Reviews of John's Your Independent Grocer (Gardener)

Erin Robertson

Ok place to go. Prices not bad, but not the best

Garry Murphy

If you treat your employees so bad that they can't provide decent service and polite interactions with customers put some self checkouts in. I've shopped here for the last 3 years but after being treated the way I was a week ago I will never shop here again. I'm no delicate flower but if your employees are unable to do their job either fire them or close your doors. I'm really saddened by this and hope to see your doors shut soon, you do not belong to this community nor do you represent the Canada I know and love.

Vanessa

They are quite helpful when needed.

Wayde Johnston

Too impersonal, produce depth is not the best, personel is in a revolving door, it a clean place i must say otherwise its soso

Joshua Venne

Sure, idfk never been. Google you huffing glue?

Calj

Clean and friendly

Wayne Cabot

Good selection of meats and breads

Dee Dee

Nice clean store

Aron

This was is the only Comox grocer I've been to. Got some delicious sausages from the meat department and the place seemed good overall.

Andrew Heaton

Good prices and convenient

Carmie Dixon

Prefer to shop here over superstore, only because I don't need to feed an army.

Self Reliant Island

I only go because it's the closest grocery store to me

Dan Leahy

Surprisingly good seafood.

Kelly Kostuik

Over priced

Dawne S

Pricier than Superstore but clean & tidy store

Michael Heydon

More than just a large grocer, John's has excellent customer service, great selection of fresh produce, in store bakery, so if you need those 4 dozen fresh hamburger buns, you can request them the night before. Great in-store specials and they price match most of the competition. My local grocer

Spencer Medford (Email)

I don't like having to buy two of an item in order to get the discounted price. The selection of organic produce isn't large.

Lavender banek

Same products as superstore but whatever I was buying is significant more expensive. Otherwise nice store and helpful staff

Raymond Gilby

Friendly and helpful staff. I buy groceries here often.

Decapoda

Prices could be better for larger families in the area to utilize it more

darryl Hicks

I couldn't find John anywhere.

Nikki S

Great service and awesome prices...one of my favorite grocery stores in town

Kyle Curtis

Not bad! Better produce than quality foods. On a higher end level, I couldn't help but take a photo of these toxic beauties! We live beside an ocean, 3x frozen Chinese fish are a little nasty.

Mr Clean

Very clean, well laid out, has everything we bought in Ontario! Great produce selection. Bakery cakes are phenomenal

Aly Starling

Good prices. Good selection. Good people.

Danielle Litalien

Good local options and vegan wines

Laura Carolina

Produce is usually fresh but the prices and the till are frequently incorrect.

Kirsty C

Find over priced and quality to be poor feel taken advantage of

Brent Uallas

Spacious and well priced

Ron Taylor

Super variety in deli. Outstanding bakery. Unique choices. Good prices. Great people.

Bill Crowder

Good deala

Gloria Tremblay

Great super market, helpful staff, good selection

D -

Just grabbed a coffee super friendly people

Rosanna Norton

Meat dept is not up to par. Poor mgmt.

raroboy

It's John's!

Pat Long

One of the cleanest, we'll organized, stocked stores I have been in. Prices are average to awesome, quality is top shelf, staff are friendly and extremely helpful! I wish my local grocers was half as great as John's Independent.

Orion

Often good for grocery shopping however they are sometimes poor at re-stocking. Bad experience on New year's eve when I bought brown bread without checking its date and it had blue mould all the way through. Unfortunately I hadn't kept the receipt!

Wayne Murphy

Its a great market in comox

Victoria Smith-Breker

Not good here. You will save money driving to the real super store. Produce at johns is the worst!

Michael Edward Malcolm

Good price.

Céline Sokol

I like the staff

travis ruttan

John's is good ...better than superstore

Montana P

Today I was shopping and witnessed three shoppers maskless. It wasn't a case of staff not noticing. One maskless shopper was speaking to staff at the Customer counter, and another maskless shopper went through the checkout shortly after I did. I realize it may be uncomfortable to ask a Shopper to wear a mask, but it is necessary. I will start shopping elsewhere.

lamoine maryniak

Its my local grocery store

polly sveinbjornson

Always friendly service and amazing bakery!

Shawn H

Lots of PC products and fairly priced.

Rachael Jancowski

Some of the prices were rather high

David Strang

Often is unorganized, shelves are in dissaray, produce is the worst quality and the most expensive in the Valley. Recently picked up 3 avocados for dip and were all black inside! Had to throw out and take a trip to QF. Sorry other than milk I'll not shop here again.

