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As of day this business receives a rating of 4 over 5 and that score has been calculated on 127 reviews.
As you can see the average score it has is quite high, and it is based on a very large number of reviews, so we can think that the score is very credible. If people have bothered to rate when they've done well, it works.
You know that we don't usually bother to write feddbacks when these are good and we usually do it only if we've had a problem or issue...
This Fruit Store is classified in the category of Discount supermarket.
Good servic
Great place to shop. Friendly staff and if u ask for a product, they take you straight to the isle location. I love that. It's a busy store, I always shop here, because everything i want is always there. Great place to shop.
The owners are great, staff is friendly, reasonable prices on a range of different items in the store i enjoy shopping here every month i get my pay and it's wonderful that the staff are able to help me shop when my worker isn't able to.
The store is clean and well stocked with a very good variety of product.
Great place for shopping groceries and good customer service.
Good clean store staffis friendly
Small and reasonably priced. They have a surprising selection especially of "international" ingredients that are difficult to find elsewhere. I used to go to the big box stores but now it's my go to store that's just around the corner.
Vegetables were a bit high! The dairy specials we're a good touch at this time of year. Overall, a good experience today.
Compared to my local food basics, this one is way better selection and stock is great
Great family neighborhood grocery store there is hardly ever aline and if there is its not to long ro get intothe store they clean there cashier area after each person
Always clean, friendly staff and the produce department has really changed for the better. Almost always have advertised items.
I went here a few years ago, wasn't impressed. Prices were always great but the store wasn't doing it for me so I got caught in the zhers trap and have been over paying for a while. Went back today and WOW! This store has gone through a transformation! It was clean and has a great floor plan, no more cramped entryway, very organized and a great selections. I will definitely be driving the extra few kms to buy groceries from here from now on!
Have been shopping here since moved to Barrie. Great price and no discrimination of shoppers disabilities
NoFrills has better prices. It's similar to Walmart
This location has the cleanest & super brightest store that I shop for the groceries! Have a pleasant afternoon.
They don't have much vegetables.
When will they understand how much we hate their idiotic bag it yourself system and the lie that it saves money is less believable than Donny Trump. I'll save aggravation by making most of my purchases elsewhere.
Only place I shop . employees are great and very helpful one person stands out the most is a lady named Sophia every time I shop and see her she helps me with any shopping needs I have and is a very nice ???? lady. Thank-you food basics.
A reasonable place to shop for the basics. Does carry a different selection of international foods then FreshCo. Can have great sale prices and as long as the item is in the flyer you can get a rain check easily.
They've got everthing!
Well clean and well stocked. And very good pricing.
Great place to shop. Fresh vegetables, meats. Quick service, friendly service.
Great value and reasonably good selection for being a basic grocery store. The staff is so friendly and helpful, it is a pleasure to shop here.
Great place to shop prices are reasonable only thing missing is a deli counter. They only offer prepackaged Deli items
V organised store. V cooperative staff.
Excellent prices....worth the drive sometimes from Innisfil
I've been going here for 14 years, never disappointed
Good selection of different foods, good prices
It's my favorite place to have my groceries done. You can save a lot and at the same time their products have a great quality.
My go to grocery store, as its a rocks throw from my home. Great prices and watch the flyers there are always good deals. Early mornings and late evenings are great times to go because the lines are short. Staff are friendly and if you go there a lot they remember you and say hi!
Cheap cheap cheap.
Great place, got everything i needed.
It's a grocery store. It has grocery items as expected. Store appearance was clean a tidy.
Good social distancing!
Great shopping experience here.
Food basics is a fine place to get groceries for cheaper. However doesn't have some specific products one may be looking for or bulks like coscto may have.
Store was fairly empty when I needed groceries. Had everything I was looking for
They basically sell a lot of food
Love it helpful and nice to talk with and just good to go shopping for food here .
Price is good good quality is very poor.
They have excellent variety of ethics foods and food from all over the world. I like the fruits too.
