While in Canada, London Drugs was one of our favourite stores. Nice store to simply browse or shop with a list in mind. They carried a good variety of products from toilet paper, cosmetics, electronics, computers to the latest DVDs/Blu-Rays – something for everyone. Plus good customer service too.
When we moved here, I was in search of equivalent big box stores in California to ones back in Canada. Below are some of the “equivalent” stores that I’ve explored so far. There is still much shopping to do, and more will be added with time 😉
| Stores back in Canada |
Similar stores in California, USA | |
| pharmacy | London Drugs Rexall Shopper’s Drug Mart |
Rite-Aid CVS |
| grocery market | Superstore/Loblaws | Lucky Nob Hill |
| IGA/Sobey’s | Safeway | |
| Save-On-Foods/PriceSmart Foods Kin’s Farm Market Langley Farm Market |
Sprouts Farmers Market | |
| organic grocery market | Urban Fare Whole Foods |
Trader Joe’s Whole Foods |
| fashion and homewares | Winners HomeSense |
Marshall’s Loews Ross TJ Max Nordstrom Rack Off Saks Fifth Avenue |
| Zellers | Target | |
| Hudson’s Bay | Macy’s | |
| luxury shopping | Holt Renfrew | Nordstrom Saks Fifth Avenue Bloomingdale’s Neiman Marcus |
| home decor | Home Outfitters | Bed, Bath & Beyond |
| donut cravings | Tim Horton’s | Dunkin’ Donuts |
| caffeine boost | Starbucks Second Cup Timothy’s Blenz Coffee Waves Coffee |
Starbucks Peet’s |
| fresh baked artisan bread | Cobs Bread | Panera Bread Boudin |
| creamy cold ice cream | Marble Slab Creamery Baskin Robbins |
Haagen Dazs |
| quick bites | Flying Wedge Pizza | Pizza My Heart |
| Burger King A&W |
In-and-Out Burgers Five Guys Burgers |
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| brunch | De Dutch White Spot Ricky’s iHops Denny’s |
Hobee’s iHops Denny’s |
| office supplies | Office Depot | Staples |
| fabric and notions | Fabricland | Jo-Ann Fabrics |
| home improvement | Home Depot Rona Lowe’s |
Home Depot Lowe’s |
| home garden supplies | Canadian Tire | Orchard Supply & hardware |
| cellular services | Fido Bell Mobility Rogers Telus Mobility |
AT&T T-Mobile Virgin Mobile Verizon Sprint |
| tv and internet providers | Telus Shaw Cable |
AT&T Comcast |
| roadside and travel assistance | CAA | AAA |
| fuel for the car | Esso Shell Husky Oil |
Chevron Shell |
There are also many stores that have presence in both Canada and the USA.
- Costco
- Home Depot
- Ikea
- Michaels
- Safeway
- Sears
- Sephora
- Staples
- Starbucks
- Ticketmaster
- Walmart
- Whole Foods
- … and many more.
[ Did you know that your Canadian Costco membership is valid at the US Costco locations too? Great news since there wasn’t any change in our Costco membership when we moved. ]
Happy shopping!
Silicon Valley Loonies 