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Coronavirus Support: Online Grocery

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Diabetes Care Community will be updating this section of special services available to the community during this time of staying at home, self-isolation or quarantine.

Below please find a list of Online Grocery Services.

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Online Grocery Services

NOTE: Delivery times may vary due to increased demand.

National

Instacart

Instacart delivers groceries from local stores in cities across the country in most provinces. (Check delivery options in your region.)

PC Express

PC Express offers pickup options at grocery stores across Canada, including Loblaws, Real Canadian Superstore, No Frills, Fortinos, Independent, Zehrs, Valu-Mart and Citymarket.

Inabuggy

Inabuggy operates in Toronto, Ottawa, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton and Montreal. Depending on your location, Inabuggy offers delivery from retailers, depending on your location, including Organic Garage, Safeway, Rowe Farms, Healthy Planet, Metro, Costco, Walmart and IGA.

Walmart

Toronto, Ottawa, Edmonton, Calgary and Montreal Walmart locations offer grocery delivery and pickup services.

Costco

National chain Costco offers delivery in cities across Canada and some regions qualify for two-day turnaround. Costco services provinces including Nova Scotia, P.E.I., Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, B.C., Ontario, New Brunswick and Quebec.

Ontario

Longo’s allows shoppers in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) to order groceries online through Grocery Gateway https://www.grocerygateway.com/store/, which also delivers to areas including Oshawa, Stouffville, Milton, Cambridge, Waterloo, Guelph and Hamilton.

GTA-based Pusateri’s offers delivery to homes within close proximity to their stores through Instacart

Toronto’s independent Summerhill Market is also offering delivery.

Sobeys offers delivery in Toronto and Ottawa, according to its website, and Metro offers pickup or delivery in regions across Ontario.

Alberta

Save-On-Foods has pick-up options and delivers to shoppers in different parts of Alberta, including Edmonton, Airdrie West and Red Deer.

SPUD.ca delivers local and organic groceries in Edmonton and Calgary.

In Calgary, Cultivatr delivers farm-fresh groceries from local producers, including meat, dairy and produce. Orders placed online come a few days later.

The Organic Box works in a similar way, and ships locally-produced products to customers in the greater Edmonton area, Calgary, Bow Valley and other cities across Alberta.

Family-owned The Grocery Link delivers groceries from stores including Real Canadian Superstore, Walmart, Wholesale Club, Loblaws City Market and Save-on-Foods to residents in the Calgary area.

B.C.

Save-on-Foods offers delivery and pickup options in B.C. cities including Coquitlam, Abbotsford, Nanaimo, Surrey and Vancouver.

SPUD.ca delivers local and organic groceries to shoppers in Vancouver and Victoria.

Kiki’s Delivery also ships produce, bakery items and other groceries to areas in Vancouver and Burnaby.

Larry’s Market a vegetarian store, in North Vancouver, also offers delivery in the city.

Stong’s Market offers grocery delivery to Vancouver and North Vancouver, and weekly delivery to Bowen Island.

Thrifty Foods offers in-store shopping deliveries in select locations, as well as pick-ups.

Quebec

Provigo allows customers to shop online at home and pick up their orders at a nearby store, or schedule delivery through Instacart.

Metro has pickup and delivery options in regions across Quebec.

IGA grocery delivers groceries across Quebec, including Montreal and Quebec City.

Nova Scotia

Couryah is a grocery and restaurant delivery service that drops off items in Halifax, Herring Cove, Bedford, Lower Sackville and Timberlea.

Cape Breton Delivery Services brings food items, including groceries and takeout meals, to customers in Sydney and its nearby areas.

Manitoba

Grocery chain Save-On-Foods has locations in Winnipeg that offer pick-up and delivery.

In Winnipeg, Dakota Family Foods offers grocery delivery.

Cantor’s Meats delivers meats as well as fresh groceries in Winnipeg.

P.E.I.

Local company Charlottetown Express Delivery offers grocery services as well as take-out food delivery.

New Brunswick

Your Independent Grocer uses PC express for store pick-up in Sackville.

Saskatchewan

Several Save-On-Foods locations across Saskatchewan offer grocery pickup services.

Newfoundland and Labrador

Independently-owned Belbin’s Grocery offers delivery and store pick-up in St John’s.

Colemans offers delivery and pick-up in Deer Lake, St. John’s, Stephenville, Mount Pearl and Corner Brook.

Yukon

Save-On-Foods in Whitehorse offers store pick-up.

Independent and family-owned Riverside Grocery in Whitehorse is offering delivery.

Northwest Territories

Your Independent Grocer offer grocery pick-up and delivery through Instacart.

Nunavut

The Northern Shopper  delivers produce, meats, bakery items and household items to customers in the Baffin region.

Source: Global News, March 20th

Other online services available to the community

  • Find online medical services here
  • Access online fitness programs here
  • Locate online entertainment and social activities here
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As we find ourselves in the midst of a global pandemic many of us are stuck in our homes for long periods of time. It is especially important to continue to eat healthy.

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