I understand the pandemic. I've been shopping here for over a year now. But this whole process of waiting for someone to finish bagging before they start ringing up is beyond frustrating. There has to be a better way of lineups- every time it's just a conglomeration of carts and bodies all struggling to form a line. Hand hold us a little and tell us where to form a line and have someone direct it. Times are tough and covids thrown everyone for a curve. But I think having shoppers all jam packed is worse than it was before. I'm by no means someone that's worked grocery and I don't see your financials but it's one more body during the day. It would likely take a considerable amount of pressure off of your staff as well as clients by having more forced hand-holding. It takes so long to get checked out now I stopped shopping here :(
Even though they stopped carrying my favourite biscotti, this is still my go to grocery store. Always clean and well stocked, staff is helpful, friendly and ready to serve in all departments. A really great team, thank you for your service.
I am new to the area and have gone shopping at this Food Basics a handful of times. Each time I have gone they have been out of one or two basic items I went for. When it happens once it’s a coincidence, twice it’s a happenstance, three times it’s a pattern. I’ll try them again, as it’s super convenient location for me, but I don’t want to have to return the next day for something I need.
Omg best deals but I shouldn't tell everyone on what because it will be all sold out when I get there so I'm keeping that to myself. Friendly staff.
Clean and very helpful staff.
Pretty sketchy when 4 out of 5 staff don't wear their masks properly. Great work guys.
Good grocery store but no mini pita bread and no taheni. Lots of indian produce but not much for middle easter cuisine.
Good prices good staff.
Great place to buy groceries. Very clean.
Good specials every week on fruit/veg and staples. We usually don't buy meat there. They have a good pharmacy area. Some interesting International items available. Fast check out. Clean store.
They always have good sales. Not always the best produce. But. It is good.
Decent selection, basic foods not to many fancy foods. They have a good selection of cheeses, a good produce department and precooked chickens. Clean store
Low prices for veggies like $2.8 for Roman lettuce compare $5 at Walmart. Also cheeper radishes, green onions. Chicken thighs, $1.88 per pound. Short lineup. Low prices for vegetable oils. Many other savings available.
Great shopping for all my needs
Great Service and amazing Staff. Very helpful in many ways.
Nice place to shop. Affordable, great selection, and always clean.
Very affordable price tags, very clean and organized Friendly and helpful staff
Great staff and good prices, stocks have been a bit low lately though.
Reasonable prices fresh produce it is okay just another No Frills
Love this store. They have the best selection in international foods. Prices are amazing too
Its not the greatest for meat .it is like no frills
Lacks choices for nut free products.
Good deals to be found here, but the produce isn't always fresh and they sell out of the sale stuff often. Also, not the safest place during covid as it gets pretty crowded and staff don't really enforce covid rules.
It's the only one in Barrie.
Ok prices but they are often out of or lacking one produce item or another. It is close to my home but I make the longer drive to No Frills where I can get even better prices and PC products. I do not like the dairy brand (milk, sour cream, etc.) that food basics offers as I find the quality is often lacking. Overall clean store if you have no produce/brand preferences.
Food seems to on par if not a tad cheaper than surrounding grocery stores but the staff at the cash are rude. Customer service and good manners goes along way.
If the selection was wider it would be a 5 star. Puts over priced store Zhers to shame.
The handsome young fellow in produce named Jake is an outstanding worker, he deserves a raise!!
Great values every day.
I do my weekly shopping here with great produce
Good grocery store with some more reasonable prices. Lots of parking and easy to get to.
Made a great won tong soup, I wish more seafood wasn't from China farms (don't buy from China farms)
Big store, clean aisles and lots of Portuguese products which I love! You can never go wrong with their rotisserie chicken for an easy meal after grabbing groceries. Lots of parking too
Good prices. Good quality items
Very personable helped us recover my daughter's phone with all of her credentials. We were very pleased with service.
This is a budget store with lots of fresh produce and a fair sized bakery department. Big variety of grocery products.
Usually well stocked and lines never too long
This food basics is very clean and organized.And it has a lot of international food varieties.The staff here is always friendly.
