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Luciano's No Frills
Categories: Shopping Drugstores Food Grocery Drugstores, Grocery [Edit]
200 Front St EToronto, ON M5A 1E7
Neighbourhoods: Corktown, St. Lawrence
- Hours:
Mon-Fri 8 am - 10 pm
Sat 8 am - 9 pm
Sun 8 am - 8 pm
- Price Range:
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$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Private Lot
9 reviews for Luciano's No Frills
9 reviews in English
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Review from Anne B.
12/30/2011
I don't want to say I'm a snob...but I usually tend to avoid No Frills like the plague. I was just getting so fed up with the prices at the Sobey's across the street that one day I defiantly wheeled my lil granny cart over to the No Frills instead.
Boy am I glad I did!
This store has more selection, better prices, and fresher produce than the Sobey's does. It also doesn't have the grimy shopping-out-of-a-sewer-grate feel of most No Frills stores. It's clean and well run. The line ups are also usually very manageable as they tend to have lots of cashiers working at any given hour. -
Review from Lynn C.
1/5/2012
I bought peameal bacon on jan 3rd
i got home and saw that it expired dec 31....
CHECK THE EXPIRATION DATE -
Review from Duvessa N.
Toronto, ON
5/19/2012
This is a really good supermarket. It's clean & well stocked. The staff stocking in the aisles are very friendly & helpful. I purchase a lot of produce & am consistently impressed with the quality out of this store in particular (not so with other no frills or the metro further down on Front St). There is usually some sort of fruit on sale & it has been of terrific quality every time.
Just don't go in there around 5:30 - 6:30 if you can help it...it's a madhouse! -
Review from Lara P.
3/28/2012
I am a big No Frills fan. When it comes to food, just keep it simple. I come here for groceries all the time. They have great offering and fresh vegetables. Food does not have to be fussy or expensive and I like that my grocery bill does not explode past my expectations and I do not get suckered to expensive food displays. Simple and fresh. I do wish they have more cashiers but patience is a virtue in this place.
Listed in: Corktown and St. Lawrence…
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Review from Robin D.
10/22/2011
Yayyy.. another grocery store near by home or somewhat near.
They have the nostalgic insert 25 cents to borrow shopping carts. I remember when carts did not require any money and they had guards to stop people stealing them or bringing them out of the parking lot.
Then they introduced 25 cents to take a cart, returned after usage. Then a dollar. And now these are back at a quarter. Nice! -
Review from Elvis A.
11/13/2011 6 Check-ins Here
This place provides what was kind of missing in the neighborhood a reasonably priced and clean grocery store.
Since this place is somewhat new it is very clean with bright aisles and and neatly stocked items. I hope they keep it this way as other No Frills are usually not very inviting.
Everything is not perfect though the produce section is relatively small and one doesn't have much choice there the staff though helpful is not well versed in pointing out the exact location of the item you want. Some of the items advertised in the fliers are not even carried by this location.
Other thing to point out it unless you have a Master Card you have to pay by interac/bank card or cash.
All in all a good addition to grocery stores in this area as this completes the buying requirement s at all price points in downtown. -
Review from Grainne M.
Toronto, ON
5/26/2011 4 photos
There's no real reason for taking a star away as such. I just can't give 5 stars for a discount grocery store. They never wow me. Let's say 4.5!
This No Frills seems to be pretty new. Everything is bright and shiny and sparkling. The fruit and veg section is pretty large and everything looked appealing and fresh on both occasions I've been in over the past week. Prices were also good. There is a little fresh bread section with bagels etc to take individually but no huge diet-ruining bakery. There is a pharmacy though. Handy!
Great bargains on a wide range of grocery items-everything from dairy to tinned goods to the Woolite that was $3 cheaper than at Shopper's Drug Mart. The President's Choice items didn't seem to be priced much differently to Loblaws or Bloorstreet Market but overall my bags of groceries were much cheaper than usual.
Aisles are wide and it seemed pretty calm in there on a weekday. It will probably get busier as more people find it-there's a good catchment area and I'm sure people living in the area will be more than happy not to pay the crazy prices Metro seem to think they can charge. ($3.59 for a litre of milk. Seriously?!?).
Checkout was quick and pleasant. It seems counterintuitive that the discount arm of the Loblaws family of stores has better service than the supposedly high-end Loblaws and Bloorstreet Market, but that was my experience this week. The girl didn't recognise my parsnip and thought it was bok choi...but at least she was pleasant!
Definitely going back-even if it means having to get one of those old woman shopping trollies to bring everything home. It's worth it! -
Review from Laura C.
Toronto, ON
6/3/2011
This brand new No Frills, does not give you the dirty dungy yellow feel that you get from most other locations. In fact it's the complete opposite! Bright lights, high ceilings and neatly stocked merchandise makes a huge difference and goes a long way.
Yesterday I spent 1.5 hours here grocery shopping for a cottage trip. I came out with 2 carts full of stuffs, I felt like I was on Extreme Couponing but lacking the coupons.
Parking is free for 90 mins. All you do is go up to the machine,1) press the blue button 2) press the green button - no need to stick any change or card in the machine.
The produce section was well maintained, and I'm always impressed by the guys that constantly go and inspect items as they re-stock and check for moldies and remove them. They were pretty friendly about it when I passed them a moldy box of strawberries. It's not their fault, it does come like that in the batch.
Corn today was 10 for $5. Apples for 0.69/lb. Potatos $4/10lbs. Box of blueberries $3.99 (why are they always so $$). Box of strawberries $2.99. Usually the produce here is fresh. And for more pre packaged items, there are price checked weekly.
A bulk section follows, but mainly only nuts and candies.
Then the Bakery Section. Unfortunately No Frills doesn't really carry non-pre packed bread, and there were only two loaves of baked bread - and no one there to slice it. If it wasn't for this cottage trip, I would have gone elsewhere to buy. There was no Spelt bread.
The meat section lines the back wall. Chicken was all sold out at $1.30something / lb. Burger patties at 30% off was the same price as the frozen ones at the back but with less preservatives.
I also discovered that the Sausages in the meat section have all natural ingredients including a Hog Casing, than the ones in the bacon and cold cuts section.
The aisles were clearly marked, with price checks almost everywhere. Lots of things to buy, wide aisles made for easy maneuverering of all my stuff. They had a lot more selection than I would have expected for a No Frills, including lots of Gluten Free products you only see in Big Carrot or something. Even my Hemp granola bars were cheaper here by 50c than in Bulk Barn.
Classico tomato sauce was $2 on sale.
And I love seeing prices that are only 2 digits with a decimal place to the left.
Milk, and eggs are along the far East wall. And Ice Cream near the front.
There is also a pharmacy section with shampoos and bandaids and things, just like a Loblaws. I swear you'd like you were in one.
You forget you are in a No Frills and really pleased with the prices of everything. That is until you get to the cash.
Cash lady wasn't cheery at all, and kind of needed a pick me up after shopping til 9pm. We held up a bunch of people with all our stuff, but it's not my fault that they only had 3 registers and no one opening another till.
I guess no one buys this much stuff because the conveyor was small and narrow, and she didn't bat and eye or gave a crap that she squished all my chips.
You still bag everything yourself, but with this much stuff and use of lots of boxes and what not, we needed to do it ourselves.
I love shopping at No Frills because for 15 people for 3 days I spent $300. This one especially. -
Review from Ken W.
Toronto, ON
8/16/2011
Nice and clean but veg section didn't wow me. Lotta hipsters though. Beware of plunging necklines on men and too-trimmed beards.
