The Village Market — Local services in Alberta

I was camping in Yoho and was on my way up to waterfowl lakes near Saskatchewan crossing. I stopped at this “store” on my way for the sole purpose of buying Olive oil to cook with as I had ran out of my supply I brought. It was a Thursday, I had arrived at the store just before noon and the store was closed! The sign on the door said “…closed to allow for social distancing while we restock our shelves…” What does that even mean?!? Why are you closed in the middle of the shopping day in the middle of the summer?! What grocery store closes in the middle of the day to restock?! Restock before you open or near closing… I was livid as I needed a single item I could only get there and now had to drive and extra 2 hours out of my way to Banff and then back up North and almost didn’t get a campsite as I arrived at the campground 3.5 hours after I had planned to… was not impressed. DO...

I am a local at Lake Louise. Yesterday I went to Market and the produce price listed were 1.99 dollar a pound but when I got it billed I was amazed by price of 2 onion which was 7.8 dollar. Upon checking the bill and coming back,the lady at counter told us the price which are listed are different from what she have at billing. They didn't even bother to change or apologize. Its fine but whenever you ask them locals that time they are the rudest person in the world. Please a request why do you do locals if you don't want. I wish there can be some other market in Lake Louise to halt their monopoly. I choose to starve then to buy from them. Canadians are one of the most humble and nicest people in the world but when I go here I am always in doubt. This is not the Canada I have seen back in Ontario. Sorry for writing something bad about someone but people should check there...

The only option in the village. I recommend planning your shopping in advance of any trip to Lake Louise. In any national park, it is always best to bring your own food, but it's easy to forget that the village is in a park. It's best to go to Costco or Canadian Superstore in Calgary or another city before you enter to the park.

This store has very little variety. It's basically the essentials. Everything costs more because you're in a park. But, unless you want to go to a real grocery store 40 minutes away in Banff, this is your only option. I'd recommend buying food before entering the park and only going here for milk or other perishables. Quality is low, prices are high,...