Reviews of Food Basics (Coffee Shop)

Kristal Simmons

Low prices

Sam Lane

Good discount grocery.

Jewels S

Slow service, gross produce, cramped walkways.

Crystal Robitaille

It wasn't that busy

FUNDAMENTAL NATURE BOX

Good variety but some products are very cheap and some are bit expensive..... Overall good.

Meaghan MacKenzie

Their sales are good. Staff have always been friendly. Nothing fancy about it but it does offer the basics. I find produce is too expensive when it isn't on sale, especially for the quality. Herbs are definitely over priced compared to competitors. Lots of parking and conveniently located next to a Pharmacy and Beer Store.

Sam Couche

Great staff. Always well stocked even on sale items. Amazing prices and it is close to other stores so you can get all your shopping done in one area.

Kim Little

Fresh reasonable prices

Darrell Deibel

Good prices

Sean-Patrick S

My favorite grocery store! Best deals and awesome prices!

Shannon Barwell

They are okay, though as a company they don't price match, too bad.

Loose Skrewz705

Produce is well taken care of & store is almost always spotless. The cashiers are extremely pleasent

Tasha Cousineau

Good prices

carolyn gouthro

Some good sales, but so dirty and awful produce

Peter Anello

Awesome. Friendly people working there always. Great management and the little things like the huge Santa doesn't go unnoticed by the little ones. Thank you.

J. DiPersio

Very slow at checkout.

Chelsea Rioux

The aisles are a little bit hard to navigate sometimes, however the service was great and they had many cashier's open at once. It was a pleasant experience.

Donna Bailey

Crowded alses all the time & 1 cashier

Debra Young

So-so produce...meat isn't greatest quality. Best for non perishables.

Suzanne Martinez

Very dirty store. Underpay their cleaners I'm guessing. 8 out for 10 times I've gone most things are expired. Read the dates.

Chantal Cain

Quickly found the groceries I needed and the cashier was friendly.

Jamie Lundin

Prices are good...produce is hit and miss.

Leigh-Ann Legault

All safety protocols were in place. Cashier was very nice.

Exact0 Bookings

Groceries

Deep Singh

It is a bit expensive than walmart and freshco.

misa6811

Love this store always great sales

Katarina The God

Good but need more international choices

scott slater

Always good deals and friendly staff

Judy Lew

I shopped here today. I had problems with my"tap" at the checkout. I kept trying... it wouldn't work. I was going to have to go home and get my credit card but a man appeared and asked what the problem was and told the cashier to ring off my bill and he said Merry Christmas to me. I said who are you? He said the store manager. I almost cried. Merry Christmas to you Mister and to everyone at Food Basics on Cassells Street in North Bay. Thank you so much. Very appreciated.

Anne Giroux

Staff courteous, polite and friendly

Steve A

Should be dollarS rama, as most items over a buck.

john hergott

Well stocked store

Sara Taylor

Good prices, sometimes the produce is questionable.

Yash Patel

Very expensive compared to Walmart

Jeremy Kennedy

Discount, no-frills offshoot of the Metro grocery store chain. Often many good deals to be found.

Juleena Nightwick

(Translated) Meh .... (Original) Meh....

meadow & momma BERUBE

Dusty

Alex Solty

Always busy, the lines at the cash are always all over the place.

Alexander McKenna

Would really like to see that the front produce area as you walk in and got cleaned up I'll just a little bit more. Though I really love that they do carry the very large tortilla wraps for when you want to make those big burritos. They have a wide selection of different produce and Foods though I find that sadly it does spoil quite quickly if you don't use it within 1 to 2 days. The cheaper prices in the fact that this is a long the ride to work and back means that I can easily pick up whatever I need for that day and use it and pay less than where I would anywhere else.

Don McFarlane

Good

Grant Deshane

Great prices

Rick Robillard

Friendly people, good selection.

Battleseeker Rex

Everything thing is good

Keyser Soze

Decent prices, plus my favorite brand of french fries are sold here

Adam Seidlitz

Staff are always very friendly and accommodating.

