’s told me that their grocery bill in the US is very similar in USD when compared to their grocery bill in Canada in CAD. The difference is in specific items. Milk can be cheaper in the US…but items like bread were a lot cheaper in Canada. At the end, there was far less difference than one would expect.
In Quebec Loblaws goes under the name PROVIGO, and MAXI.... Maxi is like SUPER C... SUPER C is a METRO under MERRO... METRO is in Quebec, and Ontario.. Sobys is IGA in Quebec.. Before there was the A&P. food store . Now it is Metro
Loblaws is good quality. Metro is as well but more expensive. I like IGA the the best thought. Tons of choice and variety and lots of gluten free food (since I'm celiac) at least at my local IGA. Great Canadian Superstore is also really good and has lots of stuff, i think it's owned by pres choice, or Loblaws.
Loblaws is national under various brands like Real Canadian Superstore and they sell a lot more than just groceries. You can also get toys, clothes, shoes, small appliances, electronics, and more. Kind of like Walmart but less departments.
Don't forget Joe Fresh!
I don't know if you can do this in the States, but in Canada you can also get your flu shot in the pharmacy section (no charge for that). So if you need, say, bread, cheese, and an immunisation, you can get them all at once. Where I live Safeway and CoOp are most popular, but as previously mentioned, places like Safeway are owned by one of the "big three", so it's not really separate. Also, Superstore is now available in Western and Eastern Canada. And Safeways usually have a Starbucks kiosk inside.
There was one year when I was in Walmart and decided to get my flu shot there. The funny thing is, after I was done the pharmacist said, "Thank you for shopping at Walmart."
The shot was free.
Tyler you should checkout the groceries in Nunavut you will flip out in the prices they pay over there
Milk $40
Thanks Tyler for checking out our grocery stores. I love going to Freshco, I find the prices there are somewhat decent personally, the one that I go to has a lot of oriental food, which my family doesn't mind at all. I have been to a few grocery stores in US and the ones that I've been to I find are crowded and kind of cluttered, lot's of stock everywhere. Don't get me wrong, it's great to have lot's of products and selection, but it can be a little overwhelmed, that's why I like our stores, could be just me though.
Good call, Freshco is a fantastic discount store!
I went to Freshco and found the prices exorbitantly high, and the customers atrociously rude. Never going back.
Here in New-Brunswick, we have the Atlantic Superstore and Independent which is part of Loblaw's
Thanks for this video! I have a Loblaws (well it is branded Superstore) less than 1 km from my house and I love it. Yes, most stores value a pleasing experience for sure. One store I don't think you covered is Farm Boy. It is not a huge store and definitely not the cheapest, but they are AMAZING. It looks good, smells good, everything is fresh, and they source a lot of their prepared products locally under the Farm Boy label. It's not like a Whole Foods. If I had the budget, I would shop at Farm Boy all the time 😃
I guess you can say that Farm Boy is the closest thing to Trader Joe's in Canada. They are known for having large hot delis and plenty of salads. I guess you can think of them as offering gourmet self-serve takeout.
When I was a kid, my parents shopped at the old Dominion store. They went out of business years ago but I have heard that there are still a few in the Toronto area.
They got bought up by metro yrs ago
The ordering online and having it delivered or you could pick up became a big thing during covid. I personally use the delivery option most of the time. But will use pick up if I am going out anyway doing other errands. It is much nicer to be able to control your spending as you can see the price tallying up in your cart online, no crowds no waiting in long checkout lines...overall just a time saving experience.
Yup!! I get most of my groceries delivered since I don't have a car and I need , due to autoimmune issues, to stay away from crowded places and I must wear a mask all the time in public. It's just so much easier just to avoid all that fuss and danger. I do go out to shop once a month for things not offered online, but yeah...the convenience of delivery is great!!
Delivery of groceries during the worst of Covid really saved me, as I had been getting my parents groceries weekly when I went to get my families groceries. For almost a year I had to work massive hours at the hospital everyday so going out to get groceries was impossible. I have my parents groceries delivered to my parent’s home and my family groceries delivered to my home. *I was also extremely lucky that my hospital supplied ready made meals for us when we were at work during the worst Covid year.
@@wendywill7519, thank you for being one of those helpers that Mr Rogers talked about....those people that serve their communities and make life easier for us all.
