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This week's grocery review - Sales for May 30th to June 5th - Lots of great produce deals!!! Cheap tomatoes, cauliflower, peppers, green beans, cucumbers, and REALLY cheap cherries! Lots of $5 butter sales. Awesome 1.77/lb chicken leg deal at Walmart! Lots of 2.49/lb pork chops!
2024.05.29 17:10 crimsontape This week's grocery review - Sales for May 30th to June 5th - Lots of great produce deals!!! Cheap tomatoes, cauliflower, peppers, green beans, cucumbers, and REALLY cheap cherries! Lots of $5 butter sales. Awesome 1.77/lb chicken leg deal at Walmart! Lots of 2.49/lb pork chops!
(As always, flyers are out Wednesdays, most store sales for the new flyer start on Thursdays)
Adonis - Beef rib eye steak - $14.99 per lb -- Expensive proposition, but if you're looking for a treat or nice dinner item, then this may be nice.
- Chicken drumsticks - $1.99 per lb -- Fair price for drumsticks. Better would be 1.49/lb or so, but this is regular enough pricing at Adonis.
- Royal Sea Bream - $7.77 per lb -- Up a bit from last week. This is AMAZING fish!! Had a stab at cooking some. Wow... What a beautiful fish!
- Coho Salmon fillet (thawed) - $8.99 per lb -- Very good price for salmon!
- Cod fillet (thawed) - $8.77 per lb -- Good price for cod.
- Whole mackerel - $3.99 per lb -- Good price for mackerel.
- Beefsteak tomatoes - $0.99 per lb -- Excellent!! Great price for tomatoes. This is sight-unseen, however. Check in-store before planning too far ahead.
- Grape, Cherry, Medley variety tomatoes - $4.99 1.5lb shell -- Interesting! Not the best price, but the tomatoes are nice. These are usually much more expensive. 1.5lbs is a lot of smaller tomatoes.
- Yellow peaches - $1.99 per lb -- Hmm, interesting. Curious as to how these might be. It's not quite Niagara season yet... But still, $2/lb ain't THAT great... Hmm
- Brick cheese (Armstrong) - $4.99 400g bar -- Nice! $5 brick cheese!
- Cheese counter - Halloom (Phoenicia, Cedar) - $2.29 per 100g -- Ouuu good price for bulk halloom. It's more often $3/100g.
- Cheese counter - Feta (Tre Stelle) - $1.79 per 100g -- Great price for feta!
- Cheese counter - Tzatziki (Arahova) - $0.99 per 100g -- Nice!
- Olive counter - Green or Black olives - $0.99 per 100g -- Very nice! Olives are not cheap. I find the Adonis olives top notch. Worth checking out!
- Deli - Pastrami (Solmaz) - $1.99 per 100g -- Ouu pastrami! Solmaz has good product. I'm curious to see how this stacks up.
- Deli - Chicken breast (Solmaz) - $1.79 per 100g -- Very fair price for this kind of deli meat.
- Deli - Prosciutto Cotto (Mastro) - $1.49 per 100g -- Nice! This stuff is tasty as heck!
- Deli - Capicollo (Mastro) - $1.49 per 100g -- Very nice!
- Deli - Mortadella ((San Daniele) - $1.49 per 100g -- Yess!!!!!!!
- Deli - Smoked meat - $2.29 per 100g -- No brand provided. Kinda funny, but hey, matches well-enough with the pastrami sale. This could be worth snagging. But, you'll have to check with the counter to be sure of the brand. Ask for a sample!
- Produce Price Rating: Medium, but always has well-priced chicken, the deli meat sale rotations are always fantastic, and just the overall variety of goods is refreshing. Personal favourite store.
Farm Boy - Beef top sirloin grilling steak (AAA) - $9.99 per lb -- Great price for nice steak!!
- Cauliflower - $2.99 per head -- Wow! What an awesome price!
- Euro "Runner" beans - $3.99 per lb -- They look like snap peas. A little pricey. Wouldn't go crazy over these, but they're neat! Might be fun to try.
- Sweet peppers - $3.88 4-pack -- If these packs clock in at 2lbs, you're paying a very good rate. If it's 1.5lb, then it's a little bit average at 2.60ish/lb.
- Mangoes - $9.99 8.8lb case -- Good price for mangoes!
- Produce Price Rating: High
Farmers Pick (can be a little late on their flyer) (
https://www.farmerspick.ca/flyer-specials)
Food Basics - Chicken breast (bone-in, skinless) - $3.48 per lb -- Wow! Nice price! These are a great cut of chicken for a really good price! As I like to point out: bone-in = flavour!
- Bacon (Selection) - $2.98 375g pack -- Nice price! Selection bacon ain't bad. It's not omg amazing quality, but I still find I get acceptable fat lines, it's not watery, it's well-packed. Good deal!
- Eggs (Selection) - $5.49 18-pack -- Not ground breaking but it's a nice little break on per-egg pricing.
- Lamb leg - $5.99 per lb -- Fair sale. $6/lb is a little high for a sale, but it's still good.
- Atlantic Salmon - $8.99 per lb -- Nice price for pink fish!
- Cucumber - $0.88 each -- Fantastic!
- Vine tomato - $0.88 per lb -- Fantastic!
- Mushrooms - $2.98 454g shell -- Good price! These 1lb packs could go as high as $4-5.
- Brussel sprouts - $2.98 per lb -- Decent rate on sprouts!
- Asparagus - $2.98 per lb -- Decent rate on asparagus. Not amazing, like $2/lb, but still really good.
- Cherries - $2.88 per lb -- WOW! That's CHEAP for cherries!!! Get some! Freeze them if you have to!
- Barlett pears - $1.88 per lb -- Nice! Good price for nice pears. I love these when they're ripe!
- Yogurt (Hans) - $2.49 750g tub -- Good price for yogurt. I don't mention yogurt much these days because it's been very price stable, but I've seen this pressure for an uptick.
- Mortadella (whole) - $9.99 750g chub -- Nice! This works out to a 1.33//100g deli rate if you're slicing it yourself. Worth considering if you have a lot of sandwiches to make!
- Butter (Selection) - $4.88 454g bar -- Nice!
- Sourdough bread (Rudolph) - $2.99 500g loaf -- Very nice! I love this bread!
- Luncheon ham (Holiday) - $1.98 340g tin -- Great price! These are more often $4.
- Tomato paste (Unico) - $0.89 156ml can -- Nice! Good enough price for stocking up. Worth getting a few can for the pantry.
- Sunflower seeds (Irresistibles) - $2.88 300g bag -- Awesome deal, but I can't get too close to these bags. I can eat sunflower seeds by the handful lol.
- Produce Price Rating: Low to medium low
FoodLand - Pork side rib - $2.99 per lb -- Good price for pork rib.
- Beef inside round roast or steaks (AAA) - $6.99 per lb -- Kind of amazing for AAA beef. Worth snagging if you can price in a little luxury this week.
- Strawberry Basil Sausages - $4.99 per lb -- Freshly made in store, but strawberry basil?! What the... Whatever, might be nice. But this reminds me of episodes of delusional cooks on Kitchen Nightmares...
- Green onions - $0.99 per bunch -- Good price, but I wonder if they're being stingey. Like, how much is in a bunch?
- Blackberries - $1.99 170g shell -- Scene Member Price. Wouldn't go buckwild for blackberry at this price, but worth snagging some for a treat.
- Silk plant bev - $3.49 1.74-1.89L jug -- Wow! Great price for Silk products!
- Produce Price Rating: Medium-high to high.
Freshco (price matcher)
- Chicken drumsticks - $1.99 per lb -- Fair price for drumsticks. Better would be 1.49/lb or so.
- Chicken thighs - $2.99 per lb -- These are really nice for BBQ and braising in the oven, but the dollar value is lacking a bit...
- Eggs (Burnbrae, Gray Ridge) - $5.49 18-pack -- Not ground breaking but it's a nice little break on per-egg pricing.
- Sweet peppers - $2.99 4-pack -- Awesome price! Assuming a 1.5lb pack, this is $2/lb, which is a great rate!
- Green peppers - $2.49 per lb -- Still a decent rate!
- Green Beans - $2.49 per lb -- Very good price for green beans. These can float easily into the $4/lb range.
- Napa, choy, flat cabbage - $0.99 per lb -- Great deal for that choy! The cabbage is fine, that choy price is hard to beat!
- Green onions - $0.99 per bunch -- Good price, but again, how much is in a bunch?!
- Yellow peaches - $1.99 per lb -- Same peaches as the Adonis? Hmm....
- Strawberries - $1.88 454g shell -- Awesome!!!
- Apples (Ambrosia, Granny Smith) - $1.79 per lb -- Now, "standard" apples can run as low as 65c/lb, so, this isn't a ground breaking price. But I've also seen bulk apples for $3/lb. The 3-4lb bags should come back to a $1/lb to $1.25/lb. These are nice apples, but shop carefully.
- Brick cheese (Armstrong) - $4.99 400g bar -- Nice! $5 brick cheese!
- Tomato paste (Unico) - $0.88 156ml can -- Nice! Good enough price for stocking up. Worth getting a few can for the pantry.
- Olive oil (Gallo) - $11.88 1L bottle -- Scene Member Price. WOW! If you have a Scene card, get a few bottles! That's a GREAT price!
- Produce Price Rating: Low to medium low (more on the medium side)
Giant Tiger (*note the VIP prices; sales begin today) (price matcher)
- Cucumber - $0.77 each -- Fantastic!
- Mini carrots - $0.77 340g bag -- Wow! That's a great price! These are often $2ish regular price, if not more.
- Cocktail tomatoes - $2.47 454g shell -- Hmm! Not bad for a fancier tomato. Not great, but not bad.
- Avocado - $3.88 5-6 unit bag -- Nice! Haven't seen well-priced cado in a while!
- Dare crackers - $1.88 200-227g box -- Great deal on these crackers!
- Nectarines or Peaches - $4.88 2lb bag -- Not really an amazing price, other places have better, but these could be worth checking out if you're in-store already.
- Butter (Lactantia) - $5.48 454g bar -- Decent sale for butter. Under $5 is the better target, but this ain't bad.
- Produce Price Rating: Generally on the low side.
Green Fresh Supermarket (Vanier) (check
https://greenfreshottawa20.wixsite.com/greenfreshottawa) * Produce Price Rating: Usually very competitive, catering to Asian cuisine. Warning: their newest sales start on Fridays - so this is a late advertising of their sales.
IGA (price matcher)
- Chicken breast (boneless, skinless) - $4.44 per lb -- Nice! Good price! Hard to find appreciably lower than this without skipping into a different cut of chicken.
- Pork loin chops - $2.99 per lb -- Fair enough price. Not $2-2.50/lb to make it great, but it's still a decent price.
- Atlantic Salmon - $9.77 per lb -- Good price for pink fish.
- Smoked ham (Lafleur) - $14.99 1kg toupie -- More of a reminder of the "cut your own deli" proposition I often mention. This clocks in at 1.50/100g, versus the deli's $3/100g+. It's not the same quality, of course, but definitely easier on the wallet.
- Lettuce (romaine, red leaf, green leaf) - $4.00 for 2 heads -- Not bad! Depends on the size of the heads of lettuce, but this is a nice variety at a good price.
- Potatoes - $4.99 10lb bag -- Nice! Remember, these bags work out to 50c/lb, which is leagues away from paying 2-3/lb for loose bulk potatoes.
- Asparagus - $2.98 per lb -- Decent rate on asparagus. Not amazing, like $2/lb, but still really good.
- Greenhouse tomatoes - $1.49 per lb -- Nice! Good price. Not the 99c/lb deals we're seeing going around, but it's still much better than average non-sale pricing.
- Cherries - $1.94 per lb -- Scene Member Price. WOWOW! Holy smokes and I thought the Basics deal was good!
- Blackberries - $3.98 for 2x 170g shell -- Basically the same $2 deal we saw at FoodLand.
- Feta (Saputo) - $3.99 200g tub -- Nice! $2/100g. That's a good price.
- Bocconcini (Saputo) - $3.99 200g tub -- Same! Good price!
- Ricotta/Fiorella (Saputo) - $3.99 400g tub -- Very nice!
- Brick cheese (Selection) - $4.99 400g bar -- Nice! $5 brick cheese!
- Butter (Compliments) - $4.88 454g bar -- Nice!
- Produce Price Rating: Medium to high.
Independent - Beef inside round roast (AA) - $5.99 per lb -- FoodLand's deal is much better in my opinion. Theirs is AAA top sirloin, roasts and steaks.
- Pork sirloin and rib chops - $2.49 per lb -- Good and fair price. Not ground breaking, but good.
- Steelhead Trout - $9.99 per lb -- Average sale price for pink fish.
- Cucumbers - $0.99 each -- Nice!
- Strawberries - $2.49 454g shell -- Good price!
- Pineapple - $5.99 each -- Jesus. Pineapples usually can be found for $3-4. But this comes with a 1000 points, $1 value. So, spend $2-3 more to get $1 back in money you can't spend anywhere else. That's like getting gift cards for Christmas or a birthday. Someone has taken perfectly good money, and made it so you can't spend it anywhere else but certain stores... Ridiculous...
- Produce Price Rating: fairly high with few exceptions
Loblaws - Beef inside round roast (AA) - $5.99 per lb -- Same deal as Loblaws.
- Pork side rib - $2.99 per lb -- Good price for pork rib.
- Chicken thighs - $1.88 per lb -- Awesome price for chicken! May be bone-in and skin-on, but chicken prices haven't been super friendly. These would be nice marinated for the BBQ.
- Steelhead Trout - $9.99 per lb -- Average sale price for pink fish.
- Cucumbers - $0.99 each -- Nice!
- Beefsteak tomatoes - $0.88 per lb -- Woh! That's unusually cheap...
- Watermelon (11lb avg) - $4.99 each -- Good price for melon.
- Produce Price Rating: fairly high with few exceptions
Provigo - Ground beef (medium) - $3.99 per lb -- Nice! Not exactly easy to find deals like this. Worth snaggin some.
- Steelhead Trout - $9.99 per lb -- Average sale price for pink fish.
- Pork loin centre chops and roast - $2.99 per lb -- Good and fair price. Not ground breaking, but good.
- Potatoes (Russet) - $3.99 10lb bag -- Very nice!! 40c/lb!
- Grape tomatoes - $2.49 283g shell -- Optimum Member Price. This is... Bizarre... $5 regular price. Yeesh. Makes the offer look good, but compared to what? Lol
- Mangoes - $6.99 6-unit case -- Optimum Member Price. $10 regular. Huh... I see what they're doing...
- Produce Price Rating: fairly high with few exceptions
Maxi (price matcher)
- Chicken drumsticks - $1.94 per lb -- Fair price for drumsticks. Better would be 1.49/lb or so. Maxi can do better, I think...
- Atlantic Salmon - $8.77 per lb -- Great price for pink fish, about $1 under average sales, and $5 under most average pricing.
- Vine tomatoes - $0.74 per lb -- Awesome deal for tomatoes!
- Potatoes (Russet) - $2.44 10lb bag -- Amazing! 25c/lb!!! We haven't seen potato prices like this in a while!!
- Sweet peppers - $2.99 4-pack -- Really good deal. If they're 1.5lb 4-packs, then it works out to $2/lb.
- Avocado - $4.99 5-unit bag -- Meh. Not bad, but not great. But, better than paying $3 each at Loblaws (which I saw for my own eyes last week, and they're not special! They're just average avocados)
- Pineapple - $2.99 each -- Lol there's our $3 pineapple without the 1000 points...
- Mangoes - $0.99 each -- Or, why be forced to carry an Optimum card when you can just get the same mango for $1 lol.
- Limes - $0.44 each -- Good deal for limes. Margaritas anyone?
- Brick cheese (P'tit Quebec) - $4.87 400g bar -- Nice! $5 brick cheese!
- Produce Price Rating: Generally medium low pricing! This store can post some impressive deals at times.
Metro - Ground beef (lean) - $4.44 per lb -- I prefer to see $4/lb for ground, but this isn't far off.
- Pork loin chops - $2.49 per lb -- Very nice! Well-priced! These would be nice for a BBQ, or seared and braised lightly with some wine and onion.
- Rainbow Trout fillet - $9.99 per lb -- Good price for pink fish.
- Tilapia fillet - $9.99 per lb -- Tilapia used to be cheaper... I remember days where Adonis had $5/lb thawed fillets. That said, it's a remarkably light-tasting fish with a nice texture that's easy to prepare.
- Whole Atlantic Salmon - $2.99 per lb -- Now that's a good deal! Holy smokes! It's a different method of prep, there's extra work, and you're dealing with bones, but hey, that's where most of your money goes for fish fillets. It's in the labour!
- Asparagus - $2.44 per lb -- Very good price!
- Cauliflower - $2.44 per head -- Oh shit! That's a really good price! It's nice to see some cauliflower relief!
- Sweet peppers - $1.99 per lb -- Very nice! That's a great rate.
- Green beans - $0.88 per lb -- WOW!!! That's amazing!!! Get this!
- Green onions - $2.00 for 2 bunches -- Nice! That's a good price!
- Radishes - $3.00 for 2 bunches -- Good deal for radish. 99c a bunch is as good as it gets, and regular pricing can see a bunch go to $3.
- Blackberries - $1.99 170g shell -- Standard enough sale for blackberries. That $2 mark seems to be the floor.
- Cheese Counter - Parmigiano Reggiano - $12.99 per lb -- A bit strange to advertise it per lb. But, mathing it out, it works to 2.85/100g, and that's actually quite good.
- Deli - Turkey Breast (Cuddy, Lilydale) - $2.99 per 100g -- Ok price for good deli. Worth noting as a Metro deal but don't overbuy.
- Deli - Smoked ham (Selection) - $2.49 per 100g -- At the surface, it's a good price, but you can find toupies of this exact smoked ham for $1-1.33/100g. Slice your deli meat yourself and you're guaranteed to save, which can be a massive money saver for kids lunches.
- Brick cheese (Selection) - $4.77 400g bar -- Nice! $5 brick cheese!
- Earth's Own plant bev - $2.88 1.74-1.89L jug -- Wow! Amazing price. These usually float around $4-5.
- Produce Price Rating: High. Kinda like Sobeys. You can see a 50% average mark-up compared to a lot of other stores. It's nice produce, but it costs you.
No Frills (price matcher)
- Whole chicken - $1.88 per lb -- Awesome deal on whole chicken! Hard to find it for less!
- Bacon (Schneiders) - $3.99 375g pack -- Fair sale on a name-brand bacon.
- Ecuadorian Shrimp (20/30ct) - $5.99 300g bag -- Good price for decent-sized shrimp.
- Asparagus - $2.88 per lb -- Good price! Around $3/lb is a fair price to pay.
- Vine tomatoes - $0.74 per lb -- Fantastic!
- Cauliflower - $3.88 per head -- Decent enough. We're seeing a lot of downward pressure on cauliflower between last week and this week. However, is this a real sale? Food Basics usually has their cauliflower on for $4 most weeks.
- Mini-cucumbers - $3.88 11-pack -- Good deal. The 6-packs are often over $2. So, for 11, this is about right. That said, watch out for per lb Lebanese cucumbers. If you find them for $1.50/lb, you're getting better mileage out of those than these 6/11-packs.
- Potatoes (Russet) - $3.99 10lb bag -- Nice! $4 bags are always welcome.
- Broccoli - $1.88 per crown -- Decent. Not amazing. Careful for the size and quality. $1.50 is more my target. $1.25 sometimes happens. And, sometimes the deal isn't by crown but per lb. Paying per lb usually yields a better rate.
- Peppers (red, green) - $3.88 4-pack -- Nice. Not $3, but still a decent rate on peppers.
- Garlic braid - $3.88 1kg -- Good price for a full braid. These are fun make roast garlic spread. Just slice off the top of the head as to expose the cloves. Sprinkle in some salt and a bit of olive oil, and bake gently in the oven (covered with a lid or foil to retain the steam). Cook for 15min or so, and then flip the heads onto that exposed head side and cook another 10-15. The cloves should be very soft after this. Then, after letting them cool, you can easily squeeze the cloves out of the skins.
- Yellow onion - $5.88 10lb bag --
- Apples (Imperfect) - $3.88 6lb bag -- Nice price for apples. They may be imperfect, but the price is right, it's been tough to find standard fruit for less than $1/lb.
- Mangoes - $6.44 9lb case -- Well, I guess Loblaws and company are overstocked on mangoes. I've never seen so many deals on them from their shops.
- Persimmons - $6.88 3lb case -- Nice!
- Canned tomatoes (Unico) - $1.44 796ml can -- Great price for good tomatoes. I'd stock up on these.
- Produce Price Rating: Generally quite low, selectively amazing for some items.
Produce Depot (usually a little late on the flyer)
https://producedepot.ca/ - Pork tenderloin - $3.99 per lb -- Fair price for tenderloin.
- Beef rib steak - $13.99 per lb -- Kinda like what we saw at the Adonis. Not exactly a regular dinner item, but something for a nice occasion.
- Catfish - $12.99 per lb -- Well that's interesting! Don't see catfish often at all! It seems to be pre-marinated.
- Bay scallops - $9.99 per lb -- I wonder about the size of these. They're probably small, but the price is good.
- Sweet peppers - $1.99 per lb -- Very nice! That's a great rate.
- Corn - $0.69 each -- Nice! We're still see 4-packs for $4. This is a much better deal than those.
- Hothouse tomatoes - $0.99 per lb -- It's so nice to see $1/lb tomatoes!
- Green onion - $0.69 per bunch -- Holy cow that's cheap!!
- Red grapes - $1.79 per lb -- Wow! Awesome price!
- Barlett pears - $1.69 per lb -- Great rate on pears! Beats most deals on Barletts this week.
- Strawberries (Ontario) - $5.00 for 2x 340g shells -- These are smaller packs of strawberries, but the price still ends up being pretty fair. It would be like paying $3.30 for a 454g shell.
- Cheese Counter - St. Albert extra old cheddar - $2.39 per 100g -- So, for reference, standard brick cheese is about $1/100g. But, cheese curd by St Albert floats around $3/100g. So, this is actually an attractive price for above average cheese.
- Deli - Roasted chicken breast (Maple Leaf) - $2.39 per 100g -- Very good price for good name-brand deli product!
- Produce Price Rating: Medium-low with very competitive specials on a shortened flyer. The small flyer is nice because it doesn't uselessly feature $6 heads of cauliflower and extremely high-price items that are either a confusion on the consumer, or an insult on the injury of not being able to afford supreme quality items.
Real Canadian Superstore (price matcher)
- Chicken breast (boneless, skinless) - $4.66 per lb -- Good price for chicken breast. It can be found and had for less, but this is still really good.,
- Atlantic Salmon - $9.88 per lb -- Fair price for pink fish.
- Duck (Grade A) - $3.88 per lb -- $4/lb is the usual price. A 3% discount is not a sale lol.
- Golden Pompano - $3.00 per lb -- A fellow Redditor and regular of the review suggested to try Pompano. It's apparently light and quite tasty!
- Dressed Tilapia - $3.00 per lb -- Dressed as in head, tail and fins removed. Not ready for a night out on the town.
- Eggs (Burnbrae, Gray Ridge) - $4.79 18-pack -- Nice! 30c an egg. That's good.
- Asparagus - $1.99 per lb -- Nice! There's the $2 mark I like to see. I've been pleased with the asparagus quality lately, so these should be decent if the supply chain is has a common quality going around.
- Corn - $0.32 each -- WOW! That's CHEAP.
- Vine tomato - $1.49 per lb -- Not the best this week. We see a lot of sub-$1/lb deals. They're in season now, we should see lower prices than this from RCSS.
- Green cabbage - $0.99 per lb -- Pretty good price. I'd like to see this drop a bit. But, we're also not in peak cabbage season, I think. That's still some months away.
- Iceberg lettuce - $1.99 per head -- Not bad. Mind the quality of the heads, though.
- Potatoes (Imperfect) - $6.00 15lb bag -- I love to see these bags. They're good value at 40c/lb. However, do check around because sometimes you can find 10lb bags with even better value. But, below is 40c/lb is quite tough to find. A regular 10lb bag can easily float over $6.
- Sweet peppers (Imperfect) - $5.00 2.5lb bag -- Good rate on peppers. $2/lb is a fair sale rate. Mind the imperfections, though. This week's list has peppers for under $2/lb and they're not imperfect (ouff double negatives lol)
- Mushrooms - $5.00 680g shell -- These can be deceiving. Make sure to check around. Like, at Food Basics, the 454g shell is $3, meaning there's a $1 lost in value with this 680g shell for $5.
- Pineapple - $2.99 each -- Fair and good price for a pineapple.
- Apples (Imperfect) - $6.00 6lb bag -- $1/lb is a good rate for standard fruit.
- Deli - Mortadella (San Daniele) - $3.50 per 100g -- Horrible price. Like I've pointed out, you can find the 750g chubs for $10. If you need sandwich meat and a lot of it every week for lunches, slice it yourself. Or, at least go to the Adonis if you can, because they charge half the price for the same product.
- Produce Price Rating: Generally medium-low pricing, selectively amazing for some items.
Sobeys - Chicken breast (boneless, skinless) - $4.88 per lb -- Fair price for chicken breast.
- Pork loin rib or sirloin chops - $2.49 per lb -- Nice price for pork chops. Lots of deals like this going around, which is nice to see.
- Wild Haddock fillets - $8.99 per lb -- Scene Member Price. Good price for haddock.
- Beef top sirloin roasts or steaks (AA) - $8.99 per lb -- Scene Member Price. Not really that great. That FoodLand beef deal really stands out given the price and grade.
- Bacon (Schneiders - $3.99 375g pack -- Good and fair price for name-brand bacon. You'll have to look for Selection, Compliments, No Name, and similar value-targeted brands to get the $3 mark.
- Pork belly - $4.88 per lb -- That's actually a really good price. It's hard to find pork belly for less in most grocers. You'd have to look at the T&T or Greenfresh for lower.
- Viadlia onions - $2.49 per lb -- Terrible price. I point this out because the 3lb bags are $4 roughly. And then, regular yellow onions are 60c/lb if you buy a 10lb bag. I know a lot of people can't see themselves using a 10lb bag. But, onions keep very well in a fridge. If you have room for it, stand up the bag on a bottom shelf. Compared to 2.50/lb, you have 4x the onions any day of the week. It'S the same for potatoes. Loose potatoes are sold for crook-level prices. And for those who are just getting into cooking, TRUST ME, you'll see the savings, even if a few onions end up spoiling. And even, if they start to turn, peel off the questionable layers, freeze them and boil them with chicken bones. The extra supply of onions can easily play into a cost-saving strategy, further reducing your grocery bills.
- Napa - $0.99 per lb -- Fair-going rate for napa.
- Grapes (green, black) - $2.99 per lb -- A little high price for grapes, but it's the black Concord-looking ones I'm interested in! I love Concord grapes!
- Produce comment - -- Holy smokes their peaches in their flyer are stupid expensive. $6/lb!?!?!
- Deli - Maple-cured ham - $1.79 per 100g -- Wow, I don't think I've ever seen a Sobey's deli deal under $2/100g. I'm almost wondering if this is an error lol.
- Butter (Selection) - $4.88 454g bar -- Nice!
- Produce Price Rating: Generally a high price store, especially for produce. Some items are 50% more than more value-oriented stores. Kinda like Metro, some of the deals can be quite good.
Super C - Ground beef (medium) - $3.88 per lb -- Nice price for ground beef.
- Ground pork (extra lean) - $3.77 per lb -- A little pricier than it really should be, but it's extra lean, so that might be the thing that bumps the price up a bit.
- Pork loin chops - $2.88 per lb -- A little higher than the 2.49/lb average we're seeing this week. Not a huge difference, but still.
- Chicken legs - $2.99 per lb -- Hmm, not a great price... Pretty average actually. I'd rather see 2.49/lb on legs or lower... (foreshadowing)
- Eggs - $2.44 12-pack -- WOW! 20c an egg!
- Frozen fish (Sole, Salmon, and other varieties) - $9.88 700g to 1.1kg -- Always worth checking these out. If you like fish, but don't want the hassle of buying fresh all the time (it sucks to waste good fresh fish), these frozen fillets are a good option. Just pull out as many as you need the morning of, set them in the fridge, and they should be thawed out when you arrive home. Pat them dry, salt, pepper, spread a thin layer of mayo on each side, and bread or panko each side. Bake at 375F for 30min or so. Very tasty and easy meal.
- Meat department note - -- The flyer advertises some things for quite expensive. Chicken Breast for 7.50/lb. Tenderloin for $6/lb. $6 for a pack of Mere Michel bacon. And they all have that "AYOYE" tag slapped on them. Ya, ayoye, those prices hurt! Those are not deals! Lol
- Cauliflower - $2.49 per head -- Excellent! Nice to see so much cheap cauliflower around!!
- Radishes - $0.99 per bunch -- Nice! Very good price!
- Green beans - $0.99 per lb -- Awesome price for green beans!! Usually they're about $3/lb!
- Cucumber - $0.99 each -- Nice! More cheap cuce!
- Lettuce (romaine, red leaf, green leaf) - $1.99 per head -- Same deal as IGA. Nice selection of lettuce for a good price.
- Potatoes (red, yellow) - $1.99 3lb bag -- Not an amazing deal. It works out to 66c/lb. But, that's still better than paying for loose potatoes.
- Avocado - $4.99 6-unit bag -- Good price for cado considering the $3/unit price we see at some stores WINK WINK.
- Vidalia onions - $4.99 3lb bag -- See! This is what I was saying early in the Sobeys section. 2.50/lb versus $5 for 3lb, versus 60c/lb in a 10lb bag. Which is your choice?
- Shallots - $2.99 350g pack -- Not bad. Small discount of, like 50c to a $1 or so. Shallots don't fluctuate much in price I find.
- Cherries - $1.99 per lb -- WOW! Crazy low price for cherries
- Bartlett pears - $0.99 per lb -- Very nice! Awesome price!
- Peaches - $0.99 per lb -- Awesome price for peaches when most places in town are selling them for $2/lb.
- Pineapple - $2.99 per lb -- Good price for pineapple.
