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I had a little grumble about the choice at my local Safeways yesterday about the lack of choice. Well all I can say is I was wrong and that I must go to the smallest Safeway on the planet.

I just made my first visit to "The Real Canadian Store" and what a choice....... so much choice I came out of the place with a headache, the place is huge.

They even had live fish swimming around in tanks ..... so you cant get much fresher than that.

Oh and I did find my cod fillets.

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Which Superstore did you attack?

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The one in the NW not sure if there is more than one though, looked it up on the SatNav.

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On Country Hills Blvd????

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yep thats the one.

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the place was unbelievable need about half a day to get around it ......especially if you are new like me anyway......... missing all the stuff you canned in the UK.

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Next time cross country hills heading north (think its Sarcee trail) and you'll find costco, that'll take a day to look round!!!

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Actually I tend to agree with your earlier point about lack of choice. Whenever I come back from my annual trip to the UK and go grocery shopping here I find it really boring in comparison. So little choice - yes I know it's all convenience foods, packaged and frozen, but it was so easy to go into the Asda or M&S and get a complete dinner - even frozen Yorkshires which actually tasted pretty good and was no effort! Even roaster potatoes, and some pretty exotic meat dishes all in ready for the oven or microwave!! And my gosh, the desserts, so yummy! Well, come to think of it maybe it's just as well we can't get all that or I'd be fat as a house.

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Hi,

Surely the reality is that there are different choices than the Uk rather than lack of choice?

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So, does nobody cook in the UK any more?

Do they just buy frozen meals and heat them up?

Frozen desserts and thaw them out?

No wonder some of you can't get used to Canadian food. :rolleyes:

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And frozen ready meals cost a fortune here too. Home cooked dinners is the way to go, I say, the way to go !!!!!

I don't find a lack of choice at all. But I remember having thoughts like that when we made our first few trips to the stores. Its just new and different at first, but you soon get into the flow!

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When in Canada ..... be Canadian! :D yee-haw!!!! :p

...... or Chinese, in the case of the Real Canadian Superstore! ;)

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I actually loved the Canadian Superstore - it reminded me so much of Asda it almost brought tears to my eyes!! ;)

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My experience would suggest that the choice in canada is more about a wider range covering a much bigger ethnic diversity..

The stores in the Uk are much more euro centric and have a bigger selection within a more limited range

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But I thought you guys had Costco in the UK? :confused: