Like a boutique IGA I suppose, but focussing on fruit and vege, and delicatessen rather than…read morestocking a huge range of all those mass produced products and snack foods that IGA stocks. Winner of the Ranwick City Business Excellence awards four times between 1999 and 2007, so you know theres something quality about the place. The place is great, lots of variety, and so if you live nearby, it's a great way tp support small business whilst having some pretty great produce at some reasonable prices. I personally like the delicatessen counter - a huge range of olives and cheeses, which is something I want nearby. Just a cool, comfortable, easy-going fruit market that's pretty popular with the locals. If you live nearby, you probably already know it!!

Deli's are an endless source of fascination for me. So many foreign goodies to look at and wonder…read morewhat the hell they're used for! Delicious foods to inspire you out of your comfort zone and cook with different ingredients. The Deli at Pacific Square in Maroubra has some wonderful produce. A million sorts of sausage. I think they may be Hungarian. Gorgeous cheeses and a fridge dedicated to different creams, yoghurts and fetta's that come in huge tubs. They also have a large selection of sweets. Jams, biscotti, cakes. It's enough to drive you wild. There breads are great too and I much prefer to buy it from here and try all the different sorts. Great dark, dense rye is my fave. Don't expect huge smiles with service. They are pretty slammed by customers so try not to dilly dally. They hate that.

We shop approximately fortnightly at this deli and have not had any issues in the past. On our last…read morevisit, however, we purchased a piece of Red Square cheese from the table which was at the front of the store offering samples. We have eaten this cheese on numerous occasions so feel qualified to say that this piece was definitely off and way more rancid that it should have been. We also purchased a piece of L'Original brie from inside the store, which was dubious as well. I would recommend the deli, however, be very careful to check freshness of the cheeses.

I'm always shocked by what Aldi doesn't carry. No mustard? No containers?…read more What they do have is always surprisingly good quality, if you search over what's been turned over (as everyone does so the top is crap). Remember your bags and a $1 coin for the cart!

I never much liked going to Aldi, the pared back Supermarket, with it's disheveled shelves of Euro…read morebrand products. I always felt a bit scummy trawling through the mass, yet with the economic crisis it is now considered 'savvy', not 'tight', to be keeping an eye on your pennies. And many pennies you may save! They have a system of leaving the products in the box they got delivered in. They don't have to pay shelve stackers to sort it out and that is how they keep there prices so low. They are unbelievably low too! You either have to buy a bag, bring your own shopping bag or better still, just grab one of the empty boxes lying about the place and start to fill it with goods. The difference in price is astronomical. I filled a medium sized box and it cost me $30. $30 at Coles would fill a third of a shopping bag. Aldi stocks some pretty diverse products too. You can get a Digital camera for $60 and sometimes they have TV's and tents and coffee tables and many other disparate items in their budget store. Aldi is a great first stop and if they don't have the items you need then go elsewhere with all that money you saved. Some of their veggies are absolutely fresh and fine and the price is so low you wonder why you were such a snob about it before.