Respond to Review of Essence of Life - Kensington
by LoveFood

Review: Prices are cheap and selection is decent. The staff is polite and helpful. The organic garlic sold here is AMAZING and inexpensive: it's one of my favourite things to buy here. Items like shampoo, conditioner, soap, and other toiletry items are often significantly cheaper here than at other stores. The store has fun vegan junk food items that are hard to find in other locations. All this said, there are several things about this store that I do not like at all: -I find the store's cleanliness and sanitation level to be questionable. -there are sometimes EXTREMELY unpleasant smells in the store. -the store does not accept coupons (which doesn't really make sense as the way that manufacturers' coupons work is that the manufacturer refunds the face value of the coupon back to the retailer.) -the store has a policy of charging 25 cents for any debit or credit card transaction under $8. I think that if a store chooses to accept cards, it should accept cards for all transactions, without extra fees. Updated from previous review on Monday September 17, 2012