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Saturna General Store, 101 Narvaez Bay Road, Victoria, BC (2025)

06/21/2025

SALE 25% OFF

Well since the sled dogs have been put to rest for the summer, and the Sask-Que Maple Pipeline, still delayed due to bureaucratic wrangling and the price of air now rising to 50 cents for 42 seconds at most gas stations. We needed to get our maple syrup to Saskatchewan to link up with our mustard order.

We found a guy Named RuPaul Bunyan (no relation to the famous person with the same name) armed with nothing but a weathered canoe, three barrels of Grade A amber, and a hand-drawn route involving river rapids, swampy portages, and highland meadows, they set off for Regina, Saskatchewan. Luckily for us this part of the journey was the easy part.

Once in Saskatchewan we were able to get the maple on the mustard wagon train. Things were moseying along great until they hit the Red Deer Corridor, home turf of the infamous Albertan Train Buccaneers. These rail-riding rogues tried to intercept our maple syrup by timing ambushes on narrow bridges and grain-loading zones. But they outwitted them by doing the unthinkable: avoiding the train tracks entirely. Woo woo!

We thought our order was going to be safe once we hit BC. But in the treacherous foothills of BC, the BC Log Driving Bandits ruled the streams like pirates of the pine. With axes, flannel, and a suspicious love of eco-theatre, they tried to hijack our maple and mustard by tossing false logs into the current. But once again, we narrowly slipped by sticking to dry land.

Yet in all this dodging and evading, the inevitable happened, the wagons of mustard and the barrels of syrup mixed together creating a something we didn’t order, French’s Maple Mustard.

At first, there was panic. We’d failed the mission! The pure condiments were gone! But then a trail chef dabbed a spoonful on a fresh-caught salmon. Then someone slapped it on ham. Then I caught a ruffian using it as dipping sauce for poutine (Why!?). And finally, someone (not naming names) snuck it into Winter Cove Ball Park, and put it on a ball burger.

And Saturnites—it worked.

Now, I can’t say I meant for it to happen. But if you ask me? Sometimes, the best Canadian innovations come from a good mix-up. Try it on salmon. Try it on ham. Dip it. Grill it. Sneak it. And best of all, until July second you can get 25% off this Canadian Classic! Because we know once you try it, you’ll be back like an Austrian Robot traveling through time.

06/16/2025

I swear I just did this. A new week and its another sale. And these deals are cooler than your cousin’s band that only plays synth covers of whale songs. No need for a rave, when you can rave over these deals!

Now Announcing the Ice cream "Better Acres Ice Cream" Formerly known as “Better With Ice Cream,” it’s now reborn like an indie rock singer from the 80’s, just no symbol. With or without an Acres, a container of this ice cream is sure to get you through any breakup, I lost my favorite spoon, and this really helped me move on to a new spoon.

Let’s Do Organic Coconut Flakes. A product so enthusiastic, it literally starts with "Let’s Do!" Let’s do what? Nobody knows. But apparently it involves coconut and no lime. I guess you could just add your own lime, shaken not stirred of course.

Nong Shim Shin Ramen Noodles Instant noodles, not instant regret. They’re spicy, they’re mysterious, and they’ve been known as an emotional support noodle. Followed with an Acres of ice cream and you’ll be entirely emotionally stable.

Kellogg's Cereal & Kellogg’s Fun Pac. For those that want more of a commitment there is Raisin Bran and All Bran, guaranteed to keep you regular, but not necessarily stable. And the Fun Pac because regular cereal was just a little too... exclusive. Enjoy the freedom from commitment and grab your fancy in the moment with a box full of different cereal!

06/09/2025

Well, it’s another week and another sale. Many people ask how I come up with the sales. Basically, it just happens naturally, sometimes I find a bunch of things just sitting on the dock other times its to help someone out.