The prices are generally good compared to other grocery stores
On multiple occasions months apart, I've seen (and accidentally bought) goods that are well past due (talking a month or more here). Last month I went and most of their packages of tortillas were blatantly moldy, as well as some of the grapes they were selling. I also regularly see frozen vegetables with rips in the packaging. Produce in general isn't the freshest either. The rest of the store is satisfactory though. Fairly well stocked, prices are good.
Clean store with friendly staff. Out of stock on multiple flyer items.
Often the best price in town.
Store was nice and clean, and we'll stocked
Not the cleanest.. busy checkouts. Limited options if looking for gluten-free or organic. Store bagels are frozen and then thawed, but doesn't state that on packaging.
Good clean store Well stocked . Presents staff
I like this place because always have good deals
Decent deals but not the best selection of fresh foods. Good for non perishable items and your general day to day items.
Good food market...good prices
Good place to grab the odd dry goods, produce is usually picked over and not as fresh as it could be. Location is convenient for people in south Barrie, Thornton, Utopia and Ivy. The parking lot gets a little hectic with the amount of cars and the other businesses.
Always good prices. Specially to day close to Easter and long weekend the price of lam was assume.
Nice clean store....down on something's basically because of covid 19. Has been my store of choice since forever when I lived in the K-W area.
I enjoy shopping at the store but I would enjoy it better if they had some kind of rewards program for the money you spend in there in the store rewards do accumulate and they can be turned into money and their prices I pretty much compatible with everywhere else so they should come up with some kind of a rewards program.
Well organized and great produce
Clean and organized.
Sad to say but found latley they are not following covid rules with cleaning cashes or terminals before and afer yes between customers. Allowing mire then one customer at their cash at a time
For me always a pleasant experience from produce to staff. Products fresh and plentiful even at this time some exceptions due to covid. Pricing good as well. Thank you.
Better than No Frills.
Often find stuff in the flyer isn't available, very disappointing. Well stocked otherwise. This store is the typical grocery store. Pharmacy staff is fantastic!
Good service, knowledge where products are located in store.
Some stock areas near empty, other areas over stocked. Aisles a bit narrow.
My husband just informed me that he went to Food Basics for some salad. They've reduced their hours to 8 to 8 and open only 5 days a week. There was only one cashier with a line up around the store. How is this helping social distancing with everyone in one line up? This also causes people to buy more and hoard items and empty shelves, which we should be avoiding. Wouldn't it be better to have more staff, more hours to get people in and out as quickly as possible and keep things as normal as possible. This doesn't even deserve one star. Use some common sense.
I come here once a while. This place has its edge for some good products at good price. But produce is not always fresh.
Great selection, prices match or beat many other stores. Prefer to buy local and support local businesses.
The fresh produce is often not very fresh at all. For a quick grocery run they're good, but for produce I would go elsewhere.
Lots of stock, good prices. Could use a few more cashiers.
Always clean and stocked up
This location is clean and well stocked. Didn't care for the cashier that helped us.
Food Basics at Essa Road in one of my top 3 grocery stores. Can’t beat the deals on regularly used/consumed items! Not only is it a great store, but their Manager Richard is a gem! I called asking whether I could obtain some moving boxes. Richard said sure, he would keep them for me and not crush them for the recycling. What a stand up guy. It was MUCH appreciated. This is not my first experience with Manager Richard. Years back I left my wallet behind in the basket of my shopping cart. One of the “cart boys” found it and turned it in. Richard then proceeded to notify my banking institution to contact me regarding the lost wallet. I was so grateful to have my wallet back with cash still inside! Good people at this Food Basics location. Saddens me to be moving away from it. God Bless.
When I went there no carts were available so the lady at the door asked the gentleman to please get some more carts. He made it quite clear he was mad about it. It is his job and as a customer I didn't need to see that. Also when asking a worker if they had any mushrooms he said rudely I don't know I am in the meat department not the vegetable department. When I found the man from vegetable department he was very helpful. I know everyone is under stress because of covid but we are still paying customers that need to be treated better as we are stressed as well. I probably won't go back there again.
