Grocery Stores
Askew's Foods
About Askew's Foods
The weekly grocery run in a lake town has a seasonal shape to it. Through the winter it is the household list; from June onward it picks up coolers headed for a boat and provisioning for a week on the water. Askew's Foods stands at 111 Lakeshore Dr in Salmon Arm, on the side of town that faces the bay rather than the highway, which puts it near the marine park and the wharf.
Full-service grocers carry a set of counters that a smaller store cannot: produce, meat, bakery, deli, and usually a service desk that handles special orders and platters. How far each of those goes differs from one store to the next. If you want a particular cut, a large order for a family gathering, or a tray put together for an event, phoning ahead is what makes it possible, and a day or two of notice is generally the difference between yes and no.
Location matters more here than it sounds. Salmon Arm is the retail centre for a wide surrounding region, so shoppers come in from Canoe, from the South Canoe acreages and from communities further up the lake, and a store near the waterfront suits anyone whose day already includes the boat launch. In high summer the aisles carry both the resident load and the houseboat crowd, and the quiet hours are early ones. Dairy farms work the valley floors nearby and the district has a strong farm-direct habit, so it is worth asking what is coming from close by at any given point in the season.
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In the Downtown Salmon Arm neighbourhood of Salmon Arm.
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