Yes, best wishes to you.
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Thank you, @kare, @pavlova, and @DrJohn.
I will keep my DMs open while Iâm taking a break from posting. I might keep posting my coffees elsewhere online. 
I am okay. 
I hope youâre all doing well, too.
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Farmers Boy is about 30 minute drive from me so I seldom go but a few weeks ago I was in the area and did some shopping. I must say that the fruits and veggies I bought stayed fresh for a long time. Wish there was one closer.
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This was at my local indie grocery store today.
$9.49 CAD for the larger jar of Hellmanâs.
I was waiting until it was on sale at chain grocery stores most of last year.
Question of whether there will be tariffs on mexican imports came up on CBC yesterday. Answer technically no because they are just travelling thru. Any bets that will be broken as the free trade agreement.
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I went to Koreatown yesterday, where 2 of the nicer greengrocers are located 2 blocks apart.
Gold Leaf at Bloor and Palmerston has started pre-bagging their plums and nectarines. I am guessing this is to stop people from squeezing the stone fruits, as well as to stop shoplifting, and maybe to force people to buy 4 at a time.
Gold Leaf was charging $3.99/lb for both. Gold Leaf takes credit cards as well as cash and debit. Gold Leaf charges a $0.50 fee to use either credit or debit.
Bloor Fruit Market, 2 blocks west of Gold Leaf, only takes cash or debit. No fee for the debit. Bloor Fruit Market was much busier yesterday morning. Maybe theyâre charging less for quite a few different fruits and vegetables.
The plums and nectarines are still loose, as they are at my other go to green grocer on College St. Plums and nectarines were $2.99/lb at Bloor Fruit Market.
I hadnât noticed price differences between the 2 greengrocers before.
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I stopped by Peavey Mart today, to buy some gardening clothes.
Theyâre going out of business across Canada, and items are marked down 25 to 60 percent.
I bought a Hamilton Beach toaster for around $30 from $56.
There are some neat things on sale: dehydrators, jerky making sets, fermenting sets. Lot of stuff for canning. Mason jars, utensils. Waffle irons. Coffee makers. I have my eye on a Cuisinart electric kettle.
Some Companyâs Coming cookbooks.
They also have a bit of food, like pepperoni sticks, near the cash.
They have grow kits on sale , to start vegetable seedlings inside.
They also have lots of work clothes, rubber boots, Kodiak boots, and made-in- Canada moccasins. I picked up some flannel shirts. Carhartt work pants and t shirts for really reasonable prices.
Much of the footwear and clothing is only 25 percent off, but there are still plenty of sizes at the London location I visited. I would think some locations are less picked over the others. I might stop by the Woodstock or Stratford locations next weekend.
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So impressed by my metro. Everything is clearly labelled Saved me so much time shopping.
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A small No Frills will be opening at 899 College Street, across from Chiado.
Itâs the space where Pusateriâs was planning to open a location before they went bankrupt. It will be nice for the College Promenade to have a grocery store. The other No Frills is at 222 Lansdowne at Dundas W, and the next closest chain grocery store is the Metro in Little Italy at College and Grace, maybe 700 m east of this new No Frills location.
I was wondering what would go there! Iâve visited some of smaller no frills and you can still find some good deals there.
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The old Kitchen Table on King W near Bathurst is also a No Frills now. My friend lives nearby and isnât too enthralled. The conversion to a No Frills or Food Basics usually means there wonât be an on-site bakery, butcher, fish counter or deli on site.
I know some No Frills are much better than others. I used to like the No Frills at Bathurst and Wilson.
The No Frills in West London is not a very good one.
I stopped by the FreshCo on Bathurst south of College last night . I find it so depressing as a store. 2 of the 6 kiwis in my package of kiwis had to be tossed. The bag of Cara Caras were fine and pretty cheap. I am pretty sure the milk at the FreshCo was the same price as what I pay at the much nicer Metro at College and Shaw.
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I find no frills stores vary a lot in terms of size, selection, and quality. I find them best for packaged ingredients - canned or dry legumes, salt, sugar, etc. The quality of produce varies a lot, but I like getting the âimperfectâ brand of peppers/cucumbers/apples/etc. which are usually perfectly fine, cheaper, and (I hope) reducing food waste. The location of the no frills often determines the selection of products - one location may have more South Asian options, another more Latin American.
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Yep. The Bathurst and Wilson location has a great Kosher selection compared to other No Frills. That location also used to carry refrigerated Sunflower Kitchen soups that would cost a couple dollars more at Loblaws.
I canât figure out why the No Frills in West London is so terrible. Itâs a very busy store with high turnover. It is a lot better than the Food Basics 2 km south of it.
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The one at Landsdowne and Dundas is excellentâŚ
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I havenât been to the Dundas and Lansdowne location yet.
I am such a big Fiesta Farms fan girl that I do the vast majority of my Toronto grocery shopping at Fiesta Farms.
I usually only visit Metro in Little Italy or FreshCo on Bathurst when I need a few items and Fiesta Farms has closed.
It will be nice to have another option on College.
Itâs a shame that the Barocco x Nino (dâAversa) outpost closed, in anticipation of Pusateriâs, I think. I wish there was a nice Italian coffee shop open during the day on the College Promenade.
Gateau Ghost, which replaces Barocco x Nino looks busy most weekends. Still havenât tried their brunch
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Mutti and Carbone sauces are on sale at Metro this week
Chapmanâs is taking on Haagen Daz and Ben + Jerryâs with a premium product
New flavour from The Keg
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Oh I love crème brulÊe I will have to try that ice cream!
Is $12.99 for the Raos a typical sale price where you live? Iâm sure Iâve seen it on sale as low as $9.99 in Ottawa. The cost of groceries is getting so expensiveâŚ
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The Raoâs is full price. Itâs usually $12.99 or $13.99 regular price, and goes on sale for $9.99 from time to time.
Carbone is usually $12.99 or $13.99 regular price. This is the first time Iâve seen it on sale for $9.99.
Metro has been charging $13.99 for Carbone, and $12.99 for Raoâs, so that might be the reason the Carbone isnât moving quickly and had to be put on sale.
Raoâs and Carbone usually are the same price when they are regular price, at the stores where I shop.
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Your pic shows Raoâs 660ml jars. Costco has two larger sized ones 2 x 770ml $16.99 A month ago it was $12.99 on sale. Canât be beat.
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