Not bad but some items were way over priced.
I like this store. The staff are always helpful and friendly
Customers can be super ignorant and dismissive of the cashiers hard work in this fast paced environment. Sad to see how rude people can be these days. These cashiers are just kids and do not get paid enough for the lack of respect they receive. I came in the other day and was extremely disappointed to see customers making cashiers feel guilty for something they cannot control like the length of the lines. Keep up the good work cashiers!
Fresh vegies everytime
Great prices but produce quality is hit and miss. They often sell out of weekly big sale items too quickly sometimes with in 2 days and dont always get sale items back in stock before sale is over. Quality of meat is just ok. Staff is usually friendly and helpful.
Overall it's a good place to shop
Terrible produce. They literally had rotting vegetables out for sale. I left with nothing I went in for as everything was disgusting.
Be careful of the vegetables you buy. Bought a few bags of potatoes with rotten ones on the bottom. The bell peppers looked great on the outside but were all mouldy inside. And there were a lot of fruit flies.
We always do our shopping here. Great prices. Only 4 stars because the fruit and veggies need to be carefully checked.
2021 December (5/5): Was in and out of here quickly, they have new self-check outs which are really quick...store is clean, no complaints at all this time... November 2020 update (1/5): they got new debit/credit machines in about a year earlier (maybe more, maybe less, cannot remember, I only am here during cottage season), they have never worked in terms of tap which is a BIG issue in relation to covid IMO. Have asked about it and have gotten rude responses at times from their cashiers. Basically I am told it is the fault of my cardS yet my cardS work at EVERY every other store at every other machine outside of THIS location of FOODS BASICS I have ever tried. Maybe it is that till, nope tried other tills at this store. Get better customer service, get better tap machines (especially in light of covid), until then you are not getting a penny of the $1500 I spend on groceries a month... 2017 (5/5): Could have more selection but the prices here are really great! Hwy 400 was a mess recently (Sept 2017) so booted down Essa to 27 and saw this place so figured would check it out, actually had some really good deals and the produce is excellent quality, will return...also love the fact that no money is required for a cart, big plus on that option here too...
I like to shop local and support local businesses the cashier was awesome i recommend shopping here
Was ok. The lighting was off and the prices weren't as good as NoFrills.
I picked up some Broccoli and found worms in it! Two weeks in a row. Disappointing Food Basics. The pic is one of many.
Its OK here, and they have gotten better items available after the years, but still could improve greatly. Needs a way better fish selection.. they literally have a few different frozen ones and thats it. Maybe a fresh one like zehrs. Stores busy enough for it.
Love their prices their products the store is clean and also carries imported goods produce is fresh staff is friendly, dedicated, courteous, and very helpful it's convenient has plenty of parking wheel chair assessable lots of good promotions.
Good customer service, no que
Food Basics on Essa is a great place to shop! Affordable stuff, great selection, and always clean and well stocked! Even on the day before Labour Day, the staff was stocking sale items and cleaning, and they were still so helpful! They're always so friendly at check out too. Thank you for making grocery shopping less of a chore, especially on one of the last days before school starts :)
Good prices and product is fresh.
EVERYONE. WAS VERY HELPFUL TO HELP.ME...WELL STOCK OF.EVERYTHING.
Its a hit and miss.
Was their would gave a higher star but their was too many people in the store
Coean friendly good value
Beautiful store , great variety of food, well laid out, very clean and organized, great specials , cashiers are always friendly, so many instore specials, my favourite store!!!
Generally speaking Basically food Requirements is fullfilled. With reasonable prices. Well organized Mostly Very Well presented. Excellent Improvement in "PROGRESS ".
As is common out of the featured specials
Check the flyer, always something good on sale. But make sure you check the prices at the register. Sometimes mistakes are made.
Good place
I have only been driving by, not going in.
Good produce. Limited health food section.