- Dry pasta (Selection) - $1.47 900g packs -- Excellent price for dry pasta. Stock-up pricing!
- Produce Price Rating: Generally low, but can creep into medium for some items. But, there's always something decent available!
T&T Supermarket https://www.tntsupermarket.com * Produce Price Rating: Usually very competitive, catering to Asian cuisine. Warning: their newest sales start on Fridays - so this is a late advertising of their sales.
Walmart - Chicken legs - $1.77 per lb -- Excellent price!!!
- Green peppers - $2.47 per lb -- OK price. It's not $2/lb, but also a far cry from some of the $4/lb+ pricing I've seen here and there. $2.50/lb is easy enough to absorb cost-wise, especially if they're big and nice. There's nothing like BBQ'ed peppers...
- Asparagus - $2.77 per lb -- Ok price for asparagus. We're seeing better in various places across town.
- Mini-cucumbers - $1.97 454g bag -- Earlier I mentioned looking for Lebanese cucumbers for under $2/lb. This is why. Mind how many are in these bags.
- Cherries - $2.84 per lb -- There are some better deals going around, but everyone has access to a Walmart, generally speaking. So, it's nice to see a really good price that everyone can access.
- Autulfo mango - $0.97 each -- Not bad. Seeing a lot of cases of mangoes that either match this or beat it by quite a margin.
- Kraft Dinner - $0.77 200g box -- Good price for KD. Loblaws and the like are playing a shell game of KD deals. $2 but get 1000 points. 20% off and down to $1. It's all a freakin' dollar, though. It's nice to see a straight-no-headgames deal.
- Corned beef (Hereford) and SPAM - $2.97 340g can -- Good deal! Usually these are $1-2 more. Sometimes you can find the Holiday luncheon meat for $2, like at Basics for example. But the corned beef usually doesn't sink below $3.
- Produce Price Rating: A little all over the place. Some really good prices between a lot of average pricing.
Costco (Note that these are the online/shipped prices - reduce each item by $3 for in-store pricing)
- Thanks to bercariviere for the pricecheck!!
- Paper Towel (Kirkland) - $23.49 12-roll pack -- 2-ply; 160 sheets
- Paper Towel (Bounty) - $27.99 12-roll pack -- 2-ply; 86 sheets
- Toilet Paper (Kirkland) - $21.49 30-roll pack -- 2-ply; 380 sheets
- Toilet Paper (Cashmere) - $24.99 40-roll pack -- 2-ply; 250 sheets (on sale)
- Dish soap (Dawn Platinum) - $13.99 2.66L -- Food Basics often has this jug for $10!
- Laundry detergent (Purex) - $21.99 9.24L -- 250 loads
- Garbage bags (30 gallon; large) - $14.99 100-pack -- Amazon has Glad standard 74L bags, 100-packs for $23, sometimes less if on sale
- Countertop green bin liners - $14.99 125-pack -- Amazon has Glad Compostable green bin liners 100-packs for $18, sometimes less if on sale
- Produce Price Rating: I need to do a proper check to be sure, but I find it's pretty average. There's an illusion of getting a good deal because of the bulk. Just be careful.
Jean Coutu (new sales start Fridays)
- Produce Price Rating: I have to start checking these just in case...
Shoppers Drug Mart (new sales start Fridays)
- Produce Price Rating: Sometimes they have cheap butter, eggs, and milk on weekends.
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2024.05.22 14:26 crimsontape This week's grocery review - Sales for May 23rd to May 29th - The list of good sales is a bit slimmer this week, but we still have some really good deals around. Lots of berries sales like last week, along with cherries! A lot of tomato and cucumber deals. Beef seems to be the main protein push, alo
(As always, flyers are out Wednesdays, most store sales for the new flyer start on Thursdays)
Adonis - Chicken breast (boneless skinless) - $4.99 per lb -- Nice! Good price!
- Royal Sea Bream - $6.88 per lb -- Very nice! This may be my week to try this fish!
- Cooked shrimp (Blue Tide, 61/71ct) - $4.99 340g bag -- Great price for a smaller shrimp for various dishes that need big honkin' ones.
- Red vine tomatoes - $0.99 per lb -- Awesome! Their last week's hothouse tomatoes were quite nice! Let's hope these are as good!
- Cherries - $3.99 per lb -- Awesome!!
- Blueberries - $1.99 full pint -- Awesome!!
- Brick cheese (Black Diamond) - $4.99 400g bar -- Nice! $5 brick cheese!
- Cheese counter - Baladi - $2.29 per 100g -- Baladi is soft, creamy, and tangy in flavor, similar to feta.
- Cheese counter - Bulgarian feta - $2.29 per 100g -- Smoother, creamier, more elastic texture than Greek Style Feta because it holds more moisture
- Cheese counter - Kashkaval - $2.29 per 100g -- Piquant, spicy and somewhat salty taste with a slight hint of olive oil, famously called the "Cheddar cheese of the Balkans".
- Deli - Italian ham or porchetta (Mastro) - $2.29 per 100g -- Ouu porchetta, hmm!
- Deli - MTL smoked turkey breast (Solmaz) - $1.99 per 100g -- Nice price!
- Deli - Beef bologna (Alzahraa) - $1.29 per 100g -- Good ol' cheap sandwich meat!
- Deli - Bastourma - $3.79 per 100g -- Unique stuff! Garlicky and piquant and spiced with industrial quantities of paprika and fenugreek
- Roasted pistachios (Cedar) - $7.99 454g bag -- Nice! That's a good size bag!
- Produce Price Rating: Medium, but always has well-priced chicken, the deli meat sale rotations are always fantastic, and just the overall variety of goods is refreshing. Personal favourite store.
Farm Boy - Asparagus - $2.99 per lb -- Fair price for asparagus, especially for a higher-priced outlet.
- Red vine tomatoes - $1.49 per lb -- Good price for tomatoes
- Cucumber - $0.99 each -- Excellent price for cucumber.
- Cheese Counter - Red Wax Gouda or Edam balls - $2.49 per 100g -- Hmm! Interesting! Good price for a nicer cheese.
- Deli - Capocollo (hot, Schneiders) - $1.99 per 100g -- Good price for decent deli!
- Produce Price Rating: High
Farmers Pick (can be a little late on their flyer) (
https://www.farmerspick.ca/flyer-specials)
Food Basics - Ground beef-pork mix (lean) - $2.88 per lb -- Ouu! Excellent price for protein! It is a blend, which is not always ideal, but the price is right and it's easy to get creative with beef-pork ground.
- Eggs (Selection) - $5.49 18-pack -- At 30c an egg, we're not setting any records, but it's better than 32-33c.
- Asparagus - $2.98 per lb -- Fair price for asparagus.
- Avocados - $0.98 each -- Sigh... What happened to cado prices... Seems like 6 months ago you can't go shopping without tripping over a $3-4 bag of them.
- Green beans - $2.98 340g bag -- A little high-priced for green beans. Like, it's fair, and you can sometimes score $2/lb deals, but you have to hunt for those deals.
- Carrots - $1.98 2lb bag -- $1/lb is not bad for carrots. It's tough to find lower.
- Vidalia onions - $3.98 3lb bag -- Ouu! Nice! That's 1.33/lb for vidalias!! Excellent price!
- Eggplant - $1.68 per lb -- Good price. Often more in the $2/lb range.
- Napa - $0.98 per lb -- Great price! Hard to find it for lower.
- Flat cabbage - $0.98 per lb -- Great price! Hard to find it for lower.
- Lobok - $0.98 per lb -- Great price! Hard to find it for lower.
- Cosmic Crisp apples - $0.98 per lb -- Ouuu that's a nice price for apples, and a really good variety to boot!
- Blueberries - $1.67 full pint -- WOW! Crazy price for a full pint!
- Cantaloupe - $1.98 each -- "Colossal"! I wonder if I can use cantaloupe for ginger beer ferment... Hmmm..
- Pineapple - $2.98 each -- Nice! Good price for a pineapple, about $1 off compared to regular at Basics.
- Cherries - $4.98 per lb -- Not quite Adonis $4/lb, but still good!
- Brick cheese (Black Diamond) - $4.88 400g bar -- Nice! $5 brick cheese!
- Honey (Casablanca) - $6.98 1kg jar -- Great price for honey! These jars are usually $2 more.
- Lots of bulk rice deals - $12.98 7-8kg bags -- Always keep a healthy supply of rice hand, just don't overpay for it!
- Luncheon meat (Holiday) - $1.98 340g can -- Good price for these cans! Important ingredient in a lot of SPAM-influenced Asian dishes.
- Produce Price Rating: Low to medium low
FoodLand - Ground beef (lean) - $3.99 per lb -- Scene Member Price. Great price for ground. We've seen lower, but this is hard to beat without waiting or grocery tripping across town.
- Asparagus - $2.99 per lb -- Fair price for asparagus. Everyone seems to have it on their flyers this week.
- Pineapple - $3.49 each -- Fair price. Any higher and it's not quite a sale. But ya, I wouldn't scoff at this price.
- Brick cheese (Compliments) - $4.47 400g bar -- Very nice!!! Excellent cheese price!
- Produce Price Rating: Medium-high to high.
Freshco (price matcher)
- Beef sirloin tip steak (AA) - $7.99 per lb -- Not bad. Not amazing, but fair for steak.
- Breakfast sausage - $5.00 450g -- No brand mentioned. The price is ok. It could be a quality thing. Some breakfast sausage can go as low as 3.75/lb.
- Peameal bacon (Lou's) - $2.99 per lb -- Great price for peameal! Usually floats past $4.50/lb.
- Cucumber - $0.88 each -- Excellent!
- Bok choy - $0.99 per lb -- Great price! Hard to find it for lower.
- Napa - $0.99 per lb -- Great price! Hard to find it for lower.
- Flat cabbage - $0.99 per lb -- Great price! Hard to find it for lower.
- Green onion - $0.99 per bunch -- Nice! Don't take $1 bunches for granted. It's often more $1.49 now.
- Ginger - $1.99 per lb -- Good rate on ginger.
- Cherries - $2.99 per lb -- WOW! That's a CRAZY price for cherries!
- Strawberries - $2.99 454g shell -- Not bad. Not great, but not bad.
- Butter (Gay Lea) - $4.99 454g bar -- Nice! Good price for butter.
- Jasmine rice (Golden Panda) - $15.98 8kg bag -- A little pricier than Basics' deal, but given it's jasmine-scented, it's not off-mark.
- Produce Price Rating: Low to medium low (more on the medium side)
Giant Tiger (*note the VIP prices; sales begin today) (price matcher)
- Bacon (Bob's) - $2.22 375g pack -- Limit of 4.
- Oranges - $2.88 per lb -- Great price for oranges!
- Cantaloupe - $2.88 each -- Good price.
- Cauliflower - $2.88 per head -- Great price! Hard to find a head for less than $4.
- Canned beef or ham (Mario's) - $2.97 340g can -- More spam and corned beef.
- Cream (Lactantia) - $1.48 473ml carton -- Great price for cream! And a nice size/format. Can be used for a nice alfredo-esque sauce.
- Produce Price Rating: Generally on the low side.
Green Fresh Supermarket (Vanier) (check
https://greenfreshottawa20.wixsite.com/greenfreshottawa) * Produce Price Rating: Usually very competitive, catering to Asian cuisine. Warning: their newest sales start on Fridays - so this is a late advertising of their sales.
IGA (price matcher)
- Ground beef (lean) - $3.99 per lb -- Great price for ground!
- Argentinian wild shrimp (Green Ocean, 20-30ct) - $12.99 680g bag -- Good price for bigger shrimp.
- Eggs (Compliments) - $2.49 12-pack -- Excellent price for eggs! This is what gets you in the store. But watch out, look through their flyer, and see their pricing. It's been tending past "medium" into "high" ranges, even to a point of upset. And they're mucking around with their price fonts to mess up how you see if it's per lb or a fixed weight.
- Red vine tomatoes - $0.99 per lb -- Excellent price!
- Radishes - $0.99 per bunch -- Scene Member Price. Reg 1.49. Great price!
- Strawberries - $1.77 454g shell -- Scene Member Price. Reg 2.99. Fantastic price! Try to get some if you can take advantage of that discount.
- Produce Price Rating: Medium to high.
Independent - Ground beef (medium) - $4.49 per lb -- Good price for ground beef.
- Whole chicken - $2.49 per lb -- Good price. We've seen better, but this is good.
- Broccoli - $2.49 per lb -- Actually decent per lb price for broc, especially if the stems are minimal. But, in the same way, watch, and don't pay for broc that's mostly stem.
- Watermelon (11lb avg) - $5.99 each -- Good price!
- Brick cheese (Black Diamond) - $4.88 400g bar -- Nice! $5 brick cheese!
- Produce Price Rating: fairly high with few exceptions
Loblaws - Ground beef (medium) - $4.49 per lb -- Good price for ground beef.
- Whole chicken - $2.49 per lb -- Great price!
- Beef strip - $7.00 250g -- Ohh really?! For 250g? Can't just say "$14/lb"? And then they advertise $8/lb eye of round right beside it? Like, get real....
- Broccoli - $2.49 per lb -- More of that per lb broc.
- Bok choy - $2.99 per lb -- WHAT?! Dude, that's 3x what other places charge!
- Strawberries - $1.99 454g shell -- Great price (and some redemption for that bok boy...)
- Brick cheese (Black Diamond) - $4.88 400g bar -- Nice! $5 brick cheese!
- Produce Price Rating: fairly high with few exceptions
Provigo - Beef inside round roast - $5.99 per lb -- Good price for beef round.
- Beef inside round steak - $6.99 per lb -- Silly to charge $1/lb more for just cutting the sale round into slices. Buy the round and cut them as thick as you want.
- Pork side rib - $2.99 per lb -- Good price for side rib.
- Whole duck - $3.99 per lb -- Standard price for duck.
- Asparagus - $2.99 per lb -- Fair price for asparagus. Seems to be the average this week.
- Strawberries - $1.99 454g shell -- Great price (and some redemption for that bok boy...)
- Brick cheese (Ptit Quebec) - $4.88 400g bar -- Nice! $5 brick cheese!
- Produce Price Rating: fairly high with few exceptions
Maxi (price matcher)
- Chicken breast (skinless, bone-in) - $3.45 per lb -- Great price for a nice cut of chicken.
- Asparagus - $2.44 per lb -- Good price, better than $3/lb averages we're seeing this week.
- Beeksteak tomatoes - $1.49 per lb -- Good price for tomatoes, but we're also seeing a few 99c/lb sales.
- Cucumber - $1.49 each -- Meh.
- Avocado - $1.99 each -- Woh woh woh, what happened here.
- Cherries - $2.44 per lb -- WOW! Awesome price!
- Prunes - $1.99 per lb -- Good price for prunes!
- White sugar (Lantic) - $1.99 2kg bag --
- Canned tomatoes (Unico) - $1.79 796ml can -- Not bad.
- Canned tomato soup (Aylmer) - $0.57 284ml can -- Excellent price for an easy meal. And, I've seen some people pull off some creative stuff with canned soup.
- Canned tuna (No Name) - $0.95 170g can -- Nice!
- Produce Price Rating: Generally medium low pricing! This store can post some impressive deals at times.
Metro - Chicken breast (skinless, boneless) - $4.88 per lb -- Great price for chicken breast.
- Beef inside blade steak - $5.99 per lb -- Blade steaks are made by cutting directly across the top blade muscle, which is actually pretty tender. The one negative is there's a seam of connective tissue running through the centre of it, which means that every section of steak has a piece of this tough strip of gristle right in the middle.
- Lamb shoulder chops - $4.99 per lb -- Loblaws stores have these going for $6/lb, which is not a great deal. But $5/lb, now we're talking.
- Lobster (cooked) - $10.99 each -- Not bad. You can sometimes score it for less, but this is essential right on target with averages.
- Store-made sausage - $4.44 per lb -- Really hard to beat! This is a fantastic deal for a good product that starts and ends in the back with the butcher.
- Salmon steaks, Haddock fillet, Fresh Ontario Lake Trout fillet - $9.99 per lb -- Lots of fish options with good and fair pricing!
- Mini-cucumber - $2.49 6-pack -- Not bad. Could be better, could be a lot worse lol.
- Zucchini - $0.88 per lb -- Excellent price!!!!
- Vidalia onions - $0.88 per lb -- Excellent price!!!!
- Potatoes (Russet) - $2.49 5lb bag -- Great price!
- Cherries - $3.99 per lb -- Fair rate on cherries this week.
- Brick cheese (Black Diamond) - $4.99 400g bar -- Nice! $5 brick cheese!
- Deli - MTL smoked beef - $2.99 per 100g -- Not super amazing as deli prices go, but ok. It's a good product, and the price is reflected in that.
- Deli - Cooked ham (Moisson) - $2.49 per 100g -- This kind of highlights the MTL smoked meat deal.
- Deli - Mortadella (San Daniele) - $2.69 per 100g -- Sigh... It's crazy that Adonis has this stuff for 1.99/100g or the Roma-brand for as low as 1.49/100g.
- Produce Price Rating: High. Kinda like Sobeys. You can see a 50% average mark-up compared to a lot of other stores. It's nice produce, but it costs you.
No Frills (price matcher)
- Pork back rib - $2.99 per lb -- Good price for pork rib.
- Salmon fillet - $9.77 per lb -- Good price for pink fish.
- English cucumber - $0.44 each -- Fantastic cucumber price!
- Mini-cucumber - $3.88 11-pack -- Good price for these packs, given 6-packs are about $2 at best.
- Asparagus - $2.88 per lb -- Going-rate this week.
- Avocado - $4.88 5-6 pack -- Not bad. Cado pricing is all over the place, but this should be worthwhile.
- Kale, collard greens - $1.33 per bunch -- Good price for fresh greens.
- Carrots - $3.88 5lb bag -- Nice! But it's a lot of carrot. Could be good for chopping, freezing, baby food, things like that.
- Potatoes - $4.99 10lb bag -- Good price for potatoes. 50c/lb is a great rate.
- Mushrooms - $3.88 454g shell -- Good price for mushrooms. Half-lb shells can go for 2.50 or more often enough.
- Green and red peppers - $3.88 4-pack -- So, fun store, I weighed the 4-packs at Basics, and they clock in at 1.5lbs. That might be a useful measure to remember when considering if these are good deals. So, this should float around 2.50/lb. Food Basics' last deal was for 2.98, which puts their deal in the $2/lb range.
- Salad kits (PC) - $1.88 340-397g kits -- Great price for an easy salad kit.
- Limes - $0.44 each -- Great price! Citrus prices are swinging a lot week-to-week, I find, no matter the store.
- Mango - $0.99 each -- A proper and fair price for a mango!
- White sugar (Lantic) - $1.99 2kg bag -- Great deal on a good pantry staple.
- Silk plant bev - $2.88 1.74-1.89L jug -- Great sale!
- Tofu (Rooster) - $1.68 454g block -- Really good deal! These can be between $2 and $2.50.
- Basmati rice (Quality) - $8.99 8lb bag -- A little high compared to the Basics deal for 8kg bags for $13, but it's basmati, which can command a higher price.
- Produce Price Rating: Generally quite low, selectively amazing for some items.
Produce Depot (usually a little late on the flyer)
https://producedepot.ca/ - Pepper steaks - $6.99 per lb -- Probably a standard cut, but pre-seasoned and ready for the pan or grill.
- Pork back rib - $4.49 per lb -- Unfortunately on the high side for pork rib. $3/lb is the target price.
- BC Snapper fillet - $8.99 per lb -- Great price for good fish!
- Hothouse tomatoes - $0.99 per lb -- Awesome price! I wonder if these are the same I got from the Adonis the other day. They were REALLY nice. Basically perfect.
- Cauliflower - $2.79 per lb -- Awesome deal on cauliflower!! Hard to find under $3.
- English cucumber - $0.59 each -- Fantastic cucumber price!
- Green peppers - $1.99 per lb -- Good going-rate on peppers. Fundamental ingredient to a lot of cooking, especially the good ol' Cajun Holy Trinity!
- Pineapple - $3.99 each -- A little up there for pineapple pricing, but these are advertised as "large", which may justify a little premium. I wouldn't pass one up if they're really nice.
- Deli - Mortadella (San Daniele) - $1.99 per 100g -- Ah, there's our $2/100g deal! This is lovely deli meat for a good price!
- Produce Price Rating: Medium-low with very competitive specials on a shortened flyer. The small flyer is nice because it doesn't uselessly feature $6 heads of cauliflower and extremely high-price items that are either a confusion on the consumer, or an insult on the injury of not being able to afford supreme quality items.
Real Canadian Superstore (price matcher)
- Chicken drumsticks or thighs (bone-in, with skin) - $2.44 per lb -- Fair deal. Not the best, but fair. Wouldn't shy from buying it if it was my only protein option, but I wouldn't stock up at this price.
- Mini-cucumber - $4.00 11-pack -- Fair price for these 11-packs.
- Corn - $0.79 each -- Far cry from the 40c range deals we saw last week.
- Beefsteak tomato - $1.49 per lb -- Good price for tomatoes. But, not really a fan of beefsteak. I find they can be grainy when they're not local.
- Potatoes (Imperfect) - $6.00 15lb bag -- Awesome price for potatoes! 40c/lb!
- Grapes (red or green) - $2.99 per lb -- Fair rate on grapes. $2/lb is a fantastic deal, and $4/lb is an average sale or regular price.
- Silk plant bev - $2.88 1.74-1.89L jug -- Great sale!
- Olive oil (Gallo) - $12.88 1L bottle -- That's a REALLY good price for olive oil. It ain't fancy stuff, but perfect for cooking. I reserve really good oil for salads.
- Basmati rice (Quality) - $8.99 8lb bag -- Same rice deal as No Frills.
- Tofu (Rooster) - $1.68 454g block -- Really good deal! These can be between $2 and $2.50.
- Produce Price Rating: Generally medium-low pricing, selectively amazing for some items.
Sobeys - Ground beef (lean) - $3.99 per lb -- Scene Member Price. 4.99 reg. Good rate on ground.
- Beef inside round roast or steaks - $5.99 per lb -- Good price for inside round! It's a very versatile cut. Keep as a whole roast, or go for the marinating steaks.
- Pork loin, roast, chops - $3.99 per lb -- Fair rate for pork loin, but not a door-crasher or anything. Just a good mentionable alternative.
- Atlantic salmon - $9.77 per lb -- Scene Member Price. 12.99 reg. Good sale rate price on salmon. Note, it's a 4 day sale.
- Bok choy - $0.99 per lb -- Awesome price for choy!
- Blueberries - $2.77 full pint -- Good price for a full pint. We're seeing some other good deals on blueberries this week. This one is a bit higher than the others, but still reall quite good!
- Mangoes - $5.99 case (6?) -- Scene Member Price. Hmm! Good price on mangos. I'm assuming by the photo that there are 6 in a case.
- Produce Price Rating: Generally a high price store, especially for produce. Some items are 50% more than more value-oriented stores. Kinda like Metro, some of the deals can be quite good.
Super C - Beef t-bone steak - $8.87 per lb -- WOW! That's a great deal on t-bone! This cut combines the meaty flavor of a strip steak with the signature tenderness of the filet mignon.
- Chicken drumsticks or thighs (bone-in, with skin) - $1.99 per lb -- Great chicken deal!
- Smoked ham toupie (Selection) - $7.99 675g -- Good deal for a simple ham that you can use for sandwiches, a breakfast side, for soups, lunches, and more. It's basically deli ham, but for $1.18/100g
- Argentinian shrimp (Marina Del Rey, 20-30ct) - $6.95 300g bag -- Good price on big shrimp!
- Italian sausage (Marcangelo) - $6.99 500-675g 4-pack -- Great sausage at a decent price. I made some of these over the weekend. From thawed, set them in a pan with about 1cm of water, and cover but leave a crack. Flip half way into the water boiling off. Then, once the water is about run dry, add in a chopped onions, and cover with the lid sealed to the pan - this should help the onion breakdown. Watch until the onion begins to disintegrate, and you should end up with a juicy sausage and savory onion sauce.
- Beefsteak tomato - $0.88 per lb -- Excellent deal!! Wow! It's beefsteak, but I don't care. That's a good price.
- Mini-cucumber - $0.88 6-pack -- Wow! Amazing deal! These are usually $2 or more!
- Sweet peppers - $2.99 4-pack -- Nice! Similar to the Basics deal last week. Should clock in close to $2/lb if the pack is 1.5lbs.
- Zucchini - $1.49 per lb -- Good rate on zuch. We've seen better, but this is fine. $1/lb is about as low as it goes, while $2.49/lb is a common upper limit.
- Eggplant - $1.49 per lb -- Great price! Underrated ingredient and centrepiece to a meal!
- Cherries - $2.44 per lb -- Another awesome deal on cherries!
- Blackberries - $1.63 170g shell -- Nice! Blackberries are tough to find under $2. So this is a win.
- Butter (Selection) - $4.88 454g bar -- Very nice! 11c under the 4.99 mark isn't much, but it's certain eye-catching.
- Canned tuna (Clover Leaf) - $0.97 170g can -- Nice! That's a good price for good tuna!
- Walnuts (Irresistibles) - $10.00 750g bag -- Very good price for walnuts!
- Almonds (Irresistibles) - $10.00 1kg bag -- Another great nut deal!
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- Produce Price Rating: Generally low, but can creep into medium for some items. But, there's always something decent available!
T&T Supermarket https://www.tntsupermarket.com * Produce Price Rating: Usually very competitive, catering to Asian cuisine. Warning: their newest sales start on Fridays - so this is a late advertising of their sales.
Walmart - Bacon (Smithfield) - $3.27 375g pack -- Good price for bacon!
- Sausage (breakfast, dinner, Maple Leaf) - $7.27 varied weight -- You'll want to measure the weights in-store. $4/lb is a good target, so if these are 2lb packs, then you're getting a good deal.
- Vine tomatoes - $0.74 per lb -- WOW! What a price!
- Salad greens - $3.97 454g bin -- These are the BIG bins. Normal bins are 142g and usually about $3-4. This is 3x that for the same price.
- Cucumber - $1.47 each -- Meh...
- Flat cabbage - $0.88 per lb -- Very nice! Good to see cheap cabbage!
- Daikon/Lobok - $0.88 per lb -- Ouu! Maybe a new pickling/fermentation project is in my future if I manage to hit a Walmart.
- Bok choy - $1.88 per lb -- Fair price. Not 99c/lb, but still ok. Definitely not the $3/lb earlier in the review...
- Ginger - $1.88 per lb -- Nice! Anything around and under $2/lb is a good price for ginger.
- Red Delicious apples - $0.64 per lb -- WOW! What a deal! Get these!
- Pineapple - $2.97 each -- Good and fair price for pineapple. $2/unit sometimes happens, but it's increasingly rare.
- Lemons - $0.67 each -- Let's math this out a bit. A typical 2lb bag has about 7 lemons in it. That lands us at 4.69 for a 7-unit bag of 67c lemons. So, really, if you need a lot of lemons, go find a $4 2lb bag. Otherwise, 67c/unit ain't bad if you can't see using that many.
- Mangoes - $8.88 5lb case (6 units?) -- Not as good as that Sobeys deal, but still decent considering you can pay up to $2 for a mango these days...
- TV ad funny - -- So, they got sales on Samsung TVs in the flyer. And in bold they advertise "small steps to sustainability", suggesting that these TVs help saving energy. But what's hilarious is that it's about 300kg of CO2 to produce a single TV. The average car produces about 200g of CO2 per km, meaning producing a TV is like driving 1500km (or more if you're driving a smaller vehicle). Just some food for thought. Makes me wonder why they would assert anything about sustainability...
- Produce Price Rating: A little all over the place. Some really good prices between a lot of average pricing.
Costco (Note that these are the online/shipped prices - reduce each item by $3 for in-store pricing)
- NOTE: NEED TO REVISE - --
- Paper Towel (Kirkland) - $27.99 12-roll pack -- 2-ply; 160 sheets
- Paper Towel (Bounty) - $27.49 12-roll pack -- 2-ply; 86 sheets
- Toilet Paper (Kirkland) - $25.99 30-roll pack -- 2-ply; 380 sheets
- Toilet Paper (Cashmere) - $24.99 40-roll pack -- 2-ply; 250 sheets (on sale)
- Dish soap (Dawn Platinum) - $18.99 2.66L -- Food Basics often has this jug for $10!
- Laundry detergent (Purex) - $24.99 9.24L -- 250 loads
- Garbage bags (30 gallon; large) - $15.99 100-pack -- Amazon has Glad standard 74L bags, 100-packs for $23, sometimes less if on sale
- Countertop green bin liners - $21.99 125-pack -- Amazon has Glad Compostable green bin liners 100-packs for $18, sometimes less if on sale
- Produce Price Rating: I need to do a proper check to be sure, but I find it's pretty average. There's an illusion of getting a good deal because of the bulk. Just be careful.
Jean Coutu (new sales start Fridays)
- Produce Price Rating: I have to start checking these just in case...
Shoppers Drug Mart (new sales start Fridays)
- Produce Price Rating: Sometimes they have cheap butter, eggs, and milk on weekends.
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2024.05.08 15:20 crimsontape This week's grocery review - Sales for May 9th to May 15th - A lot of greenhouse products and US imports filling up our produce section. Good prices on cucumbers, vine tomatoes, corn, blueberries, strawberries, and Vidalia onions! Plan your Mother's Day dinner! (Don't forget flowers!)
(As always, flyers are out Wednesdays, most store sales for the new flyer start on Thursdays)
Adonis - Chicken breast (boneless skinless) - $5.99 per lb -- Fair price for chicken breast and a common price at Adonis. Lower is definitely possible, where $4.50/lb is a "best target".
- Chicken legs - $2.49 per lb -- Fair price for chicken legs and a common price at Adonis. The stock-up price target is about $1.50/lb.
- Fresh Sea Bass (free cleaning) - $6.88 per lb -- Nice! Fresh fish!
- Red Sea Bream (free cleaning) - $9.99 per lb -- Ohh, more bream this week! Nice to see!
- Shrimp skewers - $0.99 each -- Ad is a little unclear, but if these are 99c a skewer, that ain't bad!
