This market has great produce, friendly service, and a pleasant atmosphere. My favorite place to shop!

Super friendly staff Amazing selection of high quality fruits and vegetables Definitely worth shopping at this local spot read more

Unique market to shop in. Found out about it from the paper highlighting Comox Valley's Best of Best. Worth the wonder in if you're in the area. I like that they feature a lot of unique items, local & international too. Lots of options in the deli & bakery but the cheese area probably made me the most happy to see so many options. Obviously, I needed to stock up on Dec. seasonal essentials like eggnog & a few special treats. I also picked some individual severing packages frozen fish options from the selection in the store area of Fanny Bay Oysters (great idea for single travellers). Signage is a bit sparse on aisle descriptions (obviously larger items are easier to spot, so that's not the issue) but I did feel like I pushed myself to go through some extra aisles to find all on my grocery list. However, this might be a marketing strategy as there's some really great things hidden amongst things that I wouldn't normally expect to find. Like in the deli cooler, they had made small bags of marzipan (I'm assuming the baking kind) & in another part of the store in a random seasonal display area, there was a bunch of treats. Including some small marzipan pigs & chocolate covered marzipan of various sizes. The international area looked like it was a work in progress or perhaps there was a few very popular sections? Neat idea to have the flags up and I bet much enjoyed that section of the store too. Maybe they'll add some special items from Scandinavian countries to the list too? Lots of parking & handicap parking is located right up front & there's several stalls along the other side of the veggie bay door entrance. The store itself is very friendly to enter & exit for those with mobility concerns. The only thing I would flag is that at the tills, there's very little room to place things at the till & then for the tiller to move them to be bagged (by them or the shopper). As they are higher tills, it did make me wonder how someone shopping with a wheelchair would manage. Maybe if one doesn't shop with reusable bags it wouldn't matter as much? As this was the only grocery store I shopped at in Courtenay, I have no idea if all the prices are on par for the area. However, I can say for the same or similar items one can find at chain stores in Vancouver & greater areas, they did seem too be around the same cost. Overall, a lovely store to find, great variety of items, nice they feature so many local products & I wish this new business well. Looking forward to seeing what choices they'll have in there in spring. read more

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