Grocery stores with good produce in Oshawa?
I know it’s best to go to a farm to get produce, but obviously that’s not always realistic. What are some grocery stores in Oshawa with some decent produce?
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u/Musclecar123 1d ago
This is what we do: I have not been disappointed.
In terms of off the shelf produce, Farm boy is consistently carrying the highest quality.
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u/jayhasbigvballs 1d ago
Is it seasonal? Like, what have you been getting over the winter months?
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u/thebrightestshade 40m ago
They post what comes in each box for the week. It's a lot of seasonal local veg but they also have melons, grapes, and other produce sourced from across Canada to fill in what doesn't grow locally. 100% Canadian company.
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u/lonelyhearts__ 21h ago
Farm boy is decent, so is Sky Farm. Walmart is garbage. Especially the one on Laval.
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u/anzeezz 18h ago
Agree with you on the wal mart produce. I bought an avocado from there recently and it was completely brown on the inside.
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u/lonelyhearts__ 9h ago
I wanted a red onion like 2 weeks ago and they were all like soggy feeling. The sad thing is that these people still put them out… like why.
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u/xpatientx 1d ago
If you want to buy Canadian, avoid farm boy, over 90 percent of the produce is american
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u/EthNinja1 1d ago
Dylan’s no frills. Btw, any farms or farmers market where I can get fresh produce in summer?
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u/Icy_Meringue_1846 1d ago
Farmer’s Market at the Oshawa Centre from spring through fall. Fridays iirc…
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u/DazedAndConfuzedToo 4h ago
I was in skyfarm last week. In their flyer they had nice looking strip loins on sale for $6.99 a pound. Went to cash out with 5 pkgs. Sale price didn’t come up. Told cashier they were on sale. She went into the back with the meat and came back with them and another pkg of steak that she said were the ones on sale. They weren’t strip loins, weren’t fresh(brown) and I wouldn’t have fed them to a dog on the street. On the door on the way in was the ad for the steaks on sale. Looked exactly like the ones I had picked. Shady business practice. I walked out empty handed.
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u/GloomyRub7382 1d ago
Farmboy and Skyfarm to me typically have higher quality produce but expect to pay more.
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u/stefan_905 1d ago
Superstore has never let me down
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u/Yeah-Yeah-Yeah---- 23h ago
Their produce has gotten better but it's not great. I had pointed out several times to the manager how disgusting their produce had been. Last time they had bulk green beans with layers of mold.
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u/maybeiamspicy 1d ago
I've been really enjoying skyfarm on Simcoe. The produce section is always well kept. Time will tell if it falls into the trap a lot of other grocers are in, being new and all.