- Red vine tomatoes - $0.99 per lb -- Excellent price for tomatoes!
- Flat cabbage - $0.99 per lb -- Good price for cabbage.
- Cucumber - $0.99 each -- Great price for a cucumber, but watch out for other deals.
- Blueberries - $2.99 full pint -- Good price for a full pint.
- Boursin cheese - $4.99 150g pack -- Nice!
- Jarlsberg - $9.99 300g -- Decent. We've seen Jarlsberg go as low as $2/100g.
- Camembert (Le Rustique) - $9.99 250g -- Fair price if it's really good camembert. You can score deals on soft cheeses like this that can swing that price down to about $2.50/lb, but it's rarer and rarer these days.
- Brie, triple cream (l'Extra) - $9.99 300g -- Fair price for really good brie.
- Deli - Havarti (Casetelo) - $1.99 per 100g -- Great price for havarti. Tasty stuff in a nice sandwich!
- Deli - Beef bologna (Solmaz) - $1.49 per 100g -- Cheap deli!
- Deli - Chicken breast (Alzahraa) - $1.29 per 100g -- Cheap deli!
- Deli - Turkey breast (Schneiders) - $1.99 per 100g -- Great price for medium-brand deli.
- Deli - Prosciutto (San Daniele) - $2.79 per 100g -- Great price!
- Produce Price Rating: Medium, but always has well-priced chicken, the deli meat sale rotations are always fantastic, and just the overall variety of goods is refreshing. Personal favourite store.
Farm Boy - Atlantic Snow Crab - $7.99 per lb -- Fun seafood option. Definitely a treat, but might make for a nice dinner!
- Bacon (Leadbetter) - $3.99 375g pack -- Not the cheapest option in bacon, but it's a step up from value-brand bacon.
- Vidalia onions - $1.88 per lb -- Ouufff, that hurts my feelings. Vidalias are my favourite onion, but at nearly $2/lb when regular ones shouldn't go over 80c/lb, it's a tough one to swallow...
- Cucumber - $0.99 each -- Great price for a cucumber, but watch out for other deals.
- Deli - Black Forest Ham (Brandt) - $1.99 per 100g -- Good deal on good ham!
- Deli - Chicken breast roast (Maple Lodge) - $2.49 per 100g -- Good deal on nice deli.
- Produce Price Rating: High
Farmers Pick (can be a little late on their flyer) (
https://www.farmerspick.ca/flyer-specials)
Food Basics - Chicken breast (boneless skinless, Maple Lodge) - $4.98 per lb -- Good price for chicken breast!
- Bacon (Leadbetter) - $3.88 375g pack -- Like the Leadbetter's at Farmboy, it's step-up bacon, and it's a good sale price.
- Atlantic salmon - $10.88 per lb -- Fair price for salmon.
- Carrots - $1.25 2lb bag -- Awesome!
- Onions - $1.25 2lb bag -- Awesome!
- Broccoli - $1.25 per crown -- Great price!
- Mini cucumbers - $1.99 6-pack -- Nice! Good price!
- Apples (various) - $2.98 3lb bag -- Fair price for apples, but mind the type you buy. Some varieties bruise up easily and you could easily lose a few soldiers if not careful.
- Lemons - $2.98 2lb bag -- Fair price for lemons.
- Oranges - $1.88 3lb bag -- Great price for oranges!! That's 60c/lb!!
- Blueberries - $1.88 half pint -- Good price for blueberries. About 1.50-175 for a half-pint is good.
- Mango - $0.67 each -- Wow! Haven't seen a 67c mango in months!
- Cantaloupe - $2.98 each -- Good ol' $3 melon.
- Mini watermelon - $3.98 each -- Great price for a small watermelon!
- Corned beef (Hereford) - $2.98 340g can -- Not the most exciting ingredient, but it's good to have one or two cans in the pantry.
- SPAM - $2.98 340g can -- Same as the corned beef.
- Smoked ham (Selection) - $8.00 675g toupie -- That works out to just about 1.18/100g, which is a good rate on ham for sandwiches, or frying up for a meal.
- Tofu (Fountaine santé) - $5.00 For 2x 400g packs -- Good price for tofu. $2.50 for 400g is "nice average". If you're paying $2, it's a good deal. $3+ and you're either outside of town, or you're paying for a special brand or dessert tofu.
- Silk plant bev - $2.88 1.74-1.89L -- Excellent deal on the Silk stuff. This is commonly $4-5 per jug, Under $3 is a good deal.
- Produce Price Rating: Low to medium low
FoodLand - Pork chops (loin cut) - $2.99 per lb -- Fair price for decent cuts of pork. Given these are boneless, you're a meat gavel away from schnitzel.
- Chicken breast (boneless skinless) - $5.88 per lb -- Fair price for chicken breast. Lower is definitely possible, where $4.50/lb is the a "best target".
- Beef cross-rib roast (AAA) - $7.99 per lb -- Fair price for beef, but not my price-point. I prefer to see at least $6/lb before I start entertain these cuts and products. Though, I'm maybe a poor judge as I'm not really a fancy steak kinda guy. But, that's also how I save tons of cash. As the saying goes, the customer is always right in matters of taste!
- Atlantic salmon - $10.99 per lb -- Fair price for salmon.
- Brick cheese (Compliments) - $5.49 400g bar -- Not the best price for cheap brick cheese, but it's ok. It's at least 50c my standard go-to rate. But Foodland isn't an "in-town" brand, so the price scales higher as you move out of dense city areas.
- Luncheon meat (Holiday) - $1.99 340g can -- I think this is similar to SPAM, but I've never had it personally.
- Produce Price Rating: Medium-high to high.
Freshco (price matcher)
- Chicken breast (boneless skinless) - $10.00 4-pack -- Marge Simpson grunts, these products are deceiving. Throw these on the scale and make sure they're at least 2lb.
- Smoked sausages (Compliments) - $7.99 900g pack -- These come in a couple of different flavours, including "bacon cheddar". Works out to $4/lb, which ain't bad. I think these are pre-cooked as well. You can score good raw sausage for about the same price or just a bit more, but it'll be much tougher to find.
- Sweet peppers - $3.99 4-pack -- Fair price. Not the best, but not the worst either.
- Hothouse tomatoes - $0.99 per lb -- Excellent price for tomatoes!
- Corn - $2.00 for 5 ears -- Excellent! 40c an ear!!!
- Celery - $2.99 per head -- Ok price for celery. Lots of places charge $4 for nice big heads of celery...
- Bok choy, Napa, Flat Cabbage - $0.99 per lb -- Amazing price for choy and napa, fair for cabbage. The other day, I made a choy salad with a little light dressing. Super tasty.
- Green onions - $0.99 per bunch -- $1/bunch is basically the new normal when it comes to green onions.
- Ginger - $1.99 per lb -- Good price. You'll often find it more in the $3/lb range.
- Garlic - $1.29 5-pack -- Nice!
- Asian pears - $1.88 per lb -- Nice! Not bad for a fancier fruit. In season, you can score these easily under 1.50/lb
- Apples (Gala) - $1.49 per lb -- Not bad for a good apple, though it's still a bit high. 1.25/lb would be the better rate. But, short of sending your kids off to school with a head of bok choy in their lunch, I don't know what we're supposed to do here...
- Brick cheese (Armstrong) - $4.44 400g bar -- Nice! Sub-$5 brick cheese!
- Silk plant bev - $3.49 1.74-1.89L -- Nice little sale price. Down from about $5 this week.
- Carole's Japanese Cheesecake - $8.88 500g cake -- All I can think of is Charlie from It's Always Sunny, in the mail room freaking out about Pepe Silvia, and how there's no Carole in HR.
- Dr Oetkey pizzas (Ristorante) - $4.49 whatever -- Dude, what happened to these?! They used to be, like, $2-2.50 in 2020.
- Produce Price Rating: medium low (more on the medium side)
Giant Tiger (*note the VIP prices; sales begin today) (price matcher)
- Chicken breast (boneless skinless) - $6.97 500-818g -- Aaahhhh boyyyy! Freakin' lotteries again. Limit of 5. Assuming there's 650g in a pack, that'S 1.5lb for $7, which is about 4.66/lb, which is good. Find a scale and check the weights!
- Bacon (Olymel) - $3.88 375g pack -- Like the Leadbetter's at Farmboy, it's step-up bacon, and it's a good sale price.
- Breakfast sausage (Olymel) - $3.88 375g pack -- Not feeling bacon, you can swap out to sausages.
- Celery - $1.88 per head -- Great price, but careful, these are often smaller heads. Two of these is about the same as one big $4 head at Basics, for example.
- Iceberg lettuce - $1.88 per head -- Good price for lettuce!
- Green onions - $1.88 per bunch -- This may sound pricey, but I found the bunches have suffered some shrinkage. Last I went to GT, these were bigger bunches. Mind your step when it comes to green onions, I guess.
- Salad kit (Dole) - $1.97 340g bag -- Great price for a salad kit. These can range easily into the $4 range. In fact, Basics has them for $4 this week. So, consider these half-price salad kits.
- Mini cucumbers - $1.97 6-pack -- Nice, $2 is a good rate. We were seeing $4 6-packs some weeks (though, I doubt we've seen the end of those days...)
- Apples (Royal Gala) - $2.88 3lb bag -- Good rate on galas. On that $1/lb target.
- Lemons - $2.88 2lb bag -- Fair price for lemons.
- Clementines - $2.88 2lb bag -- GREAT price for clementines!
- Cream cheese (Lactantia) - $2.47 250g bar -- Great price! Can often range into $4 for the same bar.
- Dr Oetkey pizzas (Ristorante) - $4.97 whatever -- What the... How did it get worse from Freshco to GT....
- Produce Price Rating: Generally on the low side.
Green Fresh Supermarket (Vanier) (check
https://greenfreshottawa20.wixsite.com/greenfreshottawa) * Produce Price Rating: Usually very competitive, catering to Asian cuisine. Warning: their newest sales start on Fridays - so this is a late advertising of their sales.
IGA (price matcher)
- Lobster - $8.77 per lb -- Scene Member Price.
- Bacon (Mere Michel) - $3.99 375g pack -- More $4 mid-range-ish bacon going around.
- Greenouse tomatoes - $0.99 per lb -- Nice! Another great $1/lb tomato deal!
- Blackberries - $1.44 half pint -- Scene Member Price.
- Brick cheese (Armstrong) - $3.99 400g bar -- Awesome!
- Dr Oetkey pizzas (Ristorante) - $3.47 whatever -- Bon, criss! And even then it's still too pricey for show shitty these pizzas are. What's a walk-in special at a pizza place these days?
- Produce Price Rating: Medium
Independent - Beef brisket - $4.99 per lb -- Awesome price for beef brisket.
- Chicken breast or thighs (boneless skinless) - $4.99 per lb -- Good price. Go for the chicken and get out.
- Pork tenderloin - $3.49 per lb -- Fair price for tenderloin.
- Avocado - $2.49 each -- You know, you wanna give them the benefit of the doubt, but at 2.50 for an avocado, it better be big enough to kill a man, whether eaten or via bludgeoning.
- Blueberries - $2.77 full pint -- Awesome price!
- Brick cheese (Black Diamond) - $4.88 400g bar -- Sub-$5 cheese is always welcome.
- Produce Price Rating: fairly high with few exceptions
Loblaws - Pork tenderloin - $3.49 per lb -- Fair price for tenderloin.
- Asparagus - $2.99 per lb -- Not bad for asparagus. We've seen better, but it's also not $4/lb we can commonly see.
- Salad Kits (PC) - $11.00 for 2 300g-ish -- We had mentioned earlier that GT has Dole-branded kits, same size, for $2. At $2, Dole could spit in my salad, and I still wouldn't look at these PC kits.
- Bok choy - $2.99 per lb -- Freshco has theirs for 99c/lb.
- Strawberries - $1.99 454g shell -- Awesome price for strawberries! Let's hope the quality is there. Sometimes cheap is cheap for a reason.
- Brick cheese (Black Diamond) - $4.88 400g bar -- Sub-$5 cheese is always welcome.
- Produce Price Rating: fairly high with few exceptions
Provigo - Atlantic Lobster (live) - $7.99 per lb -- Good price on lobster.
- Beef striploin steak - $7.88 per lb -- Good price on steak, but no indication of the grade.
- Chicken legs - $2.49 per lb -- Faiaverage price for chicken legs. Same as Adonis.
- Strawberries - $2.44 454g shell -- Not as good as the 1.99 deal, but still quite good.
- Brick cheese (Ptit Quebec) - $4.88 400g bar -- Sub-$5 cheese is always welcome. Took some digging, but I found out that it's the same owners as those of Cracker Barrel, hence the easy-same-price swap between Provigo and Loblaws.
- Produce Price Rating: fairly high with few exceptions
Maxi (price matcher)
- Whole chicken - $1.99 per lb -- Awesome price for chicken! Learn to carve up a chicken. There's real savings there!
- Pork chops - $2.88 per lb -- Fair price for pork chops.
- Atlantic Salmon - $8.99 per lb -- Good price for salmon, under that $10/lb target.
- Small potatoes (Yellow, Russet) - $0.94 3lb bag -- Wow! 31c/lb! That's really good!
- Celery - $2.49 per head -- Good price for celery. Let's hope the heads are big and nice, and not "size-scaled according to price".
- Beefsteak tomatoes - $1.49 per lb -- Good price for tomatoes, but we're seeing some $1/lb sales. But if the quality is there, don't hesitate.
- Sweet peppers (green and red) - $3.99 4-pack -- Fair going price for peppers.
- Blueberries - $1.87 full pint -- WOW! Insanely good price for blueberries.
- Apples (Imperfect) - $6.00 6lb bag -- But is it 6lb?! Weigh the bag on a scale and check. Too much funny business in the fixed-weight products lately.
- Brick cheese (Ptit Quebec) - $4.87 400g bar -- Sub-$5 cheese is always welcome. Took some digging, but I found out that it's the same owners as those of Cracker Barrel, hence the easy-same-price swap between Provigo and Loblaws.
- Flour (Five Roses, Robinhood) - $13.99 10kg bag -- Hmm, these bags have seen a small increase from $11-12...
- Dry pasta (Primo) - $1.33 750g packs -- Great price! Stock-up a little!
- Produce Price Rating: Generally medium low pricing! This store can post some impressive deals at times.
Metro - Beef prime rib roast and steaks (AA) - $8.99 per lb -- I want to like this sale. It's prime rib, which is a nice cut, but I wish it was AAA grade. Best go in with options in mind, and make your decision when you see the meat. Give it a poke, check the fat lines, make sure it's going to be nice and tender.
- Pork loin chops or roast - $2.99 per lb -- If the beef doesn't look good, you've got a pork parachute.
- Chicken breast and thighs (boneless skinless, Prime) - $5.99 per lb -- Not the best price, but definitely a little lower than regular.
- Strawberries - $1.99 454g shell -- Awesome price for strawberries! Again, always mind the quality at these prices.
- Burrata - $20.00 2x 250g balls -- This cheese is stupendous. It's a treat and priced accordingly, but worth trying. Think of super-fresh mozz balls or fior de latte, but with a mozz-cottage-cheese thing going on inside.
- Dr Oetkey pizzas (Ristorante) - $3.49 whatever -- How is it that we go from $5 for these, to $3.50... That's such a huge swing...
- Produce Price Rating: High. Kinda like Sobeys. You can see a 50% average mark-up compared to a lot of other stores. It's nice produce, but it costs you.
No Frills (price matcher)
- Chicken drumsticks - $1.87 per lb -- Good enough price for chicken drumsticks. I'd rather see legs at this price, but this is fair.
- Smoked sausages (No Name) - $6.99 900g pack -- Goodness these look a LOT like the Compliments bag at Freshco lol...
- Peameal bacon - $2.88 per lb -- Interesting. Sometimes it's hard to find peameal for less than $4. Meanwhile, I've never bought the stuff, and I don't think I've seen many put it in their cart. I don't get it lol.
- Atlantic Salmon - $9.77 per lb -- On that $10/lb target.
- Corn - $0.33 per ear -- Great price for ears of corn!!
- Potatoes (Red, Yellow, Russet) - $4.99 10lb bag -- Fair sale price for potatoes. Regular prices can float easily over $7 now...
- Blueberries - $1.99 full pint -- Another fantastic blueberry sale!
- Pears (Bartlett) - $0.88 per lb -- Awesome price for pears!!!
- Milk (Neilson) - $4.88 4L bagged -- Great sale price on milk considering it's about $6-7 at the very least.
- Canned tuna (Ocean's) - $0.99 170g -- There's some funny business in the flyer this week. There's, like, 3 different cans of tuna. This one for 99c, a Clover Leaf for 2.99, and another Ocean's for 2.99.
- Produce Price Rating: Generally quite low, selectively amazing for some items.
Produce Depot (usually a little late on the flyer)
https://producedepot.ca/ - Ground beef (medium) - $4.99 per lb -- Not bad. Not a stock-up price, but this would be good burger material.
- Beef top sirloin steak - $7.99 per lb -- No grade mentioned, so mind your step. But if the quality looks good, it'd make a great treat!
- Cod fillet (fresh) - $11.99 per lb -- Fair price for fresh cod.
- Cucumber - $0.49 each -- WOW WOW! That's a DEAL! Meanwhile, Loblaws and affiliates can't sell us a cucumber for less than $1 on average, or 2.49 for a fancy organic one...
- Flat cabbage - $0.99 per lb -- Nice! Great to see cheap cabbage. I think we're going to see a resurgence of hardier, self-stable veg like this becoming popular.
- Sweet peppers - $1.99 per lb -- Great price for peppers. It's hard to find off-season peppers for less than $3/lb.
- Oranges - $1.29 per lb -- Not amazing, but still pretty good. $1/lb is really the better target. But, a couple of oranges won't risk the coop.
- Strawberries - $1.69 454g shell -- WOW! Produce Depot coming around to prove a point! These won't last, so plan your trip if you want these!
- Cheese counter - Fontina (Castello) - $2.79 per 100g -- Nice cheese for a good price. It's not cheap per se, but it's on point with prices for artisanal cheese.
- Deli - Pastrami - $2.39 per 100g -- Great price for nice deli meat!!!
- Produce Price Rating: Medium-low with very competitive specials on a shortened flyer. The small flyer is nice because it doesn't uselessly feature $6 heads of cauliflower and extremely high-price items that are either a confusion on the consumer, or an insult on the injury of not being able to afford supreme quality items.
Real Canadian Superstore (price matcher)
- Beef sirloin tip roast or steaks - $4.99 per lb -- Great price! I wonder about the grade, and I think I'd sooner do the roast because I know could get a tender bite out of the cooking method, versus fighting a tough steak that'll never rest into anything tender.
- Chicken breast (bone-in, skinless) - $3.99 per lb -- Good price for chicken breast, and bone-in is not bad. Boneless chicken loses out on a lot of flavour and moisture from the bone. And, there's so little bone along the breast that you don't really face the issue of undercooking it like you would with a leg (which requires higher temps or longer cooks, which can dry out if left too long in the oven or on the grill).
- Smoked sausages (No Name) - $9.99 900g pack -- From No Frills to RCSS, it'll cost you $3 to be in the store to get the same sausages...
- Asparagus - $2.99 per lb -- Good price for asparagus. When the crop-outs come through, we can see this dip to $2/lb, but out of that you can see as high as $4/lb.
- Mini cucumbers - $4.00 11-pack -- Well, considering we're seeing so many 6-packs go for $2, you've lose a cucumber with this 11-pack.
- Sweet peppers - $3.50 4-pack -- Great deal on a 4-pack.
- Vidalia onions - $5.99 3lb bag -- Sigh... $2/lb onions... Good onions, but damn...
- Potatoes (Imperfect) - $6.00 15lb bag -- Excellent! Great potato deal here, don't skip these! Pro tip: prep/cook whole potatoes in advance. Steam or pressure cook them, and keep them in the fridge. They slice real easy, and they fry/sauté really easily. Great for breakfasts, and a great alternative to bread.
- Grape tomatoes - $6.00 907g shell -- Great price for grape tomatoes. Freeze the ones that you don't use, and use them for stocks or to throw into soup to stew a bit before serving.
- Strawberries - $3.98 2lb shell -- Great deal. $2/lb, basically. That aligns with other great sales we see on strawberries.
- Pineapple - $3.00 each -- Good price for pineapple. $2 is the better target.
- Cantaloupe - $3.00 each -- Easy to find cantaloupe for $3, $2 occurs here and there. For the amount of melon you get, I don't think it's worth chasing that $1.
- Honeydew and Mini Watermelon - $4.99 each -- Meh prices for these melons. Not terrible, but not the greatest.
- Brick cheese (No Name) - $4.99 400g bar -- $5 brick cheese!
- Deli - Ziggy's Beef deli - $2.50 per 100g -- A consistent returning item and price for decent deli meat.
- Canned tomatoes (PC Blue Menu) - $1.59 796ml can -- Good price for canned tomatoes. Sometimes you can score canned tomatoes for as low as 1.25, 1.50 is still a very good price. $2 is not that great. 1.25 is the real stock-up price.
- Flour (Robinhood, Five Roses) - $11.99 10kg bag -- More and more I stand by having a 10kg bag in the pantry along with a jar of quick rise yeast. Making your own bread is not difficult. It's a fantastic skill to have. And after a dozen loaves, you'll get the hang of it.
- Produce Price Rating: Generally medium-low pricing, selectively amazing for some items.
Sobeys - Chicken breast or thighs (boneless skinless, Compliments) - $5.88 per lb -- Upper-end fair going-rate for chicken breast. It's regular Adonis pricing, and more expensive than some of the better sales we see floating around.
- Chicken breast or thighs (boneless skinless, no antibiotics, Compliments) - $6.99 per lb -- Interesting to see the no-antibiotics version be $1/lb more. I wonder how that scales across all stores and brands... Seems to me $1/lb extra isn't bad.
- Pork tenderloin - $2.99 per lb -- Scene Member Price.
- Pork back rib - $2.99 per lb -- Scene Member Price.
- Beef brisket - $5.99 per lb -- $6/lb for AA grade ain't bad. Independent has the better deal on brisket, but choices must be made.
- Beef eye of round - $6.99 per lb -- It's a big cut of beef, but if you know how to spot and cut around the grain, you could get beef cubes, strips and marinating steaks out of this very easily.
- Scallops - $21.99 per lb -- Now, I usually don't recommend scallops, but I saw some scallop prices range of $28-32/lb. Farm Boy is just charging $3 for 2 scallops. LOL. And then you can score 300g frozen for $10 at Super C. Or get Metro bay scallops for $10/lb. No wonder I always go cross-eyed with scallop pricing.
- Cucumbers - $0.99 each -- Great price. Not the 50c sales we're seeing come up, but certainly better than some historical pricing we've seen.
- Red vine tomatoes - $0.99 per lb -- Awesome price for tomatoes!
- Brick cheese (Compliments) - $4.99 400g -- Good ol' $5 brick cheese!
- Cooked and frozen pork ribs (Compliments) - $13.99 680g pack -- I bring this up not because it's a valid suggestion. I bring this up because the same 1.5lbs of pork rib can cost you as low as $4.50 at the same store with the Scene pricing. You could get 4.5lb of rib. That's at least 2 big racks, which easily feeds 6 people with sides. Take that in. It is non-trivial! Manufactured/prepared products like this suck us dry.
- Dr Oetkey pizzas (Giuseppe) - $4.94 whatever -- Here we go again...
- Produce Price Rating: Generally a high price store, especially for produce. Some items are 50% more than more value-oriented stores. Kinda like Metro, some of the deals can be quite good.
Super C - Chicken legs - $1.29 per lb -- WOW! Stock up! Fire up the BBQ! Marinate those legs over morning in some lemon juice, a little wine, rosemary, garlic, salt, pepper. Makes a great dinner main!
- Ground pork (extra lean) - $2.49 per lb -- WOW! Excellent price for ground pork!
- Tomahawk beef steak - $13.75 per lb -- Now, I'm not one to often suggest steaks like, this, but this is actually a tremendous cut. It might make a nice main for a special dinner!
- Bacon (Mere Michel) - $3.77 375g pack -- Good price for decent bacon. Lots of these sales going around.
- Asparagus - $2.77 per lb -- Great price for asparagus!
- Red vine tomatoes - $0.84 per lb -- WOW! Cheapest in town!
- Cucumbers - $0.99 each -- Nice! Let's hope these cucumber sales keep lowering!!
- Sweet potatoes - $0.99 per lb -- Great price! We're often seeing loose sweet potatoes range into the $1.30+/lb range.
- Blueberries - $0.99 half-pint -- Great price for blueberries!
- Lemons and limes - $0.99 for 3 -- Wow! Awesome price for citrus!
- Cantaloupe - $1.84 each -- Awesome! There's that $2 cantaloupe I was hoping to see!
- Oka cheese (and others!) - $4.75 170g pack -- Fantastic sale!!! Includes Monsier Gustav St-Paulin, Agropur Grand Cheddar, Notre-Dame brie, l'Extra Camembert. That's a lot of nice cheese at a nice price!
- Cheese Sale - $18 for 3 - varies -- Super cheese deal! Lots of varieties avialable, and you can score a lot of different products for basically $6 each.
- Earth's Own plant bev - $7.00 for 2x 1.75-1.89 --
- Dr Oetkey pizzas (Ristorante) - $3.47 whatever -- I think we can agree that these should be about 3.50 these days. Not $5...
- Produce Price Rating: Generally low, but can creep into medium for some items. But, there's always something decent available!
T&T Supermarket https://www.tntsupermarket.com * Produce Price Rating: Usually very competitive, catering to Asian cuisine. Warning: their newest sales start on Fridays - so this is a late advertising of their sales.
Walmart - Whole chicken - $1.94 per lb -- Nice! I love $2/lb chicken! It puts us more on par with those loss-leader cooked chickens.
- Bacon (Great Value) - $2.94 375g pack -- Another bacon sale!
- Dinner sausage (Your Fresh Market) - $4.97 500g 4-pack -- Good price for raw sausage, but it's also close to the fresh-made price you can find at some stores ($6/lb). Note: precooked sausages and wieners are not something we should eat too often. They're packed with extra salts and fats, especially nitrites, which are used as a preservative, and it keeps meat pink. It's found in basically any processed meat you find on the shelf. In small quantities, it's fine, but North America is big on consuming these sorts of products, and some reports suggest 1/2 a hotdog a day, along with the bun and condiments, is linked to a 20% hike in rates of intestinal cancers. Raw fresh-made sausage often do not have nitrites. Just some food for thought and a reminder to check the ingredients listed on the package.
- Vine tomatoes - $1.94 per lb -- Not that great considering the sub-$1/lb sales we've seen.
- Green peppers - $1.94 per lb -- Fair and good rate on green peppers.
- Zucchini - $1.94 per lb -- A little high, but on par with other stores this week.
- Eggplant - $1.94 per lb -- A little high, but on par with other stores this week.
- Green onion - $0.94 for 2 -- Ouuu that's good for green onion. I was just saying $1 was the going-rate. This is half that! Excellent deal!
- Cilantro bunch - $0.94 for 2 -- Oh wow, that's really good for fresh cilantro. Bunches can be 99c, 1.50, or even $2.
- Mango (Red or Ataulfo) - $0.94 for 2 -- Awesome price for mango! There's an opportunity here for a mango salsa!!!
- Brick cheese (Armstrong) - $4.94 400g bar -- Good ol' $5 brick!
- Frozen veg (Great Value) - $2.47 500-750g -- More of a reminder to look out for this sort of pricing on frozen veg. Bags of corn, peas, string beans, these can all be had for about this price. And, they're perfect nutritious, if not more than "fresh" on a shelf as it's frozen after being picked when ready, instead of picked early and thrown onto a truck for a thousand kms.
- Olive oil (Sapurito) - $11.94 1L bottle -- Wow! $3 off the average doesn't sound like a lot, but 20% is 20%. It's kind of like "buy 4 and get 1 free".
- Butter (Gay Lea) - $4.94 454g bar -- $5 butter. Still expensive as all heck, but it's not $7-8.
- Produce Price Rating: A little all over the place. Some really good prices between a lot of average pricing.
Costco (Note that these are the online/shipped prices - reduce each item by $3 for in-store pricing)
- NOTE: NEED TO REVISE - --
- Paper Towel (Kirkland) - $27.99 12-roll pack -- 2-ply; 160 sheets
- Paper Towel (Bounty) - $27.49 12-roll pack -- 2-ply; 86 sheets
- Toilet Paper (Kirkland) - $25.99 30-roll pack -- 2-ply; 380 sheets
- Toilet Paper (Cashmere) - $24.99 40-roll pack -- 2-ply; 250 sheets (on sale)
- Dish soap (Dawn Platinum) - $18.99 2.66L -- Food Basics often has this jug for $10!
- Laundry detergent (Purex) - $24.99 9.24L -- 250 loads
- Garbage bags (30 gallon; large) - $15.99 100-pack -- Amazon has Glad standard 74L bags, 100-packs for $23, sometimes less if on sale
- Countertop green bin liners - $21.99 125-pack -- Amazon has Glad Compostable green bin liners 100-packs for $18, sometimes less if on sale
- Produce Price Rating: I need to do a proper check to be sure, but I find it's pretty average. There's an illusion of getting a good deal because of the bulk. Just be careful.
Jean Coutu (new sales start Fridays)
- Produce Price Rating: I have to start checking these just in case...
Shoppers Drug Mart (new sales start Fridays)
- Produce Price Rating: Sometimes they have cheap butter, eggs, and milk on weekends.
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2024.05.01 14:55 crimsontape This week's grocery review - Sales for May 2nd to May 8th - Shorter list this week, but still lots of great deals around. Super C and Walmart did really well with some of their sales. Cinco de Mayo is around the corner, but not a lot of relief for essential ingredients.
(As always, flyers are out Wednesdays, most store sales for the new flyer start on Thursdays)
Adonis - Chicken drumsticks - $1.99 per lb -- Nice! Good price for drumsticks. Basis of many tasty meals!
- Ground beef (lean, halal) - $4.99 per lb -- Fair price for ground. Not a crazy-low price, but fair.
- Royal Sea Bream (free cleaning) - $7.99 per lb -- Nice! This is still around! I gotta get around to buying one of these!
