Yung Ming Supermarket

This Store gets one star from me. I’m so disgusted. I went in with a friend buying an item they had on sale (ackee cans). I purchased 9 my friend 6. When cashing out the cashier was rude not to bag my items so I took it upon myself to do so. As I was trying to double bag it she snatch the bag out my hand telling me I already have bags. If u buy can items u know these cheap plastic bags do rip. She assaulted me by grabbing my items I already paid for and throwing them back at me and got away with it. I would never step into another Asian market again. Apparently when I told the manager he told me she doesn’t understand English too well but she understood to tell me to F*** off and that I was cheap n I should buy bags. If you don’t speak there language don’t go in cause there allowed to place there hands on u for bags that would of cost them five cents. I don’t know what was up with her but she didn’t have to be so rude I didn’t give her that lame underpaid job lol.

Headliner: Great for big families that eat lots fast, good bakery, but not good for stocking up
Date of last visit (before review): in October/​November 2013
# of Vists: 3 – 5
This place used to be Big Land Farms, changed to some other grocery store then became Yuan Ming.
What I like: Groceries are cheap compared to other Asian stores. Bakery has decent prices and pretty good filling inside the buns.
What I don’t like: Produce and fruits can go bad after 2 – 3 days in your fridge. Parking lot is small. Fish is not that fresh. Service is mostly miss and cashiers can be downright rude sometimes if you ask them questions or say «I don’t want this» when you change your mind.
Verdict: If you need to cook for a big party on the same day, go ahead. If you are stocking up, go to Oceans, T&T or even BTrust. Those places have groceries that will last longer.

Let’s begin with the… drumroll please…
WASHROOMS: Goodness gracious me! Who goes to the toilet like that.
I was desperate for a pee, and was relieved to see the washroom sign just as I walked in; thought to myself that I would give this place a good review — after all, the washrooms weren’t tucked away like in every other store — No Frills, Home Depot, you name it. And then I opened the door to a stall to examine for decency. And holy moly splatter! Everywhere! I’ve never known a person to explode like that. It looked a few hours old — dried goo, basically. It’s baffling that it wasn’t cleaned up.
So this little incident set the mood for my Yuan Ming experience. I was ready to give this store a one star. But my parents do like it quite a bit and I had to see why:
1. They carry Guavas and Dragonfruits in their produce section.
2. Their produce section is really well-​priced. I found blackberries — 3 boxes for $ 3. Quite the steal!
3. So many brands of cooking coconut milk! Prices starting from 88c.
4. Shrimps. Different kinds, various pricing.
5. Fresh fish deli. It stinks like hell but it’s the good stuff.
6. Dumplings at 5 bags for $ 10.
7. Steamers, Woks and other stainless steel utensils at very good prices.
8. Cheese is well-​priced! I purchased a tub of Feta for $ 3.
This is an Asian food store. It’s not where you find your regular Michelina meals. My parents like shopping here because they love fish and they both like cooking from scratch — with various Asian sauces, spices, coconut milk and more. And they like guavas. We all like guavas.

Worst service I’ve ever experienced in a grocery store.
I went to get some take-​out from the counter. I waited for a few minutes or so along the window waiting for one guy to help me after he was done serving a customer. Then all of a sudden another customer comes up and essentially butts in front of me and orders a whole bunch of crap. I thought to myself, whatever I’ll just wait, so I did. The guy took forever to get this guy his food. When it was my turn he just sloppily threw it in the container and threw it on the counter in front of me and walked away.
It took about 10 minutes to get a small container of greasy and tasteless chow mein. Looking back, I should have left.
Furthermore, the lady at the cash register appeared to hate her life, was very unfriendly.
Overall, awful service, rude people. Did not appear to be very sanitary. Worst first impression and I would never come back or recommend it to anyone else — especially when T&T is not far away.

All the necessities of Chinese food, very typical discount chinese grocery store. Don’t compare to T&T as the prices are much cheaper.
Produce & fruits: Produce is OK fresh, nothing spectacular, fruits are a bit sub-​par. There is a small selection of exotic fruits but is quite expensive. Wide selection of chinese vegetables, but freshness can vary.
Fresh fish counter: Not very fresh, you can get some live fish and whatnot but the water conditions don’t seem very good. Salmon steaks and fillets are not as fresh as ones from Freshco.
Fresh meat counter: Not very impressive, some tray pack items and pre-​bagged items. Bags of pork bones left on the counter un-​refrigerated (food safety issue), quality of the meat varies and is not the freshest (you get what you pay for though).