I was invited to attend the Grand Opening of Sobeys newest location in Nolan Hill, Calgary. This store is market-inspired with an improved food shopping experience offering convenience, wholesome food, and is stocked with the freshest products. I brought my son with me since he was out of school early. It didn’t take us long to get there and the sun was shining, making for a great day to explore!
We entered the store and were right in the produce department. As we meandered through the produce picking out a few things to take home with us, we discovered a living wall of greens. Quite an impressive display of greens and unique discoveries if I do say so myself.
Moving on, we came across the Fresh Kitchen. Or what we realized later to be a small part of the fresh kitchen. Rows of small and larges salads ready to eat presented themselves to us with additional add on items within reach. They looked so good! As we moved through the store we found the Fresh Kitchen goes on and on offering up an array of ready to eat entrees, sides, salads and hot pizza from their Al Taglio stone oven.
Next we arrived in the meat and seafood departments. My kids always love visiting the live lobsters in the tanks whenever they can find them. It’s like they have their own private conversation while I shop. Being from the Coast, I was pleased to see a large variety of fresh seafood, and regular or marinated meat. My kind of surf and turf.
Right across is the cheese department. I had my eye on it the whole time. I’ve always loved the cheese counters in the Sobeys stores as they feature Canadian, local, and specialty cheeses. They were sampling some parmesan and the boy & I had a moment of happy silence while eating it. Cheese has always been one of my favourite things, and we admittedly spent extra time in this department.
By this point I was seriously getting a little lost. The store is so big, but I did manage to find the Sushi section. The sushi is hand-rolled daily by a Sushi Chef. All of the items have unique flavours, and you can even buy supplies for making your own sushi at home. Winning.
We also happily discovered the Bakery. What a treat this was and another favourite in this store. I gained 10lbs just standing there drooling. From cakes, cupcakes, delicious breads, to chocolate covered everything, they have so much to offer. Yes we did indulge a little bit too.
As we rounded the corner with a basket full of goodies, we found the Natural Source Section. It was massive. They carry thousands of natural and organic choices plus I discovered a whole row of Gluten Free items, and my favourite organic free trade coffee, Kicking Horse. Love Jamie Oliver and seeing his smiling face throughout the store. His dishes are gorgeous to. #ChristmasIdeas
Checking out the new store with my boy, stopping to have a slice of pizza in their little eating area/cafe, and enjoying the freshness of everything made this visit exceptional. The staff were always there ready to help, or answer questions, or in my case fix the glass case at the cheese counter that came unhinged as I leaned it to grab a piece of cheese (whoops). I’m looking forward to bringing the entire family back to hit up the seafood counter, bakery, sushi department, and cheese & deli department again. Any maybe stop for pizza and, and…..
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Chips and Dip!
christmas cookies !
I really love to make English Sherry Trifle and Traditional Christmas Cake and my Chicken Curry is a must on Boxing day . A Chocolate Fondue is also a tradition on new Years eve with lots of Fruits
We love to fondue during the holidays to! Broth, cheese & chocolate!
I should be saying fruit & veggies but really if I could nibble on desserts I would love it anything with fresh cream!
I love eating guilt free chocolate! 🙂 It’s the holidays, so calories don’t count!
Absolutely agree!
Love eating turkey on xmas and eating homemade buttertarts and petes de soeurs along with other baked good oh and lets not forget homemade meatpies.
My favourite food to eat during the holidays is spicy gingerbread, along with a big mug of hot chocolate 🙂
turkey for sure
I love home made whipped shortbread
I love to eat ice box cookies during the holidays! 🙂
I love good mashed potatoes
Turkey dinner is my fave!!
My favorite is turkey 🙂
Love Sobeys. Nice article
Thank you!
hmmm i’m really not picky LOL … but I do love a good turkey dinner with allll the fixings
Oops..didn’t mean to submit. I love to eat yummy Christmas cookies during the holiday season
My favorite holiday food is stuffing.
I love to eat my husband’s homemade lasagna during the holidays
I love pie and turkey
Love turkey & ham
I love turkey!