- Walleye (free cleaning) - $4.99 per lb -- Oh cool! Walleye! That's not common to see ads or flyers.
- Tiger shrimp (thawed, 31/40) - $9.99 per lb -- Pricey, but good shrimp.
- Shrimp (frozen raw, peeled, Blue Tide, 31/40) - $6.99 340g bag -- Really, it's maybe a $1-2 premium for the raw tiger shrimp.
- Cod fillet - $8.99 per lb -- Nice, fair price for Cod.
- Alaskan pollock fillet - $4.99 per lb -- Good price for pollock. Might be nice to sear and quickly bake, serve with a nice chimichuri…
- Basa steak (Blue Tide) - $6.99 1kg pack -- Interesting. That's basically 3.20/lb for fish… Hmm…
- Cucumber - $0.88 each -- Excellent! Cheap cucumber!!!
- Corn - $2.99 for 5 ears -- Fair price for corn. 60c an ear.
- Vine tomatoes - $0.88 per lb -- Excellent price for tomato! Might be still out-of-season quality. Mind your step.
- Astro yugurt multipack - $4.49 12x100g pack -- Good price quick lunch addition.
- Brick cheese (Armstrong) - $4.99 400g bar -- Good to see $5 bricks.
- Macedonian feta (Doric) - $34.99 3kg tub -- Info: Macedonian-style is smooth, spreadable. Great value per 100g, but it's the "open your own sandwich shop" size.
- Greek feta (Krinos) - $23.99 1kg tub -- Fair rate for feta. I wonder how this brand sizes up against others.
- Rondelé cheesespread (Président) - $3.49 125g tub -- Nice! I freakin' love this stuff.
- Brie and Camembert (Alexis de Portneuf) - $3.99 125g wheel -- Fair price for nice cheese.
- Deli - Bastourma - $3.79 per 100g -- Oh! I tried this stuff! Amazing. Maybe not for everyone, but I had a lot of fun adding it to a meat/cheese board.
- Deli - Beef salami (Solmaz) - $1.79 per 100g -- Always…
- Deli - Chicken bologna (Alzahraa) - $1.29 per 100g -- Cheap deli…
- Deli - Mortadella (Marcangelo) - $1.99 per 100g -- Ath the Adonis…
- Beef bologna (Alzahraa) - $5.29 400g chub -- Great value! Slice this with $5 brick cheese and you're a cracker away from a very cost-effective lunchable.
- Lebanese green or black olives - $0.99 per 100g -- Nice! I really have to do a massive sitdown with a bunch of Adonis counter goods…
- Kalamata unpitted - $1.99 per 100g -- Kalamata are my favourite olive!
- Olive oil (Gallo) - $13.88 1L bottle -- Fair sale on olive oil. Hard to find these 1L bottles for less.
- Produce Price Rating: Medium, but always has well-priced chicken, the deli meat sale rotations are always fantastic, and just the overall variety of goods is refreshing. Personal favourite store.
Farm Boy - Whole chicken (fresh, Grade A)) - $2.99 per lb -- Fair price for whole chicken, but $2/lb is the better target.
- Pork tenderloin - $3.99 per lb -- Fair rate on tenderloin, but not a sale/savings range. I prefer aiming for "basic loin" that you can find for as low as $2/lb.
- Basa fillet (frozen, Green Ocean) - $4.99 907g pack -- WOW! Great deal! That's 2.50/lb for a nice, light tasting white fish.
- Sweet peppers - $3.99 4-pack -- Great deal!
- Mini cucumbers - $3.99 2lb pack -- Fair price for minis. You're probably looking at 8 units or so… But don't quote me. Check it for yourself. But, still, $2/lb is a fair rate on mini cuce.
- Napa and choy (various) - $2.98 per pack -- Bit ambiguous for the weight and size of the packs, but this is worthy checking out. $1/lb is a good rate. Never shy from the scales!
- Clemetines - $3.88 2lb bag -- Nice! Fair sale-ish rate.
- Honeydew melon - $2.99 each -- Nice!
- Deli - MTL-style or oven roasted turkey (Hayter's) - $2.99 per 100g -- Haha Hayters gonna Hayte… LOL…. Goodness, it's too early… Fair price for high quality deli product.
- Bagels (6-pack, various) - $4.99 buy 1 get 1 free -- Great deal for good bagels! However, the real question is: how many bagels does it take to get through 3kg of Macedonian feta LOL…
- Produce Price Rating: High
Farmers Pick (can be a little late on their flyer) (
https://www.farmerspick.ca/flyer-specials)
Food Basics - Chicken leg quarters - $1.78 per lb -- Excellent price for chicken!
- Bacon (Selection) - $2.98 375g pack -- Good price for bacon. Limit of 3. Which is fine, because we shouldn't be eating that much bacon anyway!
- Brussel sprouts (bulk) - $2.98 per lb -- Fair sale-rate. Not amazing, can be as low as $2/lb.
- Cucumber - $0.88 each -- Excellent! Cheap cucumber!!!
- Vine tomatoes - $0.88 per lb -- Excellent price for tomato! Might be still out-of-season quality. Mind your step.
- Þotatoes - $1.68 5lb bag -- YES! Cheap taters!
- Cantaloupe - $1.88 each -- Very nice!!!
- Blueberries - $1.88 170g shell -- Good sale-ish price.
- Canned tomatoes (Selection) - $1.77 796ml -- This is actually the regular price. But, I find you have to throw in half a can of tomato paste to boost the oomph you get from pricier brands.
- Bread, bagels, buns (Dempsters, Villagio) - $7.99 for 3 -- Check the flyer for exact details.
- Rice (a few brands) - $8.98 10lb bags -- Lots of brands for 10lb bags of rice at a great price!
- Produce Price Rating: Low to medium low
FoodLand - Beef inside round roast (AAA) - $5.99 per lb -- Awesome rate on Canadian AAA beef! I wouldn't pass this up.
- Ground beef (lean) - $4.99 per lb -- Fair price for ground. Not a crazy-low price, but fair.
- Cucumber - $0.99 each -- Scene Member Price. $2 otherwise.
- Brick cheese (Armstrong) - $4.77 400g bar -- Good to see $5 bricks.
- Canned tomatoes (Compliments) - $5.00 for 4x 796ml -- Awesome deal on canned tomatoes. Who cares if they're basic quality. This is stock-up pricing!
- Produce Price Rating: Medium-high to high.
Freshco (price matcher)
- Pork back rib - $2.99 per lb -- Great sale price for pork rib!
- Ground chicken (lean) - $2.99 per lb -- Awesome price for a great alternative to ground beef or pork.
- Sausages (Johnsonville) - $3.99 500g pack -- Sale includes other items, but the 500g packs are the real deal here.
- Lamb leg (frozen) - $6.88 per lb -- Good sale on lamb. Sometimes you can score it for $5/lb, but it's not common.
- Flat cabbage, napa, and choy - $0.99 per lb -- Great sale-rate on some great veg!
- Ginger - $1.99 per lb -- Good sale for ginger. More often in the $3/lb range.
- Strawberries - $2.44 454g shell -- Nice sale!
- Eight Treasures products sale - see flyer -- Make sure to check the flyer for these items. Sesame oil, rice, noodles, coconut milk are on at really good rates. About 25% off across a lot of essential items.
- Dry pasta (Lancia) - $1.88 750g packs -- Fair deal on pasta. Sometimes you can find 2lb packs for $1.50-ish.
- Corned beef (Hereford) - $2.99 340g can -- Great sale on a pantry essential. I like to use this for sandwiches, cut nice slabs, and fry them hot and fast in a pan with a lot of cracked black pepper, topped with cheddar and thyme.
- Cashews (Dan-D) - $5.98 454g tub -- A fellow follower once commented these were "meh" quality. Not great for snacking, but perhaps totally fine for a stirfry.
- Sourdough bread (Rudolph's) - $2.79 500g loaf -- Nice price for nice bread.
- Produce Price Rating: Low to medium low (more on the medium side)
Giant Tiger (*note the VIP prices; sales begin today) (price matcher)
- Shrimp (frozen, Aqua Star, 31/40) - $5.97 340g bag -- Good sale. It's not ground-breaking, sometimes you can get better. But this is good nonetheless.
- Cucumber - $0.63 each -- WOW! This price brings me joy.
- White mushrooms - $2.88 1lb shell -- Awesome rate for mushrooms! It's often $4-5 for 1lb.
- Grape tomatoes - $1.88 pint -- Fair sale-rate for grape tomatoes. Just check the weight at the scale. It should float around 340g.
- Potatoes (russets) - $1.88 5lb bag -- Very nice! Seeing some downward pressure on potatoes maybe?
- Fresh greens (spinach, spring mix) - $2.47 142g shell -- Nice. Fair price for fresh greens.
- Brick cheese (Black Diamond) - $4.87 400g bar -- Nice. Always good to find $5 brick cheese.
- Tomato paste (Primo) - $0.87 156ml can -- Great price!
- Dry pasta (Primo) - $3.00 for 2x 900g packs -- Haha, hey, there's our $1.50 2lb pack I mentioned in the Freshco list!
- Produce Price Rating: Generally on the low side.
Green Fresh Supermarket (Vanier) (check
https://greenfreshottawa20.wixsite.com/greenfreshottawa) * Produce Price Rating: Usually very competitive, catering to Asian cuisine. Warning: their newest sales start on Fridays - so this is a late advertising of their sales.
IGA (price matcher)
- Ground pork (lean) - $1.99 per lb -- WOW! Scene Member Price. Regular $3/lb. But, still. WOW!
- Ground veal (lean) - $3.77 per lb -- WOW again! This is a great price!
- Steak (bifteck français) - $4.99 per lb -- Fantastic rate for basic cuts of steak.
- Sausage (Marcangelo) - $7.99 500-675g 4-packs -- Ad shows the Rapini Parmigiano variety, which is tasty as heck.
- Eggs - $2.49 12-pack -- Awesome deal for eggs!
- Sweet peppers - $2.88 4-pack -- Very nice price for peppers! I found at these prices they can be a little smaller, so mind your step and weigh them at a scale. Under $1.50-2/lb is a good deal any day on peppers.
- Mini cucumbers - $4.98 for 2x 6-packs -- Good rate for mini-cuces. Some weeks, we've seen these go for $4 for a single 6-pack.
- Blueberries - $2.44 full pint -- WOW! Scene Member Price. 3.49 regular, which is still very good.
- Produce Price Rating: Medium
Independent - Ground beef (medium) - $3.99 per lb -- Great rate on ground.
- Pork loin chops (bone-in) - $2.49 per lb -- Good price for pork chops.
- Eggs - $5.99 18-pack -- Ok rate on eggs. You're still looking at 33c an egg.
- Milk (Neilson) - $5.99 4L bagged -- Good deal on milk, but marginal. Milk prices don't swing wildly. $6 is common across most stores.
- Cantaloupe - $1.99 each -- Nice!
- Silk plant bev - $2.99 1.75-1.89L -- Averages are $4 for these jugs, and $3 is a good sale.
- Produce Price Rating: fairly high with few exceptions
Loblaws - Chicken drumsticks and thighs - $1.88 per lb -- Great price for chicken!
- Beef sirloin roast (AA) - $4.88 per lb -- Great deal for beef roast!
- Eggs - $5.99 18-pack -- Ok rate on eggs. You're still looking at 33c an egg.
- Milk (Neilson) - $5.99 4L bagged -- Good deal on milk, but marginal. Milk prices don't swing wildly. $6 is common across most stores.
- Cantaloupe - $1.99 each -- Nice!
- Blueberries - $1.94 full pint -- WOW! Also, interestingly, lots of places are advertising "pints" instead of 340g shells. Mind your step and use the scales.
- Silk plant bev - $2.99 1.75-1.89L -- Averages are $4 for these jugs, and $3 is a good sale.
- Produce Price Rating: fairly high with few exceptions
Provigo - Ground beef (medium) - $3.77 per lb -- Great rate on ground.
- Pork loin (centre cut) - $2.99 per lb -- Good deal on pork loin. We've seen $2/lb for similar cuts, however.
- Cantaloupe - $1.99 each -- Nice!
- Blueberries - $2.77 full pint -- Not the 1.94 deal, but still really good.
- Produce Price Rating: fairly high with few exceptions
Maxi (price matcher)
- Sausages (Royal) - $10.00 1.2kg -- Good price for sausage.
- Steak (bone-in) - $7.88 per lb -- Great rate for decent steak!
- Pork loin - $2.95 per lb -- Good sale-rate for pork loin.
- Celery - $2.49 per head -- Nice to see sub-$3 celery.
- Sweet peppers (red) - $3.99 4-pack -- All-red packs of peppers are nice for making a nice paprikash!
- Mini cucumbers - $5.00 11-pack -- Kinda average in light of some cucumber deals lately. But, still a good sale-rate.
- Mango - $0.99 each -- Crazy how mangoes jumped from about 75c to $1 in the last year. I wonder if it's a seasonanility thing and when we might see big bulky cases for cheap.
- Watermelon (9lb average) - $3.99 each -- Very nice!!
- Lemons and limes - $0.50 each -- For loose lemons, it's about the same rate as you'd pay by 1-2lb bags.
- Canned tomatoes (Aylmer) - $1.79 796ml can -- Great price for a great brand. That's a stock-up price.
- Olive oil (Gall) - $12.00 1L -- Oh wow! That's actually a really good rate on olive oil these days. Not the $8 of yesteryear, but hey, it's the global reality of olive oil prices.
- Parchement paper (25ft) and foil (10m) - $0.99 -- Great price for a ktichen essential.
- Produce Price Rating: Generally medium low pricing! This store can post some impressive deals at times.
Metro - Whole chicken - $1.88 per lb -- Awesome price for whole chicken!!!!
- Pork loin chops (bone-in) - $1.88 per lb -- Awesome price for pork chops! Nice BBQ item! Tip: don't overcook them! 155-160F is a perfect internal temp. You don't have to cook them dry, white-grey to be safe. Slightly pink is perfectly fine!
- Beef inside round roast (AAA) - $5.99 per lb -- Awesome rate on Canadian AAA beef! I wouldn't pass this up.
- Steelhead trout - $9.99 per lb -- Good to see $10/lb pink fish sales.
- Eggs (Selection) - $7.99 30-pack -- Nice! 26c/egg. Good deal!
- Rockfish fillet (Pacific Snapper, fresh) - $9.99 per lb -- Oh fun! I like seeing all these interesting types of fish available!
- Brick cheese (Selection) - $4.77 400g bar -- Good ol' $5 bricks.
- Deli - Big sale across many products!!! - $2.99 per 100g -- Check the flyer for details!
- Sourdough bread (Rudolph's) - $6.00 for 2x 500g loaves -- Lovely bread at a good price. Though, I think Costco has multipacks of this bread for cheaper… Can someone confirm?
- Produce Price Rating: High. Kinda like Sobeys. You can see a 50% average mark-up compared to a lot of other stores. It's nice produce, but it costs you.
No Frills (price matcher)
- Sausages (Butcher's Choice) - $10.00 1.2kg -- Good price for sausage.
- Ground chicken - $3.00 per lb -- Awesome price for ground chicken!
- Pork half-loin - $1.91 per lb -- Awesome price for pork!!!
- Eggs (Prestige) - $4.99 18-pack -- Clocks in at 27c, which is about 10% below the low-median for cheap eggs.
- Small potatoes - $1.99 5lb bag -- Nice! Great to see cheap potatoes again!
- Sweet peppers - $3.99 4-pack -- Fair deal, especially if the peppers are big and nice.
- Watermelon (9lb average) - $3.88 each -- Very nice!!!
- Mangoes - $6.99 9lb case -- Oh well there's that case of mangoes I was looking out for hahaha
- Pineapple - $2.99 each -- Nice! Good to see cheap pineapple.
- Brick cheese (Armstrong) - $4.44 400g bar -- Good to see $5 bricks.
- Tofu (Sunrise) - $1.44 300g brick -- Good deal. 400g bars can often be had for $2 or so, so price and weight scale correctly here.
- Tomato paste (Unico) - $1.99 369ml can -- That's a big can at a fair price. That GT deal still beats it.
- Canned tomatoes (Unico) - $1.25 796ml can -- WOW! Excellent deal!!! Stock-up!!
- Olive oil (Gallo) - $12.99 1L bottle -- Lots of these olive oil deals going around. I wonder if we're in for a bigger price decrease…
- Laundry detergent (Purex, Sunlight) - $8.99 100 loads 4L jug -- Great deal on detergent!
- Produce Price Rating: Generally quite low, selectively amazing for some items.
Produce Depot (usually a little late on the flyer)
https://producedepot.ca/ - Lake trout fillet - $8.99 per lb -- Nice price for pink fish
- Beef sirloin tip steak or roast (no grade mentioned) - $6.99 per lb -- Good price for steak, but mind the cut and toughness. Might be better to get it for strips in stirfries and cubing for stews.
- Spanish onions - $0.79 per lb -- This is a great rate on bulk/loose onion!!
- Brussel sprouts - $1.79 per lb -- AWESOME! I love deals like this.
- Zucchini - $1.49 per lb -- Lots of zucch these days is floating around and over $2/lb, so this is a good sale.
- Strawberries - $5.00 for 2x 454g shells -- Great deal for strawberries!
- Deli - Mastro Rosemary and Tuscan-style ham - $2.29 per 100g -- Ohhhh maaaaan! I used to LOVE this stuff as a kid!!!! So tasty! Worth getting, especially at this price!!!!
- Produce Price Rating: Medium-low with very competitive specials on a shortened flyer. The small flyer is nice because it doesn't uselessly feature $6 heads of cauliflower and extremely high-price items that are either a confusion on the consumer, or an insult on the injury of not being able to afford supreme quality items.
Real Canadian Superstore (price matcher)
- Pork chops (bone-in) - $2.49 per lb -- Decent deal on chops.
- Atlantic salmon fillet - $9.88 per lb -- Going sale-rate pink fish.
- Beef brisket - $4.99 per lb -- Awesome deal for brisket. These are big cuts, a lot of work, but high reward. Cube/strip and freeze for future meals Or, brine and smoke it for a weekend treat.
- Limes - $0.40 each -- Good price for bulk limes.
- Watermelon (11lb average) - $4.99 each -- Good price for a big melon!
- Dry pasta (Italpasta) - $1.49 900g pack -- Good price for pasta. Stock up a little if you're in need.
- Canned tuna (Ocean's) - $1.00 170g can -- Awesome deal for canned tuna!
- Produce Price Rating: Generally medium-low pricing, selectively amazing for some items.
Sobeys - Pork deal (chops, roast, cubes, cutlets) - $2.99 per lb -- Fair deal for pork. Not like the $2/lb sales we saw, but there's a convenience option that's trying to appeal to the customer here. The roasts should be cheaper, but the chops and cutlets are fairly on point.
- Beef sirloin tip roast or steaks (AAA) - $5.99 per lb -- Good grade of beef at a good price.
- Corn - $0.47 per ear --
- Produce Price Rating: Generally a high price store, especially for produce. Some items are 50% more than more value-oriented stores. Kinda like Metro, some of the deals can be quite good.
Super C - Ground beef (medium) - $3.75 per lb -- Awesome price for ground beef!
- Ground pork (extra lean) - $3.75 per lb -- So-so price for ground pork, consdering whole cuts are $3/lb.
- Pork loin chops (boneless) - $2.88 per lb -- Like, why pay for ground pork at the price of these chops?
- Chicken breast (skinless boneless, Prime) - $4.99 per lb -- Good deal. We've seen better, but only marginally.
- Smoked ham toupie (Selection) - $16.00 1.4kg -- Good deal on whole smoked ham. I love this for breaky and cheap sandwiches.
- Smoked ham toupie (Selection) - $7.99 675g -- Similar to the 1.4kg bad boy above. Price scales pretty well downward if you don't need that much ham.
- Breakfast sausage - $12.00 48-pack, 2kg -- Great deal for breakfast sausage. I like these packs. It's a nice alternative to bacon, and it's easy to crack off 3-4 frozen sausages for breakfast versus thawing a whole pack of bacon.
- Shallots - $4.99 750g pack -- Actually a fair rate on shallots. Not a staple ingredient per se, but still fun to consider if you have a nice meal idea in mind.
- Green onion - $0.99 per bunch -- Great deal on green onion considering it can float over 1.50 in a lot of places most weeks.
- Celery - $1.49 per head -- Awesome price for celery!!
- Radishes - $0.99 per bunch -- Nice! Pick up a bunch and slice some up for a salad addition.
- Potatoes (Yellow, Russet) - $4.99 10lb bag -- Good sale, but not the best this week. But it is nice to see potato deals come back after that dry spell over these last few weeks.
- Pink tomatoes - $2.99 per lb -- What the heckin' heck? Pink tomatoes… Too pricey for me. I kinda don't like seeing these novelty items pop-up, especially in light of all the grocery price issues we have. The wastage that comes from people just enjoying seeing this on the shelf goes into higher prices across the board...
- Asian pears - $9.88 2kg case -- Fair deal for fancy fruit! We've seen better, but this is still fair.
- Blueberries and Blackberries - $1.77 170g shell -- Nice! Great deal!
- Oranges - $5.92 8lb case -- Awesome deal!!! It's a lot of oranges, but maybe it's time to make some marmilade!
- Strawberries - $2.99 454g shell -- Nice. Not a crazy deal, but good. If the berries are nice, it's a good price.
- Pineapple - $2.99 each -- $3 pineapple! Great deal.
- Cantaloupe - $2.99 each -- Well-priced melon! We can find these for $2 sometimes, but $3 ain't bad either.
- Brie (double cream, Baron) - $12.00 500g wheel -- Great price for a big wheel of brie! Hmm, I wonder about smoking a big wheel like this…
- Mozzarella (Saputo) - $4.55 500g bar -- Nice! Good cheese for cheap!
- Veggie ground (Yves) - $13.99 1.25kg -- This is a really good price. The 340g packs are often $5+. This 4x the weight for 3x the price.
- Tofu (Sunrise) - $8.99 3x350g pack -- Good deal. Not groundbreaking, but good. Saves a $2-3 than if you were to buy the 350g packs individually.
- Produce Price Rating: Generally low, but can creep into medium for some items. But, there's always something decent available!
T&T Supermarket https://www.tntsupermarket.com * Produce Price Rating: Usually very competitive, catering to Asian cuisine. Warning: their newest sales start on Fridays - so this is a late advertising of their sales.
Walmart - Sausages (Your Fresh Market) - $2.97 500g pack -- Very nice. This is a great price for decent sausage and easy BBQ.
- Cucumber - $0.47 each -- WOW! Now THAT'S a cheap cucumber!!!!!!
- Lettuce - $0.94 each -- WOW! YES! CHEAP GREENS!! I want to cry!
- Watermelon - $3.94 each -- Nice! More $4 mini watermelons!
- Lime - $0.47 each -- Good price for a lime. There's better, but there's a lot more Walmarts around than places to get cheaper limes.
- Brick cheese (Armstrong) - $4.94 400g bar -- Good to see $5 bricks.
- The Keg Seasoning - $5.94 725-750g -- Now, I usually don't mention pre-batched seasonings, but I want to encourage people away from paying premiums on pre-seasoned products. To put this into perspective, this is about 1.5lb for $6, when a little 200g container will cost the same or more. Think about that.
- Produce Price Rating: A little all over the place. Some really good prices between a lot of average pricing.
Costco (Note that these are the online/shipped prices - reduce each item by $3 for in-store pricing)
- NOTE: NEED TO REVISE - --
- Paper Towel (Kirkland) - $27.99 12-roll pack -- 2-ply; 160 sheets
- Paper Towel (Bounty) - $27.49 12-roll pack -- 2-ply; 86 sheets
- Toilet Paper (Kirkland) - $25.99 30-roll pack -- 2-ply; 380 sheets
- Toilet Paper (Cashmere) - $24.99 40-roll pack -- 2-ply; 250 sheets (on sale)
- Dish soap (Dawn Platinum) - $18.99 2.66L -- Food Basics often has this jug for $10!
- Laundry detergent (Purex) - $24.99 9.24L -- 250 loads
- Garbage bags (30 gallon; large) - $15.99 100-pack -- Amazon has Glad standard 74L bags, 100-packs for $23, sometimes less if on sale
- Countertop green bin liners - $21.99 125-pack -- Amazon has Glad Compostable green bin liners 100-packs for $18, sometimes less if on sale
- Produce Price Rating: I need to do a proper check to be sure, but I find it's pretty average. There's an illusion of getting a good deal because of the bulk. Just be careful.
Jean Coutu (new sales start Fridays)
- Produce Price Rating: I have to start checking these just in case...
Shoppers Drug Mart (new sales start Fridays)
- Produce Price Rating: Sometimes they have cheap butter, eggs, and milk on weekends.
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2024.04.24 12:59 crimsontape This week's grocery review - Sales for April 25th to May 1st - Great sales on corn this week! I think IGA wins this round with their $1.29/lb chicken legs. Super C also has a great 99c/lb apple deal! Check the sales on Vidalia onions, sub-$1 cucumbers, $5 10lb bags of spuds, and tomatoes!
(As always, flyers are out Wednesdays, most store sales for the new flyer start on Thursdays)
Adonis - Eggs (Burnbrae) - $7.99 30-pack -- Awesome price for these big flats of eggs! 26.6c/egg.
- Beef eye of round (AA+) - $7.49 per lb -- We've seen cheaper, but this is a good fair price for eye of round.
- Beef short rib - $10.99 per lb -- A little bit of a pricier cut, but a good price for it.
- Ground chicken (lean) - $3.49 per lb -- Great price for ground chicken!
- Royal sea bream (free cleaning) - $5.88 per lb -- Good price for whole fish. I should try some sea bream! Widely considered by chefs to be the tastiest of all fish!
- Alaskan pollock (fillets) - $4.99 per lb -- Great price for pollock fillets!
- Red vine tomatoes - $1.49 per lb -- Ok price for tomatoes. Basically average.
- Lemons - $2.99 for 10 -- 30c a lemon! Awesome!
- Blueberries - $2.99 340g shell -- Great price for blueberries!
- Brick cheese (Black Diamond) - $4.88 400g bar -- Nice! Sub-$5 cheese is always a win!
- Akawi (Cedar, Phoenicia) - $2.29 per 100g -- Bulgarian feta, Baladi, and Kashkaval on for the same price! I'd like to try those last two!
- Feta and bocconcini (Tre Stelle) - $3.99 200g tub -- Good price for these two cheeses!
- Ricotta (Saputo) - $3.99 400g tub -- Nice! I like to see ricotta at this price. Hard to find it for less so regularly.
- Deli - MTL-smoked meat (Solmaz) - $1.99 per 100g -- Nice! I'm gonna get some of this!
- Deli - Beef bologna (Alzahraa) - $1.29 per 100g -- And I should get some of this while I'm at it, just to give it a whirl!
- Deli - Genoa salami (Mastro) - $2.29 per 100g -- Sounds pricey for deli, but the chubs are usually $6 for 200g. And, because it's a dryer deli meat, even 100g goes a very long way.
- Deli - Turkey breast (Olymel) - $2.79 per 100g -- Not the best deli meat to buy if you're getting a lot, but it could be a tasty treat!
- Tomato paste (Unico) - $0.99 156ml can -- Not bad. I like to score them for 88c if I can, but 99c isn't bad.
- Sourdough bread (Rudolph) - $2.99 500g loaf -- Last I tried to snag these loaves, I couldn't find any in-store. Ask a rep for help!
- BBQ hardwood (Basques) - $17.99 8kg bag -- Actually, not a terrible price for such a big bag of decent charcoal.
- Produce Price Rating: Medium, but always has well-priced chicken, the deli meat sale rotations are always fantastic, and just the overall variety of goods is refreshing. Personal favourite store.
Farm Boy - Chicken breast (boneless, skinless) - $5.99 per lb -- Average sale price, but decent enough. Not a stock-up price, but fair enough…
- Atlantic salmon steaks (fresh) - $8.99 per lb -- Very nice! $1-2/lb under the average sale price, and it's a fun cut!
- Green beans - $1.99 per lb -- Awesome price for green beans!
- Green onions, radishes - $0.99 per bunch -- Nice!
- Mini cucumbers - $5.00 for 2x 6-packs -- Very nice!! I like to see cheap cuce on the shelf! Good salad material that's a little hardier in the fridge than leafy greens.
- Deli - Oven-roasted chicken breast (Brandt) - $2.99 per 100g -- Meh price as deli goes. I'd need to price-check their whole deli section to size this up. There may be better that's not advertised.
- St-Albert Cheese curb - $2.99 per 100g -- Nice! This is actually on par or better than what you'd pay for the bags.
- Canned Skipjack tuna - $5.00 for 3x 170g cans -- Not amazing, but fair for the brand and tuna quality.
- Dumplings (pork or chicken, Farm Boy) - $4.99 500g box -- Nice! I usually don't mention items like this, but this is actually good value.
- Bread (Dempsters) - $2.99 600g loaf -- Nothing new about bread pricing. Just nice to see $3 loaves of decent bread are still around.
- Produce Price Rating: High
Farmers Pick (can be a little late on their flyer) (
https://www.farmerspick.ca/flyer-specials)
Food Basics - Ground beef - $3.88 per lb -- Nice! Great price for ground!
- Ground chicken (lean) - $3.88 per lb -- Good price for ground chicken. Adonis has the better deal, but this is still fair.
- Atlantic salmon fillet (fresh) - $9.88 per lb -- Nice! $10/lb pink fish!
- Argentine shrimp (Ocean Prime) - $9.88 454g bag -- These look like the big ones! Nice on skewers!
- Eggs - $5.48 18-pack -- Not ground-breaking, it's still 30c an egg, but it's about 30-40c off the carton.
- Chicken wings - $3.99 per lb -- Worthy mention. Made some soy sauce chicken wings the other day. Freakin' chef's kiss! God they were good… (chicken wing post)
- Corn - $1.88 5-pack of cobs -- Awesome! Bring on the cob! Less than 40c is better than 80c to $1!
- Avocado - $0.88 each -- A 5-pack of these runs us $4.40 total, which is basically on par with average cado pricing.
