I passed this place every weekend for close to a year and never knew what it was. I've seen Healthy Planet stores in Brampton and Mississauga before and I never knew what they were. I figured they were a health food store like GNC and such and I'm not a big fan of those since they're mainly focused on supplements and personally, I'm not a big fan of those.
However, while this place has supplements, they also have plenty of vegan non-GMO frozen foods (for around the same price as Whole Foods) plus some interesting items you can't find at other health stores. As an example, they have lots of weird packaged health foods like goji berries, tiger nuts, etc. Sure they are expensive, but it's definitely a change of pace. Just be sure to read the ingredients, but most of them are superfoods.
Another example is that they have your "common" carbohydrates (pasta and rice) but instead of being made out of wheat, they could be made of quinoa, kamut, spelt, black beans, etc. Whole Foods has the same thing, but they are cheaper here.
So in terms of selection, it's pretty decent. You can get frozen and dried foods here, but not fresh produce.
In terms of service, the people are friendly but not too knowledgeable. I was asking about vegan foods that could substitute for eggs for cooking (not baking) and no one knew. So after my own experimenting, I found soft tofu with some coconut sauce can imitate the eggy texture and taste.
Verdict: not a bad place to go if you want to avoid Whole Foods and don't need fresh produce. Better than GNC IMO. read more