GROCERY SHOPPING in Canada: Shopping in Ontario, price of basic food items at Fortinos

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Shop for groceries with me at Fortinos!! Compare Canadian prices to the prices of food in your country. I will show you the incredible variety of fruit & vegetables, give you prices of basic items such as: potatoes, fruit, eggs, milk, butter, dog food, toilet paper, chicken, mince and cheese!
Check out the store and see what it would be like to shop in Canada!
Today I visit Fortinos on Neyagawa & Dundas Street, Oakville.
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[@cam0987]

Which country u from?

[@CatalinaPazm]

x2

[@NeutralGem]

Me too

[@impactonsocial]

I love your enthusiasm. Never seen anyone make me wanna run to buy groceries like you do

[@AndreavanNiekerk]

Ha ha!add my day! I need to do an update though - prices have gone up since this post for sure!!

[@Kennymac8251]

Red peppers are just green peppers that are allowed to grow for a longer period of time to get the color change. So Green____Yellow_____Red. They all start out as green

[@annelierobbertse5730]

Awesome video, please do more. We are still in South Africa but planning on immigrating to Canada next year. These videos helps alot!

[@sve5543]

Good luck ...but never forget home

[@valruscheniko2321]

Hope you make it on the exchange rate!

[@alexmartins9148]

Is the anti white sediment causing u to leave SA

[@jessicabosch518]

So are we. We are planning on going in 2025....

[@Zo-hc2fn]

there is the classic store let's call it 1.0 products almost never change the owner chooses the products it is boring now, there must be a new store let's call it 2.0 products always change people choose the products there will be via an app on the app, there is a huge catalog, people choose the products that will show up in the store the store is constantly being supplied with the products people chose.

[@bigdream3541]

Dream to go Canada for study and then live there permanently 😊 Thanks for your cool video this was awesome. I wish my dream will be true 😇

[@AndreavanNiekerk]

Thank you! It’s a pleasure.

[@richardjoseph8683]

Believe me it won't be no dream! More like a nightmare

[@cc9288]

One of my favorite grocery store. I especially love the hot food section. I live walking distance from fortinos and definitely it's one of the very best along with Longo's and Loblaws. I shop at Longos too which is just across from fortinos. Would you be able to make a review one day on Longos? It's Italian too and in my opinion a very nice grocery store which carries a large variety of food too.

[@AndreavanNiekerk]

Aaah so glad you love it! I love Longos too - their pre-made food section is INSANE! With Covid, it’s been so hard to shoot videos! Watch this space though!

[@germaineboatwala-sidhva1079]

Thanks for that detailed tour! I was mentally comparing our Auckland prices! 😁. Pretty good!

[@lindah6954]

I live close to Canada. I have some friends there and went shopping with them for a picnic. No wonder they come to NY for food. The prices are crazy.

[@AndreavanNiekerk]

Ha ha yesss !

[@richardjoseph8683]

@@AndreavanNiekerk Why would you leave a beautiful country like South Africa for Canada. We're a few years away from total socialism

[@richardjoseph8683]

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[@AndreavanNiekerk]

Great thank you - coming up!!!!

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[@AndreavanNiekerk]

Thanks so much!!!!!

[@miromedica7878]

I would trade Wollworth's in Sud Afrika for Fortino's any day. If I could go through a portal I would go shopping in Sud Afrika because the prices are cheaper for the most part and I think the meat is tastier. The white girls are much more friendly and beautiful and can easily be picked up at the grocery store, even if they do carry a gun in their purses.

[@beraire2100]

It's so surprising how you don't feel weird about people looking at you and just making a video in a shop, I guess people are truly laid-back in Canada for real. Australia vs Canada, 0 - 1 score to me.

[@terryomalley1974]

I thought Aussies were pretty easy going?

[@MrLIVEAgain]

The best ever Grocery shopping video. Glad I stumbled upon this at 5 AM here in Mumbai, India. 😂

[@AndreavanNiekerk]

Thank you !

[@georgejohn9879]

Very pleasure to see ur videos. From India thnq

[@virajjayasundara3142]

Excellent... Keep this type of vedioes fur3

[@MT-AM]

Thanks for sharing is this at Toronto or which city? And are the prices the same at different cities?