The Jolly Green Giant from Minnesota decided it was high time he visited his cousin, the Friendly Giant, who’d been living a quiet life in Victoria, B.C., playing jazz flute and raising bonsai trees. Friendly offered Jolly a bed, for those that like to sleep, in his castle. But Jolly said “Don’t worry, I’ll book a room at the Ritz,” Then using his trusty AI Accent translator, set to "Minnesotan - American - Canadian - Victorian (Not the posh English Victorian, but the Canadian West Coast Victorian)." Unfortunately, when Jolly spoke into his Smartphone, "Book the Ritz hotel" it was interpreted as "a box of Ritz crackers on a hot towel." When Jolly arrived, luggage in tow, he was greeted by a cracker display on a freshly dried and warm towel. “Oh for dumb,” he muttered.

But Jolly was in a better mood when he saw The Friendly Giant waving from a distance. “I assume you meant a hotel room at the Ritz?” said Friendly as he noticed the Ritz crackers on the hot towel. “Yah sure, you betcha I did!” Friendly put his hand on Jollys shoulder “Ya no, fer sure, a classic translation kerfuffle” sighed Friendly. “No worries I still have the bed for those that like to sleep” “Thanks Friendly” said Jolly, a little jollier now.

As they headed to Friendly’s horse and cart Friendly asked “Did you at least get to stream the Victoria Eagles game on the ferry?” “Nope,” said Jolly. “Internet cut out mid-second period! I asked the -All things baseball- AI if it could send me the outcome, if the Eagles were safe with a four bagger—you know, a grand slam?”
“What did it send?” “FOUR eco-safe compostable bags. Friendly tried not to laugh, because his booming voice often spooked the horses.

Later that day, the cousins took a trip to Saturna Island to watch the migrating whales. A majestic humpback breached and Jolly gasped: “Oh for cute on a level!” Unfortunately, Jolly had left his Amazon AI to voice recognition. The next day, a drone from Quebec dropped a box labeled: “CRÛTONS from Laval.”

“Cousin,” said Friendly, patting his shoulder, “you really need to learn to speak Victorian, or Canadian at least! Jolly lowered his head, “I know, do you think that store up the hill would try and sell some of these things?” “They’re Canadian, of course they’ll help you. In fact, I think it’s almost time for a new sale, you’re in luck!”

Lucky for Jolly, it is time for a sale, and I needed items for sale. So, this week, Jolly Green Giant corn, EcoSafe compostable bags, Ritz crackers and Croutons!

06/02/2025

SATURNA ISLAND, BC — In what authorities are calling “the most ridiculous smuggling ring since someone tried to sneak back bacon disguised as yoga mats,” Canadian officials have cracked down on a black-market exchange of Maple Leaf Top Dogs and Tinkyada rice pasta being funneled across the U.S. border in exchange for Jello packets and Bull’s-Eye BBQ Sauce to avoid tariffs.

The plot thickened (like a well-made poutine gravy) early Friday morning when a suspiciously overloaded kayak was spotted zigzagging through Tumbo Channel towards Saturna Island, its hull bulging like a Costco cart on payday. Inside: 83 packs of Maple Leaf Top Dogs, 47 pounds of Tinkyada gluten-free pasta, and a raccoon in a tiny Mountie hat (believed to be unrelated, but still suspicious).

RCMP Sgt. Dudley Done Right addressed the media in front of a confiscated cooler leaking something vaguely jiggly wiggly substance:
“This operation was no picnic. Literally. They were stealing our wieners and giving us... dessert! Jello! Who even eats Jello anymore?!”

Investigators revealed the criminal ring was dubbed “The Condiment Cartel” and was run by a shadowy figure known only as “The Ketchup Kid.” His accomplice, an American known as “Saucy Jeff,” allegedly lured Canadian smugglers with promises of smokey, tariff-free barbecue sauce and rare varieties of lime and blue raspberry Jello.

Footage from the Government dock security camera shows several Mounties chasing the suspects in slow-motion, slipping on dropped hot dogs, tripping over bags of dry pasta, and at one point accidentally commandeering the Hydro boat instead of their official RCMP speedboat.

Locals on Saturna Island were stunned. One witness, Betty-Mae Henderson, 106, recounted the scene:
"I thought it was just the usual weirdos from the mainland. Next thing I know, I see a guy in an Orca onesie yelling, ‘TAKE THE JELLO AND RUN!’ while chucking Tinkyada Spiral Noodles like ball bearings as Mounties appeared to be on roller skates for the first time! It was chaos. And frankly, a waste of perfectly good pasta."