Greg Houle

This is where we mainly shop and there's always great staff

Tamara McMullen

Did have what was looking for

Sarah Cockerline

The deals are good. However the store needs a make over and it is very cramped. I went this weekend for the first time in at least 10 years. I found the store has a different smell it's not a gross smell it almost smells stale.

Christophe Gren

Great ! Friendly people Good products

Erik Briede

Good prices on some things, check the flyer.

Kelly Mckenzie

Everything good here. Prices are exceptional.

Del Chemery

Very great and pleasant place to shop at I can find almost everything ad the help is always there ????????????????

Daniel Marcotte

Excellent service good price

Paul Dumouchel

Good place to shop very moderate

SlicKv kid

Everything is easy to find. They always have sale items stocked up.

Chad Lalande

If you like shopping in a dungeon, then this store is for you. Very drab and the aisles are very close together, and is in need of better lighting.

percy fountain

Fast fresh

David Collins

Some bad meat was on display..brought to their attention and it was dealt with nicely

Kirsten Audette

The selection is fair, the staff is fairly friendly, and the prices are good. I don't know if I came on a bad day or not, but today their sale signage was placed on the items next to the items on sale, and when I approached the manager to inform her politely that there may have been a mix up in the sign placement, she got very snappy with me. It isn't fair to get angry with your customers for a mistake in your signage, and its even more unfair to scold and snap at them because other customers have mentioned it, and your staff suggested that maybe I bring it to your attention. Honestly, I felt pretty hurt and will be making an effort to shop at other near-by grocery stores from here on out.

Kevin Brown

I usually enjoy shopping at Food Basic. This was my first time at this location in North Bay. The prices and cleanliness of the store was pretty good. But The cashier at checkout 6 today at around 1130am was quite rude and doesn't seem to have any customer service skills at all. She needs an attitude change or a new job.

Michelle Fuerst

Great employees!!

Jestine Garneau

They have one of a kind hazelnut spread here that has white swirls in it and its AMAZING. I haven't been able to find it in any other grocery store so this one is definitely one of a kind. If you enjoy that type of spread I highly suggest you look for and try this hazelnut and white swirl spread, it's in a glass jar similar to nutella shape and it is by far worth the price!!!

Katherine Kennedy

Great story to find deals on your 'basic' grocery needs.

Margaret Butcher

Go shopping here.You ll find more bargains than what you seek.

kev mckev

Great deals. They've got what you need

Lorraine Chayer

Food is always fresh no isues

Robert Higgins

Great prices

Dan Hokstad

Great variety and super fast check-out.

David G

Store is not cleanest, they don't clean their carts at all. Saw shoppers walking around unmaked . Produce is always bad. I'm done shopping at this place.

Dave Restoule

Great prices

Rowena Robinson

Good prices

Rob Dolbeck

Meat quality is poor

Petey Pete Washburn

Groceries

Brian James

Pretty good deals. Store is getting old looking!

RANDO LANE

Dose the trick

Ayla Brombach

Cheap prices but the produce can be a little iffy.

Ron Battiston

Excellent staff good prices thanks.

Eric Tennant (Redneck)

Its not a bad grocery store i find that if there is something you need from their flyer you should be there first thing

Arley McBlain

A typical Food Basics, a bit crowded.

Charlotte Louttit-Kijekijik

About as good as a discount grocery store gets.

Michael Walsh

Fair prices..

Tim F

Best value in North Bay for groceries, great sales, well managed, cashiers are incredible , friendly and helpful. No on-site bakery, but breads and desserts avail.

Charles Sault

Was ok

Pete White

Good deals.

Sandra Taylor

Still on top of Covid-19 practices Always well stocked

Kyle Arthur

Store appears dingy and in need of a makeover. Aisles are cramped and the staging of pallets in aisles doesn't help. However, wait at cash is never very long and advertised items seem to be usually in stock. Good for a quick trip.

Sue Hurtubise

Its a good place to shop

Tara Burton

Always buy groceries here. Leave with more groceries less money spent :)

Denis Chaput

Good prices

Aly Zindel

My favorite go to grocery store, Cheap, fresh foods! Love it

Lise Larochelle

Because i love ketching the sale before they runs out.

