Country Grocer Lake Cowichan

I am fairly new to Lake Cowichan and find Country Grocers a great place to shop. Their customer service is excellent. Im on a budget, so usually only shop sales but find their prices very reasonable. A few products I love they don't carry but not the end of the world. Thank You Country Grocers.nMo

This is the most frustrating grocery store I've experienced. We drive to Duncan once a week for groceries just to avoid this store. They clearly don't care about reviews because people have repeatedly complained about the prices and the lines. We have turned around multiple times after just walking in and seeing the lines because you know you'll be waiting in line forever. WHY is there even self checkouts when they are always off? I feel like they are just there to make people angry because they are ALWAYS turned off! The return process is glacial and outdated to say the least. If you go to other grocery stores they just scan it and it's done, but at this grocery store they have forms you and they have to fill out. Everyone in the lines looks miserable because of the waiting. Avoid it if you can cause even if you're just getting an apple you'll be waiting forever. This town really caters to tourists now and the grocery store feels similar, it's like they don't care about the people living here, they just jack up the prices.nnAs for things that are actually good about the store that get lost in the frustration of everything else... The little cafe is the best thing this store has going for it in my opinion. The sandwiches are amazing, the peanut butter chocolate chip cookies are the best I've had, idk if they're made there or not but whoever came up with the recipe is awesome. The supplement section is pretty good and the flowers are nice but they do, indeed, die very fast sometimes.

Such a shame to see all the US products on the shelves. I live in Lake Cowichan but now my family and 4 of our neighbours take turns driving to CG Nanaimo to do a shop for all. Nanaimo CG have removed US products and that’s a business that deserves our support! So nice to be able to grab produce without checking to see if they’re from the US!

Horrible grocery store. Worst one on the island. Food is always rotten or expired. Fruit is always always bad. Either with mold or goes rotten from the inside out within a day. They’re prices are more expensive than any other country grocer on the island.

Nice grocery store but I was thoroughly enchanted by their natural health product section. Absolutely jam packed with very high quality and hard to find products in retail. I live in a metropolitan area and have never seen here the abundant variety they have here. High octane products like shilajit, wild yam cream, topical magnesium, Truehope mental health products, and so much more. Deep regards for the lovely person running this section. Obviously a champion of whole body health!