If you are not familiar with the Top Discount chain, you are in for a treat - This store has multiple locations across Montreal and one on the South Shore and they are rapidly expanding in other cities as I write this. Top Discount is a small speciality French/European grocery store that offers mostly shelf stable foods and specialty products for the home.
You can find lots of imported snacks, chips, candies, beverages, cereals and household supplies like cleaning products, detergents, body care, soaps, lotions and the like - all from France for the most part. These are the type of items that are very hard to find elsewhere and normally not sold at your regular grocery store.
With the large community of French ex-pats and other European migrants in Quebec, Top Discount offers a little taste from home.
I stocked up on a few body washes from brands like Dop or Cottage (not sold in Canada normally), made in France Lays chips, Haribo gummy candy and special bbq sauces. The prices are very affordable and the products are unique and fun. I am not from Europe but appreciate the variety and being introduced to new brands.
Note that Top Discount has a partnership with Carrefour which is one of the largest grocery chains in Europe so they also sell many Carrefour house branded items at very cheap prices.
This Laval location has the best selection, I went on opening day and compared to another Top Discount store I went to in Brossard, this new location is bigger and better.
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