I love No Frills. It DOES help that it's the only grocery store in walking distance from my house, but they have great deals. Everything is cheaper than average. Their produce is honestly the best in the city as far as chain grocers go.... There are a few independent specialty places like Sunripe Marketplace that have EXCELLENT produce but your also paying $2.99 for a grapefruit there (though it'll be the best freakin' grapefruit you ever had), but for chains, it wins. Their non-perishables all go on AWESOME sales in cycles of about 3 months at a time, so you have a few weeks to stock up on a good amount and then all new things go on sale. And the things on sale are pretty much unbeatable prices. They'll have steak or chicken breast on sale for 1/8 of the normal price and you can buy a ton of it and keep it in the freezer.

The downside to no frills is that because they have "no frills" you don't get things like a deli or premade food or a bakery.

A&P is also great, but it's much too expensive and their produce is horrible comparatively. Still, I make a trip there every few months to hit the deli and get some potato wedges.

I loved Whole Foods when I visited Austin.. they had so many great and unusual things you wouldn't see in Canada.. I could have spent all day there! Plus, it was the US meaning you can buy beer at the grocery store.. That's UNHEARD of in Ontario. You gotta go to "the Beer Store", "Wine Rack" or "LCBO" (Liquor control board of ontario) here since it's all government controlled!

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