The suspects attempted to flee by hiding in a kayak painted to look like an Orca but were caught when they pretended to be a blow hole, but near the tail. Officers apprehended the crew while they frantically attempted to keep the Jello from dropping into the ocean and plugging the Salish Ravens props.

Charges are expected to include:
• Unlicensed wiener trafficking
• Possession of gluten-free pasta with intent to barter
• Cross-border condiment smuggling
• Excessive use of Jello in international commerce
• One count of impersonating a beaver
Meanwhile, a food conspiracy theorist has strong suspicion that all the smuggled items were not confiscated but instead were scooped up by an unknown assailant. One witness swears they saw the Pumkin King do it.

Anyway, on an unrelated note head on down to the SGS and enjoy our weekly sale items, Maple Leaf Top Dogs, Takada Rice pasta, Jello desserts and Bulls Eye BBQ sauce.

05/26/2025

You are not going to believe this, but it's another sale! Now for the 3 people that read these, I recommend getting a cup of tea before going any further. Go on, I'll wait. Don't worry they are on sale, and you can get more.

Ok hear me out, yes, its summer, but soon you will be needing to do some freezing. I mean the bounty of berries, fruits and other grown foods is sooner than you think. But it's still not here, yet. All those fresh foods will be rich in prebiotics, but not until they are grown up. So, while you wait, you can get your probiotics from Lively Soda! Full of flavour and packed with health benefits! Youve probably read enough of these to know, it's also on sale, and Canadian!

Now that was what we in the industry, like to call the set up! Here is climax! All that food growing, will need homes. But before and after rehoming this food, you will need to do some cleaning. As my old chef taught me years, ok years and years ago, cleanliness is next to godliness. And Ecos dish soap, is completely natural, and great at cleaning. Not just dishes, your hands and garden tools. Kick your partners car parts or whatever it is they have on the dining room table aside to give your garden tools a good cleaning. Remember, pitch forks go to the right of spades in fine gardening. Don't want people to think you're uncivilized with your tool placement on the dining room table.

Now if you've stuck around this long, you know the reason for the first 3 sales is almost here. Can you guess why? To store all the food, you grew (or found on your car seat when at the SGS)! Its freezer bags! I see one of you got it. The other 2, I told you to have the tea first. You would have been awake enough to figure this out. Better luck next week! Now for one of you, quickly head up to the SGS replace the tea you drank, get your tummy prepped, and tools cleaned! Its growing season!

05/19/2025

All right, Mother’s Day and Victoria Day are both over. And it’s time for another sale.

You know who decided to put those two holidays so close together?! It’s exhausting! And I bet you're reading this because you're one of the three people who read these sales thinking, "Ooh, there's gonna be a funny little quip here, maybe a meme-worthy one-liner!" Well guess what? Not today. I'm tired. My brain has clocked out, and humor is currently on strike demanding more coffee. You can stop reading now. Seriously. There’s absolutely nothing funny beyond this point. No twist ending. No surprise giggle. Just me... crying in an empty coffee mug.

Still here? Wow, do you like seeing me cry? Bold of you to assume there's a reward. What do you think this is, a Marvel movie with a post-credits scene? Spoiler alert: it’s just me, staring into the void, wondering why I wrote this in the first place. If you’ve made it this far, you’re either deeply committed or just waiting for me to cry. Either way, congratulations—you’ve won... nothing. Please redeem your prize of eternal disappointment at the nearest exit. You can still get the sales though, I mean it’s the least I can offer, literally or maybe figuratively? Existentially? Man am I tired, why am I still here.

Ok fine, you made it this far. But I told you, my humor has left, so instead I’ll give you some sage advice. Don’t eat cookies in bed. They will give you a crummy sleep. I warned you to stop reading earlier, you just didn’t listen, so really, this is on you.

Have a good week, I’m going on vacation!

05/12/2025

Another week and another sale! This week we are honoring Queen Victoria and her favorite foods, for the long weekend.

