Grocery Stores

[Huntingwhale]

Safeway because it is right across the street from me. And if you take advantage of the club card savings, you can save quite a bit. You can also use your club card for discounts on gasoline.

Superstore if I have to buy in bulk/make larger purchases.

I find safeway to have a decent produce section, and the meats at my Safeway (Glenmore landing) are always high quality. In fact, I find their quality of meats to be the best among all the grocery stores I've been to.

Sobey's is a POS and I hate setting foot in that place. It seems like all the refuse and discarded food items from the higher up chains end up in Sobeys.

[bizaro86]

Originally Posted by Derek Sutton

This may be the case for selections out of their service case, but if you are shopping off of the meat counter, you are not getting anything that has been dry aged for any amount of time.

For sure, not even everything at the service counter is dry aged. You can tell which ones are dry aged, because:

1) They have a sign, and they label it
2) You have to ask for it specifically
3) It's considerably more expensive

[Nammer403]

Coop because its the most convenient store from my house, it is a bit pricier but I do find their fruits etc. is more fresh compared to superstore/safeway.
Costco is for the bulk and big stuff

[jofillips]

while we're kinda on the subject of beef, I heard yesterday that a huge slaughterhouse/cutting plant is reopening north of Calgary near Balzac - a Colorado millionaire is investing I believe.
One good point must be to be reduce the Albertan Beef industrys reliance on 1 big dirty plant in brooks.

Derek - Totally agree with everything you said but damn do you make me feel so old fashioned - i'm totally trained and love cutting meat the old way!! Amazing amount of tradition and skill involved...

[MaDMaN_26]

Everytime someone says co-op is good I shake my head... maybe the one in Deer Run is just a Piece of $#@ store?

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by jofillips

while we're kinda on the subject of beef, I heard yesterday that a huge slaughterhouse/cutting plant is reopening north of Calgary near Balzac - a Colorado millionaire is investing I believe.
One good point must be to be reduce the Albertan Beef industrys reliance on 1 big dirty plant in brooks.

Derek - Totally agree with everything you said but damn do you make me feel so old fashioned - i'm totally trained and love cutting meat the old way!! Amazing amount of tradition and skill involved...

http://www.calgaryherald.com/busines...362/story.html

This is the article you are thinking of...

[Derek Sutton]

Originally Posted by jofillips

while we're kinda on the subject of beef, I heard yesterday that a huge slaughterhouse/cutting plant is reopening north of Calgary near Balzac - a Colorado millionaire is investing I believe.
One good point must be to be reduce the Albertan Beef industrys reliance on 1 big dirty plant in brooks.

Derek - Totally agree with everything you said but damn do you make me feel so old fashioned - i'm totally trained and love cutting meat the old way!! Amazing amount of tradition and skill involved...

Make myself feel old to. Went to School to learn how to cut meat and worked as a Meat Cutter for 10+ years, loved it but just worked my can off for $20/ hour. Left to go into sales

[troutman]

Originally Posted by Nage Waza

I find the hottest chicks all shop at Safeway.

Aspen - Trophy Wives
North Hill - SAIT students
Kensington - hot girls with glasses
Market Mall - U of C students, nurses

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by troutman

Aspen - Trophy Wives
North Hill - SAIT students
Kensington - hot girls with glasses
Market Mall - U of C students, nurses

11th Street and Bankview Safeway say hi, they were (many years ago) great places

[core_upt]

Costco - bulk items, freezer stuff (veggies, chicken breast, fish); cheese; meats
Superstore - pantry items: pasta, sauces, spices; milk/dairy; some produce - onion, potatoes, etc. Their PC stuff can actually be really good - PC Chips, PC ice cream can be better then major brands
Safeway - something I forgot to pick up or things with a safeway club card discount
Coop - almost never, just never shopped there
Sobeys - usually the deli for lunch

[albertGQ]

I just go to Superstore. No other grocery stores for me. It is the closest store to my house. We often walk in there in the summers.

One stop shop is the best. I can't beleive how many different grocery stores & department stores we went to when I was a kid shopping with my parents. What a waste of time!

[return to the red]

I think when comparing costco you need to add in 2 factors

1) samples
2) hotdogs

[Northendzone]

Am I the only one who buys pop at the liquor store

[CaramonLS]

Originally Posted by Derek Sutton

3) There are very few certified meat cutters working in grocery stores, not that it really matters as anyone can gain the knowledge and experience but what this has lead to is more and more counter ready beef and pork. Most stores cannot/ will not pay the wages the hire actual meat cutters and many are no longer in the business, myself included.

I don't know about "very few", but I can tell you this: If you go to SAIT and join up with the Meat Ops program, you will have a job coming out of there if you aren't a total dud.

The industry just doesn't resonate with a lot of students or cooking students will take it as part of their dream to open their own place.

BTW if you know any Cutters, I am hiring.

[getbak]

Originally Posted by Nage Waza

I find the hottest chicks all shop at Safeway.

Midtown Market Co-op is pretty good too.

[jammies]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

Totally, I buy my beef (all my meat actually) from a small fella I know in Ponoka.

Uh, the current acceptable term is "little person".

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by Northendzone

Am I the only one who buys pop at the liquor store

[WhiteTiger]

I usually hit Superstore for the bulk of our grocery needs, and Co-op for produce.

[Kswiss]

COOP for me. Super convenient with high quality meats, fruits and vegetables. If you know how to shop it can be cheaper then the other places.

Safeway = most expensive
Costco = you buy crap you think is good but isnt but then you have litres leftover
Superstore = line ups equals punches to the face. The fruits and vegetables are the lowest quality I have ever seen.
Wal Mart = you have to walk among the golems of Calgary while you shop.

[Kswiss]

Originally Posted by fotze

Maybe check out your local high school, particularly girls with black makeup.

Just make sure they aint got a mohawk and gold chains.