Real Canadian Superstore

Evening trip to Real Canadian Superstore last night to pickup some groceries was very troubling. About a dozen cartons of yogurt sitting on the shelf 7 days past their expiration date, cartons themselves sweating, pupple of water on the dirty shelf indicating the fridge isn’t even working properly.
Not a single person in any of the aisles available to inquire my concern to. I packed all the yogurt cartons into one of those green crates they use for milk and sent it straight down the conveyor to the stock room. Hopefully they don’t just put these things back on the shelf.
Mind boggling they don’t check and remove expired dairy products, major health hazard. CFIA would have a field day with these guys. Take extra precatuions when purchasing from here.

I’ve been coming here for years and ordering full slab cakes for parties. Not sure if something recently changed in the bakery department but I’m definitely not pleased about the «Frozen» themed cake I had at my daughters party. There was too much whipped cream icing and it definitely was not at the standards that I expected. I will order elsewhere next time.

The place I go to most frequently for groceries! I love being a PC plus member, and the benefits of it are truly amazing especially with free groceries.
This location has everything you are looking for at reasonable prices.

When you walk in it’s fairly tight — lots of set ups in the front of the store I guess due to the store wanting you to notice products quicker and catch your eye as you enter. What I like most about this location is that there is a Joe Fresh located within the vicinity so plenty of time to shop. Upstairs there is also is also Goodlife for Women and the aisles are fairly tidy. Near the electronics section there’s a bargain bin full of goodies and lots of interesting sections like tableware, christmas décor (during that time of year), some toys, games for your gaming consoles and many other items for your every day necessities. There’s also a section for stationary or school items near the Joe Fresh area as well as a Magazine and book aisle.
I can always count on them carrying a wide range of products and some of the newer products being advertised on tv. There was only one time where they ran out of Glucerna drinks since they were sold out due to the great bargain deal that they had going on at the time. I will say that although there are plenty of tills open there are only a few cashiers open at a time.

My first time in the store in several years. Since then, I have changed my diet. I was so happy to see that this store had organic salad greens, carrots, and potatoes. They even had organic berries and apples! I am so glad I don’t have to trek downtown or to Whole Foods for this stuff.
Only problem was that the organic salad greens were not fresh even though they were nowhere close to being expired, and the same for the organic spinach. I bought them anyway and ate half. This was a big disappointment, since these are a staple for me and I have been buying them for years at other stores. Wonder if it is a temperature issue with the store’s refrigeration.
Anyway, I plan to give the store another chance because I badly need a healthy place closer to home.

Some places just never change! I used to work at this location when I was in High School and it looks the same every time I come here I remember those days.
What I like about this location is the selection and variety of brands in all the foods that I like, especially the coffee selection. Also I really hate it when I got to a supermarket to buy bananas and they are green! I do not eat green bananas I eat yellow ones, and this please always has ripe beautiful yellow bananas. This has become the benchmark by which I judge the quality of a supermarket — how yellow are your bananas? -
It may seem stupid but it works for me.

This Superstore has really gone downhill. The reason why I loved coming here is because they price match. But recently I have found that even the stuff they advertise on sale is usually not available or unstocked and they fail to stock items that are advertised elsewhere and eligible for price matching.
Definitely not pleased and debating whether I should stop coming altogether.

One of my favorite places to get groceries. Always have tons of healthy options such as their salads. I love their detox salad. Sooooo yummy

This is a great store, it has everything you need. Well organized, clean and spacious. Checkouts are easy because they have many cashiers on hand. You can find groceries, clothes, electronics, home appliances, furniture, and more. They also offer cooking lessons, which is fun.
The only thing I don’t like about this store is the prices– they are on the higher end. So I always go shopping on Tuesdays, so that I can buy items on sale with an additional 10% off (students and seniors).

Check out the Joe fresh area. Often really unusual items always great mark down deals at seasonal changeovers

As previously mentioned, This is a great supermarket other than the way the meat is always rotten.
On more than one occasion we have bought meat, only to get it home and have to throw it out, because it was rotten.
Were the meat better, I’d likely rate this supermarket much higher.

This staff is friendly and the place is nice and clean but I’ve had one too many times where the meat was bad right out the of the store. If that wasn’t the case, it would be 5 as everything else is great.

Open from 7 am to 11 pm 7 days a week!
I know though Real Canadian Superstore is not like Metro or Sobey’s that are open 24 hours…
However, Real Canadian Superstore is a lot more spacious, great selections of everything.
Goodlife Fitness on the premises is great for people to workout and then go grocery shopping!
10% discount every Tuesdays with student or university ID.
OK, I was not really grocery shopping… but junk food shopping. I went in at 8 AM to buy Smartfood Popcorn that was on sale for $ 2.44.

This location is my favourite to visit. It has a fish market, a butcher, and Joe Fresh. I always find great deals (you need to search them out; they love putting out their ‘50%‘ stickers out). Not only that, it‘s well organized and I like the quality of their produce. Also, they have the same or better prices than No Frills or Food Basic both of which I am not a fan of.

