As the regional service centre for 190,000 people, Brandon offers a complete complement of professional services, medical services, vehicle dealerships, sports, electronics, department stores, furniture stores, office supplies, hardware, lumber, a variety of grocery stores, health food outlets, florists and home style bakeries. Downtown Brandon is a hub of independent merchants and dining experiences.
Banking
Brandon is serviced by all the major banking institutes including Bank of Montreal (BMO), CIBC, Royal Bank, Scotia Bank and TD Canada Trust. There are four local credit unions including Compass Credit Union, Fusion Credit Union, Sunrise Credit Union and Westoba Credit Union. All banking institutes offer a full complement of products and expertise to meet individual, small businesses, agriculture and commercial client’s needs.
Retail
Most names associated with traditional consumer retail can be found in Brandon. Brandon has a major shopping mall, the Shoppers Mall, and a 440,000 sq. foot retail power centre, the Corral Centre.
A sampling of our retails includes Walmart, Home Depot, Staples, Canadian Tire, Best Buy, Mark’s, Winners, Michaels, Sport Chek, Moores Cloths for Men, Sleep Country, Leons, Penningtons, Ashley Homestore, Giant Tiger, Pet Value, Warehouse One, Dollarma, Shoppers Drug Mart, Stokes, Garage Clothing, Spencers, Super Thrifty, Hallmark, Claire's, Reitmans, Bulk Barn, Tommy Gun's, The Brick, Charm Diamond Centre, Michael Hill, David's Tea, Boathouse, Peavy mart, Home Hardware, Ardene, Real Canadian Superstore, The Body Shop, Carter's/OshKosh, Pharmasave, Piston RIng, Quarks, Bluenotes, Bath & Body Works, Tip Top Tailors, Payless, Urban Trail, Maurices, Princess Auto, Coles, Bentley, Jersey City, Landmark Cinema with 9 screens and much more. There is also a number of locally owned retail outlets as well.
Major grocery stores include Safeway, Sobeys, Sobey's Extra, Heritage Coop, Real Canadian Superstore and Walmart.
Brandon has dealerships for all makes of vehicles, off road vehicles, snowmobiles, motorcycles, boats, campers, trailers, heavy duty equipment, semi tractors and equipment.
There are over 100 restaurants/eateries for every budget and taste, and over 25 bars & lounges in Brandon. Following is just a sampling:
Benny’s, Prairie Firehouse, The Dock on Princess, Lady of the Lake, Joey’s Seafood, Boston Pizza & BP Lounge, Montana’s Cookhouse, Swiss Chalet, Applebee's Grill & Bar, Joe Beeverz, The Keg Steakhouse & Bar, Original Joe's, East Side Mario's, Thai Express, Tama (Ethiopian food), Kim's Asian Restaurant, The Chilli Chutney (Indian), Tokyo Zone Japanese Restaurant, Hansel & Gretel Schnitzel House (German), Sabor Latino (Spanish), Santa Lucia (Greek & Italian), Brandon Hispano Bakery & take out, Sushi Hut, Ukrainian Cuisine, Wok Box, Shawarma Queen Kebab House (Mediterranean), Pupuseria Bendicion de Dios (El Salvadorian), Roll 'N' Pin Sushi and Korean Dining.
Brandon has all the fast food style restaurants including A & W, DQ Grill & CHill, Burger King, Harvey's, McDonalds, Wendy's and over 20 pizza establishments including 2 wood fired pizza.
Coffee shops include Coffee Culture Café & Eatery, Fraser Sneath, Bubble Tea and various locations throughout the city of Tim Hortons, Forbidden Flavours and Starbucks.
Ice Cream vendors include Velvet Dip, Twisters, Tastees and Dairy Queen as well as Frozen Yogurt options.