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Originally Posted by MonctonRad
The Maritimes are basically stuck with the Sobeys/Loblaws duopoly (I use Sobeys myself, supplemented heavily by Costco). Of course, there is also Walmart.
There are strong rumours that Moncton will be getting the regions first Metro store. It will be interesting to see how that shakes up the marketplace.
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We have a Metro store as well as two locations of Food Basics which is owned by Metro. The Metro store is definitely not competitive and worse than the other chains for prices but Food Basics can have good deals but the stores kind of suck in my opinion for selection. The FB location near downtown is full of shoplifters and addicts and there almost always seems to be an incident when I'm there. Syringes can often be found on shelves.
We have a Your Independent Grocer, No Frills for Loblaws brand and the only Sobeys one here is the Foodland in my neighbourhood. Oh and there is Walmart and Giant Tiger.
The only one that has impressed me lately is Giant Tiger. They have expanded their grocery offerings and sell so many items for considerably less than other chains. Less greedy I guess?
I'm am very surprised that Metro isn't in the New Brunswick market. If the stores are more like the Quebec ones then they will be really nice. The Ontario ones can really vary and are inferior to most Quebec locations. Most locations in Ontario used to be A&P stores.