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“One woman emptied her cart and drove straight here”: This Toronto grocer sells some items for 50 per cent less than Loblaws

“One woman emptied her cart and drove straight here”: This Toronto grocer sells some items for 50 per cent less than Loblaws

Angela Donnelly, the co-owner of Leslieville’s Raise the Root, recently started posting price comparisons on Instagram

“Some full-timers are using food banks”: A Metro employee breaks down why GTA grocery workers are prepared to strike

“Some full-timers are using food banks”: A Metro employee breaks down why GTA grocery workers are prepared to strike

After 25 years as a produce clerk, Tammy Laporte’s wages have fallen woefully behind the rate of inflation. Now, she can’t afford to shop at her own workplace

“We’re addressing two problems at once: food waste and the rising cost of food”: A Q&A with the founder of Odd Bunch, a new subscription service for imperfect produce

“We’re addressing two problems at once: food waste and the rising cost of food”: A Q&A with the founder of Odd Bunch, a new subscription service for imperfect produce

The online grocer offers misshapen produce at a discount

Inside the new 33,000-square-foot Farm Boy at Front and Bathurst

Inside the new 33,000-square-foot Farm Boy at Front and Bathurst

Take a tour of Farm Boy's second store in the downtown core

A look inside Forest Hill's fancy new 7,200-square-foot Summerhill Market store

A look inside Forest Hill’s fancy new 7,200-square-foot Summerhill Market store

And the Drake's Ted Corrado is the market's new executive chef

Inside Market 63, downtown's new 20,000-square-foot supermarket with its own restaurant and poutine bar

Inside Market 63, downtown’s new 20,000-square-foot supermarket with its own restaurant and poutine bar

It's the new one-stop gourmet-grocery shop at One York

Grocery game-changers: Toronto's new supermarkets are bigger and better than ever

Grocery game-changers: Toronto’s new supermarkets are bigger and better than ever

Inside Nations Experience, Seafood City and Farm Boy

Inside Nations Experience, a 155,000-square-foot supermarket with an arcade, a playground and all-day dim sum

Inside Nations Experience, a 155,000-square-foot supermarket with an arcade, a playground and all-day dim sum

Now that's "foodertainment"!

Those organic groceries you’re splurging on? They could be covered in pesticides

Those organic groceries you’re splurging on? They could be covered in pesticides

Bad news for anyone who thinks eating organic means they’re not ingesting weedkillers and other potentially toxic...

Grocery gift cards for storm victims have gone from feel-good story to political liability

Grocery gift cards for storm victims have gone from feel-good story to political liability

The provincial government’s grocery gift cards for ice-storm victims should have been a feel-good story. Government and private...

UPDATE: Where to get free grocery-store gift cards for those who lost food during the ice storm

UPDATE: Where to get free grocery-store gift cards for those who lost food during the ice storm

Here’s some news you can use if you were without power for several days and the inside of your fridge looks like an abandoned...

Re-Introducing: Loblaws on St. Clair West, which now has a sushi bar, a dedicated cupcake wall and a dry-aged beef locker

Re-Introducing: Loblaws on St. Clair West, which now has a sushi bar, a dedicated cupcake wall and a dry-aged beef locker

Name: Loblaws Contact Info: 396 St. Clair Ave. W., loblaws.ca, @loblawsON Neighbourhood: Casa Loma Owner: Loblaws Companies...

Superb news for 2014: groceries will probably cost less

Superb news for 2014: groceries will probably cost less

Next year may be a thrifty one for Canadian shoppers. The 2014 Food Price Index, an annual report from a team of economic...

Karma Co-Op may be forced to close by June

Karma Co-Op may be forced to close by June

The Annex’s 40-year-old Karma Co-Op will likely close its doors this June unless it can procure at least 100 new members and...

Toronto’s Top Delivery: nine first-rate provisioners of groceries, sweets and booze

Toronto’s Top Delivery: nine first-rate provisioners of groceries, sweets and booze

(Images: Booze photographs by Carlo Mendoza)

Almost Rich: an examination of the true cost of city living and why rich is never rich enough

Almost Rich: an examination of the true cost of city living and why rich is never rich enough

An income of $196,000 places you in the country’s top one per cent of earners. But does it make you wealthy? The Western world...