Guilherme Mascarenhas

Messy

Zoey Brazeau

Decent prices

Maxime Boulanger

The location of this grocery store is probably the best feature. Its hard to leave and enter the parking lot. Ita a small grocery store and the selection is small but lrices are good. Have to wait in the at the cashier for a long time to pay and leave. Aisles are narrow

p/ penase

Cashier was quick and friendly...good store!

Monica “Real reviewer” Ck

Metro and foodbasics used to be one of my favourites in town. But because of the cashiers at there, I'm not very eager to go back there again. The one cashier at foodbasics was extremely rude towards us. And they don't price match. Also their store brand tortilla alwats gets mouldy even many days before BB date. I stopped buying Selection tortillas. Otherwise they have good produces.

Donald McQuoid

They phoned me when my friend was done shopping, so I knew when Togo and pick her up.

Erin Terry

One of my favorite grocery stores. Their sales are great and the selection is really good considering they are a lower cost grocery store. The lines can get a little bit long but I imagine that would have to do with staffing levels. By keeping staffing levels a little bit lower the savings get passed on to the customers

Yasser Abdelghani

fare prices and good service

Jason Edgar

Handy location, but always run out of stock. Fresh produce isn't so fresh either so check your apples. Not a lot more to say, it's groceries.

Mark Boller

Good prices clean aisles

John Rose

Super Great Staff and Service

Irena Elizabeth Watson (Raina)

Quick, fast, courteous service.

Paul Wesley

Prices cant be beat for the most part. In overall its a win. For certain specialty foods you might go elsewhere tho. Its a given.

Tabathe Fleming

Great place for deals but very messy

The Basic Painter

Ok grocery store. Have good cheap balk stuff if your in to that. Meat way over priced for quality of cut. They also don't sell 500g packs of bacon. Only the rip off 375 packs for the 500g prices

Misty Dee

Always clean, nice veggies, gritty is so good and fresh. Friendly helpful staff

Tia

always had a great selection, nice produce, cheaper than elsewhere

Adam Giroux

Store's layout is optimized and they have a decent meat section

Alice Jamieson

Friendly staff

Brindi Matriya

Good food collection at one door step...!!

Mel Parenteau

Nice grocery store. Very affordable and staff very friendly.

Sylvia Godin

Friendly

Andrea Burton

The international section is pretty sweet. The veggitables look like they could use some watering but if you stick them in water when we get home they'll be fine. They have a one dollar rack its awesome! And the chips and candy is usually cheap. 1/4 or 1/5 they'll be a good price on something in that store.

Ashley Richards

Well organized and fast lanes

Emile Hamelin

Not everything in stock

robertralger

Great value here.

Ryan Edmunds

lots of a good deals. its' always very busy and the aisles are very small so be prepared for lots' of stopping and waiting to get by.

Dennis Spencer

Alwsys get what I ho for

4 Realz

What you would expect from a food basics. Found everything we needed.

agonys eyes

You sell lychee fruit thank you I couldn't find it for months and now I have 4 cans

sylvie menard

Good place and goodsale. Going every time i can, to do my grocery. ????????

Dennis Mong

Good prices, hit and miss on produce

TrapperBob Winfield

One of the older grocery stores with narrow isles. At times the check out lines are long.

G.Trevor O'Connor

Other than the wretched stench of raw sewage when you shop for groceries, this is an ok place when it's not busy.

Doc Brett

Good variety and prices

Melissa Lacroix

The fruit were actually nice and big and not full of bruises for a change! Great prices as always! Not friendly staff though, need to pick up the friendly matter a little but there there food basics!

Terry wilson

What I need at the right price give it a go ...you cant go wrong

M K

Good sales

Wendy Lapierre

Good quality, great price.

Pamela S

The prices are great.

Capitate Birch43

(Translated) Yes (Original) Ya

Lori Kingston

Great cashier!!