- "Honey Sweet" onions (Vidalia style?) - $2.99 3lb bag -- NICE! I love these onions - cooked, freshly cut, doesn't matter. They're so good! ! Usually about $4-5 for the bag, worth trying!
- Sweet eppers - $2.99 4-pack -- Good price for peppers!!
- Mini cucumbers - $5.00 for 2x 6-packs -- Nice! Same deal as Farm Boy.
- Fresh jalapenos - $5.00 2x 250g packs -- Price is also for 2x 400g packs of tomatillos!
- Blackberries - $1.88 170g shell -- Fair sale!
- Navel oranges - $0.88 per lb -- Very nice! Great sale!
- Limes - $3.98 1lb bag -- Faigoing-rate for limes.
- Yogurt multipack (Astro) - $4.49 12x100ml pack -- Hmm, we were seeing these for $4 before. Noticed a little upward pressure in yogurt pricing in these last weeks.
- Chipotle in adobo (La Costena) - $2.79 319ml can -- Oh man… I have been hunting cans of this stuff. The shelves are always bare!
- Frozen veg (Green Giant) - $6.88 for 2x 750g bags -- Good deal for brand-name frozen veg.
- Frozen veg (Selection) - $5.99 1.5-2kg bags -- Amazing value!
- Italian hard cheese (Casa Azzurra) - $10.49 per lb -- Good price for a decent hard cheese. It doesn't have the same depth as parm or padano. But, it's way better than pre-grated shake cheese. And I find it aged nicely in the fridge (just keep it well-wrapped in a ziplock)
- Milk (Lactantia) - $4.88 4L bagged -- Very nice!
- Butter (Selection) - $4.88 454g bar -- Ohh, sub-$5 butter… Pray we see $4…
- Cooking oil (Saporito) - $7.88 3L jug -- Very good price! Includes vegetable, canola, and sunflower!
- Produce Price Rating: Low to medium low
FoodLand - Pork back rib - $3.99 per lb -- Fair price. We've seen $3/lb, even $2/lb. But FoodLand is a little up there for pricing, so this is on-par and on-brand.
- Top sirloin steak (AAA) - $9.99 per lb -- Fair price for decent cuts of steak. Not a value proposition, but ok once in a while.
- Russet potatoes (Compliments) - $5.99 10lb bag -- Fair price for potatoes.
- Brick cheese (Compliments) - $9.00 for 2x 400g bars -- Nice! Funny, they have also a 700g bar for $10. Like… why advertise that 700g bar…
- Deli - Blackforest or Honey ham (Compliments) - $2.99 per 100g -- Going-rate for deli ham.
- Earth's Own Oat bev - $6.00 for 2x 946ml jugs -- Oat milk goes for a little more on average. But these jugs are half-size compared to Silk products. It's a toss-up… Be mindful.
- Produce Price Rating: Medium-high to high.
Freshco (price matcher)
- Chicken breast (boneless, skinless) - $4.99 per lb -- Nice! Great price!!
- Eggs (Compliments) - $7.99 30-pack -- Ah, another good deal on eggs!
- Cucumber - $0.79 each -- AWESOME!
- Fennel - $1.99 each -- Not a usual ingredient for most, but I love this stuff. Lasts long in the fridge, awesome for salads, soups, and stocks.
- Plums - $1.88 each -- Great price for plums!
- Sourdough bread (Rudolph) - $2.79 500g loaf -- Very nice! 20c cheaper than average sale pricing.
- Jasmine rice (Ox Head) - $15.88 7kg bag -- Haha, Flipp's ad was for a 70kg bag hahaha, that's a whoopsie typo.
- Dishwasher tabs (Finish) - $13.99 55 tabs -- Good deal on those tabs.
- Produce Price Rating: Low to medium low (more on the medium side)
Giant Tiger (*note the VIP prices; sales begin today) (price matcher)
- Bacon (Carver's choice) - $2.77 375g pack -- Great price for bacon! Mind the fat lines, but for this is a good deal for standard bacon.
- Cauliflower - $2.88 each -- Nice! Average is about $4 these days.
- Oranges - $3.88 3lb bag -- Fair price for oranges. Deal includes lemons (2lb) and kiwis (600g).
- Blueberries - $1.88 170g shell -- Fair price for a nice little treat!
- Dry pasta (Primo) - $0.77 454g packs -- These are "half-packs", but the full 2lb packs are often $2 or more. So, this is still a stock-up price.
- Produce Price Rating: Generally on the low side.
Green Fresh Supermarket (Vanier) (check
https://greenfreshottawa20.wixsite.com/greenfreshottawa) * Produce Price Rating: Usually very competitive, catering to Asian cuisine. Warning: their newest sales start on Fridays - so this is a late advertising of their sales.
IGA (price matcher)
- Chicken legs - $1.29 per lb -- WOW! Way below average! Stock-up! Legs make a fantastic chicken cacciatore! Probably limited. Catch it while you can.
- Red vine tomatoes - $0.88 per lb -- AWESOME! That's fantastic price for tomatoes!
- Cucumber - $0.88 each -- AWESOME!
- Strawberries - $1.99 454g shell -- Scene Member Price. Regular 2.99.
- Deli - Cooked ham (Lafleur) - $1.99 per 100g -- Kinda like prosciutto cotto. Ok price for a cheaper deli meat.
- Deli - Cooked or Smoked turkey - $2.69 per 100g -- Ok price for turkey deli meat.
- Butter (Lactantia) - $4.99 454g bar -- Nice! $5 butter is always welcome!
- Produce Price Rating: Medium
Independent - Beef sirloin tip roast (AAA) - $5.99 per lb -- Great price for AAA beef!
- Pork sirloin chops or roast - $2.99 per lb -- Fair sale price for pork.
- Russet potatoes - $5.99 10lb bag -- Fair price for potatoes.
- Strawberries - $2.99 454g shell -- Average sale.
- Tofu (Rooster) - $4.00 for 2x 454g bars -- A fair but average discount. Available at Loblaws, as well.
- Produce Price Rating: fairly high with few exceptions
Loblaws - Beef brisket (AA) - $4.99 per lb -- Great price for brisket! I need to pull out my smoker!
- Whole chicken - $1.88 per lb -- Awesome price for whole chicken!
- Grapes - $1.99 per lb -- Great price for grapes!
- Produce Price Rating: fairly high with few exceptions
Provigo - Chicken legs or drumsticks - $1.99 per lb -- Good price as chicken goes. It's on the edge of stock-up pricing. The IGA deal smokes this price, however…
- Pork sirloin chops or roast - $2.49 per lb -- Good price for pork!
- Russet potatoes - $3.99 10lb bag -- Funny. $6 at Independent, $4 at Provigo. Weird lol…
- Produce Price Rating: fairly high with few exceptions
Maxi (price matcher)
- Pork loin - $2.00 per lb -- Awesome! This is a stock-up price!
- Steelhead trout and Atlantic salmon - $7.99 per lb -- WOW! Awesome price for pink fish!
- Pork rib - $2.77 per lb -- Nice! Under $3/lb for pork rib is a good deal.
- Eggs (No Name) - $2.38 12-pack -- Wow! 20c/egg! That's a deal!
- Cucumber - $3.50 3-pack -- Nice! Not under $1, but still ok!
- Strawberries - $1.77 454g shell -- Very nice! That's a great price!
- Plums - $2.00 per lb -- Good price for prunes! Often more in the 2.50-3.00/lb+.
- Pineapple - $2.99 each -- Decent price for pineapple. This is my cut-off price.
- Mandarins - $5.99 4lb bag -- Fair sale price! Under $2/lb is good for nice citrus.
- Mozzarela (Saputo) - $4.55 500g bar -- Nice! Sub $5 cheese that's great for pizza and lasagna!
- Produce Price Rating: Generally medium low pricing! This store can post some impressive deals at times.
Metro - Chicken drumsticks or thighs - $2.44 per lb -- Good sale price! Not the IGA price, granted, but still decent. Average non-sale can easily be over $3/lb, so this is ok. It's just not a stock-up price.
- Lamb leg - $5.99 per lb -- Not the best deal for lamb. $4/lb is the real price to look for. But, this is still always better than beef pricing.
- Fresh sausage (store-made) - $3.99 per lb -- Good price for good sausage. It's very rare to find it freshly-made for under $4/lb.
- Rainbow trout fillets - $9.99 per lb -- Fair sale on pink fish.
- Vadalia sweet onions - $3.44 3lb bag -- Ohh, those Vidalias… As mentioned, try some. They're only in season for so long.
- Sweet potatoes - $0.77 per lb -- AWESOME! Wow! That's an amazing price!
- Deli - Blackforest ham (Irresistibles) - $1.99 per 100g -- Very nice! Great to see the Metro show some relaxed deli pricing.
- Produce Price Rating: High. Kinda like Sobeys. You can see a 50% average mark-up compared to a lot of other stores. It's nice produce, but it costs you.
No Frills (price matcher)
- Chicken breast (boneless, skinless) - $4.66 per lb -- Awesome price! I'd stock-up a little at this price. Not too much, because you can sometimes score a $4/lb deal. But this is still very good.
- Cucumber - $0.88 each -- Awesome! Great to see more cheap cuce going around!
- Mini cucumbers - $3.99 11-pack -- Nice! This is good value!
- Corn - $2.99 4-pack -- Not the Basics deal, but still ok-ish compared to paying $1/ear.
- Green beans - $1.99 per lb -- Awesome price for green beans!
- Potatoes (Red, Yellow, Russet) - $4.99 10lb bag -- Nice variety of spuds at a welcome average sale price.
- Mini carrots - $3.99 2lb bag -- 2lb… that's 900g-ish… Usually the bags are 340g for $2… So, there's savings to be had here.
- Grapes - $1.99 per lb -- Nice! Lots of $2/lb grape sales going around.
- Cantaloupe - $1.84 each -- When $3 is a fair sale, under $2 is awesome!
- Watermelon - $6.99 each -- Well, certainly better than the $8-15 I've seen for sliced quarters. When convenience costs you abusive premiums, look to options like this.
- Silk plant bev - $3.79 1.74-1.89L jug -- Fair sale!
- Earth's Own Oat bev - $2.49 946ml jug -- Better than FoodLand for oat milk, but still not as good as the Silk value. Anyone have experience with both products?
- Produce Price Rating: Generally quite low, selectively amazing for some items.
Produce Depot (usually a little late on the flyer)
https://producedepot.ca/ - Whole chicken - $2.69 per lb -- Decent and fair sale price for chicken, but there's better this week.
- Ground beef (lean) - $5.49 per lb -- Ok/Going-rate on ground beef. Not a stock-up price, but still ok compared to some regular pricing we can see these days.
- Asparagus - $1.99 per lb -- Nice! Great deal! And that's per lb, not 340g bunches.
- Cucumbers - $0.99 each -- Nice! Good to see $1 cucumbers.
- Eggplant - $1.79 per lb -- Good price. I hadn't realized how eggplant can swing so wildly. Like, up to $4/lb! Basics had it at 99c/lb a couple of weeks back, which was killer. Anything around $1.50/lb is a fair sale price. Over 2.50/lb is meh.
- Pink Lady apples - $1.29 per lb -- Nice! Fair price for a nice apple variety.
- Bosc pears - $1.49 per lb -- Nice price for bosc types. It's not often you'll see them for that $1/lb mark.
- Deli - All-beef salami (Lester's) - $1.89 per 100g -- Nice! Good price for deli meat.
- Produce Price Rating: Medium-low with very competitive specials on a shortened flyer. The small flyer is nice because it doesn't uselessly feature $6 heads of cauliflower and extremely high-price items that are either a confusion on the consumer, or an insult on the injury of not being able to afford supreme quality items.
Real Canadian Superstore (price matcher)
- Whole chicken - $1.99 per lb -- Great price for whole chicken.
- Ground beef (medium) - $4.99 per lb -- Meh average sale price for ground beef. Stock-up price level is about $4/lb.
- Ground beef (frozen, lean) - $10.00 1.1kg tubes -- Slightly better value than the medium ground. I'd buy this any day of the week at this rate. Still not a stock-up price, however.
- Duck (grade A) - $3.99 per lb -- Nice! Duck is pretty pricey, so don't rush the gates for it. But, it makes for a nice treat!
- Basa fillet (frozen) - $10.00 908g bag -- Not a terrible idea to keep a supply of these for easy, healthier-minded meals.
- Sausage (frozen, Marcangelo) - $11.00 1.4kg pack -- Nice price for decent sausage.
- Sausage (fresh, Marcangelo) - $12.99 1kg pack -- Interesting to see the contrast between the frozen and fresh. About 3.60/lb versus 5.90/lb.
- Mini cucumbers - $5.00 11-pack -- We saw some $4 packs, but this ain't bad.
- Grape tomatoes - $5.00 907g shell -- Pretty good! Especially considering some tomato varieties can easily climb into the same $2-2.50/lb range.
- Potatoes (Red, Yellow) - $5.00 10lb bag -- Decent price for spuds!
- Raspberries - $4.00 340g shell -- Good price for a full pint of berries.
- Apples (Imperfect) - $4.99 6lb bag -- Good price for apples, but I'd like to see these at $4. 83c/lb is a bit high for imperfect fruit…
- Cantaloupe - $2.99 each -- Decent price for a cantaloupe.
- Pineapple - $2.99 each -- Good and fair price.
- Watermelon - $7.99 each -- Good and fair price. Apparently they're 11lb on average.
- Paneer (Happy Dairy) - $4.00 300g block -- Great price! Usually $1-2 more for the same block.
- Deli - varieties of ham (Ziggy's) - $2.50 per 100g -- Nice to see deli ham at a fair price. Not amazing, but ok. I still prefer slicing my own from sale-price toupies that you can get for $1/100g some weeks.
- Chipotle in adobo (La Costena) - $2.49 319ml can -- A worthy mention again. I love this stuff… Makes a great easy chili. Smokey with a nice kick!
- Canned tomatoes (Unico) - $1.59 796ml can -- Nice! Great price for good tomatoes. Might be worth snagging a few cans for your pantry,
- Olive oil (Gallo) - $11.99 1L bottle -- Wow! Not the $8 of yesteryear, but I've seen the same bottles go for $15…
- Earth's Own almond bev - $2.99 1.74-1.89L jug -- Great price!
- Produce Price Rating: Generally medium-low pricing, selectively amazing for some items.
Sobeys - Ground beef (extra lean) - $4.49 per lb -- Scene Member Price. Regular 5.50/lb. It's only fair at the member price. Otherwise, it's really too average… Hit a Basics for ground beef this week.
- Napa - $0.99 per lb -- Nice! I love seeing napa at this price!
- Bok choy - $0.99 per lb -- And the bok choy! Out of all things for Sobeys to price really well…
- Brick cheese - $4.99 400g -- Always good to see a familiar $5 brick of standard cheese.
- Earth's Own oat bev - $2.99 1.75L jug -- Ok, I don't get it. Sometimes the oat is more expensive. Now this one is the same price as the almond. So confused! Lol
- Produce Price Rating: Generally a high price store, especially for produce. Some items are 50% more than more value-oriented stores. Kinda like Metro, some of the deals can be quite good.
Super C - Beef top sirloin steak or roast - $6.99 per lb -- Good rate for beef, but no grade mentioned in the flyer. Mind the cut. If it's good, get some. But if it looks tough and meh, I might pass…
- Chicken breast (boneless, skinless) - $4.44 per lb -- Nice! That's the cheapest this week!
- Chicken legs - $2.49 per lb -- Fair rate, but no IGA sale, that's for sure.
- Iceberg lettuce - $1.49 each -- Very nice! Think of the 3-pack of romaine for $3-4, this is about 2 hearts of lettuce. Great value here!
- Grape tomatoes - $0.99 227g shell -- Beats the RCSS deal. 4 of these is $4 for the same 2lb.
- Green peppers - $1.49 per lb -- Nice! Not bad for peppers. Still waiting on peppers to be properly in season, but there few pepper sales this week are a good sign of things to come!
- Corn - $0.99 for 2 -- AWESOME! 50c a cob! WOOT!
- Cauliflower - $2.99 each -- Scene Member Price.
- Potatoes (Red, Yellow, Russet) - $4.99 10lb bag -- $5 10lb bags are always welcome!
- Apples(lots of varieties!) - $0.99 per lb -- WOW! Amazing! Great price for a wicked variety: Granny Smith, Red and Yellow Delicious, Honey Crisp, and Fuji!
- Red grapes - $1.88 per lb -- Good deal on grapes, but only red grapes. Green variety is excluded,
- Pineapple - $2.99 each -- Glad to see so many of these $3 deals around different chains.
- Brick cheese (Black Diamond, Ptit Quebec) - $4.87 400g bar -- Good ol' $5 cheese.
- Oka cheese - $6.99 190g wheel -- Oka is often 3.49/100g, This falls on par with that.
- Artisan dried sausage (Irresistibles) - $7.99 300g chub -- Nice. These are good products. I really enjoy the parm one, the chorizo is also really nice.
- Maple syrup (Irresistibles) - $5.77 540ml can -- Nice! These can float up to $7-8 a can.
- White sugar (Redpath) - $1.99 2kg bag -- Nice! Usually about $3 or more.
- Canned tomatoes (Primo) - $5.00 for 3x 796ml cans -- At 1.66 a can, it's a good stock-up price. Basics' Selection-brand cans go for 1.77 regular, but I find them a bit watery. Primo and Unico are better, I find.
- Dry pasta - $5.00 3x 500-900g packs -- Depending on the pasta variety you get, this is a slapping deal. The only thing that competes is the GT deal for pasta.
- Produce Price Rating: Generally low, but can creep into medium for some items. But, there's always something decent available!
T&T Supermarket https://www.tntsupermarket.com * Produce Price Rating: Usually very competitive, catering to Asian cuisine. Warning: their newest sales start on Fridays - so this is a late advertising of their sales.
Walmart - Ground beef (medium) - $3.27 per lb -- WOW! Great price for ground beef!
- White mushrooms - $0.94 227g shell -- Awesome price for mushrooms
- Vine tomatoes - $0.84 per lb -- Awesome price for tomatoes!
- Corn - $0.67 per cob -- Great price for corn! Doesn't beat that Super C sale, but this is close enough!
- Potatoes (all-purpose) - $4.97 10lb bag -- Nice! More welcome $5 bags of spuds.
- Honey crisp apples - $0.84 per lb -- Awesome! Nice apples at a great price!
- Pineapple - $2.97 each -- More $3 pineapple. Anyone remember that 94c sale Walmart had that one time… I still think about it! LOL
- Brick cheese (Black Diamond) - $4.87 400g bar -- Good ol' $5 brick cheese.
- Pizza dough - $1.97 650g ball -- They also have easy canned pizza sauce for 97c (213ml). I'm a huge stickler for making your own pizza, and this dough makes it really easy!
- Earth's Own oat or almond bev - $3.47 1.75-1.89L jug -- I guess almond and oat can be the same price. I don't get it anymore hahaha. Why is oat special in some places, but not others hahaha
- Produce Price Rating: A little all over the place. Some really good prices between a lot of average pricing.
Costco (Note that these are the online/shipped prices - reduce each item by $3 for in-store pricing)
- NOTE: NEED TO REVISE - --
- Paper Towel (Kirkland) - $27.99 12-roll pack -- 2-ply; 160 sheets
- Paper Towel (Bounty) - $27.49 12-roll pack -- 2-ply; 86 sheets
- Toilet Paper (Kirkland) - $25.99 30-roll pack -- 2-ply; 380 sheets
- Toilet Paper (Cashmere) - $24.99 40-roll pack -- 2-ply; 250 sheets (on sale)
- Dish soap (Dawn Platinum) - $18.99 2.66L -- Food Basics often has this jug for $10!
- Laundry detergent (Purex) - $24.99 9.24L -- 250 loads
- Garbage bags (30 gallon; large) - $15.99 100-pack -- Amazon has Glad standard 74L bags, 100-packs for $23, sometimes less if on sale
- Countertop green bin liners - $21.99 125-pack -- Amazon has Glad Compostable green bin liners 100-packs for $18, sometimes less if on sale
- Produce Price Rating: I need to do a proper check to be sure, but I find it's pretty average. There's an illusion of getting a good deal because of the bulk. Just be careful.
Jean Coutu (new sales start Fridays)
- Produce Price Rating: I have to start checking these just in case...
Shoppers Drug Mart (new sales start Fridays)
- Produce Price Rating: Sometimes they have cheap butter, eggs, and milk on weekends.
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2024.04.10 14:39 crimsontape This week's grocery review - Sales for April 11th to April 17th - A bit of a slimmer list this week. Some sale prices feel a little elevated. But, there are still a lot of great options! And Walmart wins another round with their 74c/lb smackdown tomato sale!
(As always, flyers are out Wednesdays, most store sales for the new flyer start on Thursdays)
Adonis - Seabass (fresh, free cleaning) - $7.77 - per lb -- Nice! I love seeing well-priced fresh fish!
- Sardines (fresh, free cleaning) - $5.99 - per lb -- Sardines may not be a canned fave, but fresh is another story. The bones are very soft, and they're very tasty when baked in herbs and spices
- Whole chicken - $2.99 - per lb -- Not the best price for whole chicken historically-speaking, but Adonis is VERY consistent with meat prices overall.
- Beef eye of round - $6.99 - per lb -- Like the chicken, not the best beef price, but it's consistently available every week at this price!
- Flat cabbage - $0.99 - per lb -- Great price for cabbage!
- Red vine tomatoes - $1.49 - per lb -- Nice to see good tomatoes under $2/lb.
- Ataulfo mango - $0.99 - each -- We saw cheaper last week, let's see what others have to offer…
- Grapefruit - $0.99 - each -- Pretty standard for grapefruit.
- Astro yogurt multipack - $3.99 - 12-pack -- Awesome price for a multipack!
- Labneh - $4.44 - 500g tub -- Very good price for labneh. Tzatziki time!
- Ricotta (Tre Stelle) - $4.44 - 454g tub -- Nice! Great price for an essential ingredient to many Italian dishes!
- Deli - Chicken breast (Solmaz) - $1.79 - per 100g -- Assorted varieties to choose from!
- Deli - Beef salami (Alzahraa) - $1.29 - per 100g -- Nice cheap salami!
- Deli - Mortadella (Marcangelo) - $1.79 - per 100g -- Classic deli meat for a great price.
- Deli - Prosciutto cotto (Mastro) - $1.49 - per 100g -- This stuff is awesome! Match it with some of that mortadella, and you have a killer sandwich!
- Produce Price Rating: Medium, but always has well-priced chicken, the deli meat sale rotations are always fantastic, and just the overall variety of goods is refreshing. Personal favourite store.
Farm Boy - Pork tenderloin - $3.99 - per lb -- Good price for tenderloin. Note that regular loin cuts can be half this price.
- Broccoli - $1.99 - per lb -- Fair deal on broc! This is per pound, not each!
- Navel oranges (extra large) - $1.49 - per lb -- I'd aim under $1/lb, but one or two won't hurt your basket. Also, I saw an interesting recipe for candied orange peel the other day. I'll link it below.
- Deli - Smoked ham (Blue Danube) - $2.49 - per 100g -- On par pricing for deli ham. Adonis is the only place where you might find a better sale some weeks.
- Deli - Prosciutto - $2.99 - per 100g -- Imported, Farm Boy brand. Good price. Adonis has cheaper about once a month or so.
- Produce Price Rating: High
Farmers Pick (can be a little late on their flyer) (
https://www.farmerspick.ca/flyer-specials)
Food Basics - Chicken breast (bone-in, skinless) - $3.32 - per lb -- Fantastic deal on a nice cut. Never forget! Bone-in = more flavour!
- Pork loin - $1.91 - per lb -- Well, there goes the Farm Boy sale lol. I'd get this instead.
- Pork sausage (fresh, Selection) - $3.38 - per lb -- Fair price for fresh sausage, but there are better value options out there. Frozen "fresh" sausage can often come in at $2/lb.
- Broccoli - $0.87 - per crown -- Wow! Fantastic deal on fresh broc!
- Eggplant - $0.99 - per lb -- Excellent price! I should try my hand at some eggplant parm…
- Potatoes - $2.88 - 5lb bag -- $1 off coupon deal. Otherwise, 3.88 regular price.
- Blueberries, blackberries - $1.83 - 170 shell -- Nice!
- Red mango - $3.00 - for 2 -- Not bad! Not mindblowing, but we've seen $2+ mangoes some weeks.
- Brick cheese (Selection) - $4.44 - 400g bar -- Nice! Very good price for standard brick cheese!
- Cheddar, Gouda (Balderson) - $5.98 - 140-280g bar -- Fancy cheese at a decent price! These bars are more often along the $10 line.
- Sourdough bread (Rudolph) - $2.99 - 500g loaf -- Nice! I think the only better price you can find is at Costco for the multipacks.
- Bagels (Dempster's) - $2.54 - 6-pack -- Nice! I love bagels for breakfast.
- Tortilla 7" (Dempster's) - $2.54 - 10-pack -- These are nice to make quesadillas.
- Earth's own plant bev - $2.99 - 1.89L jug -- Nice! About $1 off.
- Produce Price Rating: Low to medium low
FoodLand - Ground beef (lean) - $4.44 - per lb -- Not bad. FoodLand isn't exactly the cheapest, so this price is relatively cheap given the outlet.
- Atlantic salmon (fresh) - $10.99 - per lb -- Good sale for fresh fish. Though, I have to say, fresh salmon seems to always be about $10-11/lb. You'll never go a week without finding a pink fish deal.
- Strawberries - $2.99 - 454g shell -- Decent enough price for strawberries. Regular is about $4 any store any day.
- Produce Price Rating: Medium-high to high.
Freshco (price matcher)
- Chicken breast (boneless skinless) - $10.00 - 4-pack -- Check your weights when buying these "fixed price variable weight" packs, but this should work to a fair to great deal.
- Italian sausage (frozen, Marcangelo) - $5.99 - 500/675g -- Great price for sausage, and these are good quality. Some varieties are 500g versus 675g. Mind your step with that. But ya, still a great deal.
- Cucumber - $0.99 - each -- Nice! Don't skip on the cucumber!
- Hothouse tomatoes - $0.99 - per lb -- Great price! Much better than the $2.50/lb average we see across varieties.
- Lo bok - $1.29 - per lb -- Nice! This is great for salads and stir fries!
- White turnip - $1.29 - per lb -- Nice! Hmm, makes me wonder about making pickled turnips…
- Purple sweet potato - $1.29 - per lb -- Fair price for the purple variety.
- Yucca - $1.29 - per lb -- Nice alternative to a potato.
- Navel oranges - $0.69 - per lb -- AMAZING! That's a very good price, when a good sale target is $1/lb.
- Ricotta (Tre Stelle) - $4.99 - 454g tub -- Another decent sale on ricotta.
- Canned tomatoes (Unico) - $4.00 - for 3 796ml cans -- Nice! That'S a stock-up price! Don't miss out!
- Bagels and English muffins (Dempster's) - $1.99 - 6-pack -- Nice! The Basics deal was already decent, this is even better!
- Butter (Gay Lea) - $4.99 - 454g bar -- Scene Member Pricing.
- Produce Price Rating: Low to medium low (more on the medium side)
Giant Tiger (*note the VIP prices; sales begin today) (price matcher)
- Chicken breast (boneless skinless) - $8.97 - 500-818g -- More of that "fixed price variable weight" thing. Tread carefully and weigh your product prior to purchasing.
- Bacon (Olymel) - $3.88 - 375g pack -- Good price for a good bacon.
- Salad kits (Dole) - $1.97 - 340-397g -- Includes coleslaw and garden salad kits. Easy side for dinner.
- Mini cucumbers - $1.97 - 6-pack -- Nice! Good price for minis! Usually these packs can range into $3-4.
- Navel oranges - $6.88 - 8lb bag -- Great deal on oranges! Works out to 86c/lb.
- Strawberries - $2.88 - 454g shell -- Decent price! Sometimes you can score them for less, but then quality is hit and miss. Sometimes, a slightly higher price on berries can reflect higher quality.
- Cantaloupe - $2.88 - each -- Always nice to see these $3 melons around. Commonplace sale price.
- Aluminum foil (Alcan) - $3.25 - 50ft roll -- About $1 off for a great kitchen necessity! Line the bottom of your baking sheets and trays to help contain the mess. It really eases cleanup.
- Parchment paper (Reynolds) - $3.25 - 35ft roll -- My goodness, what I would do without parchment… This makes baking easier, leads to more consistent results, and makes for much easier cleanup. Never be without it!
- Produce Price Rating: Generally on the low side.
Green Fresh Supermarket (Vanier) (check
https://greenfreshottawa20.wixsite.com/greenfreshottawa) * Produce Price Rating: Usually very competitive, catering to Asian cuisine. Warning: their newest sales start on Fridays - so this is a late advertising of their sales.
IGA (price matcher)
- Chicken breast (boneless skinless) - $4.44 - per lb -- Good price for chicken breast!
- Pork chops - $1.99 - per lb -- Great price for pork chops!
- Eggs - $4.99 - 18-pack -- Good deal eggs. Not groundbreaking, but fair. Works out to 27c/egg, where the average is about 30c for standard quality eggs.
- Cucumber - $0.77 - each -- Scene member price. Otherwise, 99c, which is still a great price!
- Greenhouse red tomatoes - $1.49 - per lb -- Great price for tomatoes!
- Apples (Cortland, McIntosh, Spartan, Empire) - $2.99 - 4lb bag -- All of these are great baking varieties. Maybe there's a pie or crumble in your future!
- Oranges - $2.99 - 3lb bag -- Fair price for oranges.
- Brick cheese (Compliments) - $3.99 - 400g bar -- Awesome price for standard brick cheese!
- Bocconcini (Saputo) - $4.99 - 200g tub -- Fair deal for nice cheese. Best is about $4. Deal also includes ricotta and fresh mozz.
- Pâté (Belle Bretagne) - $3.79 - 150g slab -- Decent! We've seen this product for about $1 less in the best of times, but these can regularly float over $4.
- Deli - Smoked ham (Olymel) - $2.49 - per 100g -- Fair price for deli ham, but I'm one to push slicing your own toupies of ham and getting some bulk savings.
