Carlo’s No Frills

This is a big No Frills & has a surprising selection of food. Lots of filippino foods here & they even have a butcher section in this supermarket. This is always a busy location & I’ve never seen it empty. I like that it’s clean and organized compared to other No Frills I’ve been to.

Biggest No Frills I’ve been to! This location is surprisingly very clean and huge selections/​varieties of groceries.
The only thing that disappointed me was how they ran out of beef ribs when it was on sale. I guess I would have to go there earlier for on-​sale items.
Overall, very nice location. Will be there more often!

This No Frills is one of the larger foot print NF with a manned butcher and seafood section which offers a good selection to select from. There is also a pharmacy inside which offers more selection than your every day store. The aisles are endless and offer you endless shopping pleasure with many ethnic food offerings. One area that this NF shares with others is the long line ups that constantly 8 deep and cashiers that seem to not care how long you have waited.

One of the better No Frills location in the GTA. I love buying my groceries here because the prices are cheaper than most competitors and I can easily stay within my budget.
This location is clean, well stocked, has efficient service and the fruits and veggies are always fresh.
Come here if you want quality grocery items at a value price.

This is one of the better No Frills locations that I’ve visited, but conditions rapidly deteriorate as the day wears on: get here EARLY. Stock is usually available for everything on my list and the produce is mostly good. They have excellent selection for a variety of brands that you won’t find elsewhere. I don’t buy much meat in general so I don’t know if it’s worse/​better than other places. That said, the store owner felt it necessary to put up a sign advising people that packaged meat must remain packaged (no swapping cuts), leaving the impression that some shoppers here aren’t the most hygienic. Bottom line — make sure it’s well sealed.
Arriving here at peak times can be stressful unless you come prepared. There’s the usual passive-​aggressive rudeness I’ve learned to live with in Toronto grocery stores, but here at No Frills, there’s also straight-​up regular aggression. People will ram their way past you without batting an eye. Parking is usually full, so skip the headache and don’t park in the line of fire near the entrance.

I used to shop here since it’s across the street from my house, now I just take a nice long stroll to Metro or Loblaws south on Yonge to avoid the disaster that is Carlo’s No Frills.
My father is a very well-​known chef in the distillery district so before anyone says «maybe it wasn’t cooked properly» IT WAS. We bought meat from there 3 times and got sick each time. My dad is too nice to ever say anything, so I went into the store, spoke to the manager Carlo and he did nothing but belittle me, disrespect me, and NO, i did not get my money back.
I hope no one has the pleasure of running into management there. Even the cashiers are below human intelligence. Jesus christ.

My only regret with moving to North York is grocery shopping is generally unpleasant. The no-​frills chains around my hood are usually packed with people, lines are long, parking is crap and dangerous, aisle are narrow, and variety is poor.
This Carlo’s isn’t bad. I think it used to be a full-​fledged Loblaws or Steinbergs or Miracle Mart or something back in the day, before the dark times. Before the emperor. Or Lady Gaga. They’ve retained the wider aisles. The place is still slammed with people during typical times (Sundays). People generally have no clue how to pack their own groceries (you need to exit the check out line and pack them at the END of the belt, do not pack them in the check out line, idiot).
Parking is okay. Still a bit of a pain to exit the mall’s lot, however.

No Frills sends me an email every Friday to advise of this week’s sales, and when they’re hosting the $ 1, $ 2, $ 3 sales, I rush straight there after work!
I’ve been told never to purchase raw meat at No Frills, but I usually get the veggies here. There are empty boxes available for you to stow away your groceries, and you could get cash-​back when paying.
The selection at No Frills is very international — they’ve got an aisle with an abundance of spices, an area with Chinese buns and also a kosher section. It’s nice that they’re connected to Centrepoint Mall, which has a decent food court if you’re too lazy to go home and make dinner after grocery shopping.
Overall, No Frills is where you’ll find groceries at the most reasonable price!

i always buy a lot more than what’s on my shopping list. the prices are reasonable, and the store is HUUUGE. love it!

This is the No Frills of my dreams. It’s basically as clean and well stocked as a Loblaws, without the pricing.
What they have going for them:
— PC Financial branch
— Seafood counter with fresh, live seafood
— DAIYA NON-​DAIRY CHEESE AT $ 4 A PACK. These things usually clock in at $ 6 anywhere else! Yes, I stocked up.
They also have a very large kosher section, which means more non-​dairy treats for me! Yay! Ample parking and two exits, one to the outside, one to Centrepoint mall. Both have cashiers.

This is similar in size to other larger No Frills, such as the one at Dundas and Lansdowne.
No Frills — being a privately owned Loblaw’s franchise and not a part of corporate Loblaw’s –seems to have a bit more leeway in marketing to the predominant ethnic groups in the area. So, as one might suspect from its Yonge and Steeles location, there is a large kosher selection and good selection of Asian specialties. Surprisingly, not all that much in the line of Persian food, but perhaps it does not feel in compete with Persian supermarkets nearby.
Produce selection is good but items may run short when store is busy. I have found that if you buy fish at No Frill’s, the tuna and tilapia are usually fresh enough but cod and sole should be avoided.
Meat selection is excellent and as is usual, ethnic specialties are carried, at least to some degree.
Reasonably clean. Checkers are not outstanding but unlike in some No Frills stores, they are not overtly rude.
The parking lot here is strange and if you are going for the first time, remember to go all the way in the back and not park by the side entrance where you go in through the mall. Their shopping carts don’t work if you take them out of their area; presumably because it would be too labour intensive to retrieve them from other parts of the large mall parking lot.

Nice large No Frills store. Has a HUGE section devoted to Kosher food.