Toronto

Doug Ford says Walmart is his favourite place to shop.

The mayoral hopeful gushed over the discount retailer Sunday morning, saying that a campaign stop at Walmart’s Dufferin Mall location left him in great spirits.

“I can’t tell you how good I felt after leaving a Walmart store (on Saturday),” Ford said. “Those are the real people.”

Ford has been on a 44-ward tour across the city with a week left to go in the campaign. He and his brother Mayor Rob Ford made the stop at the store Saturday and were overcome by supporters, he said.

“It reminded me at Walmart there of midnight madness,” he said. “But the madness was Rob Ford and Doug Ford and the support of the people in that area.”

Ford was been on the tour in massive rented RV, dubbed “Air Ford One” by some in the media.

“I just feel right at home with the people that shop at Walmart because that’s where I shop,” Ford said.