It come in handy deffinatily could use for supplies my mom needs
I love all the baking , cakes ,cheesecake, pastries
Totally love christmas ham diners
Chocolate maraschino cheeries! (and turkey of course 🙂 )
Christmas cookies . . .. of course (but if I have to pick healthier – I love turkey and stuffing)
I love eating all the yummy Christmas baking, cookies, pies, squares ..oh my
my favorite food to eat over the holiday is turkey,but really my favorite junk to eat is anything chocolate of course.fudge is best.
turkey is my favorite
Pecan pie
The entire Turkey dinner feast 🙂
Acadian meat pie
that would be any type of baking treat, or candy cane hot chocolate
Shortbread is my favourite holiday food. The only problem is that once I eat one, I have to eat the whole box! Good thing Christmas is only once a year.
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I might kind of have the same problem – lol!
meat pies are what I look forward to every year
Am a big sweets fan. Anything sweet really catches my eye
My moms sweet potato and brown sugar concoction!
Cabbage rolls, always a special treat my family made.
I grew up eating cabbage rolls to – so delicious!
My favorite holiday food is turkey & dressing.
I love shortbread during the holidays
My fave treat during the holiday season is homemade butter tarts and short bread! Thanks for the chance to win!
My favourite food is all the special baking that we only have a Christmas time-cinnamon logs, Nanaimo bars, Christmas cake and it all topped off with a rum and egg nog!! 🙂
You have officially made me hungry!!
Turkey and ham!
I love slow cooked ham with scalloped potatoes.
Love having the traditional turkey dinner with all the fixings – my fave!
Cheese! (but honestly, that’s pretty much all the time.)
My weakness is cheese to – especially a cheese fondue [with bacon] around holiday time!
I eat everything – it is fun to try new foods and enjoy the seasonal baking. My fav has to be my mom’s yams! It is a recipe from my paternal grandmother and is special.
My mother in law’s turkey stuffing
Cookies and a turkey dinner.
Christmas is the time for Lefse! bring it on 😉
I like to eat turkey!
Great pics!!! What a huge store!!!
my Mother’s traditional Christmas pudding with sauce
my favorite food to eat during the holidays is turkey, stuffing and casserole with pie and ice cream for dessert 🙂
My favorite food for the holidays is turkey 🙂
My favourite Christmas treat is Whipped Shortbreads and my favourite Christmas Dinner is Turkey!
any sweet desserts
I really like my potato summer savory dressing
i love finger foods, like dips, and cheese and crackers, and bread…everything basically!
My favorite thing to eat is Nanaimo bars. My mom makes the best ones!
I LOVE Ham, turkey and STUFFING at the holidays!
I love the entire Turkey dinner! Turkey, stuffing, baked squash, brussels sprouts with cheese sauce, roasted baby potatoes, carrots, celery, sweet potatoes, turnip and parsnips, salad, dinner buns, mac & cheese casserole and pumpkin pie! (I go all out lol)
Yorkshire pudding!
Meat, cheese, crackers & pickles. Plus 1 green olive just to confirm I still don’t like them 🙂
Fancy cheeses like brie and goats cheese
any kind of pie is my favourite thing to eat
I like to eat mashed potatoes with gravy
Turkey is my favourite to eat over the holidays. Just picked up a big one today.
I am all about the holiday sweets…fudge, sugar cookies, yule log cake…the list goes on and on.
My grandmas shortbread dipped in chocolate….divine!
I love peanut butter balls!
cheese ,crackers, pepperoni, chips and dip
my favourite thing to eat is lasagna or anything chocolate! Thanks for the amazing giveaway and the fantastic blog!
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I really like anything made with puff pastry, and mandarin oranges.
I love eating bitter balls. It is a dutch treat.
I love fruitcake
Christmas sugar cookies!
Nothing better than a big turkey dinner!
Stuffing! I LOVE stuffing!
Anything chocolate! … I’m not fussy!
Veggies and dip ( the most fattening kind lol) and all the other “nibble trays” people bring to family functions!
My favourite food to eat during the holidays is turkey with ALL the fixings!
chocolate
Whatever the mother-in-law makes for christmas dinner. Its all my favourite.
I love the traditional Turkey dinner!
Apple pie is always my fav!
Gingerbread cookies, melt in your moth short bread cookies, cranberry sauce and dumpling soup .
Pies and stuffing.
My favourite food to eat during the holidays are homemade Christmas cookies
I love eating turkey during the Holidays: