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Tell Brian what you need
Send your list — text, email, or a phone call works fine. Standing orders welcome. Brian writes it down on the same notepad he's used since he started.
A Georgian Bay grocer · Since the early days
Groceries picked by hand, brought to your door.
Fresh Groceries Delivered to your Door. Brian drives a route from Barrie through Orillia, Midland, Elmvale, and Penetanguishene — and rides the Cedar Point ferry over to Christian Island — every Tuesday and Friday. Picking your produce himself, knocking on the door himself. The way grocery used to feel.
The route runs past your kitchen.
Brian delivers Tuesdays and Fridays across Barrie, Orillia, Midland and Elmvale — and everywhere in between. Order by Sunday 3 pm for Tuesday delivery, or Wednesday 3 pm for Friday delivery.
Who Brian serves
Families, seniors, and busy households across Georgian Bay.
If you live in Barrie, Orillia, Midland, Elmvale — or one of the towns in between — and you'd rather hand your list to someone you know than tap through an app, you're who Brian built this for.
Two delivery days a week. Standing orders are welcome — no need to re-send your list every week. He'll bring it inside if your hands are full.
Read Brian's storyHow it works
Four steps. No app. No drivers you've never met.
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Brian shops the same morning
Produce gets picked one piece at a time. If the strawberries don't look right that day, he'll tell you and pick something better. No substitutions you didn't ask for.
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He drives the route himself
Barrie, Orillia, Midland, Penetanguishene, Elmvale, and out to Christian Island on the Cedar Point ferry — same truck, same face at the door, every Tuesday and Friday. No third-party drivers. No app to download.
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Hand-delivered to your door
Bags carried in if you'd like. Receipt left on the counter. Pay cash, e-transfer, or settle up next week — Brian keeps the books.
Why Brian
The apps treat you as an order ID.
Brian treats you as a neighbor.
Three reasons families and seniors along the route stick with Brian's Food Baskets, week after week.
Personal service
One person, start to finish
Brian picks your produce, packs your basket, and drives it to your door. The hands choosing your tomatoes are the hands at your kitchen.
Hands-on selection
Picked like it's for his own family
No fluorescent warehouse picking. Brian walks the produce aisle the way you would — turning over the avocados, checking the bottoms of the berries.
Real route knowledge
He knows the road, the ferry, your driveway
Years of driving the Georgian Bay back roads means Brian knows which streets get plowed late, which seniors prefer Tuesday afternoons, and where to leave the bag if you're not home.
— Brian
From the road · Notes & recipes
Notes from the route.
Recipes from what's good this week, news from the road, and notes from Tuesday and Friday delivery days.
How the route started: a phone call to Christian Island, March 2020
Five years ago this March, the Christian Island ferry was running on emergency hours and my mom couldn't get fresh produce. That phone call became this business.
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A short note once a month.
What's coming in season, ferry-day reminders, and the occasional recipe Brian picked up at a customer's kitchen. No spam, no marketing copy.
Common questions
Things people ask first.
If your question isn't here, just call. Brian picks up unless he's driving the ferry line.
Do you deliver to Christian Island?
Yes — Christian Island was the original route. Brian's mom lives there full-time and the truck has been making the Cedar Point ferry trip every Tuesday and Friday since March 2020. Send your list by Sunday 3 pm for Tuesday or Wednesday 3 pm for Friday; Brian sorts out the ferry timing and drop-off.
What do you stock?
Fresh produce (in season and from the Ontario Food Terminal year-round), pantry essentials, dairy, bread, and specialty items. If you need something specific, put it on your list — if Brian can find it, he'll bring it. The full overview is on the Offerings page.
Is there a delivery fee?
Brian doesn't charge a separate delivery fee — produce is priced the same as if you went to Barrie Hill Farms or the Ontario Food Terminal yourself. Call for current pricing on a typical basket.
What are the order cutoffs?
Sunday by 3 pm for Tuesday delivery. Wednesday by 3 pm for Friday delivery. That gives Brian time to source the produce on the morning of delivery — Ontario Food Terminal in Toronto and Barrie Hill Farms locally.
Still need to ask? Brian picks up unless he's driving.
Ready for groceries that come with a name attached?
Tell Brian what you'd like in your basket and where you live. He'll call back the same day, talk through your route, and have your first delivery on the next run.