Shoppers Drug Mart

Great Shoppers Drug Mart. The pharmacists here are very knowledgable and friendly. They are very welcoming to my dog. It’s currently undergoing renovations and currently have a bare bones supply, but this will hopefully change in a few months.

Average shoppers, small grocery area and it clearly was passed over by corporate for those snazzy upgraded renovations we’re seeing everywhere else. The big winning point? Massive selection of Essence cosmetics! Essence normally doesn’t even get a real shelf and at this location they get a whole section in the back of the cosmetic area!

I live in the neighbourhood. I go to this shoppers at least once a week. The staff are friendly and are always helpful if I need help finding something.
I buy most of my cosmetics there. I use benefit, smashbox and estee lauder. There is a good selection of all three. Gelerah, the in house makeup artist is my go to girl if I want to deviate from my usual regimen. She has spent a lot of time with me and always steers me in the right direction with product selection.

Their hours suck. Needed a prescription at 8am and they were closed. They open at 9am.

Just like all other medium-​sized Shoppers. The Pharmacist seems pretty convinced that I am abusing my prescription drugs and keeps insisting I don’t take all of my meds at one time. So that was a bit of a downer.
They have convenient hours (open till midnight most nights), semi-​helpful staff (especially in the cosmetics section), but often long lines.

They have a single photo kiosk that is useless — worse than useless it wastes your time. Bring in a USB key with a single photo, or two like I did and it will count the pictures but fail to show thumbnails or pint them.
So you get an employee and they tell you it doesn’t work. They could at least reboot it, but they didn’t. Instead they told me to walk to the other store on college which is open 24 hours (15 minutes away). Of course, the photo printing closes at 8pm (what’s the point of having kiosks?).
Also, this store is usually out of the $ 3.97 milk.
Overall, incompetent staff, no supervisor call out.

This Shoppers generally has better sales than the Shoppers close to where I live. Unfortunately they’re often out of 1L bottles of water and the lines are always long when I go. It’s not the most efficiently run Shoppers but I find I like their sales more than at my home location (or maybe the timing for sales is just right when I go to this one).

One of the smallest stores in the Yonge & Wellesly area, not offering too much selections when it comes to food. Well kept, and open to midnight, this store located at the corner of Yonge and Charles Streets is convenient for those looking for something before the wee hours of the morning roll in. After midnight, the store at Yonge and College Streets is the only location opened 24 hours.

Go! As soon as you can! This is the place to go if you want to see «The World’s Slowest Scanner».* Seriously. This is a standard Shoppers Drug Mart, except for the ancient looking, ambiguously gendered check-​out person. I was in here last week with a friend and we watched in amazement at the snail-​like pace with which this person performed his/​her** job. I cannot conceive how a person can take so much time to lift an item off the belt and place it within reach of the scanner to register the cost, and then put it back down a few inches away! It was really impressive.
Go now. Before this event becomes impossible to see either because this person retires, or people find out and this becomes a «Top 10 things to do in Toronto on the cheap» in the next edition of Toronto Life.
So, next time you are near Yonge and Bloor and need a few items, go to Shoppers and watch, no, experience, the show! THIS is what I call performance art!
*Not trademarked or copyrighted. I made that up
**Seriously. I can’t tell. Another reason for you to go and weigh in with your opinion.

Not the largest nor the fanciest Shoppers around, but still clean and serviceable. I’ve yet to be turned away from this location due to not having my meds in stock, or not having what I need — anything from Manic Panic hair dye in Shocking Blue to a cool mist humidifier at a decent price. Plus, the people who work there, from the pharmacists to the cashiers are always super nice. Hurray for Shoppers!

I’m a fan of this store because of the two lovely ladies at the cashier, who are always cheerful and friendly no matter what time of day. Watch out for them, their out-​going personality is extremely contagious!

Shoppers is always more expensive then other pharmacies. This one at Yonge and Charles isnt anything differnt. It is close to Yonge and Bloor and a block north of Isabella St. But Shoppers is still Shoppers and there’s something about it that people love… not me.
I prefer the smaller, independent pharmacies… there’s a brand new one that I noticed just opened up around the corner on Isabella St. Its called Pace Pharmacy and compounding experts. Ya its small, but the dispensing fee is lower than shoppers and its a much more pleasant experience. I’m movign my business to the new small guy.

This shoppers is a small one but a goodie. It’s nothing compared to the big shoppers at yonge and college (24 hours) but you can find anything you need.
Shoppers is heaven to me. A selection of cosmetics, health care and food under one roof. Seriously, Shoppers is my go to when I’m bored. They always have crackers on sale for 1.99. What a steal.

I was a fool to forget my liquids bag.
Travel Toothbrush and toothpaste set: $ 4.00
Face cream/​SPF 50: $ 20
Eye make up remover pads: $ 7
There you have it. I found what I needed and didn’t break the bank at that chow convenience store they have at hotel for people who forget their toothbrush and tooth paste. $ 4 each ??? WHAT???

A friend told me about the treasures I could find here and so I was here on a quest for Tylenol ones, you know, the ones you can’t get in the States without a prescription. After looking at the random Gwen Stefani perfumes in the first room we made our way to the pharmacy. There was only one person working at the pharmacy so we ended up waiting for a few minutes, but then I asked for the drugs, and I received them promptly, no lectures no discussion, just an inquiry of quantity. I paid and was on my way. Now on the way out there was a long queue at the front registers, so I’m really glad I didn’t have to wait.

I don’t know how it’s happened, but I’ve sometimes found myself in the Yonge & Bloor area and have, for one reason or another, required some form of drug store item in a hurry. Once it was a video tape to record a soccer game at the Duke of Gloucester (
). Once it was when I realized I was going to be standing in a cramped audition booth with another actor at Fusion Artists (
) and discovered I’d not applied deodorant. Aw, crap. Thank all that his holy or not for this Shoppers Drug Mart.
Stocked as well as most other Shoppers Drug Marts in the city, this one seems to be more utilitarian in its nature. It’s not as principally focussed on cosmetics as soon as you enter the store, but more on the basic daily needs that you will require. I’ve also been in some drug stores that have been out of stock on items I need, but whether it’s just luck of the draw or what, I’ve not had that problem with this place. There’s a decent selection of pretty much every need you’ll have. It’s pretty basic and doesn’t have a post office in it, but you can’t have everything. Good in an emergency though.