Shoppers Drug Mart

I stopped in here with Lee to watch him get a flu shot. This is a pretty low-​key looking Shoppers from the outside, but inside, it’s bright and clean and well organized. Lee mentioned to me that it’s been recently remodeled.
With this remodel emerged a small grocery section, which is really quite nice. It makes it so that if you live in the area and don’t want to drive all the way down to the Metro, you can pop by this place and pick up a few necessities.
The pharmacist that gave Lee his shot was very nice and friendly, and overall the customer service and product selection is great.

When I was a kid it was a Safeway. As I grew older it became an IGA, then a Price Chopper and now it’s a really large Shoppers Drug Mart. Really large because it used to be in the same strip mall but in the middle causing all sorts of parking issues and traffic.
Since it took over the 3 time grocery store foot print why not add groceries to a store that in the past never really sold groceries, at least the frozen kind or the kind that needed refrigeration.
This place has a lot going for it. The original store in the middle of the mall had a really small foot print. This area needs to have a grocery store as well. The closest other stores are not walking distance really (Loblaws at East Mall and Burnhamthorpe, No Frills at Rathburn and Renforth, Metro up at Lloyd Manor and Eglinton) no this area has to have some sort of place to get drinks, canned food, frozen food etc. They may not have fresh meat and produce but hey it’s better than nothing.
As far as a pharmacy goes yes they have a far superior pharmacy and selection than the tiny ones in the strip malls.
I like how Shoppers has sort of branched out as a drug store/​pseudo grocery store. It’s seems more suited for denser neighborhoods but still it’s not a real full blown grocery store but it’s definitely still a full blown pharmacy.