Reviews of Food Basics (Butcher Shop)

jayesh amin

It was good to shop groceries here Prices are ok

Rashid Latif

Awesome

Aimee G

Clean and well organized.

Jim Service

I normally do most of my shopping at a store where you need to be a member. However, with some exceptions, the bulk quantities of fruit and vegetables is too much for two of us to use before they go bad. So far, this grocery store matches my criteria of locational nearness, price, selection and freshness of their produce.

JOHN BATT

Great selections

Candice Mathers

Small location but decently stocked. Would prefer more international food selections similar to the South end location (Clair Rd), but arguably space is limited. Good produce. Very polite staff. Gets packed quickly and with covid, shoppers are not conscious of others' space and keeping distance/following arrows or people flow. Essentially, leave time for yourself as you'll be waiting for people to stop blocking the aisles and giving you space to get through safely. This is incredibly frustrating but not a fault of the store. May consider a lower customer capacity for the size, however.

Get It Poppin

Always organized and easy to find my items. Very friendly staff

Frederick Price

Good prices, good food.

Lori DeForest

Great experience happy with the experience

Todd Allen

Staff was great but stock was limited

Bradley Richards

My first stop when running errands

Ben E

Basic foods. Great little place

natasha marie-tysiac

Good price

Melissa VanHeukelom

I'm tired of seeing mouldy fruit on their shelves. It's happened more than once too. How is that acceptable?

Patricia Lyne Ilton

Love the atmosphere and the customer service and the prices better than most places I got to even though I lived in this town once when I visit Guelph I shop at Food Basics

Johnny Venal

Best avocados

Irene Markoja

The produce at this location is hit-or-miss. It's reasonably priced, but sometimes your berries are not rotated. I brought home pints with moldy raspberries buried on the bottom. And its vegetarian "meats" selection is limited. Otherwise, it's Food Basics. Their prices for prepackaged foods are low, and they offer a good selection of common ethnic foods and meat products. (I've seen a Newfie delicacy called beef in brine here).

David Oaks

This store has descent coverage of gluten free products.

Kim Schlaht

This location has gone through a makeover!! It's a clean, well-organized and well-stocked store and the staff are friendly. My previous review of this place was low because it was a bit depressing in there but it's changed!! It's much better now and I enjoy shopping here. A lot of young cashiers, giving youth a chance to get started in the working world :)

Christal Lang

Always nice to shop here, this store is clean and well organized, staff are friendly and helpful.

Carol Hadaway

No one bothers me

M Jisri

Good prices and large selection of products.

Gerald Flynn

Good discounts

Lindsay Hayes

Great prices, great staff, always find what I need.

dee dobbIe2

I'm changing my review..because customer service at this place is bad..won't shop here anymore

Cindy Currie

Love food basics

Jason Fowler

Has all the basics!

Richardo Brown

Excellent service

Roofing Contractors

Watch for flyers. Great value

Paul Barrett

It's the grocery store to shop at when you need to stock up on the staples. You can't beat the price of bread, eggs, milk and canned goods. You need to be careful when buying meat and produce. There is no in store butcher so the meat is always prepacked. I'm not saying it's bad, just sometimes not the best quality meat. Overall there are lots of good values, but you might not find everything on your shopping list. We still prefer to look at all of the flyers and go to several stores to get our families favorite items. We always stop in Food Basics to stock up every couple of weeks.

Gareth Male

No space to line up constantly getting asked to move by old people

Jen Vlasman

It's bright clean the produce looks fresh and vibrant but the prices are definitely higher then they used to be.

Brent Higgins

Overpriced for a store claiming to be a discount chain.

mary nasser

Food basics Ermosa location clean, organized,and great customer services

Owen Melanson

Decent prices

Chet Skibinski

Best prices on everyday stock.

Alpha_ Recon25

It was a really good experience, but it was really slow. It was not anyone's fault people where getting lots of stuff for Corona. I would not go their for toilet paper because they didn't have any it was all gone.