Potatoes, Queen Victoria loved potatoes, for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks! Potatoes were a staple for the Queen. In The Private Life of the Queen by a Member of the Royal Household, one anonymous member was quoted as saying “Her Majesty confesses to a great weakness for potatoes, which are cooked for her in every conceivable way,” So of course, this was first in the list of specials!

Her love of curry was also well known, particularly with pheasant and venison. The Queen was fascinated with India she learnt both Hindi and Urdu and even had one of the wings at Osborne House decorated by a famous Punjabi architect. "I love the idea of Vic and Albs, surrounded by gold and peacock feathers, discussing matters of the empire over a cheeky balti". In later years the Queen kept a mostly Indian staff and curry was on the menu most every day. This led to the popularization of curry in the Victorian era. An excerpt from Victorian cookbook Modern Domestic Cookery reads: “Curry, which was formerly a dish almost exclusively for the table of those who had made a long residence in India, is now so completely naturalized that few dinner are thought complete unless one is on the table.” SGS doesn't have an Indian chef at the ready, but we do have some Spice it Up flavours that even the Queen would love!

Cakes, ok we all love cake, but Queen Victoria especially loved cake! In the same book as the potatoes we can find this quote, regaurding her love of all cakes “chocolate sponges, plain sponges, wafers of two or three different shapes, langues de chat, biscuits and drop cakes of all kinds, tablets, petit fours, princess and rice cakes, pralines, almond sweets, and a large variety of mixed sweets.” And of course, being royalty, she never offered cake to her subjects, it's how she lived so long. Other popular Queens were not so diligent. And I'm sure the Queen would love a Betty Crocker cake!

We of course can't forget the tea! Queen Victoria's favourite tea is recorded as Earl Grey tea, hot. It is reported, after meeting her first spaceman, the Dr, she was not amused! It is said she far preferred the other spaceman, Jean Luc, who shared the same passion for tea, Earl grey, hot. Also, Jean Luc was a little more composed than the Dr and his companion, for a Frenchman.

So, jump in your TARDIS or Galaxy Class Starship and treat yourself like a queen this week!!! Beam one up for dinner please!

04/28/2025

This week is the SGS Great White North Sale.
What does that mean you ask? All Canadian Frozen Foods!!! Naturally frozen in the Canadian Tundra to keep all the flavours at peak yumminess (This statement may not be 100% accurate), brought to Saturna by Sled Dogs (This statement may also not be 100% accurate) for great tasting Canadian made foods (This statement may be 100% accurate). So saunter on down to the SGS freezer isle, and escape the heat with some frozen goodies!

04/18/2025

The Easter Bunny has hopped in for 2 special Easter Sales!!!

Salt Spring Smoked Salmon and Capers Goat Cheese &
Zevia 6 packs all flavours!!!!

25% off Friday to Monday!!!!
Happy Easter!

04/16/2025

April is BC Wine Month. This weekend Shane will be featuring Hester Creek Vineyard wines. Please join Shane for a tasting April 19th 1-4 ish. To celebrate BC Wine Month, this weekend all Hester Creek wines will be $1 off Saturday the 19th & Sunday the 20th. Cheers!!! 🥂

04/14/2025

Tannat Day: Celebrating Uruguay’s champion grape
Uruguay may be a small nation, but it has a remarkable history of beating the odds. Uruguay was the first to win the first World Cup in 1930; it uses more renewable energy than most (95% of the electricity it uses is renewable); and it made a champion of the unlikely variety of Tannat.

Although there were home vineyards planted in Uruguay before, the first commercial vineyard was planted by Basque immigrant Pascual Harriague who brought the Tannat vine, native to his Basque home in Europe, and planted it in Salto in northern Uruguay in 1870.

From there it began to spread around the country, originally being known simply as the ‘Harraigue’ grape, after the father of Tannat in Uruguay. Today it has become Uruguay’s most planted variety, claiming over 1,630 hectares, and is planted in all of Uruguay’s wine regions. In an ode to the importance of Tannat for Uruguay, the National Viticulture Institute declared the 14th April as Tannat Day — to mark the day that Harraigue passed away, on 14th April 1894, and his lasting legacy in Uruguay.

