Fiesta Farms

I have been shopping at Fiesta Farms for years. It is my favourite store as the quality of foods are superior to all other stores I have ever experienced.
I know most employees personally, and they go out of their way to help you find a product, answer your questions and help you find the right product.
From the managers to the cashiers, and everyone else in between, they are all friendly, receptive to questions and suggestions, and respectful!
What I see is that they truly care about what they sell and are very helpful and accommodating with their customers.

I just hate Fiesta Farms even though I shop there often.

Why do I shop there? I like the items they carry - specialty international items,
good coffee selection, hard to find artisanal food items, nice produce, fresh salmon, almost like a poor man's Whole Foods.

Why do I hate it? I have a stroller that has made me realize how completely inaccessible the shop is to anyone in a mobility device/wheelchair. First, just to get into the shop from outdoors, it is completely closed off by metal rails that I can barely can squeeze my tush through.
Once inside, you can only exit if you are purchasing something (ie you have to go through a checkout to leave) and only aisle 7 fits my stroller or anything larger. So I'm faced with either lining up in aisle 7 even if I'm not buying anything OR if aisle 7 is closed - they put an upside down shopping cart in it to block it off!! So aggravating and the people working there don't give a care at all!

Just discovered fiesta farm even though I live 15 mins away.
They have a great selection of vegan and health products options. I got a bag of prune plums and soy yogurt. 4 stars because the prices are quite high.

I'm obsessed! It has been a longheld dream of mine to live within walking distance to Fiesta Farms. I'm not quite there yet, but the dream is still very much alive and I make the stopover whenever I can.

There's something about Fiesta Farms. It's the wondrous local products and new finds. It's a layout that just makes sense. It's how nice all the customers and staff seem to be. I truly find something great that I've never seen before and have positive interactions each time.

Most recently and excitingly, I picked up a pack of frozen spanakopita that are the perfect on the go snack for a savoury girl like me. In the same trip, I picked up a bright yellow bar of Cows Creamery sea-salted butter. Consider this my start in my foray into cool, Canadian butters. This one is from Prince Edward Island and you can just taste the difference in richness.

Christie Pitts, you are one lucky lass.

Fiesta Farms is one of my favourite places in the whole wide world! And that says a lot coming from someone who hates grocery shopping.

They have all of your usual grocery staples, with the added bonus of a variety of local delights from farmers across Ontario. I sound like my mother when I say they honestly have the best produce out of any of the competing Sobeys, Metro and Loblaws stores in the area.

As a vegetarian, I love that they also have all the "weird vegan things" I like to eat, like chia seeds, hemp hearts, and various tofu products and mock meats.

The prices are competitive as well. I usually find it much cheaper than the other shops, though they could do to have some sales every now and again.

Plus, whenever I come in it seems like they're always playing the best 80s hits overhead?! If Fiesta Farms is a party, then I want to keep this one raging all night long.

Neighbourhood grocery store close to my heart (and home) I have been consistently going here since I was in elementary school. This grocery store is the epitome of a one stop shop. They have all your typical conventional brands from the major CPGs as well as a large selection of organic, natural food items you may find in a Whole Foods. I used to live and breathe their hot food section. One of the few grocery stores in the area where you can buy bulk buns, stock up on olives from the olive bar and snag planters for your front porch.

Wouldn't say prices are exorbitant; you are definitely supporting a local business!

I love this little gem of a grocery store!

Fiesta Farms stocks many unique foods products that I hadn't seen before - I had a lot of fun wandering the aisles looking for some grocery treats. They also seem to have a big selection of organic products as well.

When I was leaving on my last shopping trip, I was struggling with a giant watermelon (lol no joke) and a kind man working for the store named Vito came over to assist and helped walk me to my car. Too sweet.

Hidden gem in the city! Really great selection of produce, meats, speciality cheeses and non-dairy products, and Italian products you'd find in Vaughan or in speciality boutiques.

Prices are great (more affordable than Metro or Loblaws!) and the quality is fresher than most grocery stores in the city.

Free parking!

Normal grocery store but most things are severely overpriced. Would much rather just buy items at the fruit & meet markets on bloor near the subway station.

I'm definitely a fan of coming here. Especially since I sometimes go on a gluten-free diet.

Pros:
such a nice selection of tasty, gourmet-friendly foods;
produce tends to be fresh-o-fresh;
prices are reasonable. Look out for any cool savings;
special reason to enjoy this place? Their variety in carrying items that come directly from Italy or Europe. Otherwise typically hard to get in your average grocery store, they have many Italian brands of foods, cosmetics, pastas, sauces.
really great Organic selection, in particular. Most places don't stock this much!
goodness - their garden centre is a dream. They treated the public to a corn maze during the fall, and were offering cocoa during a part of the cold winter season. Not only this, but they offered pumpkins to a neighbouring school so that each class could decorate their own pumpkin for free. Supernice of them.

Cons:
still feel awkward to return anything. Easier to not return an item and regret purchasing, than returning anything here. You have to go through a couple of people - both the cashier and the store manager (who is called in to authorize the return, after asking you some questions about why you want to make the return). Luckily, I don't normally want to return anything here.

I debated whether I'd give 4 or 5 stars, but FF does so many things right - that despite having a con-notch, it is still always a lovely place to shop at!