Costco

[shootingstar]

We live only 1 block away from a Costco. I don't know what this store looks like inside since neither of us have even visited the store.

There's no real advantage for us to have a membership since we have limited storage space to store bulk toilet tissue and other non-perishable consumables/food. It's just buying for 2 of us.

And we are surrounded within several kms. of several different store chains for sales on fresh produce and household goods. Several national Canadian all-round grocery store chains, a national pharmacy chain store and 2 different specialized Asian grocery store chains with different choices --1 Chinese-based and the other, Japanese-based.

We are incredibly lucky to live in an area to have this level of choice with competitive pricing, plus smaller independents also with competitive pricing.

Now you know why I have no interest to live in the suburbs. Oh sorry, there is also an international Korean-based grocery chain store near us too. But I don't like their alot of selection..overprocesssed foods and more limited choice.