Yes that's definitely when that started. I remember seeing these long lines of people waiting to get to the pickup point and thought what a waste of time lol. I'd be in and out of the stores by then
I'm old enough to remember when grocery stores always offered free delivery. Especially considering some don't have a car or are seniors. It was very common
Loblaws company is in every province just under different names like diminion, no frills, and t&t supermarket 8:10
We shop mostly Real Canadian Superstore (Loblaws) but it isn’t nearly as fancy as the city market you showed. Sometimes we’ll go to Save-On-Foods if we’re entertaining or want to get higher quality meat. More and more I find myself reaching for the discount store brand like “No Name” from Loblaws as prices increase.
I remember when the Stupid Store in my city had to change its exterior paint from its corporate colors to something less garish. Their store is in the downtown area, close to some historic areas, and that horrid shade of green clashed with everything in the neighborhood. Enough people complained that they repainted it a subdued greyish-purple.
If you want good meat go to an independent butcher. Their meat is much superior.
I shop at a save on foods near where I live they have really awesome sales and the food and selection is great.
Save-On-Foods where I live is definately not a discount store, despite its name. They will have some really good sales at times, but on a lot of items they have the highest prices. No Frills and Walmart have a lot of better prices on more items on a regular basis. 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
Loblaws operates stores across all of Canada, however, only a few provinces have stores *named* Loblaws. The others are called The Great Canadian Superstore, or Great Atantic Canadian Superstore (often shortened to just Superstore by everybody)
Walmart only recently started selling groceries in Quebec (less than 10 years). I am not sure about the rest of Canada. We had Loblaws in Quebec. There was one not far from my home, but I don't see any anymore. I believe they bought Provigo, another large chain based in Quebec. They rebranded the Loblaws stores under the Provigo banner. There weren't many Loblaws to begin with in Quebec. They bought Provigo to expand their market in Quebec.
Walmart now sells groceries in Ontario. However, some of the earlier locations were started before that so they do not have the space for groceries.
Loblaw's change his store to Provigo and Maxi and Super Maxi because the Loblaw's brand didn't work in the province of Québec.
Loblaws used to have two stores where I live. One was the large Supervalu store and the other was the much smaller IGA. I loved the little IGA. Now it is a Splashes Bath store and the Supervalu is a Home Hardware. Today we have two Sobey's stores, one under the Safeway name and the other is a No Frills. They are both quite similar. You won't find the "bells and whistles" in a small town like you do in a metropolis like Toronto.
The quality of the food is most important and also selection. If you’re on a budget, then the discount stores really help people. As for me, I’m retired middle income, and I would much rather go to a store that gives me selection, quality and aesthetic experience. My husband and I destination grocery shop at some of the premium grocery stores too which are not large chains.
Some lawblaws have string quartets, harpists, pianists, and sometimes jazz combos on weekends! It's sort of bizarre, but I feel so fancy!
What the Co-op would do to attract customers was to have the bakery do up a batch of fresh bread, and they'd prop a door open. The smell of fresh-baked bread enticed people in from blocks around.
Time for some Bob Loblaw jokes.
I shop at some independent specialty shops, for tea, cheese, charcuterie, etc., and independent one-outlet grocery stores. The farmers' market is too touristy now.
Not Walmart, and I've never been in a Costco.
In my city there's a small chain of Chinese grocery stores(T&T) owned by Loblaws that started up here, and has spread across Canada.Originally a consortium of Taiwanese, Californian, and Canadian investors.
Now in Vancouver, you can find Japanese and Korean shops.
Big chain groceries are only of use to me for fresh veg, if I'm in the neighbourhood of one
Love T&T, and H Mart, ( My Wife is Chinese)
Fresh Salmon, Halibut etc. are available in most grocery stores in the Pacific as it is caught here. Same goes for Washington state, and Alaska.
One thing I wish we had was Trader Joes. Nothing like Trader Joes. Got to drive an hour to the closest one in WA state. Some people here tried to start something similar called something like Pirate Joes. They brought in some Trader Joes products for sale here. They were taken to Court by TraderJoes and forced to shut down.
In Quebec, Maxi,Super C, IGA, Metro and Provigo are the most important and popular stores. Wal-Mart and Costco too. And Dollarama and Bulk Barn❤ 😂
Loblaws bought Provigo and rebranded the Loblaws stores in Quebec under the Provigo banner.
@@enzopalumbo2164 Yes and Maxi too.