[@AndreavanNiekerk]

This is in Oakville ...! Thanks for the support

[@TheTraffic247]

Now THAT'S how you do a grocery shopping tour. I didn't know there were other folks who got as happy and excited about grocery shopping as I do lol. Excellent presentation 👍 Loved it!

[@AndreavanNiekerk]

Thank youuuuuuu!

[@TheTraffic247]

You're most welcome dear! 😊 Are there other grocery store tours coming in the future? I'd love to see what Walmart or target is like outside America.

[@MINI-ME666]

​@@AndreavanNiekerk fortinos is garbage expensive store for high paid pprrosstituttes from Europe!

[@ChrisBenard]

Red peppers are more ripe than other peppers. They're all the same plant. It takes longer to ripen, so they cost more since they can keep replacing green bell peppers and grow more in the same timespan. Thanks for the look at grocery prices. We are about to move to Toronto from the US.

[@AndreavanNiekerk]

Yay Chris! Thanks for the info

[@douwvantonder6690]

Andrea!! Ek kon dadelik hoor jy is Afrikaans. Toe gaan kyk ek jou naam...

[@rositadim]

Is this advertising for the store?

[@AndreavanNiekerk]

I guess! I don’t get paid for it….

[@basinstreetdesign5206]

I live in south-west Ontario. To all who watch this review: don't get your hopes up that stores as good as this are in all towns. This store is only in major centers like Toronto or Ottawa and is an upscale store chain owned by Loblaws. Most grocery supermarkets do not carry such a variety of mushrooms, for ex., just 1 or 2 types. Especially Walmart has much less variety than other stores like Real Canadian Super Store. They have even shut down their deli counters.😡 And the discount grocery chains, such as No Frills (owned by Loblaws), are the same but prices are cheaper. If you want the variety shown in this video then go to dedicated fruit/veg stores like Longos. Also go to farmers markets when they are open in the spring/summer.

[@jorgedehoyoslopez769]

cool. thanks. definetly tha best info about it

[@sctl]

Check out Nations Find Foods. There is one in Hamilton, and Vaughan, I think.

[@AndreavanNiekerk]

Ok thanks!

[@CreativeCat879]

The one in Jackson Square ?

[@sctl]

@@CreativeCat879 yes

[@zoranerjavec1360]

Go to Spadina and Dundas Chinese Market stores. You will buy all kinds of meat 2 to 3 times cheapper , there !!!

[@AndreavanNiekerk]

Fabulous - thank you!

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Love how you don't have to hold onto your handbag!

[@AndreavanNiekerk]

I know right?!!!!!!

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Lol! Really??

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This video is very important ..thanks

[@daudwithfun]

Hello madam please i request you tell me which location of this grocery store

[@AndreavanNiekerk]

Fortinos, Neyagawa boulevard, Oakville

[@chicagochicago3404]

Your video very obvious and excellent. You clear up everything when it comes to grocery in Canada 🇨🇦. Best video I like 👍 your explanation

[@drunkandspill7815]

thank you so much for showing us around.i absolutely loved it and I am sure a lot of people did, I mean for so long I couldn't find a vlog so detailed and excited and oddly enough I am a person who loves to do grocery shopping I mean something about it makes me feel so calm so once again thank you so much!!!

[@AndreavanNiekerk]

So glad!!! Yay

[@sctl]

Check the expiry date on the chicken (6:30)

[@danillechambers9893]

Can you please do more grocery shopping videos. I really enjoy them.

[@AndreavanNiekerk]

Sure, Covid makes it so hard! I’m on it!

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[@AndreavanNiekerk]

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Awesome cool video. Very informative and fun. I hope Costco have better prices. The Christmas decorations make the scenery better.

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[@mohdqureshishaiekh7169]

Thanks a lot we try to come to Canada ontario madam all the best bye

[@punjabculture3883]

Beautiful place 😍💕💕

[@riyascj4706]

Thank you so much for video

[@bradtem]

You went by the milk, and didn't show them the way most people buy milk in Ontario (and nowhere else) -- in bags!