The unaffordable city: how did Toronto get so !@#$%&* expensive—and is it worth it?

The unaffordable city: how did Toronto get so !@#$%&* expensive—and is it worth it?

Middle-class life isn’t what it used to be. Thanks to a heated real estate market, a strong dollar, new taxes and stagnating...

Gourmet grocery store wants customers to buy shares, save business

Gourmet grocery store wants customers to buy shares, save business

It appears that the warm, fuzzy sentiments that usually come with supporting locavorism aren’t enough to ensure that...

The List: 10 things model Stacey McKenzie can’t live without

The List: 10 things model Stacey McKenzie can’t live without

Ten things Stacey McKenzie, Toronto’s kookiest fashion model and runway coach, can’t live without Gold bangles I grew up in...

Loblaw vs. Shoppers Drug Mart: the grocer is opening more pharmacies

Loblaw vs. Shoppers Drug Mart: the grocer is opening more pharmacies

Back in February, Shoppers Drug Mart announced that it would expand its food offerings. Now, in an attempt to shake Shoppers'...

The Roncesvalles Guide: Our 25 favourite eating and shopping destinations along Parkdale’s Polish drag

The Roncesvalles Guide: Our 25 favourite eating and shopping destinations along Parkdale’s Polish drag

Referred to as Little Poland by long-time residents and Roncey by the younger crowd, the Roncesvalles strip is one of the few...

Fresh and Wild jumps on the “convenience food” bandwagon

As we reported a few months ago, the trend in food shopping is toward streamlined shops that offer prepared food for busy...

Toward a gourmet doughnut, remembering the old Annex, the perfect cup of tea

Toward a gourmet doughnut, remembering the old Annex, the perfect cup of tea

• Chefs across the U.S. are attempting to trick out Canada’s most modest treats: doughnuts. People can indulge in such...

Sasha Chapman on the return of the TV dinner

Sasha Chapman on the return of the TV dinner

The chatter started months before Mark McEwan opened the doors to his gourmet groceteria last June. The choice of location, which...

Private School Guide

The Private and Independent School Directory Spring 2025

The Private and Independent School Directory Spring 2025

Big Stories

Trump's Loss, Toronto's Gain: Meet the artists, professors, scientists and other luminaries ditching the US and moving north

Trump’s Loss, Toronto’s Gain: Meet the artists, professors, scientists and other luminaries ditching the US and moving north

They’re coming from Big Law, the Ivy League, arts institutes and beyond, brimming with smarts and energy and united by a common cause: avoiding the carnage of Donald Trump. True tales from the brain gain

Dancing Queens: Patrons, staff and performers share their wildest memories of Crews and Tangos, Toronto’s most storied drag bar

Dancing Queens: Patrons, staff and performers share their wildest memories of Crews and Tangos, Toronto’s most storied drag bar

Crews and Tangos has been enforcing the rules of the Village for more than 30 years: wear what you want, kiss who you want, but don’t forget to tip the drag queens. With a condo development looming, we asked around for tales from the iconic spot

The Joy of Sex with Strangers: A Toronto hotwife’s adventures in ethical non-monogamy

The Joy of Sex with Strangers: A Toronto hotwife’s adventures in ethical non-monogamy

Three months ago, I was a suburban mom in a monogamous relationship. Now I’m sleeping with people I meet online—with my husband’s blessing—and we’ve never been happier. Don’t judge us until you’ve read our story

The Scandal, the Firing and the Fallout: Anatomy of a Bay Street fiasco at RBC

The Scandal, the Firing and the Fallout: Anatomy of a Bay Street fiasco at RBC

Nadine Ahn was a high-ranking executive at the bank. Ken Mason, her subordinate, was rapidly promoted. Then someone claimed to see them canoodling at the Royal York, tipped off HR and triggered an inquisition

Edward the Conqueror: The unlikely ascent of Canada’s telecom king

Edward the Conqueror: The unlikely ascent of Canada’s telecom king

Edward Rogers was dismissed as a meddling nepo baby—until he muscled out his siblings, acquired his competitors, cornered the telecom market and became the dominant force in Canadian sports

Lady Parts: Inside Meredith MacNeill and Jennifer Whalen’s new show, Small Achievable Goals

Lady Parts: Inside Meredith MacNeill and Jennifer Whalen’s new show, Small Achievable Goals

The Baroness von Sketch Show alumnae have elevated joking about women’s issues to an art. Their new show takes aim at menopause. How funny is that?

Murder in the Blue Mountains: The story behind the killing of Ashley Schwalm

Murder in the Blue Mountains: The story behind the killing of Ashley Schwalm

Ashley and James Schwalm had what seemed like a fairy tale life—two wonderful children, fulfilling careers and a gorgeous home close to the private ski club where they’d fallen in love. Then Ashley’s remains turned up in a burned-out car at the bottom of a ditch, and all signs pointed to her husband

Dark Horse: Inside the fall of Eric Lamaze, Canada’s most famous equestrian

Dark Horse: Inside the fall of Eric Lamaze, Canada’s most famous equestrian

For years, Lamaze was the world’s top-ranked show jumper, living an enviable life filled with fancy cars, international travel and adoring fans—the kind of life a person might do anything to protect

Dividing Line: How the Bloor Street bike lane turned the city into a battlefield

Dividing Line: How the Bloor Street bike lane turned the city into a battlefield

A few kilometres along Bloor has become Toronto’s most contested strip of concrete, igniting fights over congestion, safety and the future of downtown

The Chosen One: At just 23, Scottie Barnes is the new face of the Raptors—and the team’s best chance of salvation

The Chosen One: At just 23, Scottie Barnes is the new face of the Raptors—and the team’s best chance of salvation

Barnes is shouldering the weight of an impatient, basketball-mad city, a hit-and-miss team, and his own colossal ambitions. Does he look worried?

Almost Famous: Inside the Beaches’ rise to rock stardom

Almost Famous: Inside the Beaches’ rise to rock stardom

A viral earworm about a breakup turned the Beaches into Toronto’s hottest export. Now, the panty-throwing, stage-diving, all-girl rock band is seducing fans around the world

"I was nearly beaten to death by my partner. The case was dismissed because it took too long to get to trial"

“I was nearly beaten to death by my partner. The case was dismissed because it took too long to get to trial”

How an overburdened justice system is failing survivors of intimate partner violence

Brave New Year: The ultimate try-anything-once bucket list for 2025

Brave New Year: The ultimate try-anything-once bucket list for 2025

For inspiration on wonderful, wild and even some slightly reckless experiences to enjoy in the year ahead

The stars of the PWHL’s Toronto Sceptres on finally having a league of their own

The stars of the PWHL’s Toronto Sceptres on finally having a league of their own

After kicking off a new chapter for hockey with the PWHL, Natalie Spooner, Sarah Nurse and Blayre Turnbull are blazing a trail for women in sports

Buy Canadian

Sort-of Secret: Amelia’s Market, a Geary Avenue grocer selling local goods and light lunches

Sort-of Secret: Amelia’s Market, a Geary Avenue grocer selling local goods and light lunches

Like lovely cheese plates paired with glasses of Ontario-made wine

“There’s more attention now on shopping close to home”: How Broadfork Produce is connecting Toronto’s top chefs with Ontario farmers

“There’s more attention now on shopping close to home”: How Broadfork Produce is connecting Toronto’s top chefs with Ontario farmers

And the west-end supplier is opening to the public soon

The US tariffs are coming for your espresso martini

The US tariffs are coming for your espresso martini

With Kahlúa no longer available at the LCBO, Toronto bartenders are getting creative

These Ontario-made booze collaborations are coming to a restaurant near you

These Ontario-made booze collaborations are coming to a restaurant near you

Toronto bars and restaurants are partnering with their favourite distillers, winemakers and brewers to produce custom-made drinks. Here, nine crushable new concoctions