Stores & Markets in Mississauga

Though the eponymous Johnny Tiranno no longer runs Johnny’s Meats, his legacy lives on in the specialty shop’s italian sausage recipes. Mike, Johnny’s stepson and the current owner, still makes the links and patties with his stepfather’s special blend of high-quality meat, imported cheeses, and spices, which first delighted palates in 1946. The meat supplier stocks more than sausages, however. The display cases also house juicy steaks, chicken cutlets, lamb, and seafood, mostly imported from the Midwest. For something to complement these high-quality meats, customers can browse assorted side dishes, such as twice-baked potatoes, verdant salads, and cheeses.

Green Earth Organics eliminates energy-sucking excursions to supermarkets and ups the ante on healthy and fresh fare with its organic-grocery delivery services. Green Earth Organics offers a preselected Regular Harvest Box, whose bounty of pre-selected fruit, vegetables, and fruit formerly known as vegetables changes weekly to ensure customers receive only the freshest seasonal fare, with some substitutions allowed. Recent bins have included such fresh fare as Ontario rainbow carrots, fair trade bananas, Ontario new red potatoes, red delicious apples, and Hass avocados—all nutritious, flavourful, and ideal for throwing at unfunny vaudeville acts.

Every premium meal supplied by Onterra Farms' farmers starts with high-quality animal feed. Open-pasture cows dine on grass and corn, cage-free chickens enjoy blended-grain mixtures, and pigs that reside in temperature-controlled barns chow down on all-vegetable diets. From humanely raised and humanely slaughtered livestock, butchers with 30 years of experience select the finest cuts of meat to prepare in perfect portion sizes. They then vacuum-seal each cut in heavy-duty BPA-free packaging. They also guarantee the freshness of their products for up to 15 months after packaging.

Inspired by the boutique markets of New York and France, Fresh & Wild's King and Spadina and Bloor West locations buzz with activity as customers browse produce, meat, and artisan goods sourced both locally and from across the globe. Within the King and Spadina store, a high-powered media system plays rock and blues as shoppers lasso tapenades and fresh tomatoes into carts. A modern café echoes Italy as it brews fair-trade coffees, leans slightly askew, and dishes out flaky pastries from local bakeries. The Bloor West location celebrates the bounty of nature by displaying vibrant green plants within indoor and outdoor cases.

Each morning at 4 a.m., the grocery's buyer arrives at a food terminal to acquire fresh items and potatoes, which he then uses to fuel his car back home. Additionally, Fresh & Wild employs a catering team that stack gourmet sandwiches and shake up organic salads until they plead for mercy.