Metro-owned Mediterranean and Middle Eastern supermarket Adonis welcomed eager customers to the grand opening of its 16th location, just south of Wonderland and Southdale road in London, on Thursday morning. Here’s what some of them had to say:

The Londoner was “very happy” about the grand opening, she said. She had visited an Adonis store several times while visiting a friend who lives in Montreal. “When I heard that there’s going to be one in London, I was so excited, and I was counting the days for the opening,” she said, adding the bakery’s bread was a big draw.

Mikal Darwish, 11, asks his dad Mostafa if he can get a lobster at the new Adonis supermarket in London. Photograph taken on Thursday, August 14, 2025. (Mike Hensen/The London Free Press)

The 45-year-old, who lives close to

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