08-13-2021, 09:36 PM
(08-12-2021, 08:25 PM)taylortbb Wrote: Marche Leo's opened sometime today. Hours are apparently until 8pm M-F, 6pm Saturday, 5pm Sunday. I'd definitely prefer some later hours, but it's a start.
Store was quiet, but they weren't advertising at all they were open. A steady stream of people seemed to be wandering in though.
Prices were of course high, but not so high I won't shop there again. Still cheaper than Instacart from a suburban store.
8 PM is still better than SDM's current 6 PM closing time. Maybe later we can see them be open longer.
We dropped in for some supplementary shopping this evening, and it's basically what I would expect from a "nice" urban supermarket: it has a decent selection of fresh fruit and vegetables, a meat counter, a flower shop and pretty much all the essentials. Certainly, a far more practical product selection than J&P ever had.
We did pick up some fresh okra (nice, didn't expect them to carry that), I saw organic olive oils, FinnCrisp crackers, different fresh salsas and a variety of hummus. I can't speak as to the meat prices as we rarely buy any, but for the rest it seems to be pretty close to what you would pay* at Zehrs or Sobeys -- very similar to what I would expect an urban version of one of those two to charge.
*Supermarkets, of course, have things on sale regularly for a lower price. Nothing on sale at Marche Leo's as of today, but I don't expect this to be the case for the long term.