Healthy Alternative is truly the best healthy alternative food delivery option we've found so far…read more(especially for their vegan options) that is both reasonable price-wise and tastes amazing (without a lot of the unsavoury additives you'll find...ahem...corn syrup). We've tried LiveFit, Yumba, WeCook...I can't believe I actually WANT to order their salads - they're that good. I've also ordered the meat options and they were great too. The only reason why I've given them 4 stars is because I wish their ordering system was more clearly explained and user friendly on the website, because I had to call/email them a couple times to figure out how to do it. Just a heads up, it's a food subscription, they offer a first time delivery discount code, call them and ask for it. You order a plan through the website then they email you the weekly menu options. They also offer some wiggle room in the delivery dates, which is awesome. Also, free delivery, yay!! I also wish they offered more non-soy vegan options, but still love that they offer delicious vegan options. As a side note, I've really loved their salad dressings & sauces so far (particular YUM to their tzatziki or aioli sauces). Definitely worth a try if you're trying to find a delicious and healthy option!

I switched to Healthy Alternative about 8 months ago when my previous food delivery service decided…read moreto hike their prices. It must have been "food fate", because I'm extremely happy that I made the change. What I like most about Healthy Alternative: --Tasty fresh food with different menu selections per delivery (I especially love their breakfast dishes) --Portion-controlled to fit my diet --Customized for special requests (i.e. No asparagus for me, please!) --Delivered right to my door twice a week --Fairly priced If and when I've had any concerns, Healthy Alternative has always been quick to respond and rectify the issue. Now that's what I call customer service! I look forward to continuing my service with HA for a long time to come. Thank you! :)

Pacific Fresh Food Mart is at least as good as it ever was, and possibly even better. I could live…read morein this store. Let's start with the prepared foods counter, which consists of a number of warming trays for hot items, a counter with a stack of steamers for dim sums, and the typical chinese BBQ display window, with the hanging, reddish-hewed ducks and pork sides. My husband and I have found some of their take out foods to be on the bland side, but the BBQ and the bakery items are total winners. My daughter loves to get a take-out combo tray of BBQ pork (char sui) and roasted pork belly for her workday lunches. We also love to take the BBQ pork buns camping or on road trips. They make a very tasty, clean, hand-held snack. I've also tried their dim sum, and it was very good, for dim sum prepared and then held warm for a while. Their Youtiao (fried dough sticks), shao mai and har gao are always great. They've recently introduced stuffed tofu to the dim sum counter, and I will have to give that a try. The meats, from both the Halal and Non-Halal counters are excellent. The have very competitively priced meat that it always fresh. Pacific also has some great weekly specials, many from their seafood counter. Once, I bought snapper for a fraction of what it would cost in a mainstream grocery store. I've had their lobsters and crabs too: all excellent. Now, moving to the produce aisles, you will find a vast assortment of exotic fruits (what else should I call them? are Dragonfruits and Mangosteen exotic??? Or am I indulging in Orientalism). This section of the store smells beautiful, fragrant with ripe fruit. The produce aisles also boast a copious selection of Chinese greens, such as Yu Cai and Snow Pea Tips, which the regular grocery stores do not carry. Finally, the dry goods aisles offer many good deals on all sorts of things, and is a great source for all the chinese and japanese sauces that you could ever wish for. It's such a pleasure to have this wonderful supermarket so close to home!

Solid Asian grocers in a pinch if you're in the Pickering area. It's located across the mall and is…read morefairly easy to find parking. If you're looking for Chinese ingredients specifically, it's a bit limited. You'll find most of what you might be looking for, but I feel like they don't carry a lot of the popular brands that we're looking for. I think they support really a wide variety of Asian necessities, so it's more geared for variety. If I want something in particular, I pretty much never find it here, or I find a weird brand I haven't tried. It's a really clean store and well organized. Staff are super friendly. The hot food table has a few options, plus there's a sushi stand, but I think the food is just so-so. We've not quite enjoyed the quality there, but I think it's fair to say that most of these types of eateries are not the best. They make everything in a large batch, and while some flavours hint at authenticity, the quality is quite meh. Again, great place to go for your basic necessities and pricing is fair.