Roland Schoenke

This place is the best for the staples and Frozen goods.

Dan Yang

Good variety of product - local and international, great quality, and very pleasant and helpful staff.

Custom Charger

I only like one person in that store. The rest of them are ruthless and mean. They make good sandwhiches though.

Denton Anderson

Visiting from out of town and visited this store. Very helpful floor staff, excellent customer service desk and truly outstanding pharmacy team. John's Independent give a wonderful impression for the Comox business community.

Aiden Schultz

A very nice and clean store.

E K

I used to like shopping here. The mini superstore as I put it. But the pricing does not match that at superstore what so ever. Pretty steep for only two small bags of items. Definitely won't be back the staff are all nice and the facility is in fine shape but yeah the pricing. If you can make a trip elsewhere I guess to save some money

Corey Hobbis

Great store

Denise Longland

Best chicken strips around

Lyme Life With Stanley Peacock & Jj

Great store with great staff!

Patricia Emsley

Convenient in the mall. Lots of President choice product. Store very open, lots of room to move around. Good deli section.

Kim Brake

Expensive then most supermarket's and sometimes the fruit and veg isn't fresh as it should be.

Pepino Gino

Best white choc rasp cheesecake in bakery dept

Comox Valley Boxing Club

Just a not good version of superstore and more expensive

Alan P

A very good grocery store. The manager in the deli is awesome to deal with.

Doris Kuppers

Some pretty reasonable prices, chicken is always good and if you time it right you can get some really good deals from various depts.

Christopher Wilkes

Prices are astronomically high. Staff is nice, atmosphere is nice, produce and products are good

Henry Junnola

Had everything I want, and very competitive prices

jason ly

It's nice to have something local and they seem to be making a better effort in their produce but their produce and butcher lag far behind thrifties. Cuts of meat are rough and sloppy. Greens are never sprayed enough and are always wilted. Everything else is pretty good. Their organic selection is decent.

Wd T

Our local store with a good selection of items. Quick and easy shopping with friendly staff.

D Dasilva

Staff are very friendly and helpful. Unfortunately the product selection is poor as is the quality of produce and meat. The price point is high, comparable to smaller, more local chains with better quality meat and produce

Jenn McLaughlan

Nice little store but they don't always have what I am shopping for.

Roberta Mooney

First time here, visiting from the lower mainland to see friends. Went inside to buy some groceries, decent size store, I thought there was good selection foods and items. Staff were very nice and things ran efficient. Lots of parking available outside as its connected to the mall.

shaun smith

I was standing in line to buy 2 small things and a loud and aggressive man at customer service yelled at me. I felt very uncomfortable, especially at this time of covid. Booo

Shaleena F.

Really convenient to shop and Phamacy experience was smooth.

dave ostrander

Very pleased much nicer than I thought it would be

Chris Sande

Staff is friendly and efficient. Store was incredible clean. Produce and meat is affordable and in great condition. Will definitely return.

Dale McVeigh

Friendly staff

Kyle G

Giving 5 stars to the pharmacy! They are awesome and kind. My whole family gets their meds here. Very personable too. So happy to have found a great pharmacy with great staff..especially after dealing with the jerks at Costco ????

Rachid Achtouk

Super friendly when i was in there, helped me find everything i needed! It was my first time in there!

Rex Turgano

Clean store and decent price.

Adam Larsen

Great prices, decent selection.

Rob

Had what we needed. In and out quickly

Kyle Whitmell

Good selection. Bright & well stocked.

Derek Firth

Whom do they think they are fooling?. Go ahead and Slap whatever name you want on the building. It's STILL The Real Canadian Superstore..

Larry Lorimer

Great produce and meats

Chubb Rock

Bathroom can be nastier than you'd hope to see in a grocery store. Owned by behemoth corporation Loblaws (kings of the bread scandal) so expect produce at the same low quality as Superstore, but without the lower prices.

Robyn Berry

Great shop and I can still collect and use my optimum points without spending the money I would at say Shopper's Drug Mart or driving the distance to Superstore.

norene wells

The best and only large grocery store in downtown Comox. JYIG can supply most of your needs, and the BC Liquor Store is right next door. Lots of services in the mall.

Travis Rutherford

Great staff.

matt george

A good Place for a little Shopping

Al right

Price is only passable.....staff really not friendly or helpful....or maybe it was just a bad day...regardless not my favorite

Grey Eyes (Greyeyes)

Pretty good store. Reasonable prices and selection.

