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

[@designwith_chris]

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!!

[@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!

[@alanjohnson2347]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@allyhussein3371]

From my Heart, i real enjoyed this Video🙏

[@honeybernadetteraza6731]

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

[@chicagochicago3404]

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

[@tiagoescobar3810]

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

[@gemslight77]

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

[@malikasha]

You are the best 🤗🤗🤗 .Thank you so much for this informative and amazing video . Wish you all the best 🤗🤗😃😃

[@TheNamibRose]

These are the kind of video's i want to see!! Thanks so much!!

[@AndreavanNiekerk]

Thank you Lourika!!!!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@yahyaiflal4521]

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

[@AndreavanNiekerk]

Glad you enjoyed it! Yay!!!!

[@IloveJesusChristNowandForever]

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!

[@techienidhi5062]

So exciting vlog.i found it very good and informative

[@danaalmada9128]

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

[@AndreavanNiekerk]

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

[@daiveleonardo1223]

Hello what's good?

[@JorgeLuisInAction36]

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

[@karanbalwani]

This video can motivate people into eating healthy. Gave me so many meal prep ideas. Thank you.

[@AndreavanNiekerk]

Aaah that’s great! Yay! Follow me on IG: Andrea.thevan for more ideas!

[@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

[@arghavanpsi1852]

amazing vid .thank you so much , please do more 😍👌

[@Randorandom232]

I'm not sure why but this is one of my favorite videos on the site.

[@AndreavanNiekerk]

Thanks so much !!!!!

[@jorgedehoyoslopez769]

cool. thanks. definetly tha best info about it

[@vikasasware]

Thank you Andrea for this wonderful video.

[@donovanmorgan640]

This is just excellent damn! Watching from Jamaica.

[@AndreavanNiekerk]

Thanks so much!!!!!

[@alyssasabillon7501]

Great video !!! It's really interesting and helpful ☺️ the product here in Philippines is pretty pricy than in the Canada ! ☺️💚 Please do more videos like this 🙂

[@AndreavanNiekerk]

Great thank you - coming up!!!!

[@SparkleAna]

I really love this video! It just makes me so calm and happy. Thank you for this and keep making more supermarket videos like this. Love from Dubai.

[@midnightdemon9157]

habibi come to Canada 😎

[@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

[@riyascj4706]

Thank you so much for video

[@FOUU-je5tn]

iam here to improve my language listening

[@AndreavanNiekerk]

FOUU 1000 awesome! Activate the subtitles - I have added them. This will help in learning the language faster! Yay and keep it up!

[@baekhyunieeswife5693]

@@AndreavanNiekerk Aunty Did You know any Online Courses about learning Canadian English and Accent .I need it .If you know Can you inform me .

[@cam0987]

Which country u from?

[@CatalinaPazm]

x2

[@NeutralGem]

Me too

[@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!

[@punjabculture3883]

Beautiful place 😍💕💕

[@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

[@Karthiktuckdriver]

Hi queen good video I like it

[@Karthiktuckdriver]

Hi queen please share me truck driver job video

[@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]

@Cat 123 Uh I'm from Canada Einstein!! I think you might be hitting the bottle or bong a little too much!!

[@sampathgamage5363]

This video is very important ..thanks

[@ishitadongre6639]

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

[@deej5279]

very helpful !!

[@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

[@luzanneviljoen3307]

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!

[@AndreavanNiekerk]

Cool - you got it!

[@luzanneviljoen3307]

Thank you!

[@جمالالجنيد]

Beautiful every is packed and in order

[@mallekchafik3996]

I HAD FUN SHOPPING WITH YOU

[@staceypaquette5483]

Wow the milk varieties are crazy!

[@AndreavanNiekerk]

I know!!

[@naeemiqbal2959]

Great video.

[@danillechambers9893]

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

[@AndreavanNiekerk]

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

[@yeganehmhr]

It was nice 👍 thank you 🙏🏻

[@sctl]

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

[@mcclouddlamini3681]

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

[@agnesg2811]

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

[@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!

[@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!

[@virajjayasundara3142]

Excellent... Keep this type of vedioes fur3

[@samikchayaashrestha1352]

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

[@AndreavanNiekerk]

Samikchayaa Shrestha such a pleasure!

[@trutj22]

Now THAT... IS HOW U DO A GROCERY SHOPPING VLOG.

[@AndreavanNiekerk]

Awwwwwww thank you!!!

[@helenjager4152]

The trolley-escalator is the coolest thing ever ! = D

[@AndreavanNiekerk]

I know right!!!!!!

[@CollosalTrollge]

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.

[@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

[@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.

[@harindrawijerathne6225]

Hi Andrea, It's useful and helpful video.😳👌

[@AndreavanNiekerk]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching! I have such fun making the videos! Please subscribe to get the updates!

[@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.

