While sitting around all winter, you’ve decided it’s time for a bit of a re-fresh for either your floors or a bathroom,  just go to Golden Elite, which has locations on the island, the South Shore and Laval.

Around since 2000, Golden Elite Deco Center is a distributor and manufacturer of wooden flooring and vanities. The showroom features flooring, doors, vanities, kitchens, tiles (mosaic tiles, marble tiles and decking tiles) and adhesives selling at warehouse prices.

The types of flooring they sell: hardwood flooring 3/4″, engineered flooring 1/2″, laminate flooring12.3mm and 8mm, engineered floating floor and vinyl floors. The floors have 10-14 layers of varnish, 1 layer of aluminum oxide anti-scratch and are precision milled (installers love installing their wood because of the milling).

Since they are the manufacturer, you skip the expense of a middle-man, so expect savings between 25%-40%, which is quite good. Their sales staff is quite knowledgeable, since they know the manufacturing process from A to Z, as well as details concerning maintenance, sanding, refinishing and installation.

Their website is chock full of ideas with very concise details about sizing, colors and prices. Here it is easy to check out their selection of vanities too. You can just about shop from home and then select the store where you would like to see and then purchase your merchandise.

Locations: 88 Brunswick Blvd, DDO; St-Hubert: 3929 boul. Taschereau, Fabreville: 515 boul Curee-Labelle H7P 2P5
corner: (DDO location): rue Tecumseh
Tel: DDO: 514-243-8860 or 888-MGA-8844; St-Hubert: 450-486-3929 or 438-396-4143
Hours: Mon-Wed 8-6, Thurs & Fri 8-8, Sat 10-5
www.goldenelitedeco.com

You want to head to someplace warm to avoid this awful winter, but you need to find bathing suits for someone in the family what to do?  Paradis du Maillot is bathing suit nirvana – literally a one stop shop for the whole family.  Head right there for thousands of the latest designer swimwear and bathing suit styles for men, women, children and plus sizes in stock at liquidation prices.

Swimwear looks different on everyone, since we all come in different shapes and sizes. You can select 20 or so and go into their air-vented, large-mirrored try-on rooms to find the ones that look best and suit your personal style (ladies 6-32).

Suits from all over the world – David from Italy, Nygard, Tyr, Calvin Klein, Bikini Bay, Baku, Sunseeker (bra up to EFG), Diva, Alia, Gottex, Speedo – are there to compliment all body types.

For beach side or poolside, at Paradise Swimwear men can shop for their favorite board shorts and European style above-the-knee trunks and Burnside brand. You’ll find children’s fashion and competition swimwear at the lowest prices from top brands like Speedo, TYR, Quiksilver.

Beach accessories round out your needs: snorkels, masks, thongs, flip flops, sunglasses and towels are all there to add fashionable style and functionality.

Location: 9800 St-Laurent Blvd, Montreal H3L 2N3
corner: Sauvé
Tel: 514-389-2032
Hours: Regular plus Sun 10-5
Metro: Station Cremazie, Station Sauve
www.paradisdumaillot.ca

Mayrand is a wholesale food market and since they were oriented for sales to restaurants, hotels and institutions, their prices have always been excellent. It also means that you can often find select meat in the AA or sometimes AAA grades, whole filet mignons and rib roasts, pork rump and hock, homemade sausages, marinated chicken and pork, fish and seafood

You do not have the extra cost of a membership fee to shop at food wholesaler, Mayrand. The aisles are piled 20 feet high with everything you’d find in a supermarket and beyond. It stocks 4 times more selection than that famous warehouse club with more consistency and choices. See their flyer below for even better prices this week; How about fresh salmon steaks $6.99/lb or  fresh soc of pork – boned (Capicollo)$3.29/lb and fresh chicken drumsticks $1.49/lb?

There’s 500 kinds of cheese, ethnic foods (Italian, Latino, Indian, Asian, Mideastern) and they import their fresh produce themselves – no middleman. They buy fresh fruits and vegetables from local growers whenever possible.

There’s 70 varieties of olive oil, and dozens of flavorful Italian coffees and pastas. It’s fun to shop around and find items like 10 kg. Skippy peanut butter, an entire prosciutto ham or smoked meat, 15 kg honey, 3.5L bags of chocolate chips, pop-up aluminum foil sheets, or little paper lunch bags.

Location: 9701 boul Louis-H-La Fontaine Anjou QC H1J 2A3
corner: rue de Lamartine
Tel: 514-255-9330
Hours: Mon-Wed 6:45-6, Thurs & Fri 6:45-9 pm, Sat 6:45-6, Sun 9-6
www.mayrand.ca
sales@mayrand.qc.ca ou ventes@mayrand.qc.ca