Brendon Carson

Cheap groceries, clean store, just a tad bit of a methhead vibe 4/5 stars would recommend

J R

Good deals

Wendy Smith

Lots to choose from, nice staff, clean store

Adebola Adesope

Has enough stock but could use some face lift

Jennifer Fischer

Quick checkout and friendly staff to help find an item:)

Maha Alhelal

(Translated) very good (Original) جيد جدا

Beezly (Beezly)

Buggy.

Ruth Dixon

Love the renos. It makes it so cheery . And the new shelving in produce is awesome. Thank you a

Jake Henkie

Great prices, of course. I've been generally impressed with the selection, and Zehrs is across the road if you need something fancy. Produce is streets ahead of FreshCo, but I've been cautioned to avoid the meat.

Ramblin Doug

donuts were on sale!

Miles McCormack

The food was rotting and disgusting

wendy g (Heartfamgram)

I like this store cause it's close to my house,I can get everyday items at a good price. Including the best date & oats squares I have ever had. ,????

Kevin Lowry

Great deals friendly service.

Shannon Erskine

Enjoying the prices,clean and organized

Mona Caprani

Well what to say it a grocery store you just can't get used to where things are. One minute there here and the next time what your looking for is somewhere else. But visit was quick. In and out in less than half an hour.

Mart G (Marty)

Yup it's a nice clean store except the kids who work there are rude as heck!!!!

Lunath Blackavar

Found everything I was looking for, line was short and the cashier friendly

Justin Handley

Excellent prices and easy to find selection

Blake Shortreed

Where I do my groceries

Michael Garbutt

Jamaican cashier doesn't know how to say "you're welcome" when I said thank you. Wa ya say? Raspect....

Jennifer Hannah

This isn't my usual location to shop but this Food Basics had a much better selection then the one on Eramosa. Rd. It just feels brighter and more modern. I'd definitely go back.

Albert Dayeh

Good location and reasonable prices on some items

Amir Ahmadzadegan

Food basics used to have better quality and prices!

Lorna Winfield

No one seemed to know if the store carried candied/ glazed cherries. Although I was able to find everything else.

Stacey M

The store could use an update but they have an overall good selection and the produce is usually good.

Jayperion

It's bright, clean and easy to find stuff here as well.

Kelly

They don't honor coupons that they have in their app and advertise at each checkout. What's the point of downloading your app if you don’t even honor your coupons?

Ara Ortega

Good prices

donna traczyk

Great layout good deals

Andrew Scadding

It was good - I could find nearby parking - the staff we're helpful and efficient. The food was there, all good!

ShdAgent13 mln

Nice clean store

Paul Tuck

Clean...well stocked...friendly staff. I really enjoyed shopping at this store.

Eperjesi János

Good selection of food's.

Paul Longpre

The cashier's are very friendly.

zen

Great service

DJ Bennett

Love the upgrades. Great location

nilo reyes q

My go to place for fresh food with reasonable price.

Rob Dagenais

Friendly cashier. I'm still seeing some patrons defying covid best practices. I truly feel for these workers who have put up with the selfishness of a few and carelessness of others. Mark my words, until most people experience the illness and its effects (of covid and its variants) firsthand, the pandemic will continue to get worse. I hope I'm wrong.

Corrina Lusignan

Not much of a selection, at the time of night I went, food had been picked through, not much left, also it was busy at 6pm... First time there at that location, Could have been better!!

Fey O

Good prices, good store

Quinn Hollohan

Great grocery store

Jordon Kehoe

The produce is just terrible I have never seen greens go brown so quickly

kdogproductions

Best prices and lovely people working there.. I am going to miss this place. Because I moved from the area. ????????????????

DuncanIdaho redux

Yay! Food Basics!

Denise McCallum

Good prices and better selection now that they've renovated

Tuco Salamanca

I've shopped there for literally decades. Prices are low, aisles are kept clean and check out is quick.

Frank P

Nice for a food basics

Krysta Wordock

My local grocery store and I LOVE it. Tje staff are amazing, you can tell they enjoy their jobs and enjoy coming to work. The staff are helpful and have stayed very positive during very stressful times. The vegetables and produce are good and store is well organized.

