Atlantic Superstore

I hate giving a single star, but Atlantic Superstore deserves it.
Let’s start with the good: It is clean in here. They are open ²⁴⁄₇.
The bad: They are frequently and regularly out of items that I am looking for, or do not carry them. This has occurred on more than one occasion. It’s a HUGE grocery store, you would expect them to have a great variety of grocery items and products in stock. As well, for a larger store, you would expect them to carry some JoeFresh items, but they don’t.
The ugly: The customer service and the prices– a special shout out to the pharmacy on this point! On several occasions, I have waited in line here without being acknowledged. I have even been ignored by an attendant at the self check out. But today I had a special experience.
I waited to pick up a pharmacy item for close to 10 minutes. Hey– I’m understanding! If you’re busy, I get it, but let me know. Instead, this particular pharmacist went about doing her job, made eye contact with me, and continued with her job. When she decided to help me, I asked if I could ring in a single item with my prescriptions and she replied that she was «too busy.» (To. scan. a. SINGLE. ITEM? Seriously?) I laughed when she said that, because seriously, that is ridiculous. She explained that if she scanned my item, other customers would expect the same, which she does not have time for. (Makes sense. But perhaps it is the person with a cart-​load you should be telling that to; or tell them your computer isn’t able to scan grocery items?!). In addition to dismissive pharmacist who reallllly wanted to express her authority, I had to make multiple trips because my prescription wasn’t filled the first time I brought it in, and they didn’t stock my other (commonly taken) item. Cool. Like the rest of the grocery store, the pharmacy drug dispensing fee is expensive.
I’m a fair person though, and I must tell you I did have a single positive experience in the pharmacy. Another pharmacist was incredibly sweet and patient, and she gave me a number of resources to help me find a family doctor.
Unfortunately, I will continue to shop here because it’s convenient, but I will go out of my way for all future pharmaceutical needs. However, I would never recommend this store.

It might be weird to review a grocery store, but there are aspects of this place that I really enjoy. Namely, the self checkouts and debit/​visa tap option. Those two things make me sound very anti-​social, but I dislike grocery shopping so much, anything that makes my life easier to get in and out is a plus. It’s open late, has a good produce selection and is in my neighborhood. I can’t ask for much more.

I’m torn on the Superstore. On the one hand, I feel it is way overpriced on food and it’s always my last stop on grocery day. But on the other, it does have almost everything I am looking for… that’s why I go there. My wife loves Joe Fresh and I have made other purchases other than food.
It’s also very convenient… I live in Portland Hills Dartmouth and I can drive there in less than two minutes or walk up in less than 15.
I don’t find the staff to be the most motivated group, but most seem to know what they are doing. I wish they had people in the aisles though. I watch a lot of cooking shows and am often on the hunt for a new ingredient. I’m often left to my own devices in the Labyrinth of food or relying on some stranger to help me. How much would it cost to have someone on staff walk the store offering directions? I bet they would sell enough to justify the cost. This store is MASSIVE!
I’ll give them a four star, because I think what I have written merits it. BUT… please know that I bash the Superstore a lot and rarely have a kind word to say about them. But they are a necessary evil.

Atlantic Superstore, you’re weird.
First the good: it’s open 24 hours a day and usually has good prices and since I think I’m the only vegetarian in this city, I usually get a lot of vegetarian nerdy stuff for 50% off. The produce is ok but their organic selection is weird. Sometimes they have organic stuff, sometimes they don’t. The Club Superstore card thing is pretty rad because it tracks your purchases and then gives you points on the stuff you’d be likely to buy.
The bad. Number one, sometimes they don’t let me get a 10% discount because I’m a medical student and not an undergrad student. Uh, yello, that makes no sense. Also, why is there no Joe Fresh at the superstore near poor college dweebs? I like Joe Fresh stuff and hate having to bike to Joesph Howe to check out their selection.
Most of the people who work there are really nice and even though I do cheat on her from time to time with Pete’s and even Sobeys, the Superstore is my main squeeze. Oh and they have overpriced freshly squeezed juice now, no pun intended or even, technically, made.

