Reviews of Quality Foods Nanaimo (Bowen Road) (Fruit Store)

Em von Euw

It's a grocery store. Has what you need. A little pricey. Nice and clean though, and friendly staff.

Sue Hughes

This Quality Foods has the best customer service in town. Best place to shop.

Michele Hayes

Always friendly and customer focused! Love this store

Gerold Haukenfrers

Local Grocery Store with great specials.

David Bliss

My new favorite place. Not many customers which is excellent during these times. I find everything I need.

jarrod dick

Kicked it up a notch with the Chinese food!

Misty Potzkai

Amazing staff.great customer service especially sonce it was a case lot sale as well as 1.49 Tuesday

Jason Kristiansen

Good pricing, easy dinners to go, decent produce. Best part is they do a lot for local community events.

Kyra Vance

Love the caramel dip and apples. Very non- crowded and the staff are very helpful and friendly.

Custom Charger

Great service and the person at customer service was awesome. Thank you.

dirty lil devil 250

Big store good selection.descent parking lot.not overly busy.

Trent Morris

Great grocery store, it's smaller than the other two, but it's location and the Child Minding they offer is unbeatable, plus they have some killer deals.

Eleanor Glendale

Great deals! We just got the 5 choices of meats for 25$. We tried their Chinese food too, it wasn't bad.

Ofelia Gersjes

Great parking, very kind staff, amazing chinese food. You really get your $ worth here. The grocery aisles are tight and its not the fanciest store, but its got everything you need.

Duane Stone

Stopped in to pick point seta for wife

Zoe Jean Grant

It's a smaller grocery store but it's well stocked. The service was great and it's quite clean. We'll be going back!

Christine Robertson

Good Covid protocols, good selection of food, and pleasant staff.

Brad Coates

The Chinese food and sushi and deli section is awesome

Melissa Vasey

Feels a bit small and it's a bit tricky to get to, but it has some good prices and a decent selection of products.

Bill W.

Bit pricey, but great staff

TheRattleShark

Great store, helpful staff, decent prices. I go out of my way to shop here.

Dereck Paul

They were all very good towards me. ..helped me fill out my qf card application. ..so yeah it was a great time. ...

Bioac

I am extremely disappointed in this store. I was looking for European weiners and EVERY SINGLE pack was expired some almost a month past its sell by date!!!

El Cafecito

Super convenient for me. I can do a bit of shopping while doing laundry next door. I also like their $1.49 days because they mark down stuff that I actually need.

Michelle Gan

The staff are super friendly. The largest Chinese food helpings I have seen for the combos!

Black Fox

Very good selection of cold and hot foods to grab for the ferry.

jerrit onley

Excellent place to shop. Always friendly and helpfull . Could have another till sometimes but I understand it is slow

Joe Simpson

Do you like paying the absolute highest price for groceries? Then this is the place for you!

Ann Wiley

The staff are always friendly and the service efficient. I got some amazing steaks for a great price tonight

Dustin Whymark

Great spot to grab your groceries

Claire Toynbee

Not many grocery stores have a supervised children's play area (and near the washrooms, too), it's accessed off the dairy section. I particularly love QF because of their personal daily special, I can scan items up front (here, by the deli counter) and choose one as my special, then lock that in with my loyalty card and buy up to 4 of it. This especially helps with cleaning products. And I can use loyalty points to buy a turkey (a popular choice), or cookware and other items from the catalog. Nice deli with lots of conveniently packaged salads, meats, Japanese-style sushi rolls, etc. although no seating area in this store. Large produce section with good selection. Pleasantly helpful staff. Always a good till experience. This is a smallish big grocery store for our times, but it has good variety, is conveniently located and has adequate parking. The mall includes a liquor store and a retail post office, as well as several restaurants and a pub. I prefer this QF to the nearby Save-On and Country Grocer.

K L

A good grocery store, although it doesn't have as much as other QF's, it doesn't have Chinese food or sushi, but it has sandwiches, other deli stuff. The staff are friendly and the shelves are always stocked and organized.

Nicholas Vanderschaaf

Had quit a bit of empty spaces on the shelves, staff seemed like none of them wanted to be there. The young man who helped us at the till audibly signed when he had seen how much we had in our cart. Then at the till beside us. A women was getting a package of water and she said the sign said it was 2 dollars. And the young man at her till said it was 8. After a bit of this back in forth... he said "well I have a line up... but I mean I can go check for you if you want." Which should of been the first responce to her. After we were leaving with our groceries a female staff member walked out behind the tills directly into where we were walking and made me have to move myself out of the way. She also let out an audible *tsk* sound at me. Like it was my fault she walked in front of me. *there was also a slight eye brow raise in the gesture of "really?" Only reason why rating isn't 1 star is because some thier deals (if you have a save on card) were actually very decent! I believed from our normal shopping with roughly the same food we saved about 30~40 dollars. (Mind you these deals on these particular foods don't always happen. I just happened to look at a flyer and wanted to go there.) But without the card and normal pricing. It's slightly above average.

