Not a fancy boutique supermarket, most of their customers are convenience stores and restaurants, but they also sell to the public. There is quite a bit of commercial kitchen equipment and "to go" food packaging, cases of candy bars, cases of mushrooms and giant slabs of meat, etc. Like Loblaws, No Frills, Extra Foods and Great Canadian Superstore in Langford this is part of the Weston Foods conglomerate and carries PC and No Name products Prices are very good if you buy larger quantities, lighting is not beautiful, not a lot of customer service staff.. If you want to pay a lot more for fancy, try somewhere else. read more

the front end manager,Debbie, was completely unprofessional and rude, throwing my items across the packing area and acting super inconvenienced by people coming through her till, as if it weren't her job. if she doesn't like her job then she shouldn't work somewhere that prides themselves on customer service because this was ridiculous and completely unacceptable. read more

What happened to this food store? I just needed a few items last night and this store always had a good variety and prices. Now prices are up and quality has gone. A watermelon I purchased was completely rotten. I'll not be fighting the traffic over the bridge and back again. I went to Costco to finish my shopping tonight read more

Wholesale Club - Could only get a few bites from the centre. - Wholesale Stores Near Me - Victoria, British Columbia

Esquimalt/Victoria Wholesale Club: Usually have a good shopping experience here, friendly cashiers, etc., although some produce is often left out to wither and dry out... Anyway, today, I was grossed out and weirded out by not one but two young male cashiers... So I'm waiting in line at closing time, and I see a very young staffer dude milling about his check-out area, tiredly RUBBING his palms up and down his acned face... I move to my cash, another young man, and I now see the same dude scatching both his acned cheeks as he ushers in the last customer... GROSS! As I am bagging my stuff, I ask my cashier (second dude) if the manager is in, and what her name is... After he tells me her name, he leaves half my food items up the belt, where I have to reach unreasonably for them. I then ask him to push the items down the belt, and then he has a rude reaction (maybe thinking I was calling the manager for him?) He then calls out for the manager himself, and when she arrives, he asks her to "take care of this customer" (whining voice) as if I was giving him a hard time. (Actually, I had asked to see the manager about the other cashier.) Luckily, the manager was an adult (i.e., reasonable), and she achnowledged how gross, amateurish, and inappropriate it was for the face-scratching cashier to be acting in such a disgusting way... Yo, must be hard to find good help. Even harder to find me there again as a customer! read more

If you have a large family, need affordable good quality spices, are looking for a kilo of brie that won't break the bank, or want a slab of beef, this is the place for you. I do the majority of shopping here. I can get large bags of lentils and other beans, a kg of almonds for half the price of Thrifty's, and there is also a good selection of President's Choice items for when I have a prepared food craving. This is one of the hidden secrets for shopping in Victoria, although I guess not now that I have posted this review. read more

This review is ONLY about the pharmacy. I was trying to switch over to them from Ontario for my prescriptions after being referred to them by a friend. What a horrible experience. The pharmacy assistant was wanting to call Ontario to get me switched over and the pharmacist (who hadn't even spoken to me nor acknowledged me) called out from the back that the assistant was not to do that. Much discussion back and forth, mostly about the pharmacist telling me how it was much easier for me to make the call to my Ontario pharmacy, rather than them. When I placed the call to my pharmacy back in Ontario (while in front of the pharmacist), they told me that the pharmacy in Victoria should be doing this. Then the Wholesale pharmacist proceeded to argue with her and then her supervisor. So, he argued with his assistant, with me and with 2 people at my pharmacy in Ontario...all because it was easier...for him!..if someone else would do the details of switching me over to Wholesale. I told him I would be taking my business elsewhere and to close my client profile, which the assistant had already started. Before I left the store, I went back to tell the pharmacist how disappointed I was and, really, all he did was justify his reasons for arguing with 4 people, one of them a potential customer...I was shocked at how lazy he was, how argumentative and there was never an apology. Even when I left to take my business elsewhere, he still felt quite justified about his approach to making it easier....again, as I said earlier...easier for him. And one less customer. I am now with Rexall pharmacy and there they offered, they OFFERED, to call my pharmacy in Ontario. Now this is a pharmacy that I know will take care of me. read more

This store is great for all kinds of dried beans (chickpeas, lentils, etc) as well as canned beans (for the health conscious budget shopper, vegetarian, vegan). Many of these pulses are Canadian grown. They also have great Indian and Middle Easter ingredients and flatbreads. The volumes can be large but you can't beat the prices. There's a wide range of cheese and vegetables as well at prices that rival Costco but no membership charges. read more