Cathy Metzger

Love the place

Dan Gray

Good Prices

Julie McCann

Improved vegetable & fruit dept, increased vegetarian options displayed in vegetable area, good GF baking & food options and all round better options for multi cultural meals.

Nicole Meehan

Not enough space and too many people let in at a time to social distance properly. Good selection of food.

Ryan Donahue

It's okay

VOORHEES 1138

I'll definitely be returning to do my weekly groceries for now on.

scott gallan

Clean and good products

Rod MacKinnon

Produce isn't very good, however for a quick run, just to get staple goods, the prices are pretty good. Gotta keep an eye on the flyer every Thursday for specials, and get there early if you want it. Sellouts are quick and frequent

Leslie Utting

good staff loads of parking

Jennifer Bingham

It's a grocery store

Thai Mac

Good deals but their meat selection and availability is inconsistent.

Andrew Mac

I was getting a bag of 1% Beatrice mike bag and when I was taking milk off shelve a tie wrap holding lights in cut my left hand and scratches other part of left hand. Manger said I'll put tape on it. I'm bleeding and on a piccline for a infection from something different what type of large food chain fails to aid a person hurt by there equipment let alone says I'll put tape on tie wraps I'd did electric my whole life at GMD you never use side cutters to cut tail off of tie wrap there's a special tool that flush cuts it so this stuff DON'T happen. I'm so not happy and to anyone reading this beware you don't get cut by that time warp or you to will be infected from me worse part is it's there doing and I'm sorry if you get this infection because they niglect to fix it tape over it will not stop you from getting hurt beware

Chantalle W

The day I went into the place it smelt as though I was in a garbage bin. I couldn't get out fast enough. I'm not sure if it was just a bad day for the store or if this was normal. I doubt I'll be going back in there anytime soon.

Steve Kirkwood

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Katie MacDonald

Love food basics over walmart but staff could be less miserable.

Jason Wayne

Cashiers were friendly and helpful

Justin Milson

Basic grocery store..

Jack Anderson

Great prices, very good selections!

Russell Hayward

I had no problems with my experience at the store everything went well.

Jenny Mitchell

I'm pretty happy to have a grocery store that's consistently inexpensive - I hope it stays that way!

Lorne Corvaglia

Nice clean friendly grocery store .

Serena Govier

Very clean and friendly stafg

Dave Mac Donald

I don't review a lot of grocery stores but I'll give it a shot. This is probably my most frequented grocery store as of late. Seems to be a solid store and well run. Decent sales. Would be nice to have a larger meat section. But I can't complain. Staff is always friendly, but I've noticed them fear anti maskers. I did notice a man in there blatantly ignoring regulations with a mask dangling from an ear and staff just walked by them saying nothing. Crazy times.

DAVE Forbes

Has the same stuff as other stores, but cheaper, works for me

Ricardo Luppa

Nice store. Great variety.

MY Transportation Solutions

Cashier wasn't wearing a mask when asked about it she said she didn't have to

bac teria

Expensive

James Leighton

This store did not have any markings in store for covid19 on floors for traffic flow people going every witch way very hard to keep 6 meters apart

Richard Reid

nice staff great food...

Jeanette Haller

Good place to shop

Peter Burian

Unlike ZEHRs, this is much smaller so I can finish shopping much more quickly. (Prices are more reasonable but less selection in terms of brands.) Some items are not located logically but after a few times shopping here, I have figured it out. And when I ask a staff person, they always know how to find it. I hate grocery shopping but when I must do it, this is the store I will go to ... unless we need something that only Zehrs carries, like ACE bread.

Paul Henderson

Good prices and quality food. Usually cheaper then competitors.

Ed Mckay

Prices

Honey Kurian

Good for shopping. Most things are available. They should have more vegetables though.

Colin Smith

Great prices and a good international selection.

Lara Sullivan

Friendly place and has basic grocery needs

Kristian Smith

It's alright and prices are decent.

rana

I like shopping in food basics. It is a preferred place for its prices and offers

Faheem Kargil

Nice groceries store

Cory Bonneville

cheep food.

