The Bownesian Grocer
Creating Community Through Food
Your Grocery Store
We pride ourselves in offering the best and freshest local food possible, sourcing unique items and constantly providing our customers with only the finest food.
We’re committed to providing our customers with a wide variety of quality items, always searching for healthy quality products to bring to our aisles. All of our items in every department are chosen to please – with purpose.
The Bownesian Grocer. Creating community through Food.
Departments
Whether you’re looking for the freshest produce, butcher-cut meats, fresh baked bread, some fine cheese from our deli or an outstanding meal from our in-store Executive Chef, you’ll always find what you need in our well-stocked Departments.
Post Office
We are proud to offer a Parcel Pick-up service for Bowness and sell basic stamps, envelopes and flat rate pre-paid parcels for shipping in Canada.
Our Community
We are located in the beautiful NW Calgary community of Bowness. Craig, Leann and staff always look forward to welcoming you to their place in our “village in the valley”!
The Bownesian Advantage
Earn points and get rewarded with The Bownesian’s very own Rewards Program!
What’s Cooking
What’s the Deal with Locally Roasted Coffee?
I don't know if you've noticed, but there seems to be a move afoot to roast coffee locally. This coffee is sometimes marketed as "local", and of course, no one is trying to fool you into thinking that the beans were grown here; we just don't have that kind of climate...
Marketing in the Year 2019 (and onward)
I'm going to let you in on a little secret. None of us here at the store is a Marketing guru. That said, it's an area that we recognize that we need to get better at and one that we've been thinking a lot about lately. Gone are the days when we can drop off a paper...
The Challenge of Sustainable Packaging
We've had many queries lately as our customers become environmentally-conscious, about our commitment to sustainable packaging. We love this! Yet, it's been, and continues to be a journey to find the appropriate solutions. For example, In order to reduce waste, we...
Happy Thanksgiving from all of us here at the Bownesian! We hope you're enjoying a wonderful long weekend!