- Deli - Bologna (Olymel) - $1.49 - per 100g -- Decent price for bologna. But also, you can often find sections of bologna for under $1/100g. If you have a lot of mouths to feed, I'd opt for the bulk strategy.
- Canned tuna (Clover Leaf) - $1.27 - 170g can -- Very good price. Canned tuna has seen some wild price swings lately.
- Produce Price Rating: Medium
Independent - Whole chicken (fresh) - $2.49 - per lb -- Great price for whole chicken! I actually just got myself a boning knife so I can start parting out my own chickens. That way I can enjoy all the cuts at these prices!
- Beef inside round roast - $5.99 - per lb -- Great price for inside round!
- Pork tenderloin - $2.99 - per lb -- Very nice deal for pork tenderloin.
- Rainbow trout (fresh) - $9.99 - per lb -- Nice price for pink fish.
- Avocado - $2.99 - 5-pack -- Great price for cado.
- Potatoes (Russet) - $4.99 - 10lb bag -- Good price for potatoes. It's not common to find spuds for less these days. Gotta wait for the season to roll-over for the next big crop.
- Strawberries - $2.99 - 454g shell -- Decent price.
- Tofu (Rooster) - $4.00 - 2 454g packs -- Very good deal for tofu!
- Canned tuna (Clover Leaf) - $1.49 - 170g can -- Fair price for canned tuna!
- Canned tomatoes (Unico) - $1.79 - 796ml can -- Nice! If you're stocking up, I'd maybe look elsewhere, but I wouldn't scoff at this price if I needed a can of tomatoes.
- Produce Price Rating: fairly high with few exceptions
Loblaws - Pork ribs - $1.44 - per lb -- WOW! Amazing deal for pork rib! Stock up and freeze some at this price!
- Chicken breast (boneless skinless) - $4.66 - per lb -- Good price for chicken breast! Includes thighs
- Rainbow trout (fresh) - $9.99 - per lb -- Nice price for pink fish.
- Avocado - $2.99 - 5-pack -- Great price for cado.
- Blueberries, raspberries - $5.00 - for 3 170g shells -- Excellent price for fresh berries!
- Tofu (Rooster) - $4.00 - 2 454g packs -- Very good deal for tofu!
- Canned tuna (Clover Leaf) - $1.00 - 170g can -- WOW! Awesome price! Stock up!
- Canned tomatoes (Unico) - $1.79 - 796ml can -- Nice! If you're stocking up, I'd maybe look elsewhere, but I wouldn't scoff at this price if I needed a can of tomatoes.
- Produce Price Rating: fairly high with few exceptions
Provigo - Whole chicken (fresh) - $1.99 - per lb -- WOW! Amazing deal for whole chicken!!!
- Chilean Salmon - $7.99 - per lb -- WOW! Amazing price for pink fish!
- Beef inside round roast - $4.99 - per lb -- Fantastic price for beef! Stock up, freeze it whole, cube it for stews, or cut into strips for stir fries!
- Avocado - $2.99 - 5-pack -- Great price for cado.
- Potatoes (Russet) - $4.99 - 10lb bag -- Good price for potatoes. It's not common to find spuds for less these days. Gotta wait for the season to roll-over for the next big crop.
- Blueberries, raspberries - $2.00 - 170g shell -- Very good price for fresh berries!
- Brick cheese (No Name) - $3.99 - 400g -- Nice! I love these $4 bricks!
- Canned tomatoes (Unico) - $1.79 - 796ml can -- Nice! If you're stocking up, I'd maybe look elsewhere, but I wouldn't scoff at this price if I needed a can of tomatoes.
- Produce Price Rating: fairly high with few exceptions
Maxi (price matcher)
- Chicken drumsticks - $1.99 - per lb -- Nice! We've seen cheaper for drumsticks, this is not a stock-up price, but it's still good. This would make a great meal any day of the week.
- Picnic pork - $1.79 - per lb -- That's a great price for picnic pork. It's a little bit of an intimidating cut, but if you can get over that fear, you'll be cooking top-notch ham. I'm waiting for a sale like this closer to home so I can smoke one and turn it into a nice pulled pork.
- Mini carrots - $0.94 - 340g bag -- Very nice!
- Mini cucumbers - $1.25 - 6-pack -- Excellent!!
- Avocado - $3.99 - 5-6 pack -- Fair rate on cado.
- Potatoes (Imperfect russets) - $4.99 - 15lb bag -- Excellent price for potatoes. These bags are family feeders.
- Yellow onions - $4.99 - 10lb bag -- Nice! I folded and bought a bag for $8 the other day (which was still a good deal). 50c/lb is really good for onion these days.
- Blackberries - $1.25 - 170g shell -- Excellent price for fresh berries!
- Red mango - $0.94 - each -- Very nice! Some places will charge $2 for mangoes…
- Kiwis - $2.99 - 600g shell -- Great price for kiwis!
- Grapes - $2.49 - per lb -- Nice price for grapes. Often $4-ish/lb.
- Pineapple - $3.00 - each -- Nice! Good price for pineapple.
- Pâté (Belle Bretagne) - $3.49 - 150g slab -- Decent! We've seen this product for about $1 less in the best of times, but these can regularly float over $4.
- Dry pasta (Primo) - $1.25 - 700-750g packs -- This is a stock up price!
- Produce Price Rating: Generally medium low pricing! This store can post some impressive deals at times.
Metro - Beef top sirloin steak or roast (AAA) - $5.99 - per lb -- Great price for a good grade of beef!
- Steelhead trout (fresh) - $9.99 - per lb -- Nice price for pink fish.
- Mini carrots - $0.99 - 340g bag -- Very nice!
- Zucchini - $0.99 - per lb -- Excellent bulk pricing for zucc!
- Strawberries - $2.44 - 454g shell -- Great price for strawberries.
- Produce Price Rating: High. Kinda like Sobeys. You can see a 50% average mark-up compared to a lot of other stores. It's nice produce, but it costs you.
No Frills (price matcher)
- Ground beef (lean) - $10.00 - 1.1k pack -- Good deal for ground. Works out to about 4.13/lb, which is a fair rate.
- Bacon (No Name) - $5.00 - 500g pack -- Nice price for bacon. Perhaps not the highest quality, however. Could be nice for bacon wrapped mains or an addition to sandwiches or burgers.
- Pork tenderloin - $3.99 - per lb -- Fair price for tenderloin.
- Italian sausage (Rea) - $7.99 - 720g pack -- Nice price for nice-looking sausage!
- Fresh greens (PC) - $3.99 - 312g tub -- Nice! Includes spinach and spring mix. Also, I've used these tubs for sprouting seeds. Just pop some holes in the bottom, and fill them with some soil.
- Cucumber - $1.29 - each -- Peak winter, we saw $2 a cucumber, and now we're seeing this recede into that $1 range. This is the upper limit I'd pay for cucumber at the moment.
- Sweet potatoes - $1.29 - per lb -- Not bad for sweet potato. This is an "average deal" (if not regular pricing in some places). Sometimes you can score big bulk bags that work out to 50c/lb, but those are on and off.
- Potatoes (Russet, Yellow) - $2.44 - 10lb bag -- Awesome!!!! Cheap spuds!!! Yes!!!
- Ginger (whole) - $1.99 - per lb -- Great price for ginger. Some weeks, you might find it float up to $3/lb.
- Navel oranges - $2.99 - 3lb bag -- Very fair price for oranges!
- Ataulfo mangoes - $6.77 - 5lb case -- Wow! Awesome price for mango! But.. It's a lot of mango hahahaha
- Genoa salami (Mastro) - $10.49 - 600g chub -- Big hunk of salami for a good price. It's not often you'll find these for less, and the 300g chubs can be $6-8 depending on the week and location. These are nice for sandwiches (but a pain to slice yourself). That said, they're good on pizza, great cubed and fried into a pasta dish. They also have a really good shelf life in your fridge. Don't overlook these products. Same applies to bulk-format bologna, ham, and other deli meats.
- Tofu (Rooster) - $1.99 - 454g block -- $2 is a good sale-price target for tofu.
- Canned tuna (Ocean's) - $1.49 - 170g can -- Fair deal on canned tuna. Like I said earlier, lots of weird swings in canned tuna pricing.
- Canned tomatoes (Unico) - $1.79 - 796ml can -- Nice! If you're stocking up, I'd maybe look elsewhere, but I wouldn't scoff at this price if I needed a can of tomatoes.
- Earth's own plant bev - $2.49 - 1.89L jug -- Nice! About $1.50 off! Great deal!
- Aluminum foil (Alcan) - $3.25 - 50ft roll -- Very much like the GT sale.
- Parchment paper (Reynolds) - $3.25 - 35ft roll -- Very much like the GT sale.
- Plastic wrap (Glad) - $3.29 - 60m roll -- Always good to have some plastic wrap on hand. As a rule of thumb, I try not to use it for green-living reasons. I prefer parchment or foil. But, I'll use it to wrap fresh dough.
- Produce Price Rating: Generally quite low, selectively amazing for some items.
Produce Depot (usually a little late on the flyer)
https://producedepot.ca/ - Beef top sirloin grilling steaks - $7.99 - per lb -- Fair price for grilling steaks. Always good to check the marbling, however. Good marbling means good flavour! And remember, let your steaks rest after they're done cooking!
- Cucumber - $0.99 - each -- Nice! More of that $1 cucumber we all love and need!
- Sweet peppers - $1.99 - per lb -- Average sale for peppers in a world where pepper prices have gone wild. It definitely isn't that 94c/lb sale Walmart had.
- Celery - $1.99 - per head -- Nice! I love cheap celery! Score a head if they're big and nice!
- Pink Lady apples - $0.99 - per lb -- Very good deal on a nice apple variety.
- Lemons - $0.99 - for 2 -- Not bad. It's about 4 lemons to a pound. Some weeks you can score 2lb bags for $3, which equates to about 37c a lemon. Could be savings if you don't intend on going through a 2lb bag before they spoil.
- Deli - Black Forest Ham - $1.89 - per 100g -- Awesome! A lot of places push 2.50/100g for ham. Under $2 is a good target for deli sliced ham. And, know that you can score $1/100g if you slice your own.
- Produce Price Rating: Medium-low with very competitive specials on a shortened flyer. The small flyer is nice because it doesn't uselessly feature $6 heads of cauliflower and extremely high-price items that are either a confusion on the consumer, or an insult on the injury of not being able to afford supreme quality items.
Real Canadian Superstore (price matcher)
- Chicken breast (boneless skinless) - $4.66 - per lb -- Great deal for chicken breast.
- Atlantic salmon (fresh) - $9.99 - per lb -- Like I said earlier, $10-11 is what you should expect to pay for sale-price pink fish.
- Sausage (Marcangelo) - $6.99 - 500/675g packs -- Food Basics has these as well, but for $1 less. It's not a huge difference. I wouldn't pass up this product if I was in the RCSS, but I would if I was doing a trip later to a Basics.
- Avocado - $2.49 - 5-6 pack -- Fantastic rate for cado!!!
- Mini cucumbers - $4.00 - 11-pack -- Great price given a 6-pack for $2 is a good deal!
- Cantaloupe - $1.84 - each -- Very good deal for cantaloupe!!
- Ataulfo and Red mangoes - $5.00 - for 4 -- Great deal on the red mangos, but bad deal for ataulfo ones.
- Feta (twin pack, Tre Stelle) - $7.49 - 2 140g tubs -- Not an amazing deal, but ok. A good feta sale target is about $2.50/100g, and this is 2.68/100g. Adonis will often charge less for freshly portioned feta from their counters.
- Ricotta (twin pack, Tre Stelle) - $7.49 - 2 280g tubs -- Like the feta, this is ok, but meh. Food Basics has the 454g tub for 4.44.
- Paneed (Brar's) - $4.99 - 375g bar -- Paneer prices are actually quite consistent. It's rare to find it for cheaper than $4.50 for 375g, which translates to $1.33/100g.
- Deli - Chicken, Turkey, Roast Beef (Ziggy's) - $2.50 - per 100g -- Well, not the absolute best price for deli meat, but there'S a lot of choice for the same price. The roast beef is a very good deal.
- Produce Price Rating: Generally medium-low pricing, selectively amazing for some items.
Sobeys - Beef rib pot roast (AA) - $6.99 - per lb -- Fair price for beef, but we've seen better from Sobeys. Either the price is better, or the grade is better.
- Steelhead trout (fresh) - $9.99 - per lb -- More of that $10/lb pink fish.
- Eggs - $4.99 - 18-pack -- Not groundbreaking, but good. Might as well save a bit on eggs and get these intead of a regular dozen.
- Potatoes - $1.99 - 5lb bag -- $2 each 5lb bag if you buy two or more. Othewise, regular price is 2.99.
- Produce Price Rating: Generally a high price store, especially for produce. Some items are 50% more than more value-oriented stores. Kinda like Metro, some of the deals can be quite good.
Super C - Whole chicken - $1.97 - per lb -- Very nice! I really enjoy seeing $2/lb chicken. It makes it absolutely worthwhile to buy these and part them up yourself.
- Pork rib - $2.77 - per lb -- Good sale, but nothing like that that Loblaws deal.
- Atlantic salmon (fresh) - $9.77 - per lb -- More fair and average sale-price pink fish.
- Sausage (Roma) - $4.77 - 300-450g -- Includes Italian, Merguez, and sausage patties. For those who've never had Merguez, try them. Very flavourful sausage type!
- Eggs (Selection) - $3.49 - 12-pack -- Not a doorcrasher, but a small reduction given the average of these eggs is about 3.79 to 3.89 lately.
- Mini carrots - $0.97 - 340g bag -- Nice! Great deal!
- Potatoes (small; red or yellow) - $0.97 - 3lb bag -- Nice! Very good price for potatoes. And these are the minis!
- Corn - $0.77 - per ear -- Corn isn't in season yet, so we won't be seeing 50c ears of corn yet, but this is a fair sign of things to come.
- Apples (Cortland, McIntosh) - $2.77 - 4lb bag -- Very nice! Under $1/lb for standard fruit!
- Oranges - $2.77 - 3lb bag -- Again, under $1/lb for standard fruit. There are better deals out there for oranges. But, I'd get these if it means skipping a trip for JUST oranges lol
- Cantaloupe and Pineapple - $2.97 - each -- Nice! More $3 melon.
- Strawberries - $2.97 - 454g shell -- More average sale-priced strawberries.
- Lemons - $2.97 - 2lb bag -- Going back to lemon talk for a sec, this is what I meant. 2lbs of lemons is easily 10+ lemons, which clocks each lemon in at 30c.
- Brick cheese (Selection) - $3.97 - 400g bar -- Nice! Anything under $5 for brick cheese is a good deal. Get a couple of these. Unopened, they keep for a long time in the fridge.
- Bocconcini (Tre Stelle) - $4.77 - 200g tub -- Nice price for nice cheese.
- Packaged deli meat (Deli-Shop) - varies - varies -- It's hard to size up these deals, but basically some of these come up to about $1/100g, maybe $2/100g for fancier cuts. But, overall, this is margins cheaper than some other packaged deli items I've seen around, by about a factor of 2. Check the flyer for more details.
- Produce Price Rating: Generally low, but can creep into medium for some items. But, there's always something decent available!
T&T Supermarket https://www.tntsupermarket.com * Produce Price Rating: Usually very competitive, catering to Asian cuisine. Warning: their newest sales start on Fridays - so this is a late advertising of their sales.
Walmart - Beef sirloin tip steak (AAA) - $4.97 - per lb -- WOW! That's a fantastic price for AAA-grade beef ready steaks. Get some!
- Hot dogs (Schneiders) - $3.97 - 375-450g -- Jumbo or stadium style. I don't usually mention more processed products, but the price is really quite good. Even on sale, you don't really find them for this cheap.
- Beefsteak tomatoes - $0.74 - per lb -- WOW! Following up last week's pepper deal with an awesome tomato deal! Great for salads, burgers, cooking for fresh pasta dishes.
- Celery - $2.47 - per head -- Nice price for celery.
- Oranges (Cara Cara or regular seedless) - $2.84 - 3lb bag -- Fair deal on the seedless, but awesome deal on the Cara Cara. And Cara Cara oranges are FREAKIN' TASTY AS HECK! Try them! It's like a navel and blood orange made a baby, and that baby made friends with a grapefruit
- Brick cheese - $11.00 - for 2 400-450g bricks -- Decent price for brick cheese. But, as we've seen, week to week, it's easy to find these bricks in one brand or another for $5 or less.
- Frozen veg (Great Value) - $2.57 - 500-750g bags -- A good staple to have in your freezer for easy dinner sides.
- Dry pasta (Barilla) - $1.27 - 410g packs -- Value-wise, it's not optimal. It is nice pasta, but this isn't a stock-up price, in my opinion. Primo and Unico products can go on sale for about the same price, but for 700-900g packs.
- Canned tuna (Great Value) - $0.97 - 170g can -- Nice! Well-priced cans of tuna are a pantry necessity for those quick and easy meals. Personally, I love a tuna salad sandwich with finely diced celery, dried thyme and oregano, and lots fo ground pepper!
- Produce Price Rating: A little all over the place. Some really good prices between a lot of average pricing.
Costco (Note that these are the online/shipped prices - reduce each item by $3 for in-store pricing)
- NOTE: NEED TO REVISE - - --
- Paper Towel (Kirkland) - $27.99 - 12-roll pack -- 2-ply; 160 sheets
- Paper Towel (Bounty) - $27.49 - 12-roll pack -- 2-ply; 86 sheets
- Toilet Paper (Kirkland) - $25.99 - 30-roll pack -- 2-ply; 380 sheets
- Toilet Paper (Cashmere) - $24.99 - 40-roll pack -- 2-ply; 250 sheets (on sale)
- Dish soap (Dawn Platinum) - $18.99 - 2.66L -- Food Basics often has this jug for $10!
- Laundry detergent (Purex) - $24.99 - 9.24L -- 250 loads
- Garbage bags (30 gallon; large) - $15.99 - 100-pack -- Amazon has Glad standard 74L bags, 100-packs for $23, sometimes less if on sale
- Countertop green bin liners - $21.99 - 125-pack -- Amazon has Glad Compostable green bin liners 100-packs for $18, sometimes less if on sale
- Produce Price Rating: I need to do a proper check to be sure, but I find it's pretty average. There's an illusion of getting a good deal because of the bulk. Just be careful.
Jean Coutu (new sales start Fridays)
- Produce Price Rating: I have to start checking these just in case...
Shoppers Drug Mart (new sales start Fridays)
- Produce Price Rating: Sometimes they have cheap butter, eggs, and milk on weekends.
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2024.03.27 14:34 crimsontape This week's grocery review - Sales for March 28th to April 3rd - Lots of decent deals to go around. Some relief for fresh veg and overall more stable sale-pricing
(As always, flyers are out Wednesdays, most store sales for the new flyer start on Thursdays)
Adonis - Beef eye of round - $6.99 per lb -- Not the best, but consistently available.
- Royal Sea Bream - $6.88 per lb -- With free cleaning!
- Whole black tilapia - $3.99 per lb -- With free cleaning!
- Shrimp (raw, white, Blue Tide) - $4.99 340g pack -- These 51-60 grade, so tiny. Not good for skewers, but good for pastas, gumbos, etc.
- Eggs (Burnbrae) - $4.77 18-pack -- Excellent price for eggs, works out to 26.5c each.
- Vine tomatoes - $1.49 per lb -- Nice price for vine tomatoes. A relief from higher $2/lb+ averages.
- Blueberries - $2.97 340g -- Nice! Usually a half-pint will run over $2.
- Oranges - $0.99 per lb -- Good rate on standard fruit. Sometimes you can catch these oranges for less, but not often.
- Bocconcini (Tre Stelle) - $3.99 200g tub -- Great price for nice cheese.
- Ricotta (Tre Stelle) - $3.99 475g tub -- Great price for nice cheese.
- Deli - Prosciutto (San Daniele) - $1.99 per 100g -- WOW! That's cheap for prosciutto.
- Deli - Mortadella (San Daniele) - $1.49 per 100g -- WOW! Awesome deal for nice mortadella!
- Deli - Montreal-style smoked meat (Solmaz) - $1.99 per 100g -- Fantastic price for smoked meat. Very nice!
- Deli - Beef bologna (Alzahraa) - $1.29 per 100g -- Good cheap sandwich meat for lunches!
- Walnuts (shelled, Cedar) - $4.99 454g bag -- Good price for a lb of walnuts. Good for snacking or making into desserts (candied walnuts?).
- Canned tuna (Cedar) - $5.00 3* 170g cans -- Works out to 1.66 per can. Fair-ish rate on canned tuna. It's possible to find better.
- Honey (Aurora) - $9.99 1kg jar -- Good deal for honey. Sometimes these 1kg jars can be found for less, but it's rare.
- Produce Price Rating: Medium, but always has well-priced chicken, the deli meat sale rotations are always fantastic, and just the overall variety of goods is refreshing. Personal favourite store.
Farm Boy - Cucumbers - $5.00 for 4 -- I assume you can buy them for 1.25 each, which is awesome. Cucumbers suffer some wild swings these days.
- Dried Sausage (various, Farm Boy, Rosette de Lyon) - $11.99 300g chub -- Buy one, get the next 50%. That would work out to $18. It's not great, but it's not terrible either. Works out to $3/100g, which isn't terrible for nice specialty dried sausage.
- Produce Price Rating: High
Farmers Pick (can be a little late on their flyer) (
https://www.farmerspick.ca/flyer-specials)
Food Basics - Beef striploin steak or roast - $5.98 per lb -- Probably AA grade. Pretty fair for beef. We sometimes see those dips into the $4/lb territory, but it's very cut dependent.
- Lamb leg (fresh, New Zealand) - $3.98 per lb -- Great price for lamb!! I should buy one of these and make a proper shepherd's pie.
- Atlantic salmon (fresh) - $8.88 per lb -- Awesome price for salmon! And it's Canadian-sourced. Nice!
- Bacon (Schneiders) - $3.99 375g pack -- Coupon deal, one per customer. Regular price is $8.
- Asparagus - $0.98 325g bunch -- Awesome price. Can float up to $3/lb.
- Cucumbers - $0.98 each -- Awesome! I love $1 cucumber!
- Mini cucumbers - $2.98 6-pack -- Interesting note: 5-6 minis is about a pound… And sometimes you can find them loose for cheaper…
- Vine tomatoes - $0.98 per lb -- Fantastic price for tomatoes. But, fair warning, they probably still have a 1000-mile salad bar quality.
- Onions, carrots - $1.98 2lb bag -- Average price for onions and carrots.
- Sweet potato - $1.28 per lb -- Average price for onions and carrots.
- Apples (various) - $2.98 3lb bag -- Works out to $1/lb, which is a good rate.
- Clementines - $2.98 2lb bag -- Good rate for clementines. Hard to find a better price than this.
- Pineapple - $2.98 each -- Not terrific, but not bad given some places charge $5-6.
- Brick cheese (Black Diamond) - $4.88 400g bar -- Good ol' $5 brick cheese!
- Brie (Monsier Gustav) - $7.99 325g wheel -- Nice price for nice cheese. Deal is also applies to their gouda.
- Kolbassa (Piller's) - $4.99 375g chub -- Nice! These are regularly $2-3 more.
- Salami (Mastro) - $6.49 300g chub -- Nice! These can float into $8-10 regular price. You only get a better deal if you got for the big 600g chubs.
- Nuts (various, Irrrestibles) - $2.98 200-250g bag -- Nice! Though, I bought some walnuts the other week and they were a little stale tasting and I couldn't bring myself to eat them before I gave up on them. So to the squirrels they went.
- Fresh baguette - $0.99 235g loaf -- Nice! I think you'd have to look at the RCSS at any regularly low-priced fresh baked baguette.
- Canned tomatoes (Primo) - $1.25 796ml can -- Excellent! This is a stock-up price!
- Dry pasta (Primo) - $1.48 900g pack -- Again, this is a stock-up price! Get a few bags! Tip: orecchiette makes for excellent mac and cheese.
- Rice (Noor, Arjun) - $7.99 3.63-4.54kg -- The Noor bag is the 10lb one. I wonder if there's a quality difference…
- Olive oil (Gallo) - $13.99 1L bottle -- Haha, not exactly a deal. But, such as it is for olive oil.
- Butter (Selection) - $5.99 454g bar -- Not bad. It's interesting though as they advertise this as "locked down". Hmm…
- Dish soap (Dawn) - $5.00 2x 431-473ml bottle -- Math time: 0.5L for 2.50, 1L for $5 ish. On sale, those bottles are on par with the Platinum 2.2L bottle for $12.
- Produce Price Rating: Low to medium low
FoodLand - Beef top sirloin (AAA) - $9.99 per lb -- Not bad. There's obviously less fancy for less, but this is decent for AAA grade.
- Brick cheese (Armstrong) - $4.99 400g bar -- Good ol' $5 brick cheese!
- Frozen veg (Green Giant) - $2.67 400-750g -- Nice! Brand-name frozen veg for less than $3 a bag. I'm sure the 750g bags are for corn and peas, but still, it's a good price. Get some to keep in the freezer for soup and simple dinner sides,
- Produce Price Rating: Medium-high to high.
Freshco (price matcher)
- Beef eye of round (AA grade) - $3.99 per lb -- Excellent price! Limit of 2.
- Smoked ham (Pillars) - $9.99 800g toupie -- Pretty good. We've seen better, but we're in that $1-1.25/100g rangem, which is very acceptable.
- Dinner sausage (Compliments) - $12.00 1.4kg pack -- This basically $4/lb, which very acceptable for fresh sausage.
- Boneless turkey roast (frozen, Butterball) - $19.99 1.5kg -- Math time: goodness that's $6/lb. I mean, it's a meat-amalgam roast. But still, that's 2-3x the price of fresh turkey…
- Asparagus - $1.49 per lb -- Great deal!
- Brussel sprouts - $1.99 per lb -- Good price, often floats around $3/lb.
- Green beans - $2.49 per lb -- Good price, often floats around $3/lb.
- Celery - $2.49 per head -- I think this is common pricing for FreshCo. Nice to see.
- Coleslaw kit (Compliments) - $1.99 397g bag -- Great price for a big salad kid!
- Strawberries - $1.87 454g shell -- Nice! Good deal!
- Cantaloupe - $2.49 each -- Nice! We've only seen marginally cheaper.
- Brick cheese (Armstrong) - $4.99 400g bar -- Good ol' $5 brick cheese!
- Cream (Sealtest) - $1.99 473ml-1L -- Hmm, not bad. I have to start paying attention to cream prices…
- Bread (Rudolph) - $2.99 500g loaf -- Nice bread for a decent price. I think Costco sells the same bread, but in these combo bags, and they work out to 2.50 a loaf, I think… It's been a while since I've been, however.
- Espresso beans (Lavazza) - $16.99 1kg bag -- Not terrific. Reminds me of a fellow's mention of 1kg bags for $10 at Costco… Anyhow, I grind my own coffee every morning in a simple blitzer. Works out to 10c a cup, or 20c to fill a big mug.
- Produce Price Rating: Low to medium low (more on the medium side)
Giant Tiger (*note the VIP prices; sales begin today) (price matcher)
- Smoked ham (Gold Label) - $9.97 1.5kg toupie -- HOLY WOW COW! That's CHEAP for smoked ham!!!
- Shrimp (Aqua Star) - $5.97 340g bag -- Good price. Not like the Adonis deal, but good still.
- Bacon (Carver's Choice) - $2.77 375g pack -- Excellent price for bacon!
- Carrots - $1.87 2lb bag -- Fair price for carrots.
- Cauliflower - $2.88 each -- Awesome!
- Potatoes (Russet) - $2.97 5lb bag -- GT Member Price. Only buy at the member price.
- Pineapple - $1.87 each -- Excellent price! Get ehse!
- Lemons - $2.88 2lb bag -- Great price for lemons!
- Apples (Royal Gala) - $3.88 3lb bag -- Not bad. Above that $1/lb mark, but not by much.
- Boursin cheese - $4.44 150g pack -- GT Member Price. Sometimes on for $4 in other places. This is still a good deal at the member price.
- Kolbassa (Brandt) - $4.97 250g chub -- Not bad. I prefer the Basics deal…
- Canned tomatoes (Primo) - $3.00 for 2x 796ml can -- Great price! If you plan to stock up, note that Food Basics has them for 25c less each.
- Produce Price Rating: Generally on the low side.
Green Fresh Supermarket (Vanier) (check
https://greenfreshsupermarketvanier.business.site/) (full flyers available here
https://bbs.comefromchina.com/members/102157/#latest-activity) * Produce Price Rating: Usually very competitive, catering to Asian cuisine. Warning: their newest sales start on Fridays - so this is a late advertising of their sales.
IGA (price matcher)
- Rasberries, Blackberries - $1.93 170g shells -- Scene Member Price. $1 more otherwise, which is no deal at all.
- Cantaloupe - $2.94 each -- Not bad. There's cheaper, but it's a whole melon for $3.
- Pineapple - $2.97 each -- Price is for whole or cored.
- Brick cheese (Armstrong) - $5.77 400g bar -- I prefer seeing these bars for less, but it's Cracker Barrel, so it makes enough sense.
- Cheese and pâté deal - $15.00 for 3 -- The deal is a little loose. Be sure to check the flyer and verify at the check-out.
- Boursin cheese - $3.99 150g pack -- Scene Member Price. $6 regular.
- Butter (Compliments) - $4.99 454g bar -- Nice! $5 butter!
- Produce Price Rating: Medium
Independent - Turkey (Fresh, Grade A) - $2.49 per lb -- Not bad, but not great. At least it's a clear per lb price.
- Smoked ham (Sugardale) - $2.49 per lb -- If you're not up for a bird, hassleback a ham and slow-bake it with a nice glaze!
- Beef grilling steak (AA) - $7.88 per lb -- Worth checking out if you're in the mood for steak.
- Atlantic Salmon, Haddock, and Cod - $9.99 per lb -- Nice variety of fresh fish at a stable and standard price.
- Eggs (Burnbrae) - $5.49 18-pack -- Nice! Basically brings a midrange quality eggs into the lower-end 30c bracket.