Philip Coole

Price is right

davin jeffrey

Good place

Jackie Hanlon

I terribly rude cash girl wouldn't help me because her shift was over.

Rick Bos

Good prices and selection. Cashiers are friendly

Rick Kowalczykowski

Great selection of everything we needed for the Coque au vin, except the wine ????Great chicken.

Michelle F

Not a bad spot. Not a fan of the meat

Paul Everingham

Nice food basics. Has good selection of food

Bushra arif

Definitely cheaper shopping option with quality products

Jo Dubois

They had what I needed. Usually dont shop here but it was in the area and just needed a handful of things. Ill stop in again if needed. Clean and friendly staff

James Browne

Often have good sales and deals so I do most of my shopping here. This location is a bit cramped so when it’s busy it can be hard to get around the aisles. Staff have been helpful when needed, and getting checked out isn’t usually an issue.

Cindy St-Jean

I love their great prices

Gustavo Vergel

Great and Clean place to shop

Steva Rajkovic

Name said it all. Everything here is basic.

Tyler B

I have never felt more disrespected by customer service employees. The staff I spoke to had an arrogant tone in their voice and went out of their way to be blatantly rude.

J.E. S.

First time at this Food Basics location as I am new to this area. The store was very clean, well organized, stocked and clear labels for the price. This store is following all COVID19 regulations.

Carol Brown

good produce. friendly staff have goos eeekly specials

Jacob Nelson

Contains basic food for nutrition.

Ursula Ludwig

Good store to go in and out quickly

Cody Leavell

Nicer than the other foodbasic on silvercreek, decent prices, basic selection. This locations is rarely crowded

Julio

Early evening checkouts are seriously understaffed, more than once I ended up walking out and leaving everything behind ????????

Krista Schuler

Good produce convenient location

Lee Harris

Just a basic store

Ali Mohamed

Many varieties and very good prices , lots of offer to. I recommend downloading the app to keep up with the latest they have to offer. The cashiers are nice and helpful. Its truly one of my favourite spots.

Sarah R Hot N taken

Great

Jason C

Cheaper than alot of grocery stores. Good produce.

Daniel Syauswa,sj

(Translated) I like the Fruits and Vegetables section, which is regularly supplied with fresh produce. (Original) J'aime la section Fruits et Légumes, régulièrement ravitaillée en produits frais.

Marcella Corroeli Jager

Nice selection of pasta, Italian tomatoes, cheese and local produce when in season!

Michael Wallace

Great store.

shane miller

Nothing but problems. I shopped there received rotten produce. Parents shop there same thing. If you want food you can actually eat then go elsewhere.

Karen Gracey

Great weekly sales

Palwasha Hamkar

Everything is reasonable prices

Reiner Schmidt

Shipped here for years before moving away from the area. Staff are great, produce is pretty good as well.

Beverly Ann Marziano

Always helpful and friendly staff.

Jackie Douglas

Great pricing on meat and other items

Melissa McKnight

Nice store.

Robin Kerr

Always clean and friendly staff. Good prices too

Ann Rooyakkers-Thomson

Groceries at reasonable prices. Friendly staffm

Michael Potocnik

It was excellent. : ) Thank you. : )

Tina Vander Pryt

The shelves are not always full. The store has had a makeover and looks cleaner than it did. Its a big improvement.

Nathan Martin

Need a better meat section, otherwise, good value for money

Tom Riley

Low prices. frustrating randomly-changing layout of items in the store.

H H

Near my home, but it is not as complete as others

Michele Van Ryn

Very quick in and out!! Perfect!

Shelley Duncan

Friendly staff and not overly busy

Heather Fairless

Clerks were amazing. I am mobility challenged. They packed my groceries into light bags and even took them to my car. I was so grateful.

Nick Benko

Typical Food Basics! It was pretty tidy and the cashier was super friendly. Recommended.

Karla Hebden

Great prices, selection is ok.

Joseph Campagnolo

Good selection of grocery items, prices are very competitive, whole cooked chickens ready to go good price on them. A lot of people seem to go there, so this is the only real problem I see, that this can cause long check out time.

Lana English

Clean store, fresh produce and meat, helpful staff. Great experience.

