FreshCo by Sobeys

One of the prettier outer appearances of FreshCo with glass panels as the side, located in a fairly busy neighbourhood.
FreshCo is one of the budget grocery stores, so definitely a great location to live near to do some inexpensive grocery shopping. The inside appearance is decorated similarly to other FreshCo’s, a little dim, but clean and painted walls.
Their grocery section is a little small, but because it is located in DownTown Toronto, it’s a fair size. They have a decent frozen section that is always stocked!

For a neighborhood not known for its variety, the Regent Park area has a very good selection of grocery stores. How the quality ranks is up to the buyer, but this one isn’t bad.
For starters, the produce here is pretty decent. For a company with the word ‘fresh’ in their name, the produce at most of the Fresh Co’s I’ve been to is anything but. Here it’s pretty good, and well priced too.
The frozen food section is well stocked (although not much quality on the frozen burger front), and the dairy section isn’t bad at all.
Good pasta selection, always specials on the necessities such as soap, clothes detergent and TP.
Cashiers aren’t overly cheery but that seems to go across the board with supermarkets.
Overall, it’s a decent supermarket. Worth the trip.

As others have mentioned a clean store, but then what does one expect, so not mentioning that. ;) This is my neighborhood store too, as is the No Frills up the street.
It’s a discount grocery chain owned by Sobeys. Prices on most grocery items are good, they have regular loss leaders, and a good ethnic section. I do however think that NoFrills, further north on Parliament Street has better produce, even if it’s a smaller store in terms of sq. footage. Staff are helpful when asked, however not many staff visible when shopping and most are in a surly mood if one has to ask them a question. Better wait and ask the cashier, even if it means delaying others. This is one aspect the proprietor of this franchise could improve on.
One thing I noticed today when checking out, is that the payment terminals (for debit/​credit cards) aren’t multilingual. One would expect they would be — There was an oriental lady, who didn’t read English and had to have the cashier work the terminal for her. This of course delayed the rest of us as there was only one cashier open at the time. This was 10am-​ish.
My suggestion would be to implement multi-​lingual payment terminals — This is an ethnic area and many don’t speak english very well. Kind of a no brainer, one would think!

I do enjoy this store. I think it is slightly better priced than No Frills. I also think the produce is better. Great sales. Nice staff. Once you’re familiar with the store shopping around is pretty easy. I shop here for my client and usually end up grabbing something for myself on the way home. The store is nice and clean as well.

Very clean and well-​lit store, with an above-​average selection of ethnic foods. This is bigger than the nearby No Frills on Parliament st.
But I much prefer the No Frills on Front St. E. over FreshCo. The produce and meat here aren’t that great, and the store focuses on packaged foods (in spite of the name) over fresh. The flyer specials aren’t as competitive as No Frills, either.
Not bad, but not great.

This store disappoints me every time I go and unfortunately it is the closest grocery store to me so I don’t have much of a choice, otherwise I would go elsewhere. Hands down the WORST produce I have ever seen in a grocery store, this store gets bottom of the barrel produce or even worse. When you can’t stock a simple thing like bananas and have them ready to eat i.e. not completely green or way over ripe in your store you have big problems. Very often the peppers (all kinds) are soft and you have to go through a dozen just to find one that is barely acceptable. I don’t even bother looking at things like apples, pears, peaches or nectarines as they are an insult to anyone in the store. They are always beaten up, hard and very small. I can go on and on about the produce but I will leave it at that.
The bread section is decent and they do carry my favourite kind of rye bread which I am very happy about and buy on a regular basis. As for the rest of the store they carry everything you typically want at decent prices.
As a general comment, I think that the store should be much cleaner and find the floors to be messy with debris on the often. They also have long line ups at check out all the time and never have all the checkout locations open which is beyond annoying.

Smaller than a lot of other grocery stores, but generally much cheaper than competitors. Also, I’ve never had any issues with customer service here. There was only one incident when I wasn’t satisfied with an item, and they took it back without many questions. It’s a good place for basic grocery needs.

Yo.
Question:
why is there so much hateration on FreshCo and other budget grocery stores?
They are clean, they have some of the cleanest produce I’ve seen and like. no-​name budget brands are THE SAME THING
I’m so confused why there is so much nose-​turning at some of these affordable groceries. They are so well stocked and nice inside.

Not the best grocery store around, but still the best in the area. The produce is pretty good and they have a good (though small) organic section at the back. Service is also good.

It’s been a year and I’m bumpin’ up my love for FreshCo.
They’ve really gotten their shelf organization down to a science these days, and their $ 5 cheese deals (grrrl, the big bricks), and endless Shin Cups really please me. A lot.
A cornucopia of food and and neighbourhood folks under a big green roof buying discount groceries? Can it kick it? Yes it can!*
FreshCo for life.
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*Shit. Robbie Williams will now be in my head all day.

Walking past this store the sign caught my attention as it said Sobeys. I am not familiar with this chain of stores by Sobeys so I didn’t know what to expect coming in.
The store was nice and clean and the setup is different from the mainstream Sobeys I have seen. They even had a decent selection of ethnic foods which is missing from their mainstay stores. It reminded me of a cleaner version of No Frills just up the street.
There isn’t much staff here except at checkouts.
Selection is decent and price wise I think it competes with the likes of No Frill, Food Basics and Price Chopper.
However the sad part is they don’t give out Sobeys Points, What gives No Frills gives out PC points why not FreshCo.
I wouldn’t mind dropping by here if I am in the area. The security guard at the entrance is a bit unnerving but I guess is needed in this area.

This is my neighbourhood grocery store… i love it!
it’s a bit small, no butcher etc. but they have this «cheap prices guaranteed» thing where they’ll beat the price of any competitor. (unless this is a TO thing? i’m a newbie)
we literally live a hop and skip away. so i’m always popping in to check to see if they have the whole chicken on sale for 4.97. people always so helpful and non-​annoyed.
love it!

The place looks very nice … way better than most grocery stores! That’s a plus. As well, it’s cheap! I love cheap! However, when I went there, I saw a lot of moldy cheese and stuff. Ewww! Selling moldy cheese? I just walked out of there! So gross!