[@AndreavanNiekerk]

So true, next video I will make mention of it! Thanks Brad

[@UniversalDust]

I grew up in Toronto and I didn't know the rest of Canada didn't have milk in bags! I thought it was a Canadian thing 😂

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@@AndreavanNiekerk As an Ontario native who lives now in California, it was amusing to me to see you tell all the SAs how cheap things are. Canadians don't think they are cheap (and of course there are places much cheaper than the US/Canada too, including many places in Africa.)

[@terryomalley1974]

We have both. When milk is sold by the gallon( 4 litre), it'll be in bags. Anything smaller is sold in cartons.

[@riccojames1]

The shelves were all front faced and mostly empty behind the main boxes! SHOCKING

[@جمالالجنيد]

Beautiful every is packed and in order

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Oh I also wonder if you can do a video on how you, or other South africans cope with winter, I am really a sunshine person, and want to prepare mentally to deal with the winter, cloudy, snowy days, I was thinking craft room. Would love to hear about others experiences on this. Thank you!

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Cool - you got it!

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Thank you!

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Andrea, I'd love to get in touch with you regarding an interview. Let me know if it's possible and how I can get in touch with you please

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Great let’s chat

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Never knew that actually, i always noticed the red and green and yellow in one bag at food lovers , so i would just buy the combo.

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Hi Andrea. Hope you are well. I just came across your channel about an hour ago. My partner and I have been considering and reconsidering coming to Canada for a few years now. He is a doctor, and knows some others that have gone over. One of our best friends is currently in the process too, and writing his first Canadian medical exam in Jan 2020. We put the idea off for a while when my partner decided to rather specialise first in SA and then come over, but now we are considering maybe coming over and then he can further his career over there. My question is, what was your biggest deciding factor for making the move, and did either you/your husband already have a job lined up before coming over? I'm sorry if you do have an email where I should rather have posted my message. :) Kindest regards, from a boiling 38°C, Chané xxxx

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Chané Smit heyyyyy! Awesome! My husband had a job lined up! Let’s me add you on FB!

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Hello what's good?

[@alainrouleau]

Just saying as a Canadian... The biggest problem is NOT the prices, lack of options, too many options, imported, not imported, not enough choices, too many choices, frozen, unfrozen, fresh, not fresh... The BIGGEST problem is learning how to cook, LOL 😳 😳 😳

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LOL, she winks!!! I love it!!!!

[@mcclouddlamini3681]

Hi I'm from South Africa thanks u for your video there really helpful .

[@alainrouleau]

Wow, just saying as a Canadian, how embarrassing. I never actually realized how so many different types of milk we actually had compared to other countries, lol. Look, it's not that complicated. The 1% is what you put on your cereals. The 2% is what you put in your coffee. Want to be healthy? Then you go with the 0%, soya milk, etc. Don't really care about your health? Then go with the 3% or higher. Want your milk to last longer? Then go for the filtered, double-filtered, way more expensive milk. As for chocolate milk... Everybody loves chocolate milk! 😊

[@Zo-hc2fn]

there is the classic store let's call it 1.0 products almost never change the owner chooses the products it is boring now, there must be a new store let's call it 2.0 products always change people choose the products there will be via an app on the app, there is a huge catalog, people choose the products that will show up in the store the store is constantly being supplied with the products people chose.

[@AndreavanNiekerk]

Sounds great!

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I'm living in Moscow and I'm thinking about moving to Canada or The USA 🇨🇦🇺🇲🇷🇺

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I recommend Canada

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Yes, definitely, very, very important when driving on Canadian roads in the middle of winter... You do actually need windshield washer fluid, and lots of it, like all the time! Along with the best wipers you can afford, of course. But don't get suckered. Windshield washer fluid is windshield washer fluid. They're all the same. Get the cheapest windshield washer fluid you can find. True Canadians never overpay, LOL

[@HerumurtiAdam]

Sedekah

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I live down the street from a Fortinos but I avoid it because of the virus so I'm actually loving watching this as nostalgia! ♡♥︎

[@AndreavanNiekerk]

Aaaah so glad!

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Thanks for this video, it proves how our South African govt undermines their people. We grow healthy natural food & they import the best & leave us with toti tse expensive

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Sorry...

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My daughter is a prepare this time IELTS pls calling a speaking tasks u will tackling in helping Thank you..

[@AndreavanNiekerk]

so glad!

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As a new comer here in Canada, your videos are a great big help to me. Thanks and keep it up. Very informative vids.