David Ducharme

Great prices

Tamrat Haile

Good store but they don't price match ad for example freshco, that is the downside

Ira Lutsiv

I like this store .Food Basic has always fresh vegetables and bread . And Italian coffee, some European food too.

Darlene Trimble

Great store, good prices.

Doug Sinclair

Green meat

John C

Helpful and friendly staff. Cheap prices and very wide selection of brands and items. My favourite grocery store in Guelph.

Laura Webster

Staff was not to interested in being at work .

garry coulson

Clean and cheap.

Rita Morgan

Excellent

Rebecca Holmes

Good place and prices

Ramblin Farm

turkeys on sale and a gift card made this trip a no-brainer.

Carol Murray

I like their new upgrade! Prices are the same. Not complaints plus I don't have to self-checkout

Ken Anderson

My go to place. Randy is the best.

Denese Renaud

Great store found everything I needed

Brett Harrington

Reasonable prices

jalal rohani

More cashiers please at the cash register. More selection of products please.

Tony Macpherson

Great savings

Jeff Drohan

Smaller than most so compact, but all the basics

Karen Dickie

Store empty of sale items. People all taking to many. Limits will be put back in place.

Kayla Robinson

We went in there wasn't anyone controlling how many people were in the store, it was so busy there were people everywhere. When cashing out we were rushed and the person behind us came right behind and their groceries were sent down the same side ours were, leaving no time.to properly pack especially since reusable bags aren't allowed on anything, and having the next customers groceries down the same side leaves no opportunity to sanitize the belt or anything else. I am very disappointed in this experience especially during a lockdown pandemic. We will not be returning.

John F C

Great selection and low prices, and sales. I started going there just because it was closest to me, but now go there exclusively because of the prices.

Cliff Meier

Late night not too busy

Jenn Ann

Very clean store. Well stocked. Will go back for sure.

John Crewson

Great deals

sue jones

Fresh produce

Ted Lacroix

Very competitive prices love the store

Lynn Philion

Went early. In and out of. No lines yet.

Dana Evans

Good prices. Store is not always clean. But the quality of the food is good

Audrey For1y

Awesome

Jackie Law

Would have given it a five but to many unstocked shelves

DE Kearns

My fav food store

Bj Baron

Great staff

Mary Jewell

Very polite Checkout person.

Jennifer Hyde

Quality produce and ok variety. Much nicer after the Reno, but don't expect any frills. Prices and comparable to other chains.

BowWow PowWow

This is a nice affordable place to buy everything from toiletries, dried goods to produce, meat and cheese. Everything I have bought here has stayed fresh for a long time. The staff and cashiers are also very friendly as well. I come here often and I recommend anyone in the area to visit this location as well.

Matt-o R

Its a grocery store.

Susan Hommel

Got almost everything I needed except ground sage in a bag

pete mscleod

Prices are good easy to find what you need. Employes are very helpful.

Liam Kenny

Great deals and variety

sandy patten

Great prices and staff

P Th

Good foods

Jenn Wigmore

Good prices

Kellie Dorman

Mismarked food prices tick me off

Bryan McEachern

Great store, will be even better after their renovations. Location is ideal for people who live on the East side of Guelph.

Sandra Yemene

They take safety measures for COVID-19. Mostly what i'm looking for

James Hill

Great selection of international food. The store is well kept, and the staff is always courteous and helpful.

mel Walker

Busy little place but well stocked with everything

Erich B

There were some weird smells of spoiled food strongest in the meat/bakery area, but the whole store smelled unpleasant. At least they have good competitive prices for lots of stuff though.

Debbie Gorman

Great deals on roast

Brandon Rae

What do u expect thats why they call it foodbasics lol

Norman Wise

This location is a little smaller than some so the selection is similarly smaller. Still has good variety here but a little skimpy on international based choices.

Mj Keleher

I absolutely love this location staff is kind curtious and very friendly.

Arman Mahmoodi

good service and items

Brandon Sharer

Has a great selection of freash and good looking produce and wonderful low prices compared to other grocery stores. Only bad thing I can say about food basics is they are a little low on variaty but I can't blame them with their great prices.

