Raise your hand if you get a little overwhelmed in the yogurt aisle. There are so. many. choices! Searching for yogurt on the Superstore website gives 541 results (although about halfway through the list you start getting into the yogurt pretzels and popsicles). But still. A dizzying array of options.…
I’m a regular user of Superstore’s PC Express service , but I also use Save-On-Foods delivery occasionally to help us get through a busy week. Here’s how it (usually) works. Pros: Two thumbs up for convenience. Placing, scheduling, and receiving your order is usually painless. Produce quality is typically fine. Cons: Despite the name,…
Don’t. Go. There. Just. Don’t. Way. Too. Many. Darned. People. Just kidding! Sort of. If you want to stay 2 metres away from strangers right now, it’s not going to happen at Costco. At least not at my Costco! (Deerfoot Meadows in Calgary.) Different communities seem to be responding to…
(Originally written March 2016, most recently updated July 8, 2020.) If you’re near a Superstore, No Frills, Wholesale Club, “Your Independent Grocer,” or Loblaws, and need groceries, PC Express is one way to get your grocery shopping done without going in the store. (See below for other online grocery options.) If you’ve…
In the ideal world, your freezer is packed with homemade meals and your fridge brimming with healthy grab-and-go snacks. In the real world though, sometimes fast food on the go feels like your only option. If you’re otherwise going to hit a drive-through on the way to a show or…
Last week I wrote about Tim Hortons’ new Beyond Meat breakfast sandwiches and said we could do better, even at Tim’s. So this week, I scoured their menu and found several items I’d suggest over imitation sausages. First, a reminder that I work primarily with people who’ve either had a heart attack or a…
(Note: Beyond Meat sandwiches were discontinued at Tim Hortons in every province except BC and Ontario in September 2019.) Although my furnace kicked in this morning, it is ostensibly summer and we Canadians are getting out on the road. Even if you’re not one to go out of the way…
Note: I originally wrote this post in 2016 but it’s been updated for 2019. Are you psyched for Stampede breakfasts? As a born and raised Calgarian who moved to the US for university and didn’t return for 16 years, I unapologetically love Stampede breakfasts, not so much for the pancakes…