Black Fox

The reason I am giving the store three stars is due to the lack of local produce and dairy products etc., I feel that we are very fortunate here in the Comox Valley, with a great selection of cheeses, yoghurts and organic ice cream to name a few items. It would be nice to see more local fare at this store.

Kristine “Renniel”

Great staff, smaller market but has most of what you need. Supports sailors from the marina

Dolorese Plante

Such a great grocery stote

Susan M

Very expensive, hardly any staff or help if needed. It's like a convenience store, people only shop there because its convenient.

Bill Lyle

Friendly staff, good prices for meat products

Sushistew

Everything you need from a Loblaws affiliate

Thomas Mahoney

John's is your small store small town bargain food store. Always stop by everytime I'm in Comox.

Joyce Micol

Had canned cat food on sale 10 tins for $7.00.

Lynne Fedorick (CPDT-KA)

You get great deals there once in awhile.

Jay Five Wilki

Great store :) great staff all of them :) always happy to help always polite, extra shout out to Dan for going the extra step to find my earbud that fell out while entering store, i stopped to leave my name/number in case someone turned it in, he went to go look for it instead and found it yay Thank you all :) Mar24th also shout out to the pharmacy here!! Pharmacist was very helpful to me today

Swede TV

So clean great looking produce and many if not all tills are open.

Blaine McMillan

Lots of 50 percent off items but basically superstore selection of items exception is maybe a better deli or sandwich bar. A expression machine that makes coffee for 1.50 is nice.

Vicki Willems

Clean and orderly , nice staff

Liam

Best meat in town. ????great veggies.

Tammy McFadden

Its a 5 stars from the entrance door to check out. Its a plus+ Prophet Ramona

wayde johnston

Says online that it closed at 7pm when it's Infact 9pm, very confusing and lazy

Warren Apsouris

Great service and selection

1980woodpixie

A bit pricey, but good otherwise.

Rick G

Came with a local to get veggies for dinner and saw a variety of affordable regular and organic, also vegan cheeses, and imperfect fruit I wish I could get in Victoria.

Jacob Layhee (JLmajor)

Good place to get grocerys

Steve “The Viking” Staley

Staff was very helpful.

Tom

Generally good. Little more pricey. Noobies need more guidance.

Brieee

Good for basics, the produce is not the greatest. Most of the staff friendly and helpful.

Mikol McPherson

Decent grocery place that's convenient

Kelly Malo

Good food and friendly people serving

Troy Richman

It's a good place to shop

Richard Green

The staff are so friendly & helpful. Store is always clean & organized.

Mella Mellow

Clean bright isles, a little confusing with the directional flow arrows.

Taryn Woodrow

Well i went in on fathers day to buy some fish and the fish counter was closed.They lost a 50. To thrifty foods

Ken Tedford

Nice friendly staff and a clean store.

Ken Seabloom

Nice store

Jazam T

Great helpful staff who pack groceries for you and store is clean. Curbside pickup is fantastic too

Robin van G

Friendly service, good prices.

Charlotte Schoch

Average store to shop. Just like super store.

John Thompson

i really like there moist wieners they taste really good in my mouth. MMMMMM

Jenny Mcpottymouth

Love that supermarket

Milla Hope (Milla)

Great selection

Jim Robin

Great prices with a great selection. What more do you need. Yep, the staff is very helpful.

Margie Anderson

Over priced.

Matthew Meredith

This is our preferred grocery store. They always have great specials the store is very clean and they have great staff.

Jennifer Cappiello

Great staff, really good prices and great sales

Michael

Super location, great service everything you want a grocery store to be. And their hair shampoo was half the price of the Rexall Drug store next door.

Karen Forshner

No premade vegetarian sandwiches but otherwise good products & prices. Staff not terribly helpful.

Sarah Dennis

Nightmare place to shop right now - especially if all you want is a quick sandwich! You collect the sandwich but have to walk through half the store to finally be allowed to pay for it! I know there are Covid restrictions, but this is simply ridiculous. Queuing system needs to be re-thought out.

Ralph Worley

Great customer service and good deals when you buy groups of certain items.

Leona Colebank

I like the little guys. Good prices , selection and service.

Vladimir Suna

Local

Ed Preece

Good prices and great produce!

Don Harrison

My favorite grocery store. I find everything I want here. Very conveniently located in the Comox Mall, located in downtown Comox.

Barbara Forsyth

I was so impress a very bright clean airy ... Lots of delious food i had a really good sandwich much in enjoy for a reasonable price..