The store has a selection of just about everything, open 24 hours and loads of registers and self checkin options. Being so close to both this store and sobeys I usually find the better deal here, store is cleaner and I can usually get in and out faster. If your a smoker the gas bar seems to have a better deal then the stores in the southend. Superstore has more of the sale racks and carts then sobeys which im not sure has any at all. Never have a problem getting my items here.

Whenever I take a cruise up North to Canada, I always stop here to grab some candy that I can’t get elsewhere (or I can, without the duties). This supermarket is located right next to the VIA RAIL terminal, and not too far from the cruise terminal.
The exterior of the building looked okay. The interior looked nice, bright and clean. It had everything that a full, typical supermarket would have — fresh produce, a bakery, a deli, a pharmacy, and of course, the general merchandise. The shelves and aisles were very organized. Customer service was just okay.
Like I said, I came here just so I could grab a certain kind of candy (by NESTLE) that I couldn’t get elsewhere. Their candy selection was decently-​sized, and it mostly carried the ones that I couldn’t get in the US. A heavy emphasis was made on Nestle and Cadbury. If you have a certain favorite (in which I do), then you’ll probably find what you’re looking for.
They also had a liquor area there too. Their selection was decent, but the prices were really high. Keep in mind that all liquor purchases must be made in that general area only. They also have a separate entrance if you don’t plan on going into the supermarket at all. They also had a gas station outside too.
A lot of the prices that I saw here were pretty high, hence the removal of two stars. But the sale prices seemed reasonable, even though what I got here wasn’t on sale. There was one time when what I wanted was on sale, but not this time. Just a heads up, they won’t accept American Discover cards. Overall, if you want to buy some candy or snacks before heading back to the cruise ship, then this place will do!

A few problems I have ran into.
1. The staff is not all that well trained on this whole new Pc plus points business. My wife loaded the $ 20 dollar offer on her phone and it is totally our fault for not reading the full page legal thing on the Pc plus website but hay we are normal people and don’t always read every legal piece of crap in our day to day normal lives. So onto what happened. The order came to 97.50 and my wife wondered as I did is this enough to get the 20 bonus offer in points because it will come to over 100 with tax or did it have to be 100 before tax? So we ask the clerk ringing in the stuff and she says tax is fine you will get the points! I thought fine it will be fine based on what she said because otherwise my left hand here at this checkout is about ½ foot away from some overpriced gum a couple packs of that and we are sailing over 100 bucks before tax anyway. Well I should have bought the gum because the store clerk never knew what she was talking about. The rules are 100 before tax and a whole wack of other goods and discounts are not applicable to your total. Read the legal agreement on the website before you go shopping is my advice and just like that we missed out on the bonus offer.
2. I will never pay 1.00 for a single lemon.
3. I had something else but with the energy it took to explain number 1 I am all tired out and cannot think of what it was. Dam superstore I am shopping at costco next time. OH it came back to me. So another beef with this pc plus garbage is if you use the self check out the clerk has to reset your screen after you first swipe to varify your pc plus membership only the screen stays frozen until it is reset and you look like a dum ass swiping over and over becuase the screen says swipe your card while the clerk maning the station of 6 self checkouts runs around busy until she gets to you. Yeah it is a pain in the ass better to just say No to the computer you are not a PC plus member unless you know you have PC plus points to gain or you are the only person at one of the 6 checkouts but even then they are not always on top of it and you wait anyway.