The variety is believed to have originated in South West France, where its strong tannic presence is used as the backbone to red blends — rarely vinified by its own. But in the warm, Atlantic climate of Uruguay, Tannat became a star in its own right.

The thick skins of Tannat, which give Tannat its deep colour and make it the healthiest red wine in the world (rich in antioxidants, anthocyanins and resveratrol), ripen well in the warm sunshine, while the mild coastal temperatures mean that Uruguayan Tannat preserves a refreshing acidity and defined aromas of plum, raspberry and spice.

After over 150 years of making Tannat, producers in Uruguay have learnt how to manage the naturally high tannin level of the grape, which is where Tannat gets its name from. With gentle macerations and sensitive winemaking, Uruguayan producers are able to make fresh styles of Tannat that can be enjoyed within a few months of vintage and some of the most youthful styles are unoaked — focusing on the vibrant fruit flavours, energy and freshness of the variety. Included in these youthful styles of Tannat, there are some great examples of Tannat rosé and even sparkling Tannat, proving that this really is a variety of many faces.

The traditional style of Uruguayan Tannat, which is also still popular throughout Uruguay’s wine regions, is a more structured, age-worthy Tannat wine which has been aged in oak barrels for a year or more. These wines can often cellar well for well over a decade, and in many of the older family cellars around Uruguay you can uncork Tannat wines from the 80s and 90s which show the fantastic potential of this wine for ageing.

Whether you are choosing to have a chilled glass of Tannat rosé in the garden, or a warming glass of hearty, well-aged Tannat by the fireplace, we invite you to raise a glass to the champion grape of Uruguay.

Happy Tannat Day!

SGS has this great Tannat wine for Tannat Day!!!
Garzón Tannat 2020
Deep purple in colour, this Tannat fresh aromas reminiscent of red and black fruits such as plums and raspberries on a spice-flavoured aroma. It has a great personality in mouth. Its ripe tannins and its minerality make it a terroir wine of great identity.

Bodega Garzón winery
https://youtu.be/qz3zLPCG6Wg?si=Vh6jnvgD85d-y6yL

Tannat Day: Celebrating Uruguay’s champion grape
https://uruguay.wine/en/journal/tannat-day-celebrating-uruguay-s-champion-grape/

04/14/2025

Another ALL Canadian sale this week! No matter if its health food, junk food or comfort food, Canadians make great food! And these four companies prove it!

Yeshi Dressing:
What started as a conversation at home is now a favourite at farmers markets and grocery stores around BC and Alberta. Yeshi is a nutritional yeast based dressing that's fit for gluten free and vegetarian diets. Slightly sweet and creamy, it has the subtle flavours of garlic blended with tangy and nutty undertones, you’ll find there's a Yeshi flavour for every dish!

Vachon Cakes:
Vachon. The very name ignites joy in our hearts and tummies. And who doesn’t love a delectable snack cake? Folks young and old, appetites big and small—there’s a Vachon® cake for that. Adored by all Canadians, but particularly revered in Quebec, Vachon® has been tempting taste buds for generations with its rebel yell: Eat joy!

Chasers Juice:
Chasers Fresh Juice Vancouver has evolved from its humble beginnings as an 800 square foot juice shop in Yaletown back in 2013, into a formidable force within British Columbia's beverage industry. Today, we stand tall as one of the largest Cold Press Juice Manufacturers and suppliers in the province.

Bassili's Best:
The Bassili’s Best brand was established by the Bassili’s family over 35 years ago in Edmonton, Alberta. Passionate about food and family, the Bassili’s family greatly valued time shared over a meal. A constant favourite among all family members was lasagna, which was often referred to by the family as the “best” meal of the week. As the kids became busier with after-school activities, the Bassili’s family realized that making lasagna from scratch was no longer conducive to their busy lifestyle. It was during these years they realized the need for wholesome, nutritious and high quality frozen meals. After making and freezing home-made lasagna on various occasions, the family realized the potential to sell these convenient family favourites to the general public. Shortly thereafter the Bassili’s family invested in a manufacturing facility to produce and sell their meals and the rest is history!

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