FrizleFry00

Decent prices

phuzee wuzee

Super nice kid stocking aisles while there. Said he was from Scugog area. Very helpful. Great prices... Good selection

Julie Beaudry

Very dissatisfied with this store, I was in yesterday (January 16,2018) and saw the Mio Sport Artic Grape on for 2/$6.00 but when I got to the cash it rung in at 4.27 or 4.29, cashier called and they told her the price was 4.27 or 4.29. showed them the picture I took for the tag (attached below) but it was rudely implied I had taken the picture before that day < when I had taken it 5 min before. had to go show them the tag on the showcase (she removed the tag with the lesser price), and even then, they wouldn’t honor their listed price for 2/$6, manage to get 1 free but was asked to pay full price for the others (when everywhere else in town Mio are on for $3.48, freshmart (Astorville has them for $3) Be careful shopping here, they definitely aren’t there to please the customer, will not be shopping here again.

Raven St.Michel

Clean and good deals..best display of veggie meat and vegan items which are ways on sale

Sheri Loyer

Cashier could have smiled liked she liked her job. Lots of product available.

David Crites

We were able to buy the product we needed.

Christine Howitt

Prices are good however, so many things are literally rotting in produce.... dried out mini carrots, asparagus that was mushy, peppers with mould, soft garlic bulbs. Tofu pkg open and dripped over other pkgs I could go on about today, unfortunately.I usually have a great experience here, but today was not. Let me say though my cashier was awesome!

Brian Pigeau

Clean,organized and fairly well stocked. Wasn't impressed with the young lady cashier. Attitude told me she really didn't want to be there or just doesn't like people. Almost all stores don't require you to put 18 kilogram boxes of litter on conveyors as I don't think it's healthy for the mechanism. What if I were an elderly, frail individual who could struggle to lift to the weight to the height required. I'm sure the hand held could reach. I think she just didn't want to move from her spot. How do you say; "CUSTOMER SERVICE" Food Basics?

Gabriel Bedard

Good sales, my go to grocery store.

rocky n9ne

Great deals always

Roger Deforge

Food Basics has good quality food and prices

JD Carlyle

great prices on specials..... not the cleanest store in town

Patricia Spencer

The prices are right and staff is very helpful

Evan Sarrazin

Great discount grocery store like nofrills

Melinda Viau-Griffiths

They have good sales and a decent selection. You won't find a lot of exotic fruits here, and the store itself could use some updating but overall if you're shopping on a budget it's a good place to buy the bulk of your groceries.

Alicia Mangar

Great staff working there now. Bill is awesome Assistant Manager. Helpful, Pleasant and Considerate. Amazing Store.witg new Management.

stephen noland

Very good selection

Barbara Barrett

Prices are really reasonable. However every time I go in there to get a certain item, it's always sold out. They don't restock quick enough.

Bruce Coghill

Wish they sold itune cards. They sell all the other ones

Treavor Doyle

Not enough cashiers on. The store is swamped and the lines up are much to long .

Kaylyn Kunkel

The cashier was quite rude.

Susie Petten

Like

Sue Mantha

Love the prices.

Jamie-Lynn Morrison

The stock was awful... nothing I went in for was available ...cashier was nice though ...

Brandon Pariseau

Love it for mock chicken

Shelly Anderson

Cheaper prices

Dolly Ross

store is clean....friendly staff...bit crowded

Shylowe Allan

I've never had a problem here . There is always pretty good deals and good customer service .

William White

Great prices

Heather Martin

Awesome produce! Large selection of products. Very reasonably priced.

Barbara Bradley

Great selection of grocery items and best prices.

Rick Mathias

It was great

Bonnie Jones

Great selection and pricing. Staff always greets you with a hello and smile.

Dwight Wagner

I've had many bad experiences at this location. On numerous occasions I've gone in to do groceries and had most of the sale items be sold out. Which would be understandable if it 9 am the day the sale started.

doug mackenzie

Great selection of products

bonnie risser

Since I work there ...this place is awesome more when I work lol

Doug Mackenzie

Great prices and selections

Laurie Verwey

I find this store to not be the cleanest , but they do have good sales from time to time

Milton Miller

All good shelves little low some items busy day i would assume

Adam Britt

Hit their sales up

Tracey Vane

Good deals

cindy scott

Great sales

Ivan Matthews

Excellent service, despite of bad times.way to go, keep going strong.

