Iga

I went to purchase some salad dressing yesterday at this IGA. The price on the shelf read as $14.99, but it scanned in at $17.69. The supervisor refused to honour the shelf price. It looks like they failed to remove an old sale tag, but that still really ticks me off. Had I not been buying just one item, I might not have noticed the overcharge. As such, I returned the item. I will not be shopping at this grocery store again. If you shop at this store, I suggest you look at your bill very carefully, as the shelf price can be cheaper than what they charge at the register.

Both the Summerland IGA AND the Summerland Nester's prettymuch SHAMELESSLY price-gouge the town's residents, as they know they are the ONLY 2 grocery stores in town (making said gouging PARTICULARLY aggregious, as [COVID "essential" status etc] grocery stores ARE any town/city's core food distribution centres & are ergo akin to being "Utilities" [like water, power, etc...BASICS citizens NEED to live, in general] - these are NOT "convenience stores", where insane prices are the norm &, honestly, to be expected. Yeah, yeah, they'll say its "logistics" & "basic overhead costs" (transport etc), yet Kelowna to the North AND Penticton to the immediate South BOTH get their groceries delivered no problem, sell their groceries for less & we are IN BETWEEN them...so that is just merely a measly excuse. The truth is they have you over a barrel & KNOW it. And are taking FULL advantage of it (&, by extension, the townsfolk as WELL). Don't believe me? Sugar alone. Let's explore this basic, staple, ergo non-luxury & no taxes applied food/baking etc grocery item, shall we? Summerland IGA & Nester's each sell their Rogers Sugar for app. $5/2Kg, $10/4Kg & a whopping $22-23/10Kg bags...in contrast, there are PHARMACIES (defo NOT grocer's selling staple food items) in Summerland selling Rogers sugar 2Kg bags (the WORST way to buy, price/ratio-wise, BTW & FYI) for app $3.50-$3.75 - in all fairness, S'land IGA seems to be the highest priced overall, with S'land Nester's being usually 20-60 cents less than our IGA on most items under $10-$15, & around $1 less on most items over $15-$20...but BOTH are STILL very definitely just gouging & inflating the bejeesus out of their sugar alone. Proof, you (& certainly they, should they ever actually READ this) say??? Meanwhile, in Penticton, Wal-Mart, Superstore, you name it (pretty sure IIRC even the Penticton IGA, as Pen grocers aren't gouging same way due to actually needing to COMPETE, so they CAN'T just gouge away as they please)...Rogers Sugar 10Kg bag - care to guess??? About $15-16, give or take - regular price/not on sale - go ahead & Google it if you don't believe me (Wal-Mart has 2Kg bags reg price for app $3, so isn't just big bags like that, either). Grocers, cranking up OVER a 30% mark-up, banking on people without transport or gumption/lack of awareness to have NO choice but pay out the nose?!? Absolutely Dis-GUSTING!!! And that is JUST comparing 1 brand's 3 diff sizes of sugar ALONE. To be fair, its not just these 2 stores doing it, but they PERFECTLY illustrate the underlying issue at play here: unconscionable price-gouging - cuz what the f* you gonna DO about it, valued customer & TOTAL perceived sucker/chump??? (MY personal response & advice is to simply shop Penticton...EVEN if you have to bus it with a duffel bag, etc) I REFUSE to shop either S'land IGA OR Nester's until they cut that schnikt RIGHT the F* out/give their heads a shake (a PHARMACY with cheaper reg price sugar than a GROCER'S - how utterly RIDICULOUS; it's honestly OBSCENE...no WONDER the Dollar stores in town only have icing sugar left, FFS's)~

Very nice IGA. I bought a sandwich here for 5 dollars which is very reasonable. It was roast beef and tasted good (7.5/10). The tills moved fast and the lady at the till was friendly and polite. I would come back here but due to location it might not happen as much as I would like. I am definitely pleased with IGA now though and will consider their stores more.