Don't forget Tigre Géant :D
In Newfoundland people shop at Wallmart, Sobeys (Food Land in smaller towns(same company)), Dominion (Lowblaws), and Colemans. And there is one No Fills, but people don't usually shop there unless they live in that area (I've never been there)
Tyler, if you want to have a good idea of a METRO supermarket you should select a METRO from Québec. In this video you can see English signs which means it's not in Québec. METRO is super trendy and very pleasant to eyes. I can say the same thing for Sobey's in Québec.
Sobey's stores don't exist here.
@@robert-antoinedenault5901Sobeys owns the IGA brand in Québec (and 1 or 2 locations in NB).
@@seb9898 as I said "Sobeys" stores don't exist here. Lol
Where i live on vancouver island we have Quality Foods, SaveOn Foods, Fairway, Thrifty Foods, Whole Foods, Canadian Superstore, Walmart, Canadian Wholsale, Costco, maybe a couple more. We only have about 900,000 on this huge island
I've always tried to shop at Canadian retailers. Lately I've been shopping at Giant Tiger more and more and I'm now going to Walmart - even though I swore decades ago I wouldn't, I no longer shop at Loblaws or any of it's other stores. Their record profits and disregard for the Canadian public has earned them a pass from me. Even Save-on, one of the most expensive stores here in Winnipeg, has had deals that were better or comparable. I'll pretty much shop anywhere but Loblaws, Superstore, No Frills etc. At least Junior's visage hasn't been on their commercials as much lately, but hearing his voice makes me cringe.
My closest supermarket is Food Basics. It is smaller than other grocery chains but it is walkable. If I want more selection, I drive to Metro, 5 minutes away. If I want somewhere more upscale I drive a little further to Longos. For the nicest Asian supermarket, I drive to an indoor mall where there is a T&T. It used to be owned by couple who were from Taiwan but was later sold to Loblaws
No frills was the first job I ever had as a teenager. It is just a typical grocery store, nothing fancy. But it truly does have the best deals. It even did the no bag thing before it was mandatory, you'd have to put your food into boxes like at Costco. (Bags are a frill)
The no frills here just ran out of plastic bags a month ago.
We still get bags in Calgary
So are shopping carts you have to pay for them as well.
@@2727rogers we have to put .25 cents in to unlock the carts. Some stores are a 1.00
The Coop short for Cooperative, available in most small towns and farm communities, I live in northern manitoba, we also have No Frills, both good variety and great prices considering the cost of transport and inflation.
Popular??? More like a monopoly that we can't get away from.
Loblaws bought out and/or took over several other pre-existing grocery stores, pharmacies, partnered up with gas stations such as Esso, etc. They have their own Mastercard, they have their own online personal banking services as well, they seem to have their fingers in every pie now.
I used to deliver pizza when I was in College and University in London Ontario Canada and one of the regular customers was named Bob Loblaw. Say that name out loud. It sounds like Bah blah blah. They told me he owned Loblaws. Wtf! 😅
The Weston family owns Loblaws. Bob Loblaw is a character on Arrested Development who was an attorney played by Scott Baio. Babablah! 🤣
@@daydream_believer the Bob Loblaw I delivered to owned the Loblaws store near where he lived
@@daydream_believer it was on Oxford St in London Ontario
It's not there anymore. It's a different store now
@@daydream_believer thanks for your research!
I'm talking about an individual owner. You are talking about who owns all loblaws lmao
@@OntarioAtOrion So it wasn't a "Loblaws" store. It was a man named Loblaw who also owned a grocery store? So funny that his first name was Bob too! I really thought someone was messing with you!! 🤣
I have never been to the Loblaws in Toronto, but judging from that clip, I would have no trouble getting around. It looks exactly like the one I go to in Ottawa.
Save On isn't exactly the place to go if that is what you want to do however they have a food court in them which is cool.
Tyler, the reason that Loblaws can be the largest retailer and only operate in a few provinces is because of population distribution. Canada only has just under 40 million people, while Ontario and Quebec have more than half of the total population. BC and Alberta together have approximately another 9 million people. The four maratime provinces combined have less than 4 million people and the three territories combined only have about 150,000 people.
They operate in all provinces, just aren't called Loblaws. The Real Canadian Superstore and The Real Atlantic Superstore in other provinces
Loblaws are in the Maritime Provinces just that they are called Super Store.