First off, i got to say, i read the comment below mines about the PC pillows. That day, i had a very sore/​stiff neck and i tried to do a bunch of things to get rid of it. Then i remembered that review. So, my boyfriend and I decided to go to the superstore and buy the pillow and a few groceries.
I said to him, hey! Why not buy groceries that will last us for a while instead of going every other day to buy groceries. Save us a lot of money on gas and time… esp if most of the groceries we want are here. We bought a cart full of groceries and the pillow, but hey! It was totally worth it. I got to say I saved a little bit of money comparing if I bought my groceries at food basics or metro.
As for the pillow. I’m telling you. it is God sent. Usually when I have a bad stiff neck, it takes about 3+ days for me even to move it a little to the left/​right. The next day after I bought that pillow, i slowly started to move my neck normally again. 2 days later, no pain at all! In fact, I’ve gotten some of the best sleep ever.
And trust me, I am very picky with pillows. Usually when I buy pillows, it’s either too stiff or too plushy? I’m so happy I read the review bellow and went to the superstore that day.

9:50pm. Saturday night. Thirsty in Scarborough. I wanted grape juice. All the other supermarkets are closed (or closing) and Metro seemed like a far drive for my lazy friend and I. So she says, «let’s stop at the Superstore». I said «sure», thinking Superstore was code for where all Scarboroughnians go when things close early.
I went in for juice. It was supposed to take 10 minutes.
I came out an hour later with juice… and pillows.
I just went in for juice!
Canadian Superstore is like a PC supermarket masquerading as a Costco. It’s huge, it’s got almost everything under the sun and they make you buy stuff if you have a PC account. Okay, they don’t really make you, but I have a PC account and it’s not just coincidence that I was in a Superstore AND needed pillows at a time when my shopping resolve was low.
I bought microfibre gel pillows. I’ve never seen them anywhere else so I was amazed to find pillows that felt down-​filled but were not actually down filled. If you’ve ever suffered constant asthma attacks in your sleep, you’d know how important that difference is. After picking up the pillows, I then had a conscience war about whether to pick up luxury hotel-​style sheets. I’m telling you, it was PC mind control in the Superstore!
However, after realizing I had strayed from my purpose, it took forever to find juice. Apparently pop, energy drinks/​water and fruit juice will NOT be in the same aisle. They are all in 3 separate aisles. And when we asked the sales associate, he answered «aisle 3» like we should’ve known that. I almost felt like telling him, «hey, I’m not a Scarboroughnian, I don’t come here everyday after 9pm!» Even our cashier didn’t seem happy to help. She didn’t say a word to us. Even when I told her I was paying by debit, I had to ask her if I could swipe because she didn’t say anything.
Nothing is priced any better than most PC stores. My juice would’ve cost the same at No Frills. But since buying those pillows, I haven’t woken up with my neck sore for the first time in months. They get 5 stars for that. I would’ve given more if it wasn’t so big and deceiving, with unenthusiastic employees.
In the end, the whole experience left me slightly dumbfounded. Plus, the dog we had left in the freezing car for the supposed 10 minutes seemed very angry at us.

This monster of a store is visible from the 401, and if you live anywhere in the area, you’ve been watching its construction for years. Once in a big pile of nothing, all of a sudden the «Village» at Scarborough Town Centre has sprung up into a suburban outdoor mall, albeit across the street and annoying to get to without a car.
The biggest part of the Village is this Superstore, which is ENORMOUS. So big that I don’t want to fluff up the review, so I’ll get down to the basics.
GOOD:
— Joe Fresh Style! Great clothes, cheap prices. This location puts a LOT of stuff on sale as well, I’ve snatched up a couple tank tops for $ 2.98 and dresses and shoes for $ 9.99. Absolutely love it.
— Good Life location upstairs! Only good if you’re a woman though, sorry guys.
— Decent sales on groceries. Cheap fruit and veg sometimes, decent selection of PC products and efficient deli counter.
— Lots of takeaway food. If you’re too lazy to cook, they have a ton of pre-​made stuff to bring home. Would be even better if this was close to where I work…
— Big Housewares section, big drugstore, big magazine rack, everything is big, big, big. TONS of staff to accommodate the huge store.
— They charge for bags so everyone has to use reusable ones! Yay! Expect to hear lots of grumbling from the elderly about this. Also they have a decent organic/​health food section but some of their stuff is crazy expensive.
BAD:
— Everything is TOO big. It takes two hours to go through the entire store, and even I, a lover of grocery shopping, do not want to be in here for two hours. Also the store seems to be designed in the opposite way of every other grocery store — shouldn’t all the produce be on the left side instead of the right? When I shop here I end up going backwards, which is dangerous because Joe Fresh is on the left and there is the possibility I will spend all my money on clothes instead of food.
— Sometimes things are ridiculously overpriced. Generally I’d rather go to No Frills or Price Chopper to save those extra cents.
INTERESTING:
— Usually there is a lineup for the self checkout and there are 5 or 6 cashiers sitting there with nothing to do. Hilarious how everyone wants to «play» cashier but not actually be one in real life.