The Real Canadian Wholesale Club

Not a bad spot, a bit run old and run down but you can get deals here that you don’t see anywhere else. It’s really setup for businesses/​restaurants but quite useful to pickup stuff for parties/BBQ’s.

Great convenience for the local condo residents. Selection of fruit not so good but it has everything else from kitchenware to large frozen sections and bulk buys. Keep your eyes open for the single price vs the buy 3 or more price. Good deals to be had.

This place is great for wholesalers, but not so much for the general public.
The prices are good, but the variety isn’t nearly as good as No Frills or Loblaws, since they seem to favour items that can be sold in bulk. 20L of burger-​cut pickles for $ 23?! Yes, please! Also, their produce section is tiny for such a huge store. They don’t have any organic items, either.
What I did enjoy was their restaurant supply section, where you can get nearly anything you need for pro-​style cooking. I found a great pair of tongs for $ 5. If you don’t use tongs on the regular while cooking, it’s because you haven’t found a really really great pair: strong spring, doesn’t go too wide, thick metal. I have a good pair at home and was looking for a secondary one for YEARS. They’re THAT hard to find, people.
Anyway, the wait times were really low, but possibly because it wasn’t so busy.
I probably won’t be back, unless I’m looking for more equipment to stock my kitchen.

They do take PC Mastercard. To keep prices low they don’t want to take on cards that charge another 2%. They own the PC card so they don’t get dinged with the fees.
You can buy by the case or the each. They also can arrange to pick your order for an extra 5% if you email it in and have an account or PC Mastercard. They can also arrange for delivery.
They offer multi unit discounts that don’t force you to buy a case but also makes their everyday shopping cheaper than most other places (costco, walmart, no-​frills).

I’ve seen this place go through a few changes. No checked bags, checked bags, no checked bags, and some minor re-​configurations.
This place sells cigarettes and cigars. You’d have to have a carton a day habit to buy them here …
This place is a cross between Costco and No Frills. You can buy stuff in bulk packaging or in singles.
Prices are in the No Frills range, or slightly higher. You can find many food supply type merchandise like:
–take out containers
–industrial size sauces
–industrial size oil
–slushie syrup (mmmm slishies…)
There are many sections in this store
–House wares
–Kitchen
–Auto
–Candy (yes that counts in my book)
–Food (produce, meats, etc.)
–Drinks
Is this my go to store?
No. Its No Frills. But this store is close, and hits the spot when i feel lazy, or i need something quick. It does have some nice specials though that change frequently.

Got a pumpkin and buckets of candy here for Halloween for cheap. I had put it off until the day before, and they still had good pumpkins for $ 3 ($ 2.50 each if you bought more than five, but how many people buy pumpkins in bulk?). Real Canadian Wholesale stocks mostly groceries (and some household items) at bulk sizes, and gives an extra discount for multiple items. They have a lot of President’s Choice and No Name products, in addition to regular name brands, so it’s like a dumpier version of No Frills.
Some caveats: first, they don’t take credit cards (cash or debit only). I understand that it cuts operating costs if a business isn’t paying fees for processing credit card payments, but for a bulk grocery store where I’d be stocking up on crates of foodstuffs, I’d rather pay a touch more (or, conversely, have a cash discount) and have that option. It’s especially annoying thanks to the focus on multiple-​item discounts.
Second, this is the first place I’ve been to where the shopping carts take loonies instead of quarters (and they’re already the kind that lock up if you try to wheel them outside the parking lot). I can’t be the only person who doesn’t always have a loonie on him, and there’s something vaguely ironic about a discount store with the most expensive cart «rental» around. Or maybe cheapskate shoppers are closet cart thieves.