Good prices and hard working staff. Good job with keeping everything Covid clean. Our kids love their Selection brand potatoe chips and also those are at a decent price!
Great prices and service
This place has a great selection of meats is always clean nice fruits E-Z Parking handicap parking and entrance included and always great prices
I always have a good experience when I go there. Food is fresh and good prices. Staff is helpful. I use the pharmacy there and they are great. My prescriptions are always ready every month I don't even have to call just go pick them up. I think overall the store is great and clean as well.
This is an good store don't get me wrong. It's a food basics so I can't give it a 5 like I would a Loblaws or a Nandos. You get the basics and it's for the most part clean as it is busy store. Usually there is no real wait times as it is adequately staffed imo. Pretty sure some of the staff are frustrated sometimes and they make it kind of obvious and I find sometimes rude but this would not be the norm. Overall it has what you need and it's basic. Don't be looking for Loblaws quality store here but it will do
I just moved from Midland to Barrie. I've always shopped at food basics in Midland. This morning I went shopping at your Essa rd location. I was shocked and surprised you dont have an electric cart for people with mobility issues. I'm sorry but for as long as I've been a loyal shopper I will no longer be able to shop at food basics. I will find a grocery store that has electric carts. Ty
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I shop at this food basics all the time the staff are very friendly and always smiling. Today I went shopping and lost my phone when I went in I spoke with a cash manager who checked the cameras without hesitation she was very concerned as I told her all my ID was in my phone case. She apologized and I went out to look in the carts and still could not find it. A couple hours later my husband called the store and he was informed that the manager was on his way to my house to drop off my phone as he got my address from my drivers license. I am so grateful the manager went out of his way to drive to my house to drop it off he went above and beyond. Amazing staff !
Clean and great facility to shop for grocery
Has eveything that is needed and usually good weekly specials. Just too bad they don't price match.
It's a really good place for muffins. Other than that it's pretty gross in there. The produce section never actually has fresh fruit. And the cashiers tell to talk to each other about their day when dealing with a costumer.
A decent grocery store lacks on baby options.
Great experience, every time. Cha-ching
very bad location and because on the app told me food basic extra virgin olive oil on sale and this location they didn't have that on sale and didn't match the price that is on the picture the olive oil and the date even i been told that sale is different location is like every location sale thinks the way the want
Great time to shop is Wednesday when it is not crowded and you still get items that are on sale. Sometimes you will even get the next week sale items.
Great prices on a wide selection of groceries and household goods. You can do your weekly shopping here and match Walmart prices on your overall bill.
Much better then it was. I prefer shopping here then Sobeys now. The food seems fresher in produce and the staff seem eager to help.
Very nice, with an actual sincere effort was put into cleanliness, safety and distancing! Other retailers and box stores can learn a thing or two about safely serving customers during Covid-19 2021 from Food Basics
great prices always lots of deals good place to fill your shelves
BEWARE OF WRONGLY PLACED "SALE" ITEMS, LIKE THEIR VIVA PUFFS COOKIES ..... THEY THREW A BOXFULL OF THEM ON TOP OF A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT BRAND (THAT REALLY WAS, ON SALE). WHEN YOU GET YOUR BILL, THE PRICE IS WRONG. IT'S HIGHER. YOU BRING THIS STOCKING MISTAKE TO THEIR ATTENTION (CARL), AND AS A REWARD, YOU ONLY GET THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO PRICES. SOME CREDIT SHOULD BE GIVEN THE ONE, WHO INFORMS THE STORE OF THEIR MISTAKE. UNLESS, THE STORE IS OKAY WITH RIPPING PEOPLE OFF, AND/OR DEALING WITH CUSTOMERS RETURNING THE ITEM AT CUSTOMER SERVICE - ONE BY ONE. LESSON: DON'T BOTHER HELPING OUT ANY OTHER SHOPPERS, BY TELLING MANAGEMENT OF AN ISSUE OF WRONG PRICE. THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU'VE DONE THEM ANY FAVOURS. FUNNY HOW THIS "MISTAKE", PUT MORE $$$$ IN THEIR POCKETS .... I RETURNED THE ITEM. SO MUCH, FOR 8 YRS OF PATRONAGE. ????
