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6 reviews for Real Canadian Superstore
6 reviews in English
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Review from Jennifer K.
Markham, ON
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. -
Review from Yvonne T.
10/27/2011 16 Check-ins Here
I love that they are open until 10PM on weeknights. Parking is plentiful although traffic in and around the area (being adjacent to the Scarborough Town Centre) can be quite hectic.
The aisles are neatly organized, though it gets frustrating when they change layouts around and you have to re-learn where everything is. Most items on sale don't sell out too fast (unlike some of the discount retailers).
Self-Checkouts are available but can be rather slow when newbs try to use the checkouts and plug up the lines.
Baskets are kind of hard to find so either bring a reusable shopping bag and have it double as your "basket" or bring some pocket change to get a cart. There are seafood, meats, and deli counters as well as a prepared foods section and a bakery.
You will pretty much find everything you need here and of all the National grocers, Superstore probably has the most variety of ethnic goods. They also have an Organic Foods aisle.
I like shopping at the Superstore. They may charge you a bit more, but it certainly provides for a more relaxing shopping experience. -
Review from Nicole B.
2/3/2010
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. -
Review from Jenn G.
Scarborough, ON
2/11/2010
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. -
Review from Michael V.
Toronto, ON
8/22/2011 5 Check-ins Here
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.
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Review from Melissa J.
Toronto, ON
12/2/2008
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.