Robotellers = 1 star. I don’t think the people who run Superstore understand just how much people hate the robo tellers. If you go to the store there can be 3 or more open robotellers and yet people are waiting 5 deep in the human line-​ups.
I program for a living and build cool robotic machines for fun and I hate these piles of steaming junk. Over and over the thing has some problem that a human wouldn’t even hesitate to handle. But instead they have these uptight employees hovering around the machines ready to jump in and «rescue» you. They aren’t rescuing me they are basically calling me stupid and proving that the machines are junk. I have swore exactly 3 times at grocery store employees and all three were when they took something from my hand.
I have three requests. One remove the machines. They might look good on your spreadsheets but they make me HATE your store.
Two if you won’t eliminate them then make them work!
If you can’t make them work then get your employees to back the *(*&(*&(off. I don’t want them making my crappy experience that much worse. If I am 10 deep in a human line then go away. I chose the human over the machine. If do give up and try the machine then stay away. Let me screw with it.
But best of all just go out of business and let a human company take over your space.

I didn’t think this Superstore location could get any better, but then they became 24hours. The students rejoiced, especially as this means you can go a bit later on Tuesdays to avoid the discount rush. This location has a very broad selection of global foods, which is fun when you want to try something different than the same old, same old.
Last night, however, this location went above and beyond. They were my knights in shining armour, as I was not feeling my best and passed out in the check-​out line. I know, how careless and embarrassing of me. The cashiers and security guard were all very helpful and brought me water and sugar discs to wake me up. They then stayed with me for over twenty minutes while we waited for someone to pick me up (Thanks Mom!), never acting as though I was an inconvenience. They were polite and distracting and kept me smiling and laughing. I am beyond grateful to them.
A wonderful place to shop, and an ok place to faint. Not that I advise it. It really is no fun, despite what Victorian ladies would lead you to believe.
Thanks again Barrington Superstore! You’re the best!

My favourite grocery store — maybe because it’s super close to my work, where I spend most of my time, or maybe because it’s just simply awesome.
It’s easy to navigate — it’s always clean and tidy — staff are a plentiful if you need any assistance — generally not very busy, so it’s fast to go through the check outs!
Tip: Tuesday’s are student discount days, stay clear, unless you’re a student, it can be quite busy. I do believe students get a 10% discount.
My one Tuesday exception: at lunch they have a ‘Tooney Tuesday’ special: 2 chicken tenders and taters for only $ 2.00. AWESOME!

Stopped in to get some supplies for the Christmas party we were heading to.
It’s a nice and clean store with the ‘Superstore’ layout that most have.
Lots of great deals were to be had. with plenty of ideas for foods and stuffs. Even managed to pick a great little desktop curling game for my grandfather.
The cashier was friendly and bubbly. and even bagged my groceries as I paid (I can do it myself. but I always seem to be so much slower than them, and inevitably end up still baggin as the next customer is getting their order rung through)
Great spot to shop!

My home store, I like it cause they have good health food and international sections. Student night is a great bonus, I’m gonna milk that as long as possible.

I went to this store this evening. and I must say this time was a good experience. I didn’t mind the cashier, and they was a few decent deals on for once.
The layout of the store still gets me every now and again, but other than that, I would keep going back for my groceries sometimes to this location.
Customer service seems to be a key at this store, which always helps me make my choice in going back.

I LOVE this superstore! For some reason, they seem to have a bigger international section than any other superstore in HRM (I’m guessing it’s because of the high demand with all of the international students at SMU and DAL).
Anyways, I enjoy making arabic desserts (basbousa and knafeh) as well as sehriyeli pilav (vermacelli rice) at home for my family. I really love that I can easily pick up an inexpensive bag of roasted vermacelli bits ($ 1.99) and arabic puck cream ($ 2.69) to make these deliciously authentic desserts and dishes!
Saves me a trip to the Mid East food centre, which seems to be a hassle to get to after work, not to mention the traffic after 3pm is horrific.
I like that I can easily pop into the Barrington St. Superstore, without a worry and without breaking the bank!

I’m not here to talk about the ins and outs of the Superstore in general, but rather one particular section. To all people on a budget… I have 4 words for you: Half-​Price Bread Rack (or would we say that’s 3 words?) If you get to Superstore at the right time of day, you can slash your baked-​goods expenditure in half. Get yourself to the back left-​hand corner of the store and you’re in for a low-​priced thrill. They’ve got a whole rack of things from virtuous whole-​wheat baguettes to sinful chocolate croissants for 50%-off because they’re a day old. Sometimes it’s picked over and there are only some lonely-​looking English Muffins left, but other days it’s every carb-​based product you can dream of. Maybe someday I’ll be rich and not worry about paying full price for things, but for now I’m penny-​pinching, and I greatly appreciate Superstore’s contributions to my money-​saving efforts.