Keith Faulkner

Great prices, great products, friendly staff. Only down fall is building is old.

TRACEY VANE

Love shopping here just wish they would price match

Bill Dixon

Great deals

rick “lets dance 69” sawyer

Needs more selections

Wayne Wallace

Clean and good prices.

Lisa Haddow

Great prices but never enough cashier's which makes the lines very long.

Günter Trilhof

Some good Deals I got up here

Michel Beaudet

Great prices.

Yves Lefebvre

pretty good selection

Mark Shokoff

Lower prices

Maria Caliciuri-Gray

It's not my first choice to shop....some items past due date or half rotten...sometimes

Jake Lacourse

Price matching and great products. Very convenient on my to and from work.

Heather Graves

Had goat's milk!

Chuck Lavigne

Great prices, well laid out. Stock goes quick on good sale items.

Doris

It's hard to enjoy shopping in a lockdown.

Sandra Gill

Am I the only one who feels like the cashiers are " miserable" especially the ones who has been working there the longest ? I only shop for the specials .

Sheryle Corpuz

Very busy but fully stocked!

Steph Anie

Dust on the cans... old meat still in the coolers...wilted produce, I avoid this place 99%of the time ..

denis huard

Very good

Hyojin lee

I love their frozen mango product. I tried several brands, but food basic product's quality is much better than others

Carol Van Tassell

Small store. Isles get bloked by cash line uos.

Linda Lafleur

Good sales. Best prices on dairy products

Dave Browning

Clean and organized

Robet Goulet

get sum milk

Chris Rossetti

Hard to find ad items

Charlene Lefebvre

Very helpful staff. Can get a rain check if not in stock

Susan Lapointe

Excellent friendly helpful staff

ਤੇਰਾ ਭਾਣਾ ਮੀਠਾ ਲਾਗੈ

Grocery store

Vance VanDerMark

Always great service here staff are the best. Quality and quantity of food products very good

Josh Durdin

Watch out for small rodents!!!

Rick C

Great. Friendly cashier . Store was stocked with fresh fruit and vegetables on a mid afternoon Friday. Wasn't too busy at that time????

Melanie H

Good prices. Bad produce. Black moldy cauliflower. Overall store needs a good cleaning. Grocery prices are good.

Charles Harley

Good staff

Debbie Carter

Store is clean and shelves well stocked. Cashiers are always friendly and helpful

Colin Byham

Cheap groceries but the neighborhood for this store is sketchy.

Shannon Cloutier

Easy to shop, good selection, friendly courteous staff.

Stuart Harley

Nice friendly staff good place I like it

Tina Be

Dec 29th 4:30 p.m. Checked out on express, the cashier was tossing my items down the belt, and my bananas were last. She must have not been pleased with her toss so she literally picked them up and tossed them again! I asked her, "what's wrong with you, Don't throw my food down the belt!" I got what I needed because Food Basics is on my way. Moving forward, I think I'll take the long way home and to another grocery store.

Joshua Botham

It was alright

Lillian Moore

Great store.

Des Rich

Good sales

kirk cederwahl

Convenient

mercedes Vaillancourt

Its ok a little high priced but ya

Marilyn MacLeod

Out of specials

Michael Widdop

Very good specials and lots of stock

Jason and Kim Long

My mother just went home from your store. She was so over the moon. Her tap on her phone would not work and she was about to leave her groceries to go home for her credit card. She was so down. So discouraged after a bad day. Her job is in jeopardy due to covid. It honestly has been so hard for her. All of a sudden, the manager came over and asked what the problem was. When the cashier explained, he wished her a Merry Christmas and gave her the $123 worth of groceries for free. I beyond grateful. You have no idea how much that meant.

Matt Cross

Great prices, lots of variety but didn't like the fact that you have buy the bags first and guess how many you need. I was 2 short

Lisa Montreuil

Prices are good BUT the produce is terrible. Opened spinach, raspberries and mushrooms next morning and had to throw out (not worth gas to drive back to city) I went for strawberries another time and looking through the bins they were so rotten. Corn was the same. It is not a good deal if you pay money for rotten food. I really hope Food Basics looks into this.