[@lionl.s.rozario3429]

Excellent

[@barcodeBoy666-Barcoded]

great video !

[@rubinasingh9841]

Lovely

[@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!

[@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

[@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.

[@angievermeulen7960]

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

[@AndreavanNiekerk]

I know right?!!!!!!

[@adamsmorphine190]

Lol! Really??

[@mahirhussam5479]

@@adamsmorphine190 bruh

[@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.

[@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?

[@alainrouleau]

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

[@DishZ95]

Superrrrrrb

[@rabahyacobi7161]

Canada is a nice country I visited it twice in 2019

[@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

[@lionl.s.rozario3429]

Hi happy to see you I'm L S Rozario from Sri Lanka

[@AndreavanNiekerk]

Hello Lesley!!!! Welcome to my channel🧡

[@lionl.s.rozario3429]

My pleasure

[@reaganchen9513]

Hey did you actually do a video about the wiper fluid for winter?

[@AndreavanNiekerk]

Oooooh no! I will do a separate video on filing up with gas and the wiper fluid!

[@reaganchen9513]

@@AndreavanNiekerk Ah will be looking forward to that! I live in Singapore so I have no experience with snow and anything to do with clearing snow 😅

[@adriennebaptiste5864]

great video

[@AndreavanNiekerk]

Glad you enjoyed it !!!!!!! yay

[@zenny1359]

Although groceries in Canada are relatively more expensive, they sure as hell have much more options and products and variety. They also have much bigger sizes. That to in a small simple store.

[@terryomalley1974]

More expensive than where? Fortinos are large stores.

[@emartinez2740]

Terry French He’s probably comparing to the US where it’s much cheaper, especially in like Walmart

[@terryomalley1974]

@@emartinez2740 We have many Walmarts with grocery departments in Canada too. But, Fortinos is part of a large chain owned by Loblaws and they're known for being high end grocery stores.

[@vandydesign9445]

Love canada from cambodia

[@AndreavanNiekerk]

Awesome!

[@danuelliaramdeen7373]

Nice video hope u do a next one.

[@latatiana97]

hi andrea you do it well, i like the way you say it, more interesting if you tell more life and students in canada (especially during quarantine like now) i love your video, love from Indonesia❤

[@AndreavanNiekerk]

Thank you Widya! Appreciate it. Will do what I can to help!’

[@kay6096]

Seems like a well stocked PnP like the one in Norwood JHB. or CheckersHyper We've had the self checkout at the Pic N Pay at Obs in Cape Town.

[@AndreavanNiekerk]

kay6096 that’s cool!

[@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.

[@thekingsoftherings9869]

nice atmoshphere

[@mahbodpirayesh9023]

thank you ! I've got every information that I need

[@AndreavanNiekerk]

So glad!

[@JermaineGertse]

I hope you have the Pcoptimum app. I worked in the call centre based here in South Africa. They have amazing offers. Get them points lol

[@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. 😳

[@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.

[@daiveleonardo1223]

Hello what's good?

[@kenwesaw1944]

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

[@daudwithfun]

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

[@AndreavanNiekerk]

Fortinos, Neyagawa boulevard, Oakville

[@mohdqureshishaiekh7169]

hi dear this is mohd Qureshi shaik ok from Dubai nice shopping to you have a nice day bye

[@mohdqureshishaiekh7169]

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

[@براقللهيدروليك]

good job Thanks،، 👍🔔

[@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.

[@azizulhakimshahid5174]

Fan from Bangladesh ❤

[@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!

[@tusk3260]

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

[@moniqueeagle-nathras9855]

Hi Andrea! Thank you for and love your videos! As a fellow South African but from Joburg, could you maybe do a video on or advise on the best types of clothing for winter? I noticed your boots and jacket in this video - is it better to buy down jackets and snow boots in Canada instead of here in South Africa? Thank you, Monique

[@AndreavanNiekerk]

Thank you! I would say yes it is better and also cheaper here and much, much more variety! Winter here is not like winter in SA...!

[@samaashleigh]

Are the fruit prices per kg?

[@pinkuni3]

I hope one day I be in ur place

[@nezumikorner7023]

I loved your video. Thanks for sharing. May I ask if that is an “average supermarket “ in Kanada or something more special? I am blown away by the variety and was wondering if that’s normal in Canada. Thanks for the info. 😊

[@AndreavanNiekerk]

Hello Nezumi, this is a little above average! Wait for my next video at store that has zero frills, no extras, just good pricing!

[@lisakrueger535]

Yea the prices in Canada are crazy. Discount stores that everyone shops at are No Frills, FreshCo (better quality) and Giant Tiger. Many shop the Asian stores in Toronto. For specialty yes, anything you want, and Pusateri, Fresh & Wild, Whole Foods. We do not yet have Trader Joes.

[@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!

[@jefferyne4510]

fresh products