I used to live directly across the street from this store so I spent a lot of time here. At least 3 mornings a week I would be waiting for the doors to open at 7am so I could pick up something for lunch before catching the bus to work. I no longer live close by, but from time to time I will catch a bus down here to do some grocery shopping.
This store has the busiest natural health food section in Halifax so it is always well stocked and is full of interesting healthy foods. I am always thrilled when I see the 50% off stickers on the organic milk products, makes it cheaper than regular!
The store is well laid out and they have a wide selection of products, including a large international section. The staff here is always super friendly.
The things that prevent me from giving it 4 stars are A) No Joe Fresh section and B) Not enough local produce (though they are getting better)
Also, if you are a student or a senior, shop on Tuesdays when it’s 10% off. If you are neither a student or a senior, avoid Tuesdays at all costs, the place turns into a madhouse

The Superstore is my go-​to grocery store.
The great selection of fresh produce, decent meat with friendly butchers to help you with custom cuts, all those nice President’s Choice products, and a wide range of organic products win my vote. Oh, I almost forgot to mention those freakin’ delicious donuts!
Look out Tim Hortons. Superstore has hired a donut baker who bakes donuts twice fresh daily. For a mere 69 cents, maybe 80 with tax, you can have a big, fresh donut that will melt in your mouth. The donuts are available in a variety of flavours, plain, Boston crème, jelly filled, and chocolate dip, as well as in a few fancy formats like éclairs. I would only say be careful because these sweet things are addictive! My friends and I have gained about five pounds each devouring these sugary babies.
Some other things I love about Superstore are the pharmacy where my copay is $ 3.00 less than at another drugstore chain and the 3 cents a litre cash back coupons to spend on those tasty donuts inside.
And I can’t forget the friendly staff. Most of the cashiers are friendly, giving this big box store a neighbourhood feel.

I’m fairly certain Superstore has taken note of my previous Unilocal review, and are making adjustments accordingly. .(…) Ok, maybe not. But with the recent plunge of renovations, its safe to say our Barrington Street grocery is getting that much needed facelift. I see a better inner structure in our near future, and I like it.
Still in the early stages, this will be ongoing for months, which can be disruptive in ones quest for sweet noshes. Alas, as I’ve been in a number of times since they’ve begun, the store is doing its best to maintain a respectable shopping experience for its customers. Staffers have been hired to work around the clock and into the late night hours to get things done.
Checkout counters have been revamped with sleeker models and longer surface space. The «Fruit to Go» station has been moved and tucked into the corner entryway, which makes a lot more sense. There are subtle changes every time I visit, and its all about making a smoother, more efficient store.
Way to go Superstore. Looking forward to having you all spruced up.

This review is not for the store itself, but for the actual gas station that is part of it.
As I was on my travels downtown, I noticed I was almost of out gas. Now downtown does not have a lot of gas stations. This is a self-​serve gas station, so on those cold days, like today was, be quick.
It is a typical has spot, small place to go in a pay, the cashier is behind a glass closure, but the guy was friendly and the coupon was given for my next purchase of gas. I think I get $ 3.00 off. Every little bit helps these days for sure.

This is the ultimate starving student, pinch all your pennies, yet don’t sacrifice your health and well-​being grocery store.
— on tuesdays there’s a 10% discount for students. Just remember to bring your student ID!
— they have their flyer online, so you can look at specials ahead of time
Most of the cheapness comes from buying their no-​name brand, and lately the ugly yellow packaging has taken over my freezer. I just have to remind myself not to get sucked in by sales for things that I don’t really need. Sure, that 5L bottle of vegetalbe oil is only $ 5. But can I really use that much oil in the next three months? I hope not.