[@luzanneviljoen3307]

EDITED. I watched your 6 things about school in canada. What about the STATIONARY, In SA as you know we have to buy the stationary, uniform (summer and winter) every year end, and cover them as well as workbooks sent from school. Thanks Andrea!

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Yep, of course! I love Canada and this is a fantastic video to improve my listening and vocabulary! Really thank u!! And good job! 🇨🇦😀

[@importantforlife6780]

Thanking you very must for updating This video. One side Feel great to watch this show. Another side feeling scare to come to this Place. Because Since I am a Indian..and Indian Currency is Less value @Canada. But I Feel Great to see entire this Video . Because I am a Employee OF H&M Hennes & Mauritz @ Indian I know H&M Work Culture and H&M Values and H&M Work environment.Therefore I want to be Proud OF H&M. And make me feel good to watch this Video updated show. [ Also H&M is Located at Canada Toronto.] Finally .I want to thanks all Canadian and H&M in Canada. Thank you. Hatsup you. ❤️ From India.

[@basinstreetdesign5206]

"Why are red peppers more expensive...?" The difference between a green pepper and a red/orange pepper is two (2) weeks. They all grow big as green and then turn yellow/orange/red over the next few days. At the same time their taste evolves better. But a farmer can grow more fruit in that time with an earlier harvest and make more money. So it costs more for the farmer to wait an extra 2-3 weeks. Lately they are selling packaged peppers in 3's or/yel/red and separate greens. Greens are still cheaper/lb/Kilo but the colourful ones are not so bad. 3 peppers in a bag is about 1 lb and taste better.

[@mrbane2000]

I came to see drinks and are there flavored water drinks -_-

[@gayaniwaranakulasuriya302]

Hey hi

[@BeingSardar]

11:52 if you start you won’t stop 😆

[@AndreavanNiekerk]

Mandeep Singh Sidhu toooo true!!!

[@BeingSardar]

Andrea van Niekerk never seen them in the UK, will google 🙂

[@yayahkhan117]

Here in Southern California we don’t have such a big supermarket with this many varieties, I will love to see that kind of grocery store or something like carrfur in Dubai everything under one roof with lots of varieties.

[@AndreavanNiekerk]

aaaah no Abdul! Sorry about that! I guess often think about the US being bigger and better!!! Come and visit Canada one day!

[@GinaMarieCheeseman]

Go to a Super Walmart in Southern California. It has everything. Or to a Ralph's.

[@mostlycycling007]

No nestle lion? Or flake..

[@AndreavanNiekerk]

No! You can find that at Florence Meats or Sedo Snax or Eatsumore here in Toronto

[@agnesg2811]

Fortinos is great. We are optimum plus points collector. I personally collect points from getting gas and redeem the points for grocery.

[@tusk3260]

112k views, maybe you should make more videos of Canadian stores like Bulk Barn.

[@rositadim]

How more expensive is it?

[@AndreavanNiekerk]

It is not the cheapest grocery store … there are others like No Frills and Freshco that offer great products too but without the perfect aesthetics, point of sale etc. the look and feel of these stores is nothing like Fortinos but you will save!

[@shivshukla4386]

What is the name of this shop

[@AndreavanNiekerk]

Fortinos

[@kenwesaw1944]

So just like a big u.s. supermarket but with a poutine aisle

[@yahyaiflal4521]

Thank you so much for the in depth tour... great stuff

[@AndreavanNiekerk]

Glad you enjoyed it! Yay!!!!

[@ishitadongre6639]

Hey!! I just love your videos!!! Could you pls make more?

[@jayantajithazarika2619]

Dear Sister , I have watched your video of grocery shopping at Fortune's from beginning to end without interruption and liked it very much . Its really superb . Please show Prices of Basmati Rice and Lentils and other Pulses . Thank you very much for your nice and fàntastic video . With lots of love and regards , Jayantàda , 28/4/2022

[@AndreavanNiekerk]

Hello Jayantada! This is so great - I will do that for you!

[@shoshanamichaelia9739]

Its not your job to say which food in the supermarket lady 👎

[@mallekchafik3996]

I HAD FUN SHOPPING WITH YOU

[@techienidhi5062]

So exciting vlog.i found it very good and informative

[@naeemiqbal2959]

Great video.

[@BeingSardar]

I’m from the UK, is that vat included or is there a bit on the receipt it says vat $3.45?

[@AndreavanNiekerk]

Mandeep Singh Sidhu - tax is excluded in all pricing that you see. HST is added on after ward at 13%!

[@BeingSardar]

Andrea van Niekerk Thanks for the quick reply Andrea! ☺️ Dream is to visit Canada 🇨🇦 soon! 2021 Ambitions

[@Moonlight-sb2of]

@@BeingSardar stay in UK. UK Is better than canada. I am in canada and here is so expensive

[@conanobrian8580]

20:47 am i high? there are snowflakes around her

[@Vxnniebxx]

no one in South Africa pronounces Gouda as Goda...lol

[@staceypaquette5483]

Wow the milk varieties are crazy!

[@AndreavanNiekerk]

I know!!

[@danaalmada9128]

This was truly a great and helpful video. Clearly explained.

[@AndreavanNiekerk]

Thank you so very much Dana!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@hardinwilliams4280]

Hello what's good?

[@rabahyacobi7161]

Canada is a nice country I visited it twice in 2019

[@samikchayaashrestha1352]

thankyou somuch mam for putting effort for this video and for us too. Loveyou❤️ From Nepal 🇳🇵❤️

[@AndreavanNiekerk]

Samikchayaa Shrestha such a pleasure!

[@deej5279]

very helpful !!

[@vandydesign9445]

Love canada from cambodia

[@AndreavanNiekerk]

Awesome!

[@mpauld6002]

Excellent video. I've just found your channel and subscribed. Just one comment. Maybe the higher salaries justify such high prices in almost all the items shown, except two. Compared to Mediterranean countries, the prices in a Canadian supermarket are at least twice as high. A kilo of quality mince beef costs 7-8 euros, and a whole fresh chicken costs €2.90/kilo. The only items which are cheaper are the eggs and the potatoes, for some reason.

[@73cidalia]

The higher wages here are not enough for people living on minimum wage (and a lot of employers love to pay minimum wage or only slightly more). I'm seeing a lot more homelessness than I've ever seen before. Housing prices are ridiculous. A 2-bedroom in my area, which used to be one of the most affordable cities, is now about $1,300 for a one-bedroom apartment. 😳

[@woolleybeart]

Hey so you asked why red peppers are more expensive. All colors of bell peppers are the same variety. If they harvest them sooner they are green, then they become yellow, then orange, then red. So you are paying for the length of time they take to grow.

[@AndreavanNiekerk]

This is the best piece of trivia ever! Thank you so so so much.

[@conanobrian8580]

11:27 you ruined her determination 😂 😂

[@bertiemorgenrood5972]

Got an opportunity to maybe be able to get work in Canada, I’m 25 years old and would be the first time for me soutside of Africa. I’m really considering it, but I am so anxious about it

[@AndreavanNiekerk]

Do it!!! Don’t look back / please do it for YOU!

[@yeganehmhr]

It was nice 👍 thank you 🙏🏻

[@nalasingh9755]

What is the price like $? That's good

[@Luna.3.3.3]

You picked an expensive store. 🙄

[@MRmeggy96]

The video is awesome, I find very curious to check supermarkets from around the world. Something that shocked me is the absolutely gigantic amount of products that needn't being in packaging and are just surrounded in plastic. It's massive fridges of plastic and not products! Aren't there any policies in Canada about disposable useless plastic in supermarkets and restaurants, for example? It felt frightening as I watched the video.

[@hardinwilliams4280]

Hello what's good?

[@noname-lm2nq]

The prices how in switzerland.

[@ramonebills9318]

$25 for 24 rolls is not a good price...

[@sarfarazshaikh3064]

I want job shopping mall please help me

[@براقللهيدروليك]

good job Thanks،، 👍🔔

[@shelleyharris2850]

To tired to cook or clean. I can't do much.

[@imranahmed5277]

Andrea thanks a lot to make these kind of interesting videos,,, Subscribed your channel and pressed bell icon so that I shouldn't miss a single informative video.

[@AndreavanNiekerk]

Awesome, thank you!

[@conanobrian8580]

18:39 - 18:40 great personality