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Downtown Grocery Store List (current + proposed)

They've never said so, but is this an admission that the No Frills on Front and Princess is going to have to close in the next few years?
 
artyboy123 said:
www.linkedin.com

Geoffrey Smith on LinkedIn: CBRE is pleased to have represented No Frills for a new store coming soon…

CBRE is pleased to have represented No Frills for a new store coming soon at 75 The Esplanade, Toronto, Ontario. For more information, please contact Geoffrey…
www.linkedin.com www.linkedin.com

Wow another No Frills opening on the bottom of 75 The Esplanade!

Can someone plot all the downtown No Frills location to give it a visualization.
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* Cross Post to 88 North Thread*

Ha, you put me on to another location............by scrolling down.

A No Frills is going in at 77 Shuter.Street.

That's the '88 North' condo.

That's the exact space that had been pegged for a Loblaws City Market a number of years ago but it never came to fruition.

Permits in process here:

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artyboy123 said:
Can someone plot all the downtown No Frills location to give it a visualization.
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Here ya go; I used CDL's old map of downtown supermarkets from 2017, I added the new NF in yellow squares labelled NF.

I also added the incoming T&T, Marche Leo, and the Farm Boy on Queen's Quay that opened since 2017

I know I'm missing some, but it's a quick effort in the work day.

Screenshot 2024-09-16 at 11-30-04 Central Toronto Supermarkets - Google My Maps.png
 
So, Toronto is getting MORE No Frills stores, but yet no sign of a NO NAME store?
It's just common sense that Either King & Shaw or the Liberty Village store become a NO NAME store just to justify a difference between the two stores that are so close together. (On my opinion anyway...)
 
RGB_11 said:
So, Toronto is getting MORE No Frills stores, but yet no sign of a NO NAME store?
It's just common sense that Either King & Shaw or the Liberty Village store become a NO NAME store just to justify a difference between the two stores that are so close together. (On my opinion anyway...)
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The 'No Name' store will likely be dead as a concept in six months.

The initial customer reviews are terrible.

Remember, no meat, no dairy, no fridges, limited produce; less selection all for an advertised price savings of ' up to ' 20%, but with most people having visited suggesting the average price difference is well less than that.

Now, they could surprise me and tweak the concept.

But, hey, the last time they tried something similar, 'The Box', it was gone inside a year.

The time before that.........the concept was called "No Frills" in 1978, LOL......and Loblaws relented and changed it into what you now think of as 'No Frills' within a couple of years.

Institutional memory there must not be high.

* Also..... no one normally tests concepts in Toronto. Its too expensive, and too different a market from the majority of the country.

London and Kingston area are historic testing zones.
 
Northern Light said:
This Reddit reflects what I'm hearing.............but we shall see.

https://www.reddit.com/r/loblawsisoutofcontrol/comments/1fa27hg/no_name_stores_is_just_a_no_frills_box_storereview
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I'm not sure that reddit group is going to be a very good indication of what the general public thinks. A lot of the folks there are a bit unhinged when it comes to anything the company does.

The fact that they remember the box experiment kind of reeks of industry insiderism, tbh.
 
evandyk said:
Weird that they aren't using self checkouts.
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It's part of their "No frills" lol They want to make sure everything going out of the store is scanned properly, with nobody grabbing a store brand can and 5 name brand, scanning the store brand 6 times! 😆
(Note: That's not called stealing. It's called short changing-what if the name brand is on sale for less than store brand? The customer would have short changed themselves instead of the store! :p )
 
Northern Light said:
The 'No Name' store will likely be dead as a concept in six months.

The initial customer reviews are terrible.

Remember, no meat, no dairy, no fridges, limited produce; less selection all for an advertised price savings of ' up to ' 20%, but with most people having visited suggesting the average price difference is well less than that.

Now, they could surprise me and tweak the concept.

But, hey, the last time they tried something similar, 'The Box', it was gone inside a year.

The time before that.........the concept was called "No Frills" in 1978, LOL......and Loblaws relented and changed it into what you now think of as 'No Frills' within a couple of years.

Institutional memory there must not be high.

* Also..... no one normally tests concepts in Toronto. Its too expensive, and too different a market from the majority of the country.

London and Kingston area are historic testing zones.
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Geez "no meat, no dairy, no fridges, limited produce; less selection all for an advertised price savings of ' up to ' 20%, but with most people having visited suggesting the average price difference is well less than that. "

why don't they open up a "Dollar General" up in Ontario...at least in Dollar General you can get frozen seafood or "$1 Rib Eye Steak" ...
 
artyboy123 said:
Geez "no meat, no dairy, no fridges, limited produce; less selection all for an advertised price savings of ' up to ' 20%, but with most people having visited suggesting the average price difference is well less than that. "

why don't they open up a "Dollar General" up in Ontario...at least in Dollar General you can get frozen seafood or "$1 Rib Eye Steak" ...
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You are not getting $1 Ribeye in Ontario no matter who opens up.

First, just applying the exchange rate, your steak would be $1.36.

But then you would also face the higher embedded costs in the Canadian supply chain, real estate being among the more notable.........

Second...........let's have a look at that steak, shall we?

From the following link:

www.emmymade.com

Are Dollar Store Foods Tasty? - Emmymade

With dollar stores popping up everywhere these days, I’m sure you’ve wondered if the foods they sell there are worth buying. After all, paying $1 for something is pretty cheap, but does it taste good? I've tried the following six dollar store items (plus the added bonus Kitty Litter Cake made...
www.emmymade.com www.emmymade.com

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That 'steak' is a mere 3.5oz or 100 grams, that's 1/3 less than the typical Beef Tenderloin.

But aside from looking rather sickly............and way too lean.........what's in that package anyway?

Again from the link above:

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And

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*****

I don't see what would likely be a $5 steak in Canada, as described above being much of a draw........it certainly has no appeal to me.
 
Still, the basic idea of a Canadian Dollar Tree having fridges and freezers seems to be unheard of, unlike the States. (& $1.50 is the new Canadian Dollar Tree price btw)
It's amazing Dollarama (Canada) gave in and made room for freezers selling ice cream (er, frozen dessert & Frozen dessert snacks)
 
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