No frills that PM RCS in Toronto around subway system?

anaik8cake wrote: ↑ I know this forum is Canada wide, I hope this niche T.O. question is allowed...
I'm trying to get to a No Frills that price matches Real Canadian Superstore and back home on public transit within a 2 hour Presto fare window (from say... St Andrews stn)
The only one I knew of (Rocco's on Front) no longer does... Puts a real dumper on my car free life attempt.
Do you know of any?
Is there a website where people post their local stores recent PM lists?

There are only 4 RCSS in Toronto, with the closest to downtown Toronto located 9km away at Don Mills and Eglinton.

No Frills are franchisee stores so the list of competitors is decided by each owner, which is probably limited to a very small distance away from their store.

Given the requirement to be close to the subway line, there is only one RCSS remotely close to a subway line, such that a No Frills can be located in close proximity to both the subway line and a RCSS. That RCSS location is near York University, at Dufferin and Steeles, so the most likely store that may PM that store is Vito's NF on Keele (near Downsview Park stn), which is 3.6km away from that RCSS. But, I have no idea of the PM list.

If TTC bus routes are in scope, then you can get address of each RCSS in Toronto, and then go to No Frills site and enter the RCSS address to find the closest NF store to each RCSS address, and then map to TTC route.

Good post by @cba123

The topic of price matching …
Who does & who doesn’t comes up pretty regularly on RFD

Both No Frills & RCSS have historically had price matching
But …
As many are franchises … they get to decide who they will or won’t PM against

Also … as they are both part of PC+ Loblaws Group
It’s not unusual for them not to price match stores also in the Loblaws family

Good luck in your search
I have a feeling it’s not gonna be easy

Thank you! Someone new to the city will certainly appreciate the level of detail you've shared.
None of those will help me get there and back within a 2 hour transit window.
I'm looking for that sure bet outlier store, like Rocco's NF was or the Nassau FreshCo that still is, although both geographically far from RCS. Hoping someone knows the exact store closer to the downtown core or a place where people share this sort of thing.

anaik8cake wrote: ↑ Thank you! Someone new to the city will certainly appreciate the level of detail you've shared.
None of those will help me get there and back within a 2 hour transit window.
I'm looking for that sure bet outlier store, like Rocco's NF was or the Nassau FreshCo that still is, although both geographically far from RCS. Hoping someone knows the exact store closer to the downtown core or a place where people share this sort of thing.

Might be easier to do the leg work yourself and just call the no frills stores that are in the area you want and ask.

It seems no one wants to help a brother who is filled with cake.

Lol
I wouldn't say that, it's such a specific question that I didn't expect an immediate reply
The right person will log in eventually

Unfortunately, NF stores don't answer their own phones anymore either... And checking physically isn't an option, hence the attempt at crowd sourcing

I'm still hopeful that someone knows

I was able to check some stores' pictures and found very few of the price matching list ... I wish shoppers would post more in the reviews
Still looking

Fellow commuter who likes using transfer time to run errands. I can rule these out for you:

- NF Dufferin Mall
- NF Sherbourne station
- NF Parliament street
- NF Coxwell

That leaves NF at Gerrard/Carlaw so hopefully someone can chime in.

The sale prices for things eventually makes it rounds to other grocery stores so not a major loss to being unable to PM Superstore.