Tips: - No coin deposit is required to use a shopping cart…read more - Collect Moi points with every purchase. Last Saturday, I wanted to shop at a Food Basics store. It had small, whole watermelons going for $3.44 each. I also wanted to visit a Food Basics that I had never been to before. I was in the eastern part of Markham. I did a search and found this one roughly ten minutes away. Perfect! It was easy driving over here. I've been to this area a bunch of times this year. This Food Basics is next to Home Depot, and across the parking lot from Michaels. There was lots of parking in front of the store. I backed into a spot and walked over to the main entrance. I like that you don't have to find a coin to unlock a shopping cart. Put your coins away! Rather, if you decide to take this cart home with you, the cart will freeze when you are away from its home base. Plants greeted me as I approached the entrance. They were colourful and pretty. I got the produce and fruit sections when I first walked in, which I needed. The celery was in fine condition. Folks shopping here seem to love watermelon. There was one left. I snagged it. It was heavy. I had a feeling that it was a good one. Everything else that I bought felt like bonuses. I got my watermelon. Mission accomplished! I liked the reduced pricing on watermelon and pineapple spears. Nothing was wrong with them. I looked at the expiration dates. They would give me enough time to devour them at my leisure. They were naturally sweet and delicious. I got ground pork meat that was reasonably priced. I also got pork link sausages. I've used both of them to make burgers and a breakfast skillet, respectively. Yummy and of good quality. It was sad to see a stand for bubbles (I'm guessing it's boba) in yogurt. That combination has always intrigued me. I felt that paying $4 to get the product itself was a bit much. I need a sale! Six-pack bottles of Diet Pepsi were cheap here. They were all between the frozen food fridges, which was weird to me. This store has Limca! I love this Indian drink that tastes much better than Sprite. I wish it came in a sugar-free form, but indulging now and again is okay. I went to line up to pay for my items. I got a loud, obnoxious cashier. Her voice and the volume at which she spoke gave me a dull headache and I was only there for maybe five minutes. Sadly, the couple in front of me took some time to pay and pack their items. This cashier had an obsession with thank-you stickers. When I took away my six-pack of Diet Pepsi, she seemed so offended that I didn't let her put a sticker on it. You put a sticker one this six-pack of pop, but not my twelve-pack of canned Diet Pepsi. I don't get the inconsistency. You clearly didn't run out of thank-you stickers. Perhaps you should have. My watermelon got a sticker. Maybe you need a sticker to thank yourself for using thank-you stickers so randomly. I got my Moi barcode scanned off my phone. I paid with a credit card. I tapped and was done. I packed all my items in my reusable bags. I then left as fast as I could, to stop my head from aching. It felt so much better heading to my car. No grating cashier voice with a bunch of orange thank-you stickers to haunt me. The fresh air also helped. I liked shopping here. I hope to avoid sticker-happy woman with the grating loud voice next time I'm here getting groceries. (262)

Pickering now has a Food Basics to contend with the Loblaws over in the next block and all the…read moreother independent grocery stores. How does it measure up? Well first things first, it's still really new! It's located next to the Home Depot but other than that, its parking lot is not really shared with anyone else so parking was a breeze. There were a lot of carts on our way in including ones that are fun for toddlers since they had cars they could sit in. As you enter, there are some deals to check out which we kind of just passed by and regretted not looking at until we were leaving. Once you're inside the store, you'll find yourself in the produce section. To your left you'll find baskets for lighter shopping trips and kid-sized carts. These carts are kinda cool since they have a tall flag attached to it so you can keep an eye on them from farther away. The aisles in the produce section were a little bit squishy. The carts seem like they're wider than at other grocery stores so two of them passing by each other is really tight and we'd often have to wait for someone else to go before we could maneuver out. All of the displays were stacked neatly and everything looked really fresh and clean. We did pick up a few cartons of blueberries which were only $1.67 each. Normally they're at least $2.50 when I get them at Metro on sale! The rest of the store had more spacing between the aisles which made navigating around a little bit easier. The Food Basics store brand are the Selection items which are almost always a better deal than the national brands. We were able to get 3 200g bags of Selection chips for $4 whereas the Lays chips in 250g bags were 2 for $5. Marginally cheaper. Whatever, a deal is a deal. I'll take it and get to try more flavours lol. When we got to checkout that process also went smoothly. Each of the checkout lanes has the bagging item area separated into two for maximum efficiency. You do have to bag your own groceries. We definitely found a few great deals and the shopping experience was pleasant and stress free. Loblaws better watch out and Metro might regret having their low cost competitor in town!

they were pleasant when first opened. respectful to customers and doing best they could figuring…read moreout the ropes. Now they have been around a while, I find the owner that answers calls disrespectful and rude at times. He expects you to know all the rules, won't take a single moment to speak over the phone as they now only take calls via text. Very nice for those that really need service like this (disabled, elderly) drivers usually are ok and the female owner tried to accommodate what she could, but i hate doing business with the regular guy now. ordering is stressful cause if u break a rule they actually charge an extra fee. not normal way to do business at all...but, greed happens and I guess they have enough coming in now they don't feel the need to accommodate regular at home calls.

