Bryan & Alisons No Frills

Love No Frills!
Great convenient grocery store near Whyte. Definitely one of the most affordable grocery stores in the area without heading all the way to Superstore.
Prices fluctuate and are comparable to Superstore. I have compared prices and usually you pay the same or a bit more than Superstore for baseline prices. But the items on sale can be a better price at No Frills. However, if it is on sale at Superstore, it does not mean it is on sale at the Frills.
The selection is limited, but it is a great place to grab some groceries for dinner or the week.
The customer service is excellent and you never have to wait in a line for more than a few minutes.

I went to two separate no frills today, which aren’t exactly close to one another. I went to get a flyer deal. After not being able to find anyone to help me at the first location I carried on to the second. I had to ask a cashier if they were out of the product and if they rainchecked their flyer items. The cashier went to go look for me only to have what I assume was a supervisor get mad at her and have to stop looking for me product for me. So i never got my product and was told they don’t rain check. What’s the point of having flyer items when you can’t even get the deal.

Great «tiny house» version of SuperStore! I’m lucky to have this store fairly close to me and for those times when I want the Real Canadian SuperStore experience but smaller and a bit more convenient this is my choice.
They have a fairly decent cross-​section of popular items that you might find at SuperStore. The downside is that you may find items out of stock more than you would at a full-​sized SuperStore. I have noticed a few items to be a bit cheaper here than at my local full-​sized SuperStore too. The store is usually pretty clean and the staff very friendly.
Some of the things I don’t like about this store: 1. The parking lot for this strip mall is small, crowded and frustrating. If you shop here when it is busy best of luck! 2. The roaming employees trying to sign you up for a Presidents Choice MasterCard. In a big Superstore you can avoid them pretty easily but here they always seem to be circling you like sharks after their prey. Pro-​tip: just tell them you already have a PC MasterCard and they will move on to the next victim quickly.

I’ve visited No Frills a couple times now and I am still disappointed.
Fruit and vegetables varied in freshness and in general were not that much (if at all) cheaper than equivalent items at the nearby Save-​on-​Foods. One notable exception was the potatoes, which were $ ³⁄₁₀ lb here. Frozen items, dairy, grocery, etc were only marginally cheaper (a few cents) versus equivalent items at nearby grocery stores.
I found that No Frills did not carry a great selection, both in terms of available brands and in terms of product variety. For example, when I stopped by they did not have any Dairyland milk available and no 3.25% lactose-​free milk in any brand. I didn’t see any local brands of milk (or any local brands in the grocery section period!) but I could have missed them. Their selection of specialty cheeses was kinda meh and they didn’t even have the standard Cracker Barrel cheddars! (Though they did have a couple other Cracker Barrel cheeses, which I decided to try out.) On the plus side, Philadelphia cream cheese was much cheaper here than at Save-​ons — really, this and the potatoes were the only reasons I saw to ever visit again.
I’m not the kind of person who always buys brand name. Some store brand items taste better, some brand name items do, and sometimes I can’t tell the difference. But in general it seemed that I could not find my preferred items here.
All in all, my impression of No Frills was that it was similar to the grocery section of Wal-​Mart. I only saved money because I bought a lot of potatoes. I had to buy some less-​fresh items and items I don’t care for as much, and most of those weren’t even cheaper versus nearby competitors. Not to mention they didn’t even carry some of the items I was looking for! Shopping at No Frills for my entire grocery list just doesn’t seem worth it, but I WILL be back for cheap potatoes and cream cheese on occasion.

No Frills is no Superstore and that I like! I like Superstore prices but I don’t like the empty shelves and often dirty store. But No Frills had stock in sale items I wanted to purchase and I didn’t find it dirty.
The produce section had a great variety as good prices. I bought a huge tub of blueberries for $ 4! Some of the fruit didn’t seem so great with bruises but most of it was fresh.
Found lots of great buys including canned tuna for 97 cents, chicken drumsticks for less than $ 2/​lb, 6 bagels for $ 1.67, margarine tub for $ 1, and other items for $ 1. Wow, great prices!
There are some departments that were smaller than other stores including the meat and bakery. Bring your own bags or you can use the boxes they have.
Parking lot is a zoo though, as we witnessed a few near accidents.

No Frills has all the basics but usually when I shop there I end up having to make another trip to another grocery store because I’ve not been able to find something. They have really good deals every week (like $ 2 raspberries or blueberries) and it’s totally worth going there just to save on basics that you’d pay twice the price for at Safeway or Save on Foods.
This particular No Frills is in a great location, close to U of A and Whyte Ave. It’s definitely worth a visit and you won’t find deals like they have in any other supermarket.