Mike Strenja

Only go if i have to. Prices are a buck or 2 more on each respective item than other chain grocers. The store is old and outdated, nothing special. Staff are low energy, nothing special there either. I can usually save quite a bit driving 5 min further.

D S

I love Quality Foods (5 stars) and I love Da tang chinese food (5 stars)...but the stuff served in Quality Foods is absolutely disgusting. 0 flavour and definitely NOT worth the money. Maybe I came at the wrong time..idk.

Rocko ca

This store has gone down hill since Save On bought them out . Or mabey it's just location , but better options on Turner Road . Good place to stop for milk , eggs etc . Staff is always pleasant.

Clayton Harder

A nice, small grocery store! It is very nice because it isn't too packed but because it is small, you might not find everything you are looking for. You'll be in and out quick and all the workers seem like very nice people!

etch250

Im not a fan of 1 star ratings but this store is a dump, old and neglected. Produce staff were awesome but ran into a very grumpy short hair lady that should not work around customers to say the least. Owners need to upgrade this place....better lighting and new floors would at least brighten this dungeon of a grocery store up..

Trevor Fraser

Good fresh produce, and cashier's are friendly.

Kooper2080

Review is for Chinese food. Wife phoned a 10 minutes ahead of time to pick up some Chinese food and it looks like its been sitting for ages, the breading on the pork is complete mush and we got plain pork instead of lemon chicken. Really gross.

noel vickers

I just tried their take out Asian food for the first time from this location. It wasn't as good as I remember.....but I'll try it again :)

David J. Laporte

Smaller grocery store but with everything you need, some good deals and a monitored play area for your kids while you shop.

Madeline Crane

Very pleasant staff. Good prices. Appy hour is awesome.

Judy K

Friendly, Helpful staff! This QF location offers most of the amenities that are available at the other stores. They have the same Appy Hour Specials, the My Deals ( available on the QF App), Pick Your own Daily deal, $1.49 day, $5 Fridays..etc. This location has handicapped parking and is accessible to persons using wheelchairs and other devices, with a level parking lot and entrance/exit and wide aisles. They feature a deli counter and I have read that this location is going to be remodeled soon and will then include the popular Chinese Food, Pizzas, Smokehouse items,etc. that are currently available at the other QF locations. I recommend that you use the QF App, it makes more Specials available to you and all of your purchases will earn you points which can be used to purchase items, or reduce the cost of them, or you can save your points to exchange them for a variety of items that are available in the QF Points catalogue.

Sandra Rewega

I always shop here best point system anywhere else ????.. no one does it the right way but QF..thanks for being there

William Poirier

Excellent location. Good prices and selection.

Gaétan Desrochers

Chinese food is really good but that place needs more cleanup

Laurie Loewen

Always friendly staff, and great deals! It's our go-to for groceries!

Glenda Robertson

Not that great. The flyers are wrong alot of the time. The vegetables and fruits are not in the best shape. I'd rather go to Country Grocers

Danny

Smaller selection than other stores but better if you’re looking to avoid any major rushes or lines.

clara morin

love this place , bot too busy not too slow, product is new and fresh all the time

Charles Nelson

Awesome friendly store.. My son says it's like a community cuz they remember you there.

Luke Salsman

Is this where you would like to buy food from?

Joe Izme

Great little store, I highly recommend the chicken and mojos! Friendly and helpful staff. Always has some great deals.

Kate Paugh

The staff are so friendly, quality butcher shop, excellent offerings of hot and cold items in deli and a great bakery.

Damien Locke

Manager is gold and staff are fantastic. Play area allows for shopping in peace.

Christopher Prest

Awesome Chinese food take out

alex mah

It's like any other Quality Foods store...but the parking lot sucks and exiting onto Bowen or Northfield can be an adventure. I saw a sign that says they are getting a Chinese kitchen soon, so that will be an added bonus

A

While trying to get lunch(on a work lunch break) : more than a few times there has been nobody ‘able’ to help me at the deli. There is a sign up stating employee will be back in an hour. I asked if the employee’s in the Chinese food area can help, they said ‘nope they will be back in an hour’. Also huge lines and one cash open at lunch hour (between 11-1pm). I have had to walk out more than once because there is no one to help or not willing. Very fed up and at a loss as it is the closest grocery store to my work. I also ask for behind the counter deli items because the ones that are sitting in the accessible cooler out front are gross to say the least.

Lynda Bennett

Great service and prices. Watch for the Daily specials. The Chinese Kitchen is good food and great value.