Loblaws isn't "present" in Québec. They simply bought successful grocery store chains that were (Maxi and Provigo for example), became the owner and now, collects money from them. Their presence and management is minimal if it even exists. All they care about is the cash they make off of the ones they bought. You won't ever see a Loblaws banner / logo anywhere in this province. Same with Sobeys.
While your population statistics are correct. The wiki page only refers to the stores under the Loblaw's banner, that's why it said it only has stores in the 3 provinces and doesn't count for the other banners such as Superstore or No Frills which would be in all provinces.
Save -on- foods is just a regular store prices are the same, some things cost more. Where I live we have Save -on -foods, Safeway, loblaws and Walmart to shop at for food.
No Frills isn’t really a discount store. While there may be some things that are cheaper, I price compare between No Frills, Save On Foods, and Walmart (my local stores) and they’re all about the same, only varying about 50 cents or so. I’ll often prefer save on just because it has more selection.
Co-ops and Spud are both nice because they support the local suppliers, farmers etc.
Loblaws operates in The USA also. Target came to Canada and left 18 months later. Apples in Ontario, say Norfolks apple growers. Norfolks grows 38% of all apples in Ontario, but have storage facilities that keep 98% of all apples grown in Ontario
Loblaws Superstore is the biggest grocery store in Whitehorse, and nowhere else in Yukon. Save-on is close to it, and is fairly new. Outside of Whitehorse, about the only bigger stores are run by TGP - often the only store in town.
4:40 Grocery online ordering and pickup was a rare service until 2020 when Covid changed everything.
In my neighbourhood (Downtown Toronto along the waterfront) we used to have all 3 major chains - Loblaws, (and their subsidiary No Frills) as well as a Sobeys store and a Metro store. The Loblaws and the Nofrills are about 5 blocks apart. No Frills serves the low income familes and Loblaws serves the high income families who can afford to rent or own the highrise condo apartments along the waterfront. There is also a Metro store several blocks in a different direction which seems to serve the middle income familes and also workers who work in the businesses and pick up a few things before they go home.
During covid, Metro offered grocery delivery to your door, but No Frills do not - which makes sense because they are trying to be as cheap as possible. During covid, we spent 3 years getting our groceries delivered to our door by Metro, but would still have to go and get the basics from No Frills. We don't go near the main Loblaws store. Those items are all brand names which push the prices up.
But what I really wanted to mention was the war of the grocery stores we had going in my neighbourhood, several years before Covid began. Sobeys built a local market back around 2012 and I loved their bread. i used to go and buy a fresh warm loaf of bread every morning. But then the New No Frills store was built across the road, (around 2014 I think) and since their prices were cheaper than Sobeys, the Sobeys store eventually closed down. I was sad to miss the fresh bread, but that's just a distant memory now.
Loblaws is in Atlantic Canada too. Worked at Atlantic Superstore for a few years in uni
Metro Plus are usually the renovated Metro’s. They added Plus to distinguish them with not renovated ones.
I’m from British Columbia and I used to work at save on foods haha this was a fun video!
Oh and it’s surely not a discount store haha it’s actually one of the most expensive grocery store options available in bc.
We have Loblaws in Québec as well a few at least. There is one in my town. Although the Provigo brand, which is a Loblaws chain, is more wide spread.
Sobey’s in Québec is IGA
I am from Manitoba and we have the great Canadian Super Store which Loblaws own! They obviously haven’t updated their online info for some time now as we have had super store hear for many years!
Tyler: You have so many choices!
The Choices: Loblaw, Metro, Sobeys, Pattison. Only 3 of which are actually widely available across the country.
In Florida..it’s Publix..headquartered in Lakeland, Fl..
Btw, that Loblaw video you watched was of their old interior. They got a refresh about 10 years ago and they look a lot fancier than they used to.