Nofrills doing a great job of pulling customers by pricing less. You almost can’t beat them on their pricing. Vegetables and fruits are fresh. This location is medium sized and they actually do a good job in stocking the shelves.
A big NO for their meat section. They are not packed right and the meat is not fresh either.
You would probably get some better deals on their frozen food sections. Check this place out. You can save some bucks!

Great location for No Frills. Close to the student population at the U of A and many others between Whyte Avenue and Saskatchewan Drive. Even better for the starving students who don’t have to depend on the outrageous prices of nearby Safeway and Save on Foods. I don’t come here often, but if I do drop by for something I usually leave with more in hand due to all the deals that are going on. I like it!

Before I actually went into this No Frills, I came across to a few out of the city. From the anesthetic physical looks, I thought it had been Superstore. When this location first opened, I took the opportunity to check it out. It’s definitely at a great location; close to whyte ave, and perfect for all the students living in that area for convenience. I found this location to be fantastic. It was very clean, well organized and had a pretty good selection. Definitely a mini version of superstore.

Just started going here and I’m officially a fan. They have great deals and most produce is good quality, comparable to what you’d find at Safeway but orders of magnitude cheaper (I found blackberries there this week for ¹⁄₃ of the Safeway price, and they are PERFECT)! They will price match, so you can always get the best deal.
I expected the selection to be somewhat limited, and it is in terms of brands, but I can still find basically everything I want. They even have my favourite portobello veggie burgers that I can never find at Superstore!
The one downside in terms of selection is that sometimes you can’t get big sizes of exactly what you want, even if it’s stocked in the smaller varieties. But that’s the case at most grocery stores, and I really can’t hold it against them.
The store is clean and well-​organized. And one thing that I have stopped even hoping for but am so impressed to see: the staff are friendly and helpful in a very real way, not phony or robotic. The prices and quality will keep me coming back, and that staff makes me happy about it.

On top of the great location, prices and über cleanliness, the employees seem to genuinely like working there! Keep up the great work!
No Frills has everything you need, and you will never spend $$$ before you even get to the food like other places.

I actually never heard of this store before until they recently opened up in the neighbourhood so I decided to check it out myself
No Frills is kind of like Superstore –just with less choice. It’s not necessary a bad thing because to me grocery stores should focus on groceries and they do that here. Despite the small size, the store is well stocked on the goods from fruits, vegetables to frozen and dairy products. There isn’t a deli in store so the meat selection is limited to the fridges but it still does the job if you’re looking for deli slices or hamburger patties.
Prices tend to be cheaper here compared to Save On Foods and Safeway so that is an added bonus when you want to save.
Overall, I’m pretty impressed with No Frills since my first visit and I welcome their stay here.

This store is way cool! Brand spanking new and super clean. I believe they cut costs by not having a butcher or deli counter, etc. The fruits and vegetables are fresh and in abundance. And they offer a lot of choices for everything else, but not too much. This is one of my favourite things regarding the store — a little less choice. It always stinks to go somewhere, say Superstore and you have fifty things to choose from (say hamburger buns), when in all reality, two or three choices (for said hamburger buns) is good enough. This particular store also keeps their boxes so you don’t have to buy bags for 5 cents a pop… instead, just plunk everything in a box and head on home!
The only drawback are the coin carts. I loathe coin carts. I understand the need for them, especially in this area, but still really hate having to remember that loonie for the cart.

Overall this place is somewhat limited in it’s selection of foods. The people on the floors are friendly though and offer to help. The first visit I got a cashier that had nobody around, no line up yet still tossed my items down the conveyor belt sideways. REALLY?! Then snapped her gum as she asked for my payment. Also, bags cost $, but boxes are available instead.

A new ‘wont be beat’ with their prices grocery store just opened 5 days ago with prices that will get you out of the house, and surfing through water ponds and slush on our city streets-​to get some great deals! Check out this new edmonton location in old strathcona located just between the dollar store and post office.
Came across it today quite by accident-​went to the dollar store to pick up some hard to find hardware items and voila-​a small trickle of customers alerted me to a new place to price shop for all my food and household needs. The deals are a plenty with a great wont be beat price slogan. I don’t know Bryan or Allison with no frills grocery store but welcome them to this area.
This being the first week since it opened its doors last wednesday, the prices are sure to get you to pull out your bank card; maybe even put a smile on your face-​when you check how much you saved!
New, and clean with big isles and lots to choose from. A full grocery store with tons of goodies. I plan to go back this weekend when there are more customers-​there were only about 5 in the store after supper the new-​friendly staff were waiting to help.
The yellow grocery bags they use and charge 5 cents for/​bag you own groceries, are similar to another large grocery chain. But this is a smaller store and easier to get around, it could be a challenge finding parking on weekends. Cash in on their Grand Opening HUGE SALE! and Happy Shopping!