Shoppers was pretty inept when we were using them. Frequent errors and constantly having to argue with the manager because my 100% insurance coverage wouldn’t cover some meds because the pharmacy wanted a bigger profit than insurance was willing to pay.

We finally transferred to the pharmacy at Save On Foods and they’ve been pretty solid.

Ultimately it comes down to the pharmacy manager and their standards. I don’t think a particular chain is going to be any better than any other one across the board.

(Engage old fart mode)

It wasn’t that long ago that Tim Hortons restaurants baked their own donuts in house. Fresh all the time. It was their draw.

Fast forward and they truck in everything frozen from a manufacturing plant. Things aren’t made there anymore - they’re thawed and assembled. And it tastes like it.

They used to be legendary for their coffee, but a few years ago they let their agreement with their coffee supplier to lapse. McDonald’s scooped it right up which suddenly put McCafe on the map. Tim’s found a new supplier but the coffee wasn’t nearly as good.

Aren’t a bunch of their franchises also under investigation for Temporary Foreign Worker program abuse?

It’s just been death by a thousand really stupid cuts.