Stacey Lee-Ann

Cheap basics, with ok selection. Carts are free to use. There is a food basics app that you can download to your phone that has coupons and weekly flyer.

Cyclingvic Crowther (Hero)

Best grocery store for me, economical, and always a choice ????

Nelson Baptiste

Good prices ... my kind of place too shop ????????‼️

Kennith Blais

Basic grocery store decent fruit and vegtables.$10 bin.unfortantly boxes no longer available at check out so buy bags...

Iris Fader

I always find this place dirty and nasty

Bryan L

It was basically basic...

Mike Duhaime

Great place to do your groceries great sales all the time

R -J Perrier

Express pples are good n fast n courtesy

Lightning Sparks

Good selection and variety of different foods.

Darcie Gignac

it's basic but on everyday items you can not beat th price

Jeremy Girard

Showing its age. Can use better staffing, but that's par for most stores now.

Steve Thoss

Love it

Ashley Gimblett

A few weeks ago we went to food basics to pickup Gatorade and popcyles. My 5 year old daughter was very sick and ended up having to stay home for a few weeks. We stopped by to get her stuff to stay hydrates after she had a trip to the hospital for being so dehydrated. It was a very rough week. I was searching for a chocolate calender for her to countdown Christmas but everywhere seemed to be sold out so I gave up. As we were cashing out a young man working offered her a candy can witch out a smile on her face and made her so happy! As we were walking out another female Cashier asked if she could give her a chocolate Calander! And said Santa delivered it specially for her! ???? ???? this totally made her day and mine! We had such a long week and this brightening both our days up! Thank you from the bottom of our hearts! The employees at food basics are always so kind at checkout and Its noticed!

Tracey Clausi

Typical food basics of any community. Can find anything needed from your local grocery store including an ethnic food aisle which is great for shelf stable goods. Northern community but prices still fair.

NorthernMac

Good prices

Cathy Kregar

This store has some really good cashiers and then they have some really slow cashiers but it always seems to be a line up at the tills it comes time to check it out

Francois Fortin

(Translated) A lot of noise ! Walmart! (Original) Beaucoup de bruit ! Walmart !

Ilene Ranger

Not impressed aisles cluttered with products that needed to be put on shelves. Waited 15 minutes for employee to check in back for cream that was on sale and once again they don't have the item in stock.

Tim Cliche

Nice, an easy to shop, wide iles friendly,, staff,, if you cant find it just ask a staff member theyd gladly go get it for you,,

D Skelton

I shop here every week...great prices excellent products

Tammy Brown

great service, clean store

caroline babinski

Disappointed that the store doesn't price match

Heidi Browning

Great clean store

Herby Dion

Everything was in easy reach all the items I wanted were at a good price and the staff was friendly and helpful

Andrea Heward

Good place to shop good selection of gluten free items

barry h

Had everything I was looking for!

Dean Hannah

Courteous staff and most times has sale items in Stock unlike other "B" stores like No Frills!! No Frills often runs out of sale items and unlike Food Basics does NOT offer rain cheques or discounts on said sale items! Basics is a MUCH BETTER shopping experience for their customers!

Tracy Roy

It had everything g I was looking 4 at a great price

Robert O

My wife's favourite discount grocery store. Great for specials.

Sean Moore

Cashier was a complete idiot , clearly didnt know anything

t bird

Fair prices but limited stock not a large variety of food

Sarah Sirs

Probably the best grocery store in North Bay for always having specials in stock. Store has changed a lot. Very clean and well run. I have made the switch to this store.

P B

went for the deals, good prices compared to other stores. New washed potatoes, get them while you can.

Trevor Oliver

Good produce , great product variety , competitive prices

Marilyn White

Good service

Lana George

Can find everything I need here...once you've been there once you know where everything is and they don't reorganize as often as some grocery stores

Erica Taylor

Feel bad for the stressed out cashiers because the price on the shelf is not the price in the computer. Or there are no codes to scan, which make it harder

Robert Goulais

Fair deals

Sandy Hay

Fast and friendly