{"id":21751,"date":"2010-01-17T19:31:14","date_gmt":"2010-01-18T02:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/?p=4257"},"modified":"2016-09-13T16:35:12","modified_gmt":"2016-09-13T13:35:12","slug":"campbell-river-grocery-stores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/campbell-river-grocery-stores\/","title":{"rendered":"Campbell River Grocery Stores"},"content":{"rendered":"

I haven’t done much grocery shopping since I got to Campbell River, but I have tried three of the five options I see open to me.<\/p>\n

My first instinct was to go to my favourite western chain, Save-On-Foods<\/a>, but it is definitely pricey compared to other options. Being on a super tight budget, I decided to explore other options.<\/p>\n

I received some gift certificates for Discovery Foods<\/a> in Willowpoint Village. It’s a small, full-service store. The prices are high and the selection isn’t very good. It is the only one that’s within walking distance, so I tend to go there on my days off to get a little some special for dinner so I have an excuse to get exercise.<\/p>\n

A third option closed at the end of December, Super Valu<\/a>. This name makes me shudder as it is the same store where I had to shop in Oliver. I never set foot in there figuring the prices would be just as over-inflated.<\/p>\n

The fourth option is the Super Store<\/a>. I only shop at the Super Store in Whitehorse because it’s the best option for that city, otherwise I avoid this chain. The stores are just too big and overwhelming and the selection is limited.<\/p>\n

Today, I discovered a fifth option, Thrifty Foods<\/a>. I expected this store to be a small, bargain-type supermarket like Buy-Low, but nope. It is a smaller, full-service grocery store with excellent prices and selection. I’ll be shopping there from now on! Today’s exciting buy was skinless, boneless chicken breasts. They had a ‘two-for-one’ sale, which really meant 50% off the regular per pound price. I had to convert from kilograms per dollar, but it looks like I paid about 4$ per pound, which is a bargain. I bought enough for at least six meals, for just 9$. I wasn’t the only person whose basket was piled high with chicken. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Walmart will be opening up a store in Campbell River<\/a> this spring. I believe it will be a Supercentre with full grocery, so that will be another place to shop (and probably the reason why Super Valu closed).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I haven’t done much grocery shopping since I got to Campbell River, but I have tried three of the five options I see open to me. My first instinct was to go to my favourite western chain, Save-On-Foods, but it is definitely pricey compared to other options. Being on a super tight budget, I decided […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1442,1085,632,44,6,635,5,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-britishcolumbia","category-campbell-river-vancouver-island-bc-canada-travel-bc-canada-travel","category-canada","category-finance","category-homemaking","category-north-america","category-rving","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21751\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}