Geoff Stewart

Love the pharmacists. They go above and beyond!

South Sea

The cashiers are young and do not seem to be trained properly. I had an item that was not scanning and was asked by the cashier to go get the tag for it off the shelf. Also, it seems as though they are not enforcing mask wearing. I witnessed multiple customers not wearing masks or wearing them incorrectly and no one mentioned anything or asked them to put one on. Other things: Bathrooms were disgusting, floors were gross, items on top shelves were not reachable. Overall I would not recommend this store. I will not be going back.

La Diablo

Decent selection for a smaller grocery store.

t bw

I'm grateful to have this little jewel close to home. It's got pretty much everything and the staff give me a reason to keep going back.

Kristin Glover

There was only one employee that could provide decent customer service. The rest of them are rude.

Kim Didierserre

like the bakery & deli section better than superstore but is out of the way to go to regularly

Doug T

Cool place to shop always hood deals and everyone that works there is always super friendly.

KC

Good selection friendly staff. Only problem you have to walk all around the store to get to customer service.

Rick East

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D Gorn

Since covid-19 or not so long ago toilet paper used to be 6 dollers now its 18.99 thats wayy to much tho realy cheap 2 liter pop bottles

Brigitte Le Burel

Needs more healthy options

Naomi Vierstra

Just do

Doug Chapman

Nice store but no vegan food for me.

Lorie MacDonald

Good grocery store but does have slightly limited stick in some areas. Prices are fair market rate overall. Staff is great!

john montminy

Large store. Produce selection is the best around!

John White

FROZEN YOGURT IS ON SALE RIGHT NOW!!!

Pauline Williamson

Very nice store, well set up, great food and great price!

Cam McGowan

Nice store

Lorna Stevens

Meh

James Thomas

Grocery store is great and I can utilize my PC points which is nice. Good selection of all the normal stuff but not as large of a store as some of the others in the area. This isn't a complaint however as the store is layed out nice and shelves always seem well stocked. The hot food area is a great place to grab lunch for a reasonable price. Chicken and sides are good and if that's not your thing they have sandwiches and some other items as well.

justin ellerson

Prices need to come down

Graham Edwards

Great

Kris Thompson

Great service and good prices what more could you want.

David Putman

Organized and friendly staff.

Jacke Smith

Meat counter is huge

August Deaton

Great prices on select goods and friendly staff.

Cheryl Buchanan

At far corner of produce, All produce is WILTED and disgusting! It's been like this for over a year!! COOLER BROKEN??? Lettuce cilantro parsley and all veggies in that corner.........all garbage. Why don't you fix it!!

Andrea Nauta

Terrible produce and overly high price, taking advantage of our senior citizens

Reed Holden

Great location for me. My favorite grocery store. Large selection but not a huge store. Makes for quicker in and out. Staff is friendly and efficient. Quality of produce is great. Not a huge selection on produce but the quality is good. Prices are a bit higher than superstore but it's not superstore so it's worth it to me to shop here.

Matt Tutt

Cool unique items in the deli and amazing prepared foods for immediate consumption

Chris Patterson

Good savings

Fran Kwiecien

A little bit of everything but not a lot of what you need. Minimal baked goods.

Garry Mcleod

Great service and high quality products.

Kari L

The prices are fine but the layout is just plain weird

Bree Chouinard

As you enter the store , a high pressure sales person tries to have you sign up for a mastercard, the sales person follows you and continues to try and get you to sign up , even after you tell him NO three or four times. When you phone for the manager , you will be told he just went out but he could contact you. You might get to talk to him after you tell the customer service person,.. that you will not be shopping there any more until the credit card sales person is gone. The manager will tell you he will take care of the situation, I wonder how many customers John's will loose. They're not independent in the true meaning of the word , the manger has no control of store rules , I will not shop there again untill the sale of credit cards is over . i may not return at all

Leo Morissette

Good selection

John Nicklin

All the amenities one would need. Grocery store, Rexall , B.C Liquor Store.

Kell Shepherd

Nice people good service

Anne Chorneyko

Loved this store. Very clean, organized and quiet. Good selection of products. Some very good prices

Amanda Borland

i love there thick juicy meat

Denys Laporte

Decent place, sells president choice brand.

Robert George

Nice store. Great discount deals. Good selection of foods.

Robert Ayotte

Good prices, well laid out. Big store, good weekly sale items.

Markus Dubious

Great options

Richard Davis

Pretty much the same as the Superstore, they do have a better sandwich or what you would call meals ready to eat section. They make a great little sub! The store is always nice and clean with a great staff working there.

