Anonymous
map-marker Victoria, British Columbia

Experience with difference between when Campbells owned Thrifty's and now that Sobeys own is.

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Alex and Ernie should not be mentioned as though they are still the owner operators. Alex died several years ago, Ernie left Thrifty's to start the Market stores. Thrifty in general overcharges for their products. The prices are not coming down when Federal government ordered them to do so. No clock on front wall so customers can check their shopping time - removed on purpose to keep customers buying.
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User's recommendation: shop elsewhere

Anonymous
map-marker Victoria, British Columbia

Price of smoked pork hocks

At the Thrifty store in Fairfield plaza, a couple of weeks ago the price of smoked pork hocks was 10.46/kg. Now it is marked at 16.51/Kg. Please explain to me why there has been this gigantic increase or is it a typo. The pork hock is mainly bone, fat and touch skin. with very little actual meat. It is an important ingredient in making pea soup.
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Anonymous
map-marker Nanaimo, British Columbia

Shocked at at high high prices

Very high prices, week by week gets worse, and don't care for the scene card. Think Ill do most of my shopping elsewhere.
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Jude Q

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Price goughing

Coffee is 12.99 in my store. Same coffee 15.99 at Thriftiest. Greedy pigs lost my buisiness of 40 years
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Pros:
  • Good selection
Cons:
  • High prices

Preferred solution: Price reduction

User's recommendation: Boycott Thrifties

Kymberli Qxf
map-marker Orlando, Florida

Over pricing on fresh veggies. And high pricing on fruits

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I go to Publix and spend 100 on whateveri need then I got to thrifty in Saint cloud that has horrid smell outside of the store my kids husband and I have been sick off off four different cooked and non cooked products and non fresh fruits a d very very high prices on things that r cheap at every other store its ridulous and no one speaks English at all so when I need assistance "they no speak no English then I'll another employee fun fact I sill not be going there ever again the surrounding two weeks smell like Rotten and decaying dead body
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User's recommendation: *** that just think of Holy Moly Donit shop don't ever evere ever ever eat there

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| map-marker Surrey, British Columbia

Food poisoning

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Morgan Crossing Thrity Foods delicatessen sandwich. April 5/2022 approx. 5pm The purchase of a turkey and cranberry roll from the deli counter. Two hours after it was consumed for supper at 6pm on the same day, I experienced severe abdominal pain, later followed by repeated projectile diarrhea and nausea. This lasted for a whole sleepless night. The following evening (as I write this) I am still suffering with miserable abdominal discomfort and a total loss of appetite - not to mention sleep deprivation.
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Loss:
$7
Pros:
  • Convenience

Preferred solution: You made me extremely ill! What price would you put on that?

User's recommendation: Be deeply suspicious about the freshness of food from this deli. Never consume any food from there if it appears in any way far less than fresh. i.e. dry stale buns, store made fruit-topped cakes etc., when the fruit may not have been cakes etc., may not have been properly washed. I once witnessed an employee putting unwashed blueberries straight from their container onto cheese cakes. When I queried her on this, she was surly, saying "We've never had any problems with it!" Appalling!

Art P Dra
map-marker Vancouver, British Columbia

To complain about the Complements Mozarella chees

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We make home make pizzas and on two occasion we have purchased the Compliments Mozzarella cheese and on both occasions the cheese will not brown up. It turns into a blob of paste. Whoever is custom packing this product is providing a low quality cheese. All the other brands you carry do not do this just the compliments brand. I have informed the dairy personnel. We shop the Broadmead location every week. I have also found that your competitor's house brand Country Grocer does not do what yours does.
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Pros:
  • Convenient

Preferred solution: Let the company propose a solution

User's recommendation: Not to buy this product unless it is improved

Lisa R Mhj
map-marker Vancouver, British Columbia

Another store to watch out for in Courtenay is Thrifty's

XL Foods beef recall expanded in B.C. - British Columbia - CBC News www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/.../bc-x Oct 2012 – Thrifty Foods spokesman Ralf Mundel confirmed a label mix-up at one of its stores has resulted in some mislabelled roasts being recalled. That is bad, but in Courtenay the way they have the customer service set up, is awful too. It never fails when you are using the interac pos machine there will be sometimes four or five clerks pushing through, coming in and out through that flip door they have, so they disrupt your rhythm or looking over your shoulder when you put your password in the machine. I actually lost my wallet at that counter, cause of that confusion and the big blonde woman refused to look in the secure room for me, and I was almost in tears before the manager went in to look, and there was, with my $40 dollars missing. That is when I through out my points card, to limit the confusion I get at that desk. They wonder why people are not shopping downtown? Everything is so slow, beside the rudeness they show to people and getting harassed, they are so slow.
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