I placed an order and received a call from the guy at this business. He said the driver rang my…read moredoorbell 20 times. I told him nobody rang my doorbell. I looked outside and nobody was there. He then asked if there's addresses with the same number on my street and I said no. He then said "well I'll tell her she's at the WRONG [my address]". He didn't say "at the wrong address". He was placing the blame on me. She ended up coming to the right house (I waited outside and saw that she was on the wrong street) and I gave her my normal tip. She was deaf, so I couldn't make a complaint to her, so I called the same guy back about his unprofessionalism and that he placed blame on me for their mistake. I told him there was a note for them to call me when they got there and to NOT ring the doorbell (because I have a large, hyper puppy). He said the driver is deaf and couldn't call. I told him HE should have called me then. He said he did. I said "no you didn't, you just told me that she rang my doorbell 20 times". He then abruptly said "you're disrespecting my deaf driver so I'm hanging up" and then disconnected the call!!! I called him back and said I NEVER disrespected her and, in fact, said she was a lovely woman and I tipped her as I normally would tip a delivery driver (10%). I then disconnected the call. The guy that runs this "business" is childish, unprofessional and rude (as others have stated in reviews on other sites). I will not be ordering through Just Eats in Oshawa again, for fear that I'd have to deal with or support this HORRIBLE business with extremely poor customer service skills and ethics.

They got a deal going on right now for $20 bucket of wedges and wings. I have PC Express so…read moredelivery was pretty much "free". When it arrived the wedges was cold but the wings were still warm. However they forgot to give me my dipping sauce! Also I order naked wings and they gave me breaded wings! They also only gave me 29 wings when it was suppose to be 30! It wedge tasted pretty darn good as it was well seasoned. The wings were lacking a tiny bit as it wasn't crispy anymore. Even though they messed up on my order, it still tasted pretty good so I would probably order from them again especially at that price.

Since my last review of the Pickering Loblaws, they've renovated and upgraded some of their…read moredepartments. Recently, in response to economic tensions with the U.S.A., Canadian products are labelled with the maple leaf. This labelling is usually accurate, but best to check anyway. The loyalty card is one of the best out there, and every month I save a considerable amount of money. Just remember to open your app and load the offers! Starting with the prepared foods and deli counters, the chicken counter has the ubiquitous roast chicken, which every grocery store with a prepared food counter seems to stock. It's good, but I recommend the chicken fingers even more. I'm not much of a chicken finger fan, usually, but these are amazing. On Tuesday, they are on Special! The deli counter is well stocked with a wide range of cold cuts and meats. I'm sad that they no longer stock Greek Feta, as deli Feta difficult to find in Pickering. Moving on to the bakery, the in-store baked breads have been vastly upgraded, and you can now get some bakery quality breads here. This is a welcome change! The health food section is excellent for a grocery store, and you can get all sorts of healthy and organic things there, as well as vitamins. They stock rye flour, and its one of the few places that carry it, as well as Bob's Red Mill grain products. The adjacent pharmacy has basic pharmacy needs, and they fill prescriptions also. The Joe Fresh clothing section sells a variety of reasonably fasionable clothing (for a "grocery" store). The wine and beer selection is also great, featuring mostly Ontario products. The grocery aisles are much narrower than they used to be, and sometimes it can be a challenge to get through! Here, the selection is much the same as it always was. The PC and No Frills brands are generally very good value, and sales are well advertised in the flyer. Recently, the International Foods (both fresh and frozen) offers a bigger selection, selling, among other things, frozen Chinese selections from T & T. This is a great upgrade!. It was true 3 years ago, and still is; this would be a great destination in a zombie apocalypse. You could literally live in this store. They even have alcohol to calm your nerves in such a crisis!

This store just recently relocated within Pickering Town Centre and is now located just outside of…read moreThe Bay on the lower level. I have always received fabulous customer service at this store and they are always willing to order in products if you're looking for something they normally carry. They offer good, honest advice and their prices are comparable (if not better) than other supplement stores in the area.

I searched high and low for a product and was about to give up when I popped in here and found it!…read more The woman I dealt with was very nice and I would go back there. The store was clean and organized so this first visit for me left a good impression. :)

Simple yet delicious and addictive! Freshness and the freshest ingredients make for a sandwich…read moreexperience you won't soon forget

From the owner: The claim to Lesley's fame is her crust-free finger and pinwheel sandwiches, made only using the…read morefreshest ingredients that will wow your guests. But that's not all. Lesley is also well-known for her creatively arranged dairy platters, fresh fruit and vegetable displays, office lunches, salads and wraps. For your guests with a sweet tooth, try Lesley's freshly baked English scones with clotted cream, scrumptious homemade cookies, dessert squares, cupcakes and strawberries dipped in white and dark chocolate and much much more.