- Asparagus - $2.49 per lb -- Not great, but not bad either.
- Brussel sprouts - $2.49 per lb -- Good price for sprouts!
- Strawberries - $2.99 454g shell -- Not bad. We've seen better, but it might be nice to snag some if they look nice.
- Brick cheese (Black Diamond) - $4.88 400g bar -- Good ol' $5 brick cheese!
- Canned soup (No Name) - $0.50 284ml can -- Hey now, that's actually really dcecent!
- Perogies (frozen, Cheemo) - $2.00 815-907g pack -- Great deal on perogies!
- Produce Price Rating: fairly high with few exceptions
Loblaws - Turkey (Fresh, Grade A) - $2.49 per lb -- Not bad, but not great. At least it's a clear per lb price.
- Smoked ham (Sugardale) - $2.49 per lb -- If you're not up for a bird, hassleback a ham and slow-bake it with a nice glaze!
- Beef prime rib roast (AA) - $7.88 per lb -- Not higher grade, but slow-roasted and treated well, this could be a nice dinner in the waiting.
- Atlantic Salmon, Haddock, and Cod - $9.99 per lb -- Nice variety of fresh fish at a stable and standard price.
- Asparagus - $2.49 per lb -- Not great, but not bad either.
- Brussel sprouts - $2.49 per lb -- Good price for sprouts!
- Brick cheese (Black Diamond) - $4.88 400g bar -- Good ol' $5 brick cheese!
- Canned soup (No Name) - $0.50 284ml can -- Hey now, that's actually really dcecent!
- Perogies (frozen, Cheemo) - $2.00 815-907g pack -- Great deal on perogies!
- Produce Price Rating: fairly high with few exceptions
Provigo - Ground beef (medium) - $18.99 per lb -- For the love of God and all that is holy, that's 4-5x standard price ranging!!! What the hell are they thinking of advertising this? Is this gaslighting? LOL Independent and Loblaws have their extre lean ground for 8/lb, and that's STILL not a good deal by any means. How can they do $19/lb!?!
- I don't know what's going on with Provigo this week. This is cracked out. I'm not even bothering with their flyer this week…
- Produce Price Rating: Fairly high to eye watering
Maxi (price matcher)
- Turkey (frozen) - $0.99 per lb -- WOWOWOW OMG! INCREDIBLE!
- Chicken breast (boneless, skinless) - $4.44 per lb -- Hard to find a better deal on chicken breast!!
- Bacon (PC) - $4.88 500g -- Good price for decent bacon.
- Smoked ham - $6.88 700g toupie -- Great deal on a smoked ham, though it doesn't top that GT deal!
- Pork tenderloin (fresh, Olymel) - $4.88 per lb -- More of an honourable mention. I like these cuts. They're very versatile. Pulled pork. Cut into chops and flattened for schnitzel. Roll cut and tie. Roasted whole.
- Lamb leg (fresh, New Zealand) - $5.88 per lb -- Decent deal on lamb leg
- Eggs (Burnbrae) - $3.57 18-pack -- HOLY COW!
- Shrimp and scallops (frozen, Sea Quest) - $5.88 300/400g bag -- Wow! Great deal!
- Sausages (beef and pork, Lafleur) - $6.77 1kg pack -- Awesome! That'S $3/lb!
- Onions - $4.55 10lb bag -- Nice! These haven't been coming up as much.
- Green cabbage - $0.88 per lb -- Nice! Great price for cabbage.
- Brussel sprouts - $1.88 per lb -- Excellent price for sprouts.
- Carrots - $2.77 3lb bag -- Average sale, but better than not.
- Cucumber - $3.77 3-pack -- Great deal!
- Leeks - $4.55 3-pack -- Leeks used to be so much cheaper. Now it's hard to find them for less than $6, and sometimes they're thin and dinky. So, if they look nice, don't pass them up.
- Lemons - $0.50 each -- Puts us into the $2/l-ish. Great deal!
- Grapes - $1.44 per lb -- Excellent price for grapes!! Like, half off, essentially.
- Pineapple - $1.77 each -- Oh! Another good pineapple deal!
- Cantaloupe - $2.88 each -- Nice! More cheap melon!
- Mandarins - $6.99 4lb bag -- Good rate on mandarins. $2/lb is fair, $1.50/lb is very good!
- Brick cheese (P'tit Quebec) - $4.87 400g bar -- Sub-$5 cheese!
- Boursin cheese - $4.44 150g pack -- More sale Boursin!
- Saputo deal (includes Feta and Bocconcini) - $4.77 125-200g -- Decent enough deal for feta, but not really for the bocconcini.
- Double-cream brie (PC) - $11.99 450g wheel -- Nice big wheels, good for baked bries.
- Brie, Camembert (Portneuf) - $4.00 125g wheel -- Or, get a few different wheels for a dinner party cheese plate!
- Canned soup (No Name) - $0.66 284ml can -- Hey now, that's actually really dcecent!
- Flour (Five Roses, Robinhood) - $11.99 10kg bag -- Nice, there's our $12 10kg bag of flour!
- Silk Almond bev - $3.22 1.89L jug -- Nice, about $1 off most other places.
- Beyond Paties - $7.44 226g 4-pack -- Worthy mention.
- Beyond Sausage - $7.44 400g 4-pack -- The sausages are the better deal by weight.
- Produce Price Rating: Generally medium low pricing! This store can post some impressive deals at times.
Metro - Turkey (fresh or frozen, Butterball) - $2.44 per lb -- Average sale price for turkey. That Maxi sale really puts these other turkey deals to shame.,..
- Beef prime rib roast (AA) - $7.88 per lb -- Not AAA grade, but slow-roasted and treated well, this could be a nice dinner in the waiting.
- Pork back rib - $2.99 per lb -- Nice price for pork rib!
- Pork loin rib or sirloin roast - $2.99 per lb -- Interesting. Not a common cut you find for the same price as the rib racks.
- Atlantic salmon (fresh) - $9.99 per lb -- Decent price for salmon.
- Alaskan Cod (frozen or thawed) - $8.99 per lb -- Decent price for a nice white fish.
- Lamb leg (fresh, New Zealand) - $4.99 per lb -- Decent deal on lamb leg
- Smoked ham (Selection) - $14.99 1.4kg toupie -- This is good any other week, except when GT comes swinging in with the $10 for 1.5kg.
- Fresh greens (Attitude) - $3.99 312g bin -- Good price for fresh greens! These are usually at least $5-6.
- Asparagus - $1.99 per lb -- Decent deal.
- Strawberries - $2.44 454g shell -- Decent deal.
- Brick cheese (Cracker Barrel) - $5.77 400g bar -- Not under $5 but still better than paying regular price.
- Boursin cheese - $3.99 150g pack -- More sale Boursin!
- Butter (Lactantia) - $4.99 454g bar -- Nice $5 butter!
- Produce Price Rating: High. Kinda like Sobeys. You can see a 50% average mark-up compared to a lot of other stores. It's nice produce, but it costs you.
No Frills (price matcher)
- Chicken breast (boneless, skinless) - $4.66 per lb -- Fantastic deal on chicken breast!
- Atlantic salmon (fresh) - $9.77 per lb -- Average sale price for salmon.
- Peameal bacon - $2.88 per lb -- Interesting to see peameal go cheap like this. It's usually closer to $4/lb.
- Picnic pork - $2.99 per lb -- Fair deal on picnic pork.
- Asparagus - $1.44 325g bunch -- Great deal!
- Sweet potato - $1.29 per lb -- Average deal for sweet potatoes. Sub-$1/lb is hard to snag.
- Potatoes (Red, Yellow, Russet) - $3.99 10lb bag -- Nice! $4 10lb bags are always welcome!
- Garlic - $0.89 3-pack -- Good price for garlic. I've seen these go for $1.50.
- Grapes - $1.79 per lb -- Excellent deal for grapes!
- Pineapple - $2.99 each -- Average sale price, but still welcome
- Cantaloupe - $2.99 each -- More $3 melon. Lots of these going around.
- Walnuts (in shell) - $1.99 per lb -- I love in-shell nuts. They're nice to throw onto the table will chatting with family and friends, over coffee or drinks.
- Yogurt cups (Astro) - $3.99 12-pack -- Nice price for a kid's lunch staple.
- Brick cheese (PC) - $5.77 400g bar -- For fair-priced cheese. Not under $5, but still ok.
- Fancy cheese deal (PC branded) - $15.00 for 3 -- Includes a nice variety. Make sure to check out the ad in the flyer for exact details.
- Ghee (HappyDairy) - $12.99 800g -- About $1-2 cheaper than most other places.
- Yogurt (Hans) - $2.29 750g tub -- Nice little deal on plain yogurt.
- Genoa salami (mild or hot, Mastro) - $10.49 600g -- Good deal on a big chub of genoa.
- Luncheon meat - $1.49 340g -- I've seen these cans for WAY more. Good pantry item for cheap meals.
- Canned tomatoes (Unico) - $1.79 796ml can -- Fair price for canned tomatoes. Not that Basics deal. Even GT has a leg up over this one.
- Canned tuna (Ocean's) - $1.49 170g can -- Fair price for canned tuna. Those 99c deals are getting rarer and rarer. On that note, they also have canned albacore for 5.89. That's a wild 4x price. I wonder what the flavour difference is…
- Earth's Own Almond bev - $2.99 1.89L -- Great price! Note that the oat milk is also on sale but 80c more.
- Produce Price Rating: Generally quite low, selectively amazing for some items.
Produce Depot (usually a little late on the flyer)
https://producedepot.ca/ - Beef sirloin tip roast - $6.79 per lb -- Decent price for beef!
- Boneless pork loin roast or chops - $3.29 per lb -- Decent price, and you have two options for the cut.
- Fresh whole pickerel - $5.99 per lb -- Not a common fish to find fresh at the counter. Neat! Fair price, too!
- Cod fillets (fresh) - $11.99 per lb -- Frozen and thawed, we saw cod for $9/lb. Fresh is a little more, but it makes a difference, especially if you're battering and deep-frying.
- Kale - $1.49 per bunch -- Nice! I assume they're a standard bunch size.
- Brussel sprouts - $1.79 per lb -- Excellent price for sprouts!
- Potatoes (PEI) - $3.99 10lb bag -- Nice! $4 10lb bags are always welcome!
- Pears (Bartlett) - $1.79 per lb -- Not the best deal, but not bad. I think 1.49/lb is the better target, but this ain't terrible.
- Navel oranges (California) - $1.29 per lb -- A little over that $1/lb mark for standard oranges, but there may be a quality difference that makes them shine. Don't walk by them without giving them a little look.
- Deli - Smoked ham - $1.89 per 100g -- Nice deal on deli ham!
- Produce Price Rating: Medium-low with very competitive specials on a shortened flyer. The small flyer is nice because it doesn't uselessly feature $6 heads of cauliflower and extremely high-price items that are either a confusion on the consumer, or an insult on the injury of not being able to afford supreme quality items.
Real Canadian Superstore (price matcher)
- Beef boneless rib roast or steaks (no grade) - $6.88 per lb -- 4 day sale only - 27th to 30th. This is probably Mexican-sourced. That doesn't mean it's bad, but it means it doesn't a grade. The price is nice, though.
- Turkey (fresh, Grade A) - $2.49 per lb -- More of that standard sale turkey.
- Ground beef (medium) - $4.99 per lb -- Upper-end price for sale ground. $4/lb is the stock-up target.
- Broccoli - $0.88 per crown -- AWESOME! Great price for broc crowns.
- Sweet potatoes - $5.00 10lb bag -- AWESOME! 50c/lb!!
- Onions - $2.99 3lb bag -- Average.
- Carrots - $4.00 5lb bag -- Nice! 80c/lb is a good rate for carrot.
- Green cabbage - $0.99 per lb -- Average sale for cabbage. Nothing to cry home about, but you're not getting ripped off.
- Mini-cucumbers - $4.00 11-pack -- Excellent price on a bulk pack of cucumber.
- Mushrooms - $5.00 680g shell -- Great deal on mushrooms! 227g shells usually got for $3-4, so the extra buck gets you 2.5x the quantity. I like slicing the criminis and baking them with a little oil and salt until very browned. Yum!
- Sweet peppers (Imperfect) - $6.00 2.5lb bag -- Very reasonable rate on peppers considering we're still seeing $3/lb+ on average.
- Grapes - $1.79 per lb -- Fantastic deal on grapes!
- Double-cream brie (PC) - $11.99 450g wheel -- Nice big wheels, good for baked bries.
- Grana Padano And Parmigiano - $22.00 800g hunk -- Math time: works out to 2.75/100g. More often, you'll find 200g for $8-10. So, it's a lot of cheese, but at a very good rate. And, if you store it well, parm will continue to age and dry a bit in the fridge, lending to the "flavour crystals" that build up in the cheese.
- Silk Almond bev - $2.99 1.89L jug -- Nice, about $1 off most other places.
- Produce Price Rating: Generally medium-low pricing, selectively amazing for some items.
Sobeys - Turkey (fresh, Grade A) - $1.95 per lb -- More of that standard sale turkey.
- Beef sirloin oven roast or steaks (AAA) - $6.88 per lb -- Scene Member Price. WOW! Hold the phone, that's AAA-grade for less than $7/lb. Regular is 7.99, which still really good by any stretch.
- Pork centercut loin or rib - $3.70 per lb -- Not amazing, but not bad. It's a fair price for loin. I'd hit a Metro if you want pork rib.
- Lobster tail (frozen or thawed) - $7.50 each -- Hmm… Interesting. Lobster is a bit of a toss up for price. Comparitively at this moment, this is a fair price for frozen lobster tail.
- Atlantic salmon - $9.77 per lb -- Scene Member Price. 2 days only, 28th and 30th. Reguarly 14.99/lb. This is what some would call "priced for a sale". $15/lb is stupid, $10/lb is a fair deal, but if Sobey's is your only option, then it's a great deal.
- Sausages (Johnsonville) - 2-for-1 - $6.99 250-500g -- It's not clear which packs are the 500g ones. It's meh deal if you get the 250g packs. It's excellent deal if you do the 500g packs.
- Asparagus - $1.77 per lb -- Good price for asparagus.
- Sweet potato - $1.29 per lb -- Average sale, but kinda actually good for Sobeys.
- Celery - $2.49 per head -- Nice! Fair price for celery. Basics still hasn't woken up and is still selling theirs for $4.
- Onions, Carrots - $2.69 2lb bags -- Oufff, this is unfortunate pricing…
- Russet potatoes - $1.49 per lb -- Ouch!! Why Sobeys! You were doing so well!
- Brick cheese (PC) - $5.77 400g bar -- For fair-priced cheese. Not under $5, but still ok.
- Produce Price Rating: Some sales can be quite good. But, it's generally a high price store, especially for produce. Some items are 50% more than more value-oriented stores.
Super C - Beef fillet mignon (roast or steaks) - $14.99 per lb -- This is actually a good price on a very nice cut of beef! Provigo had it at advertised at 36/lb. I think 25/lb is probably closer to the median price. But still, excellent price!!
- Ground beef (medium) - $3.49 per lb -- FANTASTIC! And lest we forget Provigo's $18/lb.
- Ground pork (extra lean) - $3.49 per lb -- FANTASTIC! Awesome price for ground pork! Extra lean means you're not paying for fat, which you can always add back in somehow haha
- Steelhead trout - $9.88 per lb -- Standard sale price on fresh trout. Not mindblowingly cheap, but still better than full price, which can easily range into $15/lb.
- Snow crab sections (frozen) - $8.88 per lb -- Good rate on crab.
- Lamb leg (fresh, New Zealand) - $4.99 per lb -- Decent price for lamb. Basics has it for $4/lb, but this is still a good rate.
- Smoked ham (Sugardale) - $2.49 per lb -- Nice! Most other places charge 3.49/lb for the exact same ham.
- Radishes - $0.99 per bunch -- Very good price for radishes. It's very rare to find better than this.
- Asparagus - $0.99 per bunch? -- It isn't specified if it's per lb or 325g bunches. Either way, fantastic price!
- Cucumber - $0.99 each -- Nice! $1 cucumber!
- Green cabbage - $0.99 per lb -- Decent rate on cabbage. Fair price, but not the best. I like seeing 88c/lb. And we've seen lower, but it's not common.
- Rutabaga - $0.99 per lb -- Fair enough. I think regular price, rutabaga floats toward 1.30/lb-ish. Like the cabbage, I prefer seeing 88c/lb.
- Potatoes (yellow, red) - $5.99 10lb bag -- Fair enough price for spuds. Not the best, but not terrible. We're seeing 10lb bags go for $7-8 (which is terrifying)
- Grapes - $1.79 per lb -- Excellent rate on grapes!
- Cantaloupe - $1.99 each -- Awesome!
- Strawberries (organic) - $2.99 454g shell -- According to the flyer, the organic and regular strawberries are the same price.
- Coconut - $0.99 each -- Fun!
- Clementines - $3.99 2lb bag -- Decent enough. It's tough to source a lower price than $2/lb.
- Double-cream brie (Le Baron) - $12.99 500g wheel -- Good price for a big wheel of brie.
- Feta (Selection) - $15.00 800g tub -- Good enough rate on feta. $2/100g is a good target price. More than that, and you should question it.
- Dried sausage (Irresistibles) - $7.99 400g chub -- Good price for nice dried sausage. The varieties are quite nice. I like the chorizo especially. That is addictive stuff.
- Pâté (Belle Bretagne) - $2.99 150g pack -- Decent sale. Not the $5-for-2 we saw some weeks ago, but 50c isn't a deal-breaker.
- Canned artichoke (Irresistibles) - $3.00 398ml can -- Nice! This is a sizeable portion for a good price. I love artichokes in salads and on pizza!
- Cretons (Selection) - $5.00 300g pack -- Nice rate on creton. There's also the Norel brand on sale this week for 5.99, same weight.
- Grenache caramel spread - $2.00 400g tub -- Oh wow… I haven't had this stuff in ages…
- Flour (Five Roses, Robinhood) - $13.99 10kg bag -- A little more than some other sales we've seen, but still much better than how smaller bags scale with price.
- Butter (Selection) - $4.88 454g bar -- Nice! Sub-$5 butter!
- Naturalia Almond bev - $2.00 946ml -- Decent price. It's not the $3 1.89L jugs we saw, but if you don't need 2L of it, then this is a fair way to go.
- Produce Price Rating: Generally low, but can creep into medium for some items. But, there's always something decent available!
T&T Supermarket https://www.tntsupermarket.com * Produce Price Rating: Usually very competitive, catering to Asian cuisine. Warning: their newest sales start on Fridays - so this is a late advertising of their sales.
Walmart - Turkey (fresh, Grade A) - $2.44 per lb -- Meh, for Walmart, I expected better than such an average price…
- Atlantic salmon - $8.98 per lb -- Nice! $1/lb less than most places most weeks. Very reasonble price for fresh salmon.
- Dinner and breakfast sausage (Maple Leaf) - $6.97 900g-1.2kg -- Fantastic deal on sausage!
- Smoked ham (bone-in, Great Value) - $1.37 per lb -- WOW! This is an AWESOME deal on dinner ham!
- Brussel sprouts - $1.97 per lb -- Excellent price for fresh sprouts.
- Broccoli - $0.84 per crown -- AWESOME! Great price for broc crowns.
- Cauliflower - $2.97 each -- This is a good price for cauliflower. Averages can float towards $4-5.
- Celery - $1.97 per head -- Nice! $2 is great for celery.
- Green peppers - $2.47 per lb -- Not bad for peppers. Sitll exorbitant, but better than $3/lb+.
- Pineapple - $2.97 each -- More of that $3 pineapple. Seems like pineapple import season lol. I don't think I saw a pineapple over $5 this week.
- Blueberries - $1.94 340g shell -- WOW! That's cheap! Excellent price!
- Mango - $0.97 each -- Fantastic deal! Hard to find mangoes cheaper than 1.25-1.50 a piece.
- Brick cheese (Cracker Barrel) - $5.77 400g bar -- Not under $5 but still better than paying regular price.
- Rondelé cheese spread - $2.97 125g pack -- Really good cheese spread for a great price!
- Cube stock (Knorr) - $0.88 80g 8-pack -- Normally about $1.00-1.25 basically anywhere any other day of the week.
- Frozen veg (Green Giant) - $2.67 300-750g bag -- Nice! Brand-name frozen veg for less than $3 a bag. I'm sure the 750g bags are for corn and peas, but still, it's a good price. Get some to keep in the freezer for soup and simple dinner sides,
- Instant Pot Pressure cooker - $89.98 8-qt -- $40 off regularly price. For those with small kitchens, this is a life saver. Pressure cooking can cut cooktimes in half or more. These electric countertop ones can also be used as slow cookers, for making yogurt, soaking dry beans, it's great for rice, making soup stocks from scraps, and more. And it's safer than running a stove element in many of those use-cases. There's a bit of a learning curve, but now it's an indispensable tool in my kitchen now and I absolutely abuse mine. And, for those who wonder, they fail safely. I've had one "fail" on me. It's not at all like a traditional stove-top pressure cooker, where if it fails it can blow a lid clear through a ceiling.
- Produce Price Rating: A little all over the place. Some really good prices between a lot of average pricing.
Costco (for referencing when looking through flyers - going to try to comment on these items more often)
- Paper Towel (Kirkland) - $27.99 12-roll pack -- 2-ply; 160 sheets
- Paper Towel (Bounty) - $27.49 12-roll pack -- 2-ply; 86 sheets
- Toilet Paper (Kirkland) - $26.99 30-roll pack -- 2-ply; 380 sheets
- Toilet Paper (Cashmere) - $23.99 40-roll pack -- 2-ply; 250 sheets (on sale)
- Dish soap (Dawn Platinum) - $18.99 2.66L -- Food Basics often has this jug for $10!
- Laundry detergent (Purex) - $24.99 9.24L -- 250 loads
- Garbage bags (30 gallon; large) - $15.99 100-pack -- Amazon has Glad standard 74L bags, 100-packs for $23, sometimes less if on sale
- Countertop green bin liners - $21.99 125-pack -- Amazon has Glad Compostable green bin liners 100-packs for $18, sometimes less if on sale
- Produce Price Rating: I need to do a proper check to be sure, but I find it's pretty average. There's an illusion of getting a good deal because of the bulk. Just be careful.
Jean Coutu (new sales start Fridays)
- Produce Price Rating: I have to start checking these just in case...
Shoppers Drug Mart (new sales start Fridays)
- Produce Price Rating: Sometimes they have cheap butter, eggs, and milk on weekends.
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2024.03.20 15:15 crimsontape This week's grocery review - Sales for March 21st to 27th - Get ready up for your Easter weekend! We have some really amazing sales this week! It took me an extra hour bang this one out!
(As always, flyers are out Wednesdays, most store sales for the new flyer start on Thursdays)
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Adonis - Chicken breast (boneless skinless) - $4.99 per lb -- Nice price for chicken breast, and sales like this come often to Adonis, I find. There is better every now and then, but it can be a bit of a chase.
- Octopus (thawed, cleaned) - $7.88 per lb -- Neat! Usually about $10/lb.
- Coho Salmon (frozen, or thawed) - $10.99 per lb -- Always nice to see some salmon for a fair price. There's been better, but this is a good average sale price.
- Whole black tilapia - $3.99 per lb -- Haha, old reliable tilapia. Comes with a free cleaning.
- Crab legs - $8.99 per lb -- What's a good rate on crab legs… It's usually a little out of my price gamut… Interesting.
- Mackerel (thawed) - $3.99 per lb -- Cheap whole fish! Comes with a free cleaning.
- Green onions - $4.00 for 3 bunches -- Not amazing, but not terrible. $1.33 for green onions is essential par for the course, a little cheaper than the $1.50 I often see. I try to aim for $1.
- Cucumber - $0.99 each -- Nice! Cheap cuce!
- Green peppers - $1.97 per lb -- Fair price for peppers these days.
- Avocados - $2.94 5-pack -- Great deal on cados!
- Green beans - $2.99 per lb -- Decent rate for green beans, especially if they're nice. If they look a little thin, floppy and anemic, I'd avoid them. But, get some if they're nice, plump, and hardy.
- Brussel sprouts - $5.00 2* 454g packs -- Works out to 2.50/lb which is quite good for brussel sprouts. Usually closer to $3-4/lb.
- Oranges - $2.94 3lb bag -- Nice! About $1/lb is always a great rate on "common" fruit.
- Apples (Yellow Delicious, Granny Smith) - $0.99 per lb -- Great deal on apples! I love using Granny Smith apples for pies and similar desserts. Can't replace that tang!
- Counter - Halloum - $1.99 per 100g -- Fair price for halloum. I think this is a cheese counter deal.
- Bocconcini (Saputo) - $3.99 200g tub -- Fair deal. This kind of cheese can often run into the $3/100g range.
- Feta (Krinos) - $1.49 per 100g -- Great rate on feta! You can easily pay much more. This would be the same rate you'd get out of a 1kg tub.
- Deli - Beef bologna (Solmaz) - $1.49 per 100g -- Nice! I gotta try this stuff some day. In fact, I should do a deli counter run and be like "I want 100g of everything" and do a sit down review with a bunch of people haha
- Deli - Chicken breast (Alzahraa) - $1.29 per 100g -- Great deal on a not-super-fancy deli meat. Good if you have a lot of sandwiches to pack.
- Deli - Smoked ham/Black Forest (Olymel) - $1.49 per 100g -- AWESOME! This is a VERY good deal on this brand of ham. Usually at least $2/100g.
- Deli - Turkey Breast (Harvest Creek) - $1.99 per 100g -- Nice! I tried the Solmaz MTL turkey, and that stuff was amazing. When I was there, I was eyeing this stuff and wondering how it might compare.
- Turkey breast deli meat (Alzahraa) - $5.29 400g chub -- Never ignore these large chubs of deli meat. You have to slice it yourself, but the savings are real.
- Flour (Five Roses) - $14.99 10kg bag -- A fair 10kg bag sale. Basically smack dab between the $12 better sale and the $18 regular price.
- Bread (Rudolph) - $2.99 500g loaf -- Great deal on very nice bread which is found more often at the $4 mark.
- Butter (Lactantia) - $5.99 454g bar -- Interesting to note that they have $6 butter. Not the best deal, but not terrible considering even places like GT can have butter prices ranging over $6 for certain brands.
- Produce Price Rating: Medium, but always has well-priced chicken, the deli meat sale rotations are always fantastic, and just the overall variety of goods is refreshing. Personal favourite store.
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Farm Boy - Pork (loin chops or roast) - $3.99 per lb -- Not great, but not bad. I prefer to aim for the $2.99/lb mark, but this still decent. And you can expect it to be a good cut.
- Onions, Carrots - $5.00 2* 3lb bags -- Great deal on onions and carrots. Basically puts it at 83c/lb for both, which is good. $1 and over is where I'm like "eww grody, gag me with a spoon".
- Parsnip - $5.00 2* 1lb bags -- More of a mention if you like parsnip. Also, I find it hard to square that parsnip is that expensive when it's the first thing you can grow in Stardew Valley (terrific game btw).
- Sweet potato - $0.99 per lb -- Awesmoe price! Usually at least 30c more per lb.
- Green onions - $0.99 per bunch -- Nice! See what I mean about $1 bunches!
- Radishes - $0.99 per bunch -- Nice! Kinda funny. Sometimes I buy radishes, and one bunch is too little, but two is too many. Radish woes…
- Celery - $1.99 per head -- Very good price for celery!
- Heirloom tomatoes - $2.49 per 567g pack -- Kind of an average price for tomatoes, but very decent rate for heirlooms.
- Natural Peanut butter (Farm Boy) - $3.49 500g tub -- Hmm, interesting. A standard 1kg tub usually runs about $5-6. So in that sense, this ain't bad. I wouldn't make cookies out of this stuff, though haha
- Bread (all varieties, Farm Boy) - $2.99 600g loaf -- Great rate on good bread.
- Earth's Own beverages - $3.99 1.75-1.89L jug -- Not a substantive sale, but still decent.
- Vegan burgers (VG Gourmet) - $7.99 4x100g pack -- Decent rate on veggie burgs.
- Produce Price Rating: Medium Low to Medium High
Farmers Pick (can be a little late on their flyer) (
https://www.farmerspick.ca/flyer-specials)
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Food Basics - Chicken breast (boneless skinless) - $4.66 per lb -- Great price on chicken breast!
- Lamb leg (fresh) - $3.98 per lb -- Very nice rate on lamb! Usually closer to $7/lb
- Rainbow trout - $10.99 per lb -- Decent price for trout.
- Eggs (Selection) - $8.99 30-pack -- Decent rate on eggs. Not exactly "omg sale" territory, but decent enough at 30c/egg. The more standard 3.79 12-pack brings us to around 32c an egg.
- Broccoli - $0.88 per crown -- VERY NICE! Gotta love cheap broc!
- Onions, Carrots - $1.67 2lb bags -- Nice! 80c/lb-ish range. Very good.
- Potatoes (Russet) - $1.67 5lb bag -- Excellent price on potatoes!
- Cucumber - $3.00 for 2 -- Not terrific, but not terrible. Certainly better than some weeks where cucumbers were popping up at $2+ each.
- Avocados - $3.98 5-6 pack -- Decent price for cados.
- Cauliflower - $3.98 each -- More of a mention to say this is a fair going rate on cauliflower.
- Brussel sprouts - $2.98 per lb -- Decent rate on brussel sprouts, but we've seen better.
- Green beans - $3.77 340g pack -- Pricier than the Adonis rate, but these are a little steadier in quality most of the time.
- Sweet potatoes - $1.28 per lb -- Fair rate on sweet potato.
- Fresh greens (Attitude) - $4.88 312g bin -- The ad shows the same price for smaller bins. So, check in store to see what they have to offer.
- Fresh spinach - $1.88 per bunch -- I'd have to do a weigh in to see what the $/lb is. But It's nice to see fresh spinach.
- Rapini - $2.98 per bunch -- I love this stuff, fried, a little oil, garlic. Yum!
- Garlic - $2.98 500g braid -- NICE! I love these. They're fantastic for roasting and making garlic paste.