Jeff Johnstone

We purchased 5 packs of sausage meat from QF. So far 2 of the 5 packs had gone bad. When I tried to return one, I was given so much pushback and attitude that I won't be buying QF meat again .

Dan Pitcairn

Hadnt attend that much mostly time I went Country Grocer and Save on Food. I hadnt give a chane Beban shopping

Lance A Lot

Good place to shop. Manager is friendly and have had many good conversations.

Jason Richard

Always make sure you double check the expiry dates on the food, because the staff sure does not. I've brought it up to them at least 3 times and was always shrugged off, don't waste your money on their overpriced rotten food. Go somewhere else. Wanted to buy some breakfast sausage and it had no expiry date on it, so I asked the butcher, he said it doesn't need one? Its meat genius, of course it does.

Erik Dresen

The deli was awful, dried out old food. I didnt look as I was expecting "QUALITY FOODS" But the chicken and potato salad I got was 2 and 3 days away from expiration. Absolutely horrible!

Darrell Montgomery

Hi I'm kicked out because i was reading a list of groceries on my phone from my wife. Someone thought I was up to something else. SAD AFTER 5 YEARS THEY WOULDN'T BELIEVE ME WHEN I TOLD THEM I WAS JUST READING MY GROCERIES EVEN WHEN I SHOWED THEM THE LIST. ( I'm in a weelchair With slight memory loss just so you know)

The Newbie Gardener

Store is easy to navigate and product placement makes sense. Reasonable prices, except for the deli salads, they are overpriced.

john pietrantonio

Very good prices.

Robert Wight

Great Staff members, Very helpful, friendly and personable. Regular grocery prices are much higher than other stores in the area though. Can find a great deals on sale items and on meat items. Produce is much to be desired on most days and I avoid buying as I can find much better produce at cheaper prices elsewhere.

Lisa Tidder

The staff goes above and beyond to be helpful. Store is kept clean.

jessy craik

Quality foods always has the best and most friendly staff and a good assortment of local fare. The sales prices are very good.

Scott K

Went in for a small can of pop. Its was over $3. Rip off

Jim Nelson

Nice store a little dark, assistant manager helped me find what I was looking for. They were out but held one for me the next day. Great service!

Derek DeGear

My favourite location grocery store. The meat department is the best in town.

Mike Dobrensky

Nice and new location. Great selection of items. Take out deli a little pricy, but good !

Cathy Murphy

The Deli salad counter was awful, at the Bowen Rd QF. No lids on anything and therefore everything was dried out. I mentioned to the girl working there, but she didnt seem to think there was anything wrong with that. I checked as I left and still no lids. :( honestly I think I might get sick if I eat this salad. Bowen Rd QF. has seen a significant decline in its deli over the the last 4 or 5 years. The deli employees gab instead of serving, they close the fryers before the dinner hour and the Deli Salad counter has a minimum of choices. I shop at both the Turner Rd and Bruce Ave QFs and they both excel in the mentioned areas.

Dan Cloutier

Had a really nice evening on the patio last weekend. Great service.

Tyson Reavley

Been going here since I was a lily kid brings back memories

Paul Lawry

A great $5`00 breakfast. Store is always clean and good service.

lucas tanner

Great service great food best bang for your buck

Terri Webster

Products over priced (by a lot!) compared to Save On + some other stores. Purchased Breyers Maple Walnut Creamery Ice cream (no antibiotics etc.) + it was old + had gone bad. Manager was condescending + made me feel like I didn't know what I was talking about. Never shopping there again! Staff very young + do not know anything about what's in the store, nor cares!

kevin haylett

Stopped in going to work.. Clean store, good quantities of what I needed. Wasn't crowded and practising social distancing was observed.. Great job QF.

Kevin Root

Awesome store....ask for rick and he will cut you anything you want...hes been cutting meat for 20 years and he really knows his stuff and his customer service skills are awesome...great guy great sense of humor also

Jeongye yang

If you are looks like Asian, someone might say racist things to you. And No one help you when you happened it.

Gary Trudell

Prices may be a bit higher than others but friendliness and experienced staff made this visit very nice

Corina Schmitz

They don't issue a card right away . Didn't get the specials. Bought oliviari Pasta it was moldy . Cashiers were great just not setup well store is confusing..

Clint Meno

It's a grocery store! Unfortunately it is the smallest of them in Nanaimo. They don't carry everything other QF's in Nanaimo carry. It is the closest of the qf's to my home but I rarely shop there as they do have less!

Karen Bertelsen

Nice clean store, helpful staff, competitive prices. Peaceful shopping experience.

Wild Man

Last time I was there, it smelled bad in the back ( Meat area) Got my stuff and left. Was better before Jimmy bought it.

Anne Walkosky

Always good service, not over crowded, fresh veggies and meat well set up