Ralf Schroeder

Its superstore without the volume of customers. No stress!

Ramona Breedveld

John's is my favorite grocery store in the Valley, and I live 25 mins from Comox! I regularly drive all across town, over the bridge, and around the dyke to get my groceries from here. They have great deals, a good layout, and friendly staff. Definitely check them out!

Brian Woloshyn

Beer for me beer for you

Kathy Seymour

Fair prices clean organized store ????

Kate Griffiths

Always a great experience

Bernie Shaw

Great variety but prices seem to be going up..

Karen Cooke

I love shopping here. I drive way across town to get a nicer shopping experience. It's a bit more expensive than Superstore but cheaper than Thriftys or Quality Foods. Plus wonderful staff who bag my groceries for me.

Richard Kügler

Can always find what I want with friendly staff and great service.

honest 12

Has everything

April Bay

Good/ effecient / logical

Ammarah

Reasonably priced friendly helpful staff and it's independent not a big chain store

Peter Paulson

Loblaw's chain grocery store with everything you need to stock up. Also selling organic foods, fresh seafood, kitchenwares, some minor electronics, pharmacy, and a small delicatessen. A bit pricier than the 'Superstore' BUT this location has easy parking, free shopping carts, and employees who really care about local service.

John Thornton

Your small local Superstore, private label products at better quality than name brands. Always specials available, check often for best deals.

G Challoner

Good veggies

Cat

Clean, bright, well stocked grocery store. Still affiliated with Superstore so you can find President's Choice food A convenient place to shop for the many Condo dwellers in the downtown Comox area. Popular grocery store with local residents.

Winston Dolby

Yes

Robert Davidson

Good deals. Produce isn't the best tho.

Roger Barrette

Great deals in the 50% off bins!

Brenda Mcintosh

Meat department is good because Luke Anderson is a good worker

Colleen Fortin

Great place... Great staff

Brenda McCall

Totally good.

Ken Macdonald

Convenient, all in one shopping.

Amy Large

Deals

Tyler McLoughlin

Over priced

KATHERINE SCHULTZ

Good grocery store. Reasonable prices

Dean Cadotte

Quiet and friendly

Francine Martineau

John's YIG always leaves me satisfied and has me coming back for more week after week.

Maria Deloro

Produce is rarely good, but butcher, bakery, and deli are pretty good most of the time.

Rod Gallagher

Just another grocery store, prices average.

Aline Harris

Mellow

Dorrie Estlin

It's large with grocerues, fruit and vegies

Thomas Grundy

Friendly staff. Ok selection.

Bernie Arthurs

I give this two stars because of the inventory. The produce and meat department is gross. But the staff is amazing. Better balance may be in the works.

Cory Grosskleg

Good prices and selection, helpful and friendly staff.

Jill Olsson

Prices and "best by" dates not good....another "food chain con game". John aren't you embarrassed, tch..tch.....

manfred berger

Good selections & prices, friendly staff

Derek Hodge

Close to home, lots of parking.

Angela Dee

I shop here because I have to. The only grocery store I my area. Every time I go 1 employee in particular engages in any form of negative interaction she can. Everyone else is nice. I have mentioned her to other people I know and they knew exactly what I was talking about. I know it's hard to find employees, but, I'm tired of having my day interfered with because of 1 psycho. Thanks

Tatyana Smith

It's a great place to get your shopping done. It's basically a Superstore just independently-owned. I've come to know some of the staff there in the staff is amazing. Very helpful stores very clean. Everything you could want in a grocery store

Laurie Miller

Some really good deals if you are looking for specific things. Friendly staff

Sandy Heyman

Great service!

Warrant

It's like a smaller superstore with nice staff.

gord maxwell

Nice store. Good selection with many items, considering the small side of the store. Friendly staff.

child care

Great staff!

Kathleen Bell

Lots of neat things!

Keith Moraes

Very good grocery store from the "Independent" chain. Great prices, quality goods, reliable brands. Everything supermarkets are expected to be nowadays.

L Stoughton

Good location, poorly set out aisles, expensive...good staff

Alex Osborne

Very helpful*****

Kyli Woods

Oh, it looks pretty but check the prices and not just the sale items. Just like at Thrifty's you are paying for the glitz. The same products are available elsewhere in the Valley and at a lower price. It's unfortunate that the prices are so high especially when the majority of the shoppers are seniors on a fixed income.

eli hu

Very nice store and was impressed with the produce

Glen Mollett

Lots of check outs