Hi All
Just to let you know that Shoppers Drug Mart here in Edmonton is now carrying Ross's chocolate bars and in all the flavors such as Orange, Strawberry, Mint, Peanut, Dark, and Deluxe chocolate .... each only 3 carbs per bar.... My personal favorite is the Orange Delight as it reminds me of those orange "smack it" balls Each bar is 1.49 not bad for Canada!!

They're getting very popular, and at $1.49!! Hmm, now I'm wondering if Bob Ross will come up with some funny ads like carb solutions (the one with the devils)

Wa'il

Dang,

wish they were here in our Shoppers.

I Will be calling the Ross's through the week. Would love to try them due to my chocolate cravings. Everything else is ok, except this..grrrrrr

Wendy

I e-mailed "Sweet Choices Distributing" to see if they would tell me where we could buy "Ross Chocolate" through retailers.... I didn't get a response. I'm not sure why manufacturers/distributors would not want to readily supply this information.

Hopefully, #1Wendy will have more luck with Mr. Ross. I know last summer there was only one or two distributors in Ontario, but I thought by now there would be more, and the bars would be more accessible.

Something like the "Caramilk" mystery...............

Wendy

You can get other chocolate in Ontario that is probably just as good as the Ross bars. Maybe not as much variety but believe me, it's good enough! The only reason Ross bars appear to be lower in carbs is because they subtract the maltitol grams. Some that are available in Ontario are Cavalier (at most drug stores, bulk barn),
there are new ones by Russel Stover, they come in little bags - mini peanut butter cups, caramel, truffles. pecan-caramel clusters (Walmart, IDA drug store), there are others called chocomania, sorbee, another one I can't remember the name of, but they're not as good as the Cavalier ones. Also if you have any candy / chocolate stores near you check them, we have a little store here called Adventures in Chocolate and they have a pretty good assortment of sugar free chocolate. Even Laura Secord has some sugar free chocolates. Look around, you may be surprised by what you find!

Let us know if you find out anything about the Ross bars though.

Deirdre, you know where good things are! Please update our ON shopping section with all the missing finds. I'm a bit lazy updating those addies, but they all get updated eventually

TIA,

Wa'il

hmm, I wondered about that when I was reading threads in Stores/Shopping etc. Noticed about Laura Secord too.

Thanks, yes I will look around especially with all the new information you have given me Which is very much appreciated!

I still plan to call the Ross's as I would like to connect with some contacts. Don't know if you have read, but Wendy is having some major brain storms and looking forward to her future

Wendy

Anyone having trouble with the spell check lately? Seems to want to stay at load only for me. Gosh, do I ever need it...LOL
Especially with the word excercise.....hehehehe...trouble doing it, trouble spelling it.....hehehe

Oh and yes like Wa'il has asked, please do that as that is where I went and found out about Laura Secord. Sorry Wa'il I must have been typing my post as I didn't see yours

Wendy

Yes, the spell checking service has been too slow and unreliable. If it stays this bad, I'll take it off and look for something better.

Wa'il

Oh thank goodness. Hate to post and then see all the mistakes. Gosh then I would have to search for a dictionary....hehehe....

I just noticed it happening today Wa'il, other wise it has been rather good....not sure why it has slowed down today tho?

Wendy

Sorry to hear you couldn't find the Ross's chocolate bars at your Shoppers.. Since I was at Shoppers this evening and noticed they were out of the Orange... I asked?? ..... I was told that all I had to do was phone in during day hours and ask them to order some more and so that would apply to any of the shoppers stores, anywhere or so I was told... Just ask and they will order...... *loL*

Hi....I have been away again for awhile which i will explain in another post but I wanted to add my comments to the Ross's post.
I have been in touch with them via phone.I called them to congratulate them on their internet sales and the owner told me that their bars are being pirated and sold online.They can tell by the color of the inner foil wrap as to which is theirs & which are not.I live about 40 minutes away from their head office and have been invited to tour their small factory.The owner is also doing low carb, Protein Power.I told her I had made a White Chocolate Cheesecake with her bars and sent her 2 different recipes.
She also said one of the reasons the bars aren't carried in all stores mentioned is because they are so busy now they don't have the time to travel to each store for orders.It is up to the stores to phone in their orders.I have been trying to get my supply from Nutter's and they still haven't called in the order.As of yet Ross's still don't do private orders.
Hope this has helped!
Carol from Kamloops

#1Wendy!

Try typing your post in a "word" document that has automatic spell check then cut and paste it into the reply box. Much faster than using the spell check on the site.

Karen

I see Carol, from your posting its best then that I leave my calling until I am ready to order as a business? (thats great to hear how busy they are, maybe there is room for expanding their business?)

Thanks Karen, I may do that or just continue showing you all my wonderful spelling mistakes..funny eh, when in school years ago of course, my best subject was spelling...wow how things change!...hehehe..can't be bothered to go somewhere else.... then cut and copy....hehehe

Wendy

Exactly. I keep a blank Wordpad on my desktop for exactly this purpose. Since my posts here on the forum usually end up being long-winded essays, with links and lots of research, I NEED to be able to have a static document to type in, and keep my internet window free to click back and forth as I look stuff up, or to copy and paste bits and snippets of information for my posts.

Great idea. Doreen