that’s all the chains, not like they’re all in every town… here there’s two kinds nearby (iga & super c a little farther each at a strip mall) and a few more kinds (metro, maxi, super c again, and walmart if that counts, and provigo which was loblaws which iirc it was overrated and overpriced but not sure) a little farther away
farm boy sounds american because it is in america lol canada is in america, basic geography (:
never heard of marché frais (mar-sheh freh, fresh market) but maybe it’s in some parts of quebec and/or frenchie parts of the other provinces
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yah walmart is cheaper but too far by comparison to others so it doesn’t end up cheaper if you’re not elderly and therefore have free public transport
I wonder if that mr loblaw has a law blog or his relative Bob does 😆
ja-no not jeu-noo (or genou aka knee in french)
YAY! I like that girl, Andrea van Niekerk, she’s from back home (south africa) but moved to canada like I did
nice shop location but nothing nice about someone’s stolen shoulder and life and worse…
I want a starbucks in a discount supermarket! or in any!😩 only seen one in target which didn’t last long at all…
they seem disproportional because that’s the parent brands, some own more subsidiaries, chains some less and it’s also how many locations…
no, not all over canada since it’s not in quebec which is a huge province
that no frills entrance looks a lot like the local super c if they took out the fruits section and compacted it with the veggies one
“even in america” again, this is in america (:
my video at the local IGA (11:52 so almost 12 minutes) :
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Superstore and Nofrills are the same owner and are by far the best prices. And you always wait for sales on the item you want, just be patient and then buy two. There is as a Safeway near by that is very nice but its way more expensive.
Save On Foods also operates Urban Fare, a high end luxury Grocery store, featuring fresh Baguettes flown in from France ($100 each) Square Japanese Watermelons, and Wine available with lunch inside the store. We like to sail into False Creek, dock at Quayside Marina, and enjoy the Urban Fare right across the street.
Oh to be rich.
I work at Save On Foods and we do price match with other grocery stores in their fliers so you can get a lower price...thanks for mentioning my store that I have worked at for over 23 years 😊
Didn't know that, thank you for the info!
I have lived and shopped across Canada and in Europe, and I'm a big fan of Save-On-Foods. Their prices are competitive and their sales are excellent, sometimes cheaper than discount stores. I especially appreciate their quality. They carry a good selection of organic produce and other products, and most name brands. Their service is also top drawer. Many years ago when I was a struggling single mom who had a son with dairy sensitivities, the local S-O-F manager said I could purchase case lots of a milk substitute at their case lot sale price any time I came in the store. That made a big difference to me at the time, and earned them a life-long loyalty.
@@KneeJerkReactions13 Your welcome, that's my job...customer service 😊...lol!!
All the major chains have very similar designs, you have vaiations but they are minor overall. Most have a fresh meals section, that are set up cafeteria style for either consumption in store at tables or for take out/away, often, adjacent to the deli and fine cheeses counters. They all have bakeries in house for breads, cakes etc. You can generally request specialty cuts from butchers, or fish/seafood attendants may also provide as required. They have regional quirks reflecting local tastes, marketing is a thing!
Zehrs is a Loblaws store as well. They carry the same groceries as Loblaws.
Loblaws, which runs under different banners, is similar to Publix in the US south. Super Stop and Shop and Shaw's in US North. We live in a rural community in NS and shop at Freshmart, which is a small grocery store like a 711, is part of the Loblaws group.
IGA is the Independent grocer's alliance, so it is like a chain but they are locally owned franchises in most places. There was a very small IGA in a small town near where I grew up in USA. many are closing down now with the old owners retiring or dying off. The one near me was a very classic general store and deli style tiny grocery store with the kindly old grocery man etc, the kind of which are all disappearing.
Yes we do go to Walmart ,Metro.valu mart part of loblaws Costco in Canada
I spend more at Save on foods on average than any other grocery store. They do price matching and have a rewards system, but the prices in general are higher than anywhere else.
Loblaws is 3rd in Québec behind IGA (Sobeys) and Metro. Loblaws acquired all the Provigo Québec stores in 1995, when they started changing the Provigo banners to Loblaws, that didn't go so well, they changed them back to Provigo in 2015. Québecers were used to the homegrown Provigo banner even though Loblaws acquired them. My favourite grocery to shop is my local Metro followed by Provigo. IGA, is always more expensive than Metro and Provigo.
Super C was called in the past : Super Carnaval. It is a discount store. Adonis is as Super C a Metro property. My favorite store is for is price policy Super C. Sometimes I shop at other super store when they have something in special.
Loblaws is right across Canada, in all provinces but is known under different names in some provinces. Here in Nova Scotia it is known as Atlantic Superstore but the flyers are basically the same. Sobeys is everywhere and owns several other chains like Foodland and Needs. Sobey's headquarters is about a half hour drive from where I live and is actually located in the small town of Stellarton, not in a city.