Best low budget grocery in barrie. Good selection
Great store and great prices.
Let me tell you all this store when every place else a holiday the store is open so keep that in mind everything you can find in the supermarket like you going to shopping service same thing full and good service locally owned lot of parking so enjoy it
They had a single express checkout lane and five self checkouts open today. With a line up of about a dozen customers. I don't understand why companies feel that these self checkouts are an acceptable replacement for actual staff, when you have a couple hundred dollars worth of groceries and are forced to self check them them the inconvenience quickly becomes apparent. Especially when a good portion of your purchases are not bar-coded, vegetables and fruit. I suppose they're trying to save a few bucks by installing these self checkouts, but it's a self defeating process, as I'm now much more likely to not even bother, and go get my fresh groceries from a smaller market that is more likely to employ a human staff. Three stars because the quality of the veggies is pretty good.
Love shopping here. Friendly staff, usually have 9 of 10 sale items in stock. The no name items are good quality at lower prices. Good selection and the ethnic isle is awesome for trying new stuff.
Pretty decent prices. The fresh produce however is definitely far from fresh. Tomatoes soft, cucumbers soft.
Was disappointed. Entry was controlled but, once in the store, social distance was not enforced. I was checking out and an employee came over to chat with my cashier and brushed shoulders with me. There were no plexiglass protections around the cashier and They had no PPE
prices up as in other places ...
Low prices. Friendly staff. Pretty ok selection of products
Would not recommend... I am overcharged on groceries every single time I am there. When I complain, they tell me the product is now free but they charge me double instead. Also, when an item is on sale, you can be guaranteed they are out of stock! This has been a problem for more than six years. I only shop at Food Basics because it is local. I now pay more for groceries but at least I only pay once for it and it is always on stock.
Was waiting for customer service when (found this out later) the store manager "Richard" jumps the line and gets staff to cash his groceries first before me and i was waiting 5 min! GREAT manager! NOT!!!
Freshest vegetables and fruit. Great savings everyday.
Always clean. Little to no line uos at cash. Usually fully stocked. Staff is always friendly and helpful
Good store, long lines sometimes. Most employees are friendly. Prices are okay.
Good options for different products,and variety of prices.
Moldy bread... found today on the shelf. Enough said.
Bad variety of fresh vegetable and meats Seems a little run down
This store is long established in the community. With great prices, good parking, amazing produce and especially the kind staff. This food basics is the whole package.
Good selection of items at better prices than sobeys same company Today produce was fresh and ample selection
good selection Clean
Great prices but not much bulk selection
They have good deals. Wish they were more consistent with produce freshness. This location anyways.
Great stock. Love the variety of produce ????
Lots on sale so I was happy with this visit ????
Not alot of variety for different cultural foods
This store has low prices, but I noticed they had many missing shelf labels, staff avoided eye contact, the customers were nice, but the in-store employee culture appears to be suffering from a more online based shopping industry. I suggest management tough it out, put on a smile, say hello, and your employees will follow suit.
Just got what I needed and left. Staff is fast and efficient.
I'm pretty mixed about this store. Some prices were good, some higher than I'm used to. The produce was in really poor shape, but lots of variety. The store was very messy in parts. Worse than any store I'm used to. There's lots of International food selection, which is a huge plus. Lots of gluten free, dairy free and sugar free variety which is great. I will shop here again for certain things, but definitely far from best grocery store in Barrie.
All associates very friendly, floors clean and everyone busy stocking it was very refreshing too see everyone engaged with customers and not stressing but enjoying their job, Great Leadership.
Great food prices, and specials big parking lot ,good selection. Groceries..fresh fruit and vegetables..store value brand. All you need for all your top brands plus supporting stores in same plaza
Good place to get groceries. But people if you going to shop please wear a mask or face shield and don't argue about it