Food Basics

They have the basics, and that's about it. The plaza where it's situated is a bit sketchy as well.

I went here to pick up some stuff for my son's camp, the store is so we'll stick everything I wanted they had very clean.

I went to this place on July 26th by 3.20 pm. The shopping carts were not good. Not even 1 cart was good, near the entrance! So, It was challenging for me to carry things.
The customer service was good. Ronak, the staff who helped me was courteous. I forgot to take 1 item. He called me and gave me the item. Thanks.
Fix the shopping carts soon!

2nd time I've been here and all they gave is rotten food. All the produce is rotten and they are selling it at full price. I can't believe it and people are actually picking through it to find the best ones.

Getting really frustrated with shopping here.
The groceries are generally fine. They are slow to mark stuff for quick sale, so be very cautious when buying marked down products.especially bakery stuff.

Prices are usually reasonable, and despite having inadvertently purchased stuff that is moulding, I have only ever had a quality issue with the discounted products. The reason for the very low rating is the difficulty in getting groceries out of the store and into your home.

It is becoming more and more rare, no matter what time of day or week I go that the lines are of a reasonable length. Generally, I see only 2 cashiers with 5-8 people in each line. On rare occasions, they open a 3rd line. Heaven help you if you need a raincheck. No matter what line you're in, even if it's the customer service line, you WILL have to go to another line for it. When you get to your new line, there's no guarantee they can issue a raincheck. "I can't find this product in my list, oh well, can't do anything". When you do get a raincheck, it's not uncommon for the item to be out of stock until after the 30 days are up to use it.

Now, they also close extremely early on weekends, so that narrows the convenience factor as well.

If you have nothing better to do, the prices on most products are more reasonable than No Frills as of early 2023, but you also need to evaluate if your time is worth how long you'll be stuck in line for what may be $1-3 in total. Sometimes the sales are enough to draw me in and give up a chunk of my time, usually I avoid it though

I find Food Basics has better prices than others. Organized aisle, pleasant staff, good choices of vegetables. Surprisingly, their own brand Irresistible and Selection are good with competitive prices.
Park free, wheelchair accessible.

I would give them FIVE stars if they would just open another cash lane! The little lottery booth on the way into the store has so much character, it's one of the reasons I occasionally stop here. The grocery store draws me in because their prices are so good on many items, such as coffee and some cereals. Some produce items on sale have good prices too.

The only thing l didn't like about this store is the deli counters are too high for handicap people like myself to see you. They need to have a bell to get their attention. Had to get manager help to get a fresher pack of food than there was when l first asked the younger worker. Was surprised to see me come pack with boss. Haha.

I go to food basics as it. Is near by my residence. I prefer Nofrills as it has more products and better price range and also it has halal meat section
.

Great local supermarket. The staff are friendly and helpful! Lately, there seem to be fewer products on the shelves.

There are many items that I couldn't find despite being big, it seems messy,
And the toilets were very dirty.

Good place for basic groceries. Their produce is often not fresh, other than that a good grocery store.

Food Basics is a very wide store where you can buy all kinds of food u want. ALWAYS More 4 Less.

I thought it was an average grocery store. They should renovate on par with the Pickering and north York location.

Veggies are not fresh at all. Packed foods are fine but for veggies would recommed to visit some other stores.

As far as food basics go this one is a mess. By 11 o'clock anything on sale is cleaned out.

I like it because it is not as jammed as other Food Basic locations, but the cashier line is usually slow, and the cashiers are impersonal at times.
I suggest a self-check out.

I got besan laddu pack from from food basics, the laddu has hair in it, it is not good for customers who but it for 6$, I don’t know why food basics encouraging these kind of foods in their stores. The laddu is very dry and tasteless, you can see in my pictures above, as a regular customer, it is very unhappy to see these kind of unhealthy products.