Galati A & Sons

I love Galati’s! They have great variety of fresh produce at the best prices around. My friends are shocked when I tell them I regularly buy avocados for $ 1 each, or a bag of 6 ready-​to-​use ones for $ 2 (they sometimes put very ripe things on special). All the other produce items I love that I find overpriced at other shops are regularly a great deal here. I’ve been quite happy with their deli counter as well, cheeses, and other traditional Italian goods like olive oil and tomato sauce. So happy they are my neighborhood grocery!

I always thought that I was getting a bargain by doing my grocery shopping in Subi Markets. On recommendation one Saturday I came here to buy my greenery and I have never turned back. Not only are the veggies very good value but they are fresh and for some reason HUGE.
I get a bunch of Kale here and I have to find space in the fridge for it, this also applies to their killer pumpkins.
They have a great cheese and cooked meat section where you can find just about anything that you are looking for. Their fresh pasta looks absolutely delicious and it is a sin that I have yet to try it. Maybe this is the perfect excuse for a massive carb loading session at the weekend.

Cute small shop, great prices. Their arancini is lovely — and they now have BEN & JERRY’S ICE CREAM!

This one gets my Italian blood boiling for all the right reasons. It’s a cute, well-​stocked Italian grocery store in South Fremantle, set up just like a shop in the backs streets of Naples. Fresh fruit and vegetables line the shopfront in crates, with cheeses, pastas, antipastos and a range of other groceries filling the concrete store within. It smells like my nonna’s kitchen inside, the homemade produce is really something. I love the atmosphere here, and even better — the prices are cheap compared to your big supermarket chains or gourmet grocery stores. No grotesque mark-​ups here. Just good old fashioned Italian value.

I have a confession to make. I am a grocery bargain shopper. I will stand in the aisles comparing the prices of several cans of chick peas before making a decision. Food shopping is no mean feat for the fiscally conservative student, and when you have to be really creative with your budget, you often find yourself gravitating towards the canned food aisle. Luckily, Galati’s in South Fremantle understands the ways of the penny pinching undergrads, and serves as my treasure trove of fresh produce bounty.
Galati’s is by far the cheapest grocer I have ever found. I’ve never found myself one to get excited about a sale on eggplant, but thanks to their generous ways I am a bona fide vegetable fanatic. Zucchini’s for 59c! Avocados for $ 1! 1 litre of sparkling Italian water for $ 2.50! I don’t even care where I get my hydration from. But San Pellegrino was cheaper than the vending machine Cool Ridge so I bought it.
Not only do they stock a vegetarian feast of fresh fruit and veg, but there’s also a deli inside with a selection of meats, nuts, cheeses, biscuits, cakes and other cheap as chips treats. Don’t be expecting cartons of bruised apples and freckled mangoes, either. The food here is super fresh and super good quality.
The staff are also super friendly, making those accustomed to the maze of supermarket chains feel as though they’ve entered an authentic Italian food market. My recommendation? Try the roasted hazelnuts. Or the sun dried tomatoes. Or their biscotti. It’s my favourite. I think.