This is the only grocery store in Blind River. It's definitely priced as if it's the only grocery store in town! Location: On highway 17 across the street from the beer store in a small plaza Parking: Free and a lot of it The Goods: It's a Weston company grocery store like loblaws. It may be called valumart but don't fool yourself into thinking you'll find any value. It's pretty pricy and if something is on sale they get short changed on delivery. Thanks loblaws group. The staff: Everyone is really nice and a lot of people work there so you can always find someone to help So like I said, it's the only grocery store in town so you kinda need to use it regardless. 4 of 2019 read more

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As stated previously, this store is high priced as the ONLY grocery store in Blind River. Compared with southern prices, you are looking to pay 30 to 70% MORE! Ie In the south, or bigger cities you will find sour cream is 1.99 - this store $2.50! That is just 1 item. Cheese is also over priced with similarly higher prices. Milk & sugar is same as south for obvious reasons. No Name vegetable or bean cans, priced at .99 down south is $1.25-$1.50 here. That is NO NAME! The produce is stupidly high priced considering we are surrounded by Amish & Mennonites who sell cheap at this time too. ie Amish cabbage price -$2-3.00 each any size. However, Value-mart in it's stupidity is 1.29 per pound. Cabbages can be $5-6 or more depending on size. Are you getting the picture here? Farmers markets & roadside stands are much better than these 2 stores. Broccoli & cauliflower as well as more are also similarly over priced. Selections are so so at best. They are both small stores. The same people own the Thessalon Value-mart which has the exact same over pricing & gouging. There is NO value at these VALUE MARTS. NONE, ZILTCH, ZERO. Even bread is 2 for $6.00 be warned, shopping here is a gouge. Neither store is really very affordable by regular folks who have no choice of where to shop if they can't get out of town to a bigger facility, ie Basics. Side note - other closest facility to shop is A No Frills in Elliot Lake at least price the No Name stuff correctly. There is a Foodland aka Sobey's there as well for variety. Bottom line is, try to avoid these two stores - Value-marts - if you can. They are making a ton of money from folks who haven't really got it to spend on food.Thanks for reading. Hope it helps. read more