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Friday Foodie Gratitude: Valu-Mart

July 27, 2018 by Suzie the Foodie 2 Comments

Friday Foodie Gratitude: Valu-Mart

The first time I went to Valu-Mart on a cold day in Toronto I wanted to make my spicy noodles and was so thrilled they had shiitake mushrooms. FRESH shiitake mushrooms. Impressive…

The Obstacle

Friday Foodie Gratitude: Valu-Mart

The problem? They were way the hell up at the top of the mushroom stand! In fact, all the baskets of non-packaged mushrooms were at the top of the display.

Now luckily I have freakishly long arms but what about other people? What about people who are not tall, are in wheelchairs or are disabled? I started to get pissed off.

Doing Recce

Friday Foodie Gratitude: Valu-Mart

I have lived in a lot of places and I had never seen that before. I walked ALL the way to the local Loblaws, checked out Sobeys… This is what I saw. Their store is much smaller so of course they have to go vertical with their display but I never saw people in line for mushrooms like I always did when they were down at waist level.

The Added Frustration

Friday Foodie Gratitude: Valu-Mart

I contacted the store about the issue and was assured that they liked the idea of bringing the mushrooms down from above so everyone could enjoy them. That was well over a month ago, perhaps two because I spoke with them right before I fell down the stairs.

The first couple of times I was mobile again I came in and no, they had not been moved. Grrr… But! Yesterday!

Foodie Miracle and Gratitude

Friday Foodie Gratitude: Valu-Mart

Look!!! This is perfection. Now everyone can go through the individual mushrooms. Oh I am so glad this is a happy story and not an angry one!

Thank You!

Friday Foodie Gratitude: Valu-Mart

Thank you Valu-Mart for implementing this change! I know it is going to help a lot of people and I hope you now sell even MORE mushrooms. Thank you also for letting me know where your coconut water was, I could not find it for the life of me and now I am enjoying it every day in my smoothies.

Happy Foodie Weekend Everyone! ~ Suzie the Foodie

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  1. The Happy Whisk says

    July 27, 2018 at 6:53 pm

    LOVE it, Suzie! Go you. We have some stores here that pack then high as well. I wondered if they did it to keep hands off the products. Less touching. But dang, some are so high that I have to take down the ENTIRE basket to pick through.

    You Suzie, are a MUSHROOM SUPERHERO.

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  2. Suzie the Foodie says

    August 1, 2018 at 12:49 am

    Really Ivy? I had never seen that before, I don’t know what they’re thinking. I mean, if you can’t touch them you can’t buy them, right?

    Awww… I am happy to be a superhero for mushrooms. 🙂

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