Most of our items are imported from India. We have variety of spice selection to pick from, you won't be disappointed. Our produce comes fresh from the farms, we do our best to insure fresh quality for our customers.
It all started with my Dad, Darrell, who came from a long line of butchers and was a master at his trade by a young age. He managed the meat department of a local grocery store in Port Coquitlam, BC when I was growing up where I used to help him on Saturdays, cleaning up around the shop and putting fresh sawdust on the floors as was done in those days. Dad had a vision, to open a neighbourhood butcher shop that offered old fashion style service and quality.
Buy-Low Foods is a privately held company purchased by The Jim Pattison Group, Vancouver, British Columbia in 1995. The company was originally founded in 1966 with the first store opening at Arbutus Street & 16th Avenue in Vancouver. Buy-Low Foods is the largest food wholesale distributor to independents in Canada, servicing nearly 1,800 supermarket, convenience and specialty produce markets.
Currently with ten locations and our Gluten-Free Bakery, Choices Markets is Western Canada’s largest local retailer of natural, organic and specialty foods. We are a 100 percent BC owned and operated family business.
Originally opened in 1990, Choices is proud to be celebrating 25 years as a local, grassroots grocer committed to our customers, communities and planet.
We are also pleased to announce that we have recently added three new members to the Choices family. Our new location in the vibrant Commercial Drive neighbourhood is currently being renovated but remains open for business. We have also recently opened a new storefront and production facility on Marine Way in Burnaby. Finally, our tenth location in Abbotsford is now open and ready to serve the Fraser Valley. Come say hi to our friendly staff the next time you’re in the neighbourhood.
We take pride in our personal customer service, as our success rests on customer satisfaction. 'Our customers come first'. We take great care to purchase the finest quality products, and are committed to a high level of quality control that comes from cleaning and packaging most of our own products, under the KISMET brand. Our core values of integrity, reliability, and hard work form the foundation of our business. All of our business is conducted with the highest level of ethical and professional integrity in mind with our interactions with customers and suppliers. This diverse approach has allowed us to continue to grow our business; offer customers personalized service, and meet the needs of an always evolving multicultural Canadian community.