Peter Menzies

Friendly Staff and good prices

yvonne cleary

Weekly bargains

Dee Stephens

Nice and clean

Brian Benton

The store look better now

Susan Larson

Staff pays no attention to customers..too busy chatting amongst themselves

Sherry paulin

Great store

Mike Moreau

Very good service.. Couldn't find a few items that were available at the last visit... Ex.. Oreo cookies with caramel filling... Mini baby pickles..

Dave N

Stop shopping here when rotten produce was intentional being put out by a young employee.

Norbert Mihályi

Okay for everyday shopping, western union person only work Monday to Fridays till 4th.

Katia

This Food Basics is very organized, clean???? Staff is very helpful!! Shout out to Randy and Mac both are so kind and helpful!!! Great Job to all of this staff????????

Megan Jeffery

Clean, fresh produce and inexpensive.

Laura Medeiros

Store is clean, stocked and has nice plants. Manager is super friendly and very helpful.

John Boy

I was in Food Basics the other day and was impressed to hear on their announcement to have respect for those who have a mask exemption. Its about time, more stores need to do this

BARRY MACGREGOR

Decent store

mike riolo

I enjoy shopping at food basics. And it is pretty basic ! Lol. Limited selection so makes it easy to make a choice. Cheers

Alice Lopers

Excellent place to do groceries

Paul and Lynne B

The store is well kept and stocked, the manager's Randy and Mac are great people and a pleasure to deal with it you have any questions! We would recommend to anyone to shop here! All the staff are great as well!

Al Pavis

It's a very friendly place with very outstanding and helpful employees...very quick which made my experience quite pleasant. I definitely would suggest this store to anyone who has not been there before. Thank you Food Basics.

real living

Guelph is full of brainwashed covidiots! Stay in your holes and let the rest of us live our lives as we see fit to!

John Webster

Freshco is cheaper.

Charlotte Ebel

Saddely l do not live in this area !! Since I rely on Bus service it can be a challenge in the winter Exspecially trying too pull cart threw snow.I love this store s lottttt better than Silvercreek The cashier's there are really snooty you ask for help and you swear you asked for a million dollars and then send or pretend too go in the back and look A couple Managers are friendly and speak but front end I would rate them a 2 out 10

Jennifer Bannon

They have the best prices that I've seen for the ready to serve hot chickens. I also think they taste better than the ones that you get at some of the higher priced stores.

Helen Howe

Very good service, shop there all of the time.

Bonny Shiell

Always check here first!

Yaqub Qezil

Great deals with fair prices

Katia Sartori

Randy and Staff are always friendly and helpful???????? Store looks clean and organized ????

Frances Reilly

Great place to shop. Prices great and produce fresh

Bill R

It's food basics. This one fills up with elderly shoppers and tired moms on Saturday mornings, so if you don't like getting hemmed in and walking behind slow people, don't go then.

Elaine Mccarron

Staff friendly..manager always good humor...ready to serve his customers

Natalie A

This location is small, crammed, and often doesn't stock sale items

Connor Magwood

Great environment, awesome staff!!!

Todd Speirs

It has stuff to eat

Bryan Douglas

Giving a two star rating because I thought a one star would be a bit too harsh. I used to live in Guelph with my parents. a 1-2 minute drive from the store; I have since moved to just outside of downtown Toronto. A lot of shopping has been done at this location throughout my life, but too much of the time there has been concerns about the quality of the store. My mother has mentioned that the produce has been poor, I have witnessed the tomatos with small flying insects (fruit flies or young flies, I am not sure), and on multiple occasions I have seen dairy several days past the expiration date sitting on display. Just today I came across milk that was a week past its date still on the shelf. I will not speak from a personal opinion too much as it may be somewhat subjective... but a 3 liter bag of milk to sit in the fridge for a week after expiry and to have nobody notice is strange.

Ryan Mahood

Best frozen chicken products in Guelph.

Jennifer Mead

great place

Don Beam

Produce going down in quality and value ... facility no receiving the attention that it once had

Karla Desrochers

Shelves are skittle empty.