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Originally Posted by esquire
^ I always sort of wondered about the logic of supermarkets as anchors, though. My local regional mall, St. Vital Centre, is probably one of the only malls left in Canada where Walmart is still part of the mall in the location it took over from Woolco. When I go grocery shopping there, I never, ever visit the rest of the mall... it might as well not exist to me.
I get that habits vary, but I have a hard time imagining that a lot of people go through the mall, buy a bunch of clothes and shoes and whatever, and then lug that stuff over to the supermarket where they drop $200 on groceries right after that.
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Grocery stores are fairly common in Ottawa malls.
Other than the Costco at Les Promenades mentioned by Acajack, Bayshore Shopping Centre in west end Ottawa has a Walmart. This particular location in the mall has seen a revolving door of anchors over the years, from Les Ailes de la Mode, to Zellers, then Target and finally after years of vacancy, Walmart took over, replacing a location in another mall closer to Downtown (Lincoln Fields, now demolished for redevelopment, though some of its other anchors (Metro grocery store and Rexall Pharmacy) have been relocated as stand alones on the site).
Gloucester Centre in the east end, a fairly small mall, has Loblaws and Walmart.
Carlingwood in the west end, not far from Lincoln Fields, also has a Loblaws. One of the deader malls in the region, the old Sears has been demolished and they are now building a new Canadian Tire in its place, which should have an interesting effect.
Downtown's Rideau Centre opened a Farm Boy (fresh fruits and veggies, meals-to-go) across the hall from one of Rideau Station's entrances.