July 2021 by Mary T.
My experience at this Popeye's Supplements was excellent. I'm going to skew the Yelp ratings for this business.Years ago, my former colleague (we have been friends ever since) asked me to buy a huge container of protein powder for him from Popeye's online. I never asked why he didn't order it himself, but my guess was that his wife would have questioned his purchase for so much protein... haha!Anyway, since that first experience, I was a regular customer until I could find protein powder at Costco. These days, I tend to look for protein powders that don't contain a ton of sugar and hopefully taste great. Last Friday, I was waiting for my food order from Burger Drops and had some time to kill. I decided to drop by the Popeye's that was next door.I was immediately greeted with protein popcorn. I realize why I love Popeye's so much. It has cool products that I didn't know existed! I stared at it longingly before I snapped out of my trance and continued browsing. Two of my favourite low-sugar brands appeared in front of me: Smart Sweets and Quest. The Smart Sweets sweet fish are my favourite. I often get Quest bars and protein powders, but never paid much attention to the chips until I saw them here.A friendly male staffer said hi and asked if I needed any help. I let him know that I was browsing and was good.As expected, the varieties of protein powders were immaculate. I'd estimate that half the store is just protein powders alone.The protein powder flavours made me salivate instantly. There's Nutter Butter protein powder by Ghost. I nearly bought it, but it had more sugar than I had wanted. The lemon meringue one looked amazing, too.I was good. I stuck with getting snacks. I got the Quest spicy sweet chili, and sour cream and onion Quest protein chips. I also got a package of Smart Sweets gummy worms. The nice man who had greeted me helped cash me out. I used a debit card to pay for my purchases. The buzzer from Burger Drops then went off. I had it resting on my phone that I had placed on the table. It looked like there was an earthquake happening on only the table."My order's ready," I said to him."I love Burger Drops! The best food!" he said enthusiastically."It's my first time," I admitted."You will love it. The onion rings are to die for!" he endorsed."Good to know. I'll need to get the onion rings next time. I love them!"He asked if I needed a bag. I didn't, although I felt like I needed one with a crazy, vibrating buzzer with me. I thanked him, headed to my car to drop off my goodies, and then headed into Burger Drops to make the vibrating buzzer stop.I had the gummy worms first when I got home. Yum! I'm so glad that I got them here. The Quest chips were excellent. They were flavourful, although the spicy sweet chili ones were more salty than I had hoped. Each bag curbed my appetite and tasted great. I should get them instead of the protein bars!I'd return to Popeye's should I be in the neighbourhood. The only downside to any business in this stretch is that you take the stairs up and down to enter and exit the store, respectively. Accessibility isn't the best if you need assistance. As with Burger Drops, there are two parking spaces in front of Popeye's for customers. Otherwise, you'll need to park on a side street.(273)