- Turnip - $1.48 per lb -- Remember, turnip is not rutabaga hahaha
- Beets - $1.48 per lb -- This is actually not terrible for loose beets. I think it's most common to find 3lb bags for about $5.
- Blackberries - $1.88 170g shell -- Nice price for fresh berries. I find these usually don't disappoint flavour-wise.
- Cantaloupe - $1.88 each -- Nice $2 melons? Yes!
- Pineapple (extra large) - $2.98 each -- Not the 1.88 deal we sometimes see, but if they bigger and nicer, then the price kinda justifies itself.
- Brick cheese (Selection) - $4.44 400g bar -- Good ol' sub-$5 cheese!
- Yogurt (Hans) - $1.98 750g tub -- Nice! Cheap yogurt is always good to find. Excellent base for marinades and an essential ingredient in a lot of cooking.
- Oka cheese - $5.99 190g -- Wonderful cheese at a good price.
- Rice (Arjun, Noor) - $7.99 3.63-4.54kg -- Nice price for rice!
- Ghee (Brar's) - $13.99 800g -- More for reference. I find ghee prices very stable, and $14 for 800g is the stable target average.
- Butter (Selection) - $5.99 454g bar -- More "semi regular price $6" bars.
- Parmigiano Reggiano (Emma) - $11.98 per lb -- Lol, ok so, that translates to about 2.63/100g, which is a good rate on parm.
- Ristorante frozen pizza (Dr Oetker) - $4.49 each -- Holy smokes. I remember these being, like $2.50 at the start of the pandemic. I stand by my homemade pizza logic 1000x over when I see this sort of low-quality product at almost $5.
- Produce Price Rating: Low to medium low
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FoodLand - Turkey (frozen, Butterball) - $25.00 3-5kg bird -- Suppose a 4kg bird, that's about 2.84/lb. Not an amazing rate. You really have to be craving turkey at this price.
- Ham (Compliments) - $2.49 per lb -- Advertised as "portion hams". I don't know what this means. But the price is right enough.
- Beef cross rib roast (AAA) - $7.99 per lb -- Not amazing for beef prices if you're trying to aim for budget cuts, but it could make for a nice treat. But at that rate, might as well go for the turkey or the ham.
- Atlantic salmon (fresh) - $10.99 per lb -- Good deal on fresh (not frozen) fish.
- Green cabbage - $1.19 per lb -- We've seen much cheaper, but this isn't terrible. This is aligned with "off-sale" pricing compared to less expensive stores.
- Brussel sprouts - $3.49 per lb -- This is very average pricing for brussel sprouts. My personal target is under $3/lb.
- Rutabaga - $1.19 per lb -- Not amazing, but not terrible. One usually don't buy more than one, but expect that one to cost about $3-4.
- Pineapple - $2.99 each -- Scene Member Price.
- Brick cheese (Cracker Barrel) - $5.77 400g bar -- Decent rate on a medium-quality brand.
- Butter (Compliments) - $5.49 454g bar -- Nice! Not under $5, but still decent.
- Flour (Five Roses, Robinhood) - $11.99 10kg bag -- Nice! There's the $12 bag I was looking for.
- Produce Price Rating: Medium-high to high.
Freshco (price matcher)
- Smoked ham (shank or butt) - $1.99 per lb -- Nice! That's a good price for pork. Not a convenient cut, but bone-in has a lot of flavour!
- Lamb leg (frozen) - $4.88 per lb -- More decently priced lamb!
- Bacon (Schneiders) - $3.99 375g pack -- Scene Member Price. Includes some other sales on Schneiders-brand stuff.
- Turkey (frozen, Butterball) - $40.00 5-7kg bird -- This is about $3/lb on a 6kg bird. Not bad, but really not great. When it season, it can cost about $2/lb.
- Potatoes (all purpose) - $1.99 10lb bag -- AWESOME!
- Brussel sprouts - $2.49 per lb -- Great price for sprouts!
- Avocado - $3.99 5-pack -- Decent cado deal.
- Celery - $2.49 per head -- Nice price for celery, given the regular can float around $4.
- Onions, Carrots - $2.99 3lb bags -- Not bad. It's that $1/lb mark that is really the absolute maximum I'd pay for onions and carrots. My target is more along that 80c/lb line.
- Cantaloupe - $1.88 each -- Nice! More cheap melon for the week!
- Oranges, Apples (Red Delicious) - $1.29 per lb -- More of a reference to point out the upper end for loose fruit I'd personally pay.
- Brick cheese (Armstrong) - $4.44 400g bar -- Nice! Cheap cheese!
- Oka cheese - $5.99 190g -- Another Oka cheese sale.
- Paneer (Tre Stelle) - $4.49 350g brick -- Great price for paneer.
- Produce Price Rating: Low to medium low (more on the medium side)
Giant Tiger (*note the VIP prices; sales begin today) (price matcher)
- Whole chicken - $6.97 1.44-1.95kg bird -- Wow! That's actually really good! Price works out to 1.80/lb-ish.
- Smoked ham (bone-in, Sugardale) - $17.97 6-9lb -- The variance in weight is a little intense. But, supposing a 7.5lb ham, that works out to 2.39/lb, which is quite competitive for a smoked ham.
- Asparagus - $1.87 per lb -- Nice! A little more cheap asparagus to go around week-to-week!
- Dole Salad Kits - $1.87 340-397g -- Very good price for a salad kit!
- Mushrooms - $1.47 227g pack -- Nice price for mushrooms. It's rare to find them for less than this.
- Field tomatoes - $1.47 per lb -- Decent rate on standard salad tomatoes.
- Mini carrots - $0.97 340g bag -- GT Member Price. Awesome deal!
- Dry pasta (Primo) - $1.25 900g packs -- Awesome deal for pasta!! This is a stock-up price.
- Bread and buns (D'Italiano) - $2.47 420-675g -- Great price for above average bread.
- Butter (Lactantia) - $5.47 454g bar -- Nice! Not under $5, but still very decent.
- Yeast (Fleischmann's) - $3.47 113g jar -- That's decent. If you bake a lot of bread, snag one of these.
- Molasses (Crosby's) - $3.47 675g carton -- Nice! I love molasses. Especially with buttered toast… Yum!
- Produce Price Rating: Generally on the low side.
Green Fresh Supermarket (Vanier) (check
https://greenfreshsupermarketvanier.business.site/) (full flyers available here
https://bbs.comefromchina.com/members/102157/#latest-activity) - Produce Price Rating: Usually very competitive, catering to Asian cuisine. Warning: their newest sales start on Fridays - so this is a late advertising of their sales.
IGA (price matcher)
- Chicken legs - $1.29 per lb -- AWESOME DEAL! Stock up at this price.
- Turkey (frozen) - $1.79 per lb -- There's our sub-$2/lb turkey!! Excellent!
- Eggs - $2.49 12-pack -- Fantastic deal for eggs!
- Asparagus - $0.99 325g -- Scene Member Price. Awesome deal!
- Romaine lettuce - $2.97 3-pack -- Decent price for fresh letttuce.
- Broccoli - $2.97 3-pack -- Very good rate on broc, considering $2 often only gets you a single crown.
- Grapes (Green, Red, Black) - $2.99 per lb -- The price is not so great, but it's more that they include black grapes, which I believe are Concord grapes and a very tasty variety!
- Deliu - Smoked ham (Gaspésien) - $2.69 per 100g -- Not the greatest for deli ham pricing, but ok.
- Produce Price Rating: Medium
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Independent - Turkey (fresh) - $2.49 per lb -- Not the best rate for turkey, but it is fresh and not frozen. That saves, like, 2 days of thawing hahaha
- Turkey (frozen) - varies varies -- This is one of those 25/33/44/55 deals on variable weights. Mind your step with these. PS: pro tip, make sure to have a roasting tray if you're getting a 8-9kg bird lol.
- Stewing beef cubes - $5.99 per lb -- Not amazing, there's a small premium here compared to some bulkier cuts some weeks, but decent.
- Pork loin chops or roast - $3.99 per lb -- Not amazing, but ok for pork.
- Smoked ham (bone-in, Sugardale) - $2.49 per lb -- There's that same ham as we saw in the GT flyer. That GT deal really is quite good considering this Independent deal is already good to begin with.
- Lamb leg - $5.99 per lb -- Lots of lamb floating around this week. This is ok for lamb, but there's better.
- Crab legs - $7.99 per lb -- Hmm, $1 cheaper than Adonis.,..
- Sweet potatoes - $2.99 5lb bag -- Amazing deal! That's 60c/lb! That's half the semi-regular lower-end pricing.
- Sweet peppers - $3.99 3-pack -- Decent enough price for sweet peppers.
- Onions, Carrots - $3.49 3lb bags -- Not amazing, but ok considering some people might make this their only stop this week.
- Grapes - $2.49 per lb -- Very reasonable price on grapes. It's hard to find them for less than $2/lb.
- Brick cheese (Black Diamond) - $4.88 400g bar -- Nice! More cheap cheese!
- Butter (Gay Lea) - $4.99 454g bar -- Nice! $5 butter!
- Flour (Five Roses, Robinhood) - $11.99 10kg bag -- Nice! Another $12 bag!!!
- Produce Price Rating: fairly high with few exceptions
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Loblaws - Turkey (fresh) - $2.49 per lb -- Not the best rate for turkey, but it is fresh and not frozen. That saves, like, 2 days of thawing hahaha
- Turkey (frozen) - $1.93 per lb -- Weird. Same supply chain and parent company, but different pricing strategy. Hmm…
- Stewing beef cubes - $5.99 per lb -- Not amazing, there's a small premium here compared to some bulkier cuts some weeks, but decent.
- Smoked ham (bone-in, Sugardale) - $2.49 per lb -- There's that same ham as we saw in the GT flyer. That GT deal really is quite good considering this Independent deal is already good to begin with.
- Lamb leg - $5.99 per lb -- Lots of lamb floating around this week. This is ok for lamb, but there's better.
- Crab legs - $7.99 per lb -- Hmm, $1 cheaper than Adonis.,..
- Sweet potatoes - $2.99 5lb bag -- Amazing deal! That's 60c/lb! That's half the semi-regular lower-end pricing.
- Sweet peppers - $3.99 3-pack -- Decent enough price for sweet peppers.
- Onions, Carrots - $3.49 3lb bags -- Not amazing, but ok considering some people might make this their only stop this week.
- Strawberries - $2.44 454g shell -- Decent! Not the 99c surprise deal from Adonis, but that was exceptional anyways haha
- Brick cheese (Black Diamond) - $4.88 400g bar -- Nice! More cheap cheese!
- Butter (Gay Lea) - $4.99 454g bar -- Nice! $5 butter!
- Flour (Five Roses, Robinhood) - $11.99 10kg bag -- Nice! Another $12 bag!!!
- Produce Price Rating: fairly high with few exceptions
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Provigo - Turkey (fresh) - $2.49 per lb -- More of that 2.49 turkey.
- Smoked ham (bone-in, Sugardale) - $2.49 per lb -- There's that same ham as we saw in the GT flyer. That GT deal really is quite good considering this Independent deal is already good to begin with.
- Pork tenderloin - $2.99 per lb -- Great deal on a good cut of pork.
- Lamb leg - $5.99 per lb -- Lots of lamb floating around this week. This is ok for lamb, but there's better.
- Crab legs - $7.99 per lb -- Hmm, $1 cheaper than Adonis.,..
- Sweet potatoes - $3.99 5lb bag -- Amazing deal! That's 60c/lb! That's half the semi-regular lower-end pricing.
- Sweet peppers - $3.99 3-pack -- Decent enough price for sweet peppers.
- Strawberries - $1.78 454g shell -- Great deal!
- Brick cheese (Ptit Quebec) - $4.88 400g bar -- Nice! More cheap cheese!
- Butter (Lactantia) - $4.99 454g bar -- Nice! $5 butter!
- Flour (No Name) - $9.99 10kg bag -- Woh! That's CHEAP for flour!
- Produce Price Rating: Fairly high to eye watering
Maxi (price matcher)
- Turkey (frozen) - $1.88 per lb -- Nice!!
- Beef t-bone or wing steak - $7.88 per lb -- Very good deal on steak cuts. Bone-in always translates into better flavour!
- Atlantic salmon (fresh) - $8.88 per lb -- Very good rate on fresh salmon!
- Sausage combo pack (Dalisa) - $6.88 907g pack -- Great deal! Usually decent sausage like this will run you $4/lb.
- Chicken legs with back - $2.88 per lb -- Not quite that IGA sale, but decent. I wouldn't stock up at this price, but I wouldn't stop myself from a nice braised chicken dinner, either.
- Smoked half-ham toupie (Royal) - $14.99 1.4kg -- Nice deal for some cheap ham. Good for sandwiches or a fried-up breakfast side.
- Avocado - $3.88 5-pack -- Decent rate for cado.
- Cucumber - $2.88 for 2 -- Two big cucumbers? Or…
- Mini cucumbers - $2.88 6-pack -- Opt for 6 small ones? Choose wisely haha
- Green onions - $0.88 per bunch -- Nice! Even less than $1!
- Radishes - $0.88 per bunch -- Again! Great to see prices like this!
- Fresh spinach - $1.88 227g bag -- Nice!
- Mushrooms - $1.88 227g pack -- Decent price for mushrooms! Reminds me of a recipe for a creamy pasta made with mushrooms, fresh rosemary, butter, and cream. Hmm… I have to make that sometime…
- Broccoli - $1.88 per crown -- Could be worth it if the crowns are nice and big.
- Celery - $2.88 per head -- Perhaps a little more tending towards "average good sale" but welcome nonetheless.
- Brussel sprouts - $2.88 per lb -- Very decent rate on sprouts!
- Potatoes (Red, Yellow, White, Russet) - $3.88 10lb bag -- Very nice! Not the lowest price, but the variety is amazing!
- Sweet potatoes - $3.88 5lb bag -- There they are again! More cheap sweet spuds!
- Rutabaga - $2.88 5lb bag -- Wow! That's CHEAP for rutabaga!
- Oranges, Grapefruit - $3.88 3lb bag -- Very decent rate for oranges and grapefruit. Not exactly under $1/lb but there's so much else in the store to save on that it's hard to complain.
- Strawberries - $1.78 454g shell -- Great deal!
- Plums, Peaches - $1.88 per lb -- These are great rates on stone fruit at this time of year. Mind the season though. They might be a little tough or hard to ripen. However, they might be good for cooking down. There's give and take on that front.
- Mango - $1.44 each -- Kind of average, but if they look nice, pick one up and enjoy what the 1000 mile salad has to offer.
- Grapes - $2.88 per lb -- Not bad. Not amazing, but good enough.
- Fancy Cheese Deal - $18.00 for 3 wheels -- The deal applies to a variety of products. Worth checking out!
- Pâté (La Belle Bretagne) - $3.88 for 2* 150g -- Wow! That'S an awesome deal! The cheapest I'd seen to date before was $5 for 2. This is remarkable!
- Lantic Sugar (brown, white, icing) - $4.88 for 2 1-2kg bags -- Great deal on sugar! Brown and icing sugar are in 1kg bags. Regular white sugar bags are 2kg.
- Butter (Lactantia) - $4.88 454g bar -- Sub-$5 butter!
- Produce Price Rating: Generally medium low pricing! This store can post some impressive deals at times.
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Metro - Prime rib roast or rib steak - $7.88 per lb -- This is a decent deal on rib roast. (Weird, there's a 2nd rib roast in the flyer for 8.88… strange…)
- Lamb leg - $4.99 per lb -- Decent deal on lamb.
- Turkey (fresh or frozen) - $2.44 per lb -- Standard enough price for turkey, but still ok.
- Smoked ham (Selection) - $6.99 675g toupie -- Great rate on simple smoked ham.
- Green beans - $2.99 400g pack -- Not bad! There's been cheaper, but this is ok. Though, mind the quality when reach the shelf.
- Green cabbage - $0.99 per lb -- We've seen better. It's funny. Cabbage can have some pretty serious price-swings. 50c/lb one week, $1/lb the next… Weird…
- Grapes (Green, red, and black) - $2.44 per lb -- Another good deal on grapes.
- Brick cheese (Black Diamond) - $4.99 400g bar -- Nice! More cheap cheese!
- Cheddar (Balderson) - $5.88 170-280g bars -- Not a usual item I'd recommend, but these bars often go for $10 each.
- Burrata - $20.00 for 2* 250g -- This cheese is amazing… It's definitely treat territory. But this is fantastic fresh cheese.
- Parmigiano Reggiano - $2.99 per 100g -- Not a bad rate on parm considering $4/100g is pretty common.
- Bread (Dempsters, Country Harvest) - $6.00 for 2 loaves -- Nice deal on different varieties of bread.
- Produce Price Rating: High. Kinda like Sobeys. You can see a 50% average mark-up compared to a lot of other stores. It's nice produce, but it costs you.
No Frills (price matcher)
- Beef sirloin tip roast - $4.88 per lb -- Very nice!!! This is the kind of cut you buy and turn into beef cubes and strips for future meals!
- Lamb leg - $3.99 per lb -- More cheap lamb!
- Turkey - varies varies -- One of those variable weight deals. $18/24/30/36 for 3-5/5-7/7-9/9-11kg. Which… That's actually quite good. That compares very favorably compared to Independent's ad. That puts us at around the $1.70/lb mark for an 8kg bird.
- Lean ground pork - $3.49 per lb -- Not amazing, but ok.
- Chicken breast (boneless skinless) - $12.00 3-pack -- Hard to gauge if it'S THAT great a deal. But, if it weighs in at about 2.5lb, you got a fair deal.
- Avocado - $3.99 5-6 pack -- I guess we're seeing some averaging on avocados at aruond $4 for these 5-6 packs.
- Yellow onions - $2.49 10lb bag -- AWESOME!
- Sweet potatoes - $2.99 5lb bag -- YESSS!!!
- Artichokes - $1.99 each -- Hmm… I gotta have a had at preparing artichokes… I'm not sure about the price, however… But my curiosity is heightened!
- Potatoes (Red, Yellow, Russet) - $3.99 10lb bag -- Always nice to see that 40c/lb mark for potatoes a little everywhere this week.
- Green cabbage - $0.89 per lb -- Great rate on cabbage.
- Rutabaga - $0.89 per lb -- Great deal for cabbage.
- Opo squash - $0.99 per lb -- What is this… Hmm, looks neat! I have some cooking research to do…
- Indian eggplants - $1.69 per lb -- Nice!
- Long eggplants - $1.99 per lb -- Don't make jokes!
- Indian karela - $1.49 per lb -- A bitter melon gourd. Looks like an interesting ingredient play with… I gotta get busy lol
- Pineapple - $1.88 each -- Nice!!! LOVE cheap pineapple!
- Cantaloupe - $2.99 each -- Decent price. Only beaten here and there with a $2 deal. Don't pass it up if you like cantaloupe.
- Apples (Honey Crisp) - $0.99 per lb -- Excellent price for a great variety!
- Boursin cheesespread - $3.99 150g -- Very nice cheesespread for a good price. For comparison, standard cream cheese is about $4 for 250g, and Boursin is MUCH better for things like bagels, mixing into a scrampled egg, or a base for a pasta dish.
- Brick cheese (Armstrong) - $4.88 400g bar -- Nice! Cheap cheese!
- Sliced cheese (Cracker Barrel) - $4.49 200-240g -- More like Whacker Barrel. Look at that price versus the Armstrong. Slice your own cheese, people. You'll get twice as much cheese for the same money!
- Ricotta - $7.00 500g tub -- That's amazing deal for ricotta.
- Brie, Camambert (Agroput) - $5.00 170g wheels -- Good rate on a nice cheese. That's about $2/100g for "sorta artisanal cheese". Think back to the Oka we saw earlier, $6 for 190g, so $3/100g. You're getting a good deal if you stick around that price ranging.
- Lantic Sugar (white) - $1.99 2kg bag -- Great price on sugar!!
- Dry beans and lentils (Clic) - $2.99 907g bags -- Great rate on dry beans. $4 isn't uncommon for 2lb bags, so $3 is quite a decrease in the grander scheme of things.
- Butter (Lactantia) - $4.87 454g bar -- Sub-$5 butter!
- Produce Price Rating: Generally quite low, selectively amazing for some items.
Produce Depot (usually a little late on the flyer)
https://producedepot.ca/ - Pork back rib - $3.79 per lb -- Not amazing, but ok for pork rib. There are a lot of other options floating around with better pricing. But, a good ol' smoked pork rib makes for a great dinner item.
- Breaded chicken schnitzel - $5.99 per lb -- Makes for an easy meal. I wouldn't usually recommend these sorts of items, but that's actually a decent deal.
- Fresh tilapia fillets - $9.99 per lb -- I find frozen tilapia is quite watery and a little more rubbery once thawed. But, $10/lb is a bit steep. Mind your step with this one.
- Mackerel (thawed) - $3.99 per lb -- Nice to see whole fish like at the Adonis.
- Cucumber - $1.29 each -- Not bad. Every 10c on a cucumber counts for a lot, and this is still a far cry away from the $2 units we see elsewhere. (Looking at your Independent/Loblaws)
- Green onions - $0.79 per bunch -- NICE! That's an awesome price!
- Roma tomatoes - $1.49 per lb -- Not bad. We've seen romas go for 99c/lb, but if these are nice, firm, red tomatoes, I would get a few for sure.
- Zucchini - $0.99 per lb -- Nice! That's a great rate on zuch. Often floats more around the 1.50/lb range.
- Blackberries - $1.49 170g shell -- Great deal on berries!!
- Apples (Pink Lady) - $1.29 per lb -- These are nice apples if I recall, and for a reasonable price. Again, I try to aim for $1/lb for standard fruit, but this isn't terrible at all.
- Deli - Smoked Pepper Ham (Schneiders) - $1.49 per 100g -- Fantastic deal on deli meat!!
- Astro Yogurt - $4.99 12x100g pack -- Not the best price ever. You can often score it for $1 less, but this is still good.
- Produce Price Rating: Medium-low with very competitive specials on a shortened flyer.
Real Canadian Superstore (price matcher)
- Chicken drumsticks - $1.99 per lb -- Great deal on drumsticks. But that IGA sale… I almost think that was a mistake at this rate. I wonder if we'll see a correction from their end… That's loss-leader pricing territory…
- Atlantic salmon (fresh) - $9.99 per lb -- More decently price fresh salmon.
- Turkey (utility grade) - varies varies -- Another $18/24/30/36 for 3-5/5-7/7-9/9-11kg. Like I said earlier, put you in that $1.70/lb ballpark for an 8kg bird.
- Eggs (No Name) - $6.49 30-pack -- VERY NICE! From a 30c average, this works out to 22c/egg. Amazing!
- Bacon (No Name) - $3.99 500g pack -- Great rate on bacon.
- Onions, Carrots - $2.99 3lb bag -- $1/lb. Not bad, but aim for better if you can help it. Otherwise, it is what it is.
- Potatoes (Russet) - $2.49 10lb bag -- AWESOME!
- Brussel sprouts - $1.99 per lb -- EXCELLENT!
- Avocados (Imperfect) - $6.00 3lb bag -- Lol just when you think you have a handle on cado prices, we go back to weights. Like, give me both # and lbs in a bag, PLEASE!
- Cucumber - $3.50 3-pack -- Fair price for cucumber. Even a 50c creep down makes a big difference.
- Grape tomatoes - $6.00 907g shell -- Nice! That's a decent rate for grape tomatoes.
- Vine tomatoes - $1.99 per lb -- Not the best price for tomatoes overall, but I find the "vine tomatoes" we see in stores are often quite nice. Not summer tomatoes, obviously, but still pretty good.
- Mandarins - $6.99 4lb bag -- Nice!
- Apples (Imperfect) - $6.00 6lb bag -- There's that $1/lb mark for standard fruit options. Nice to see, though you might want to check other stores for some of the nice varieties kicking around this week.
- Boursin cheesespread - $3.99 150g -- More cheap Boursin!
- Mix and Match Cheese and Charcuterie Deal - $18.00 for 3 items -- I don't know about the deli meat side of things. I find those packs of sliced meats offer crap value per 100g. But the cheese? That's worth checking out.
- Olive oil (Gallo) - $12.99 1L bottle -- It's, like, $1 off, but it's hard to find olive oil for cheaper than $12-13/L.
- Canned tomatoes (Unico) - $1.59 796ml can -- Includes canned beans (but you know how I feel about canned beans versus dry). This is a fair deal on canned tomatoes. You won't find better very often, so don't shy from stocking up a few.
- Bread and buns (D'Italiano) - $6.00 for 2 loaves/sets of buns -- Great price for above average bread.
- Butter (Gay Lea) - $4.87 454g bar -- Sub-$5 butter! It's been creeping down!
- Dry beans and lentils (Clic) - $2.99 907g bags -- Ah, that deal for Clic dry beans again. Nice
- Produce Price Rating: Generally medium-low pricing, selectively amazing for some items.
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Sobeys - Beef striploin grilling steak (AA) - $7.88 per lb -- Fair deal for decent of steak. Be sure to check the tenderness of the cut, however. A light thumb press will tell you how things will turn out.
- Beef eye of round - $6.99 per lb -- Not the best, but not terrible, except if you can reach a No Frills and get that tip roast for 4.88/lb.
- Beef sirloin tip (AAA) - $8.99 per lb -- So, this is interesting. There's that rip roast, but AAA instead of AA grade, and at Sobey's versus a more value-oriented store. Another day, another store, this might be more along the $7 range, I believe.
- Ground beef - $4.99 per lb -- Not bad for ground beef, but not the best. In a pinch it's fine, but I wouldn't stock up at this price.
- Smoked honey glazed ham, spiral cut (Panache) - $3.49 per lb -- Pricier than those Sugardale hams we saw earlier, but not terrible.
- Smoked ham (Compliments) - $2.99 per lb -- Interesting… It's funny how they bury similar items at lower prices in the flyer.
- Turkey (frozen) - $1.95 per lb -- Scene Member Price. Not the best rate, but not bad at all. If you're not getting the member rate, it'S 2.29/lb, at which point it's worth the gas to cruise around for a better deal.
- Rainbow trout - $10.99 per lb -- Decent price for trout. Tilapia is included for this ad.
- Bacon - $3.99 375g pack -- Scene Member Price.
- Onions, carrots - $6.49 5lb bag -- Not the greatest… I really don't like seeing stores that charge over $1/lb for an important staple. It's not by much, 25c/lb over. But still, that's a 25% difference.
- Potatoes (Russet) - $1.88 5lb bag -- Excellent rate on spuds!
- Nappa cabbage - $0.99 per lb -- Nice! It's fun to see nappa still kicking around at a good price :) I wanna say these might make an ok sub if you're making cabbage rolls or similar dishes.
- Blackberries, Raspeberries - $5.00 2x 170g shells -- Not bad for berries price-wise. I wouldn't go hog wild on buying these, but they might be a nice topping for pancakes or waffles. Oh my goodness, I just got a craving for homemade waffles…
- Produce Price Rating: Some sales can be quite good. But, it's generally a high price store, especially for produce. Some items are 50% more than more value-oriented stores.
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Super C - Chicken breast (boneless skinless) - $4.44 per lb -- Awesome! That's a great price for chicken breast!
- Beef stewing cubes - $4.99 per lb -- Nice! Awesome deal on key ingredient to a good stew.
- Atlantic salmon (fresh) - $9.88 per lb -- Good price on salmon.
- Ground beef (medium) - $4.99 per lb -- So-so price on ground beef
- Pork picnic shoulder - $2.99 per lb -- A little pricier than I'd like it to be, but these are nice cuts for pulled pork.
- Eggs (Selection) - $2.38 12-pack -- WOW! Another great egg sale! Back into that 20c/egg range! Impressive!
- Breakfast sausage (Lafleur) - $3.99 375g pack -- Nice alternative to bacon. Follows that $1/100g mark. It's not often you can find sausage for cheaper than this. And usually, off-sale, it tends to be slightly pricier than bacon; or you have to buy more to get that better rate.
- Bacon (Selection) - $3.85 375g pack -- Good price for bacon. It's about that $1/100g mark.
- Celery - $1.49 per head -- WOW! Excellent price!
- Mushrooms - $0.94 227g shell -- AWESOME DEAL!
- Green peppers - $1.49 per lb -- I could cry right now. When was the last time we saw peppers for 1.49/lb…
- Sweet potatoes - $0.57 per lb -- WOOT! Another good sweet spud deal!
- Mini potatoes (red, yellow, white) - $1.99 3lb bag -- Not the best value, but this is ok. 66c/lb for potatoes is kind of a going rate if you look at regular priced 5lb bags that can cost up to $4-5. So, there's a value proposition to consider here. Also, they're nice for roasting whole.
- Yellow onions - $0.99 3lb bag -- WOW! AMAZING! 33c/lb!
- Green beans - $2.99 340g pack -- More decently priced green beans!
- Brussel sprouts - $2.99 454g pack -- We saw some better prices here and there, but this is still reasonable enough.
- Pineapple - $1.77 each -- EXCELLENT! At this price, buy two!
- Clementines - $4.88 4lb case -- WOW! Awesome deal on wonderful oranges.
- Bananas - $0.69 per lb -- Nice low-rate on bananas!
- Brick cheese (Black Diamond) - $5.49 400g bar -- A little more than some of the sales we saw thus far, who freakin' cares!!!!
- Cretons (Selection) - $5.00 300g tub -- Nice! A classic! My mom makes homemade cretons, which is awesome. I should give it a try sometime…
- Cream cheese (Philadelphia) - $5.47 340g pack -- Remember what I said earlier? About $4 for 250g? This is on par with that.
- Tomato soup (Aylmer) - $0.50 284ml can -- Fantastic deal on canned tomato soup.
- Maple syrup - $5.77 540ml can -- Very nice price for maple syrup. The same cans elsewhere often float more in the $7 range.
- Earth's Own plant-bev - $2.99 1.75-1.89L -- Nice! That's about $1.50 off regular pricing.
- Nuts (Irresistibles) - $4.00 175-600g -- Seems to include walnuts, almonds, and pistachios. Great for snacking!
- Produce Price Rating: Generally low, but can creep into medium for some items. But, there's always something decent available!
T&T Supermarket https://www.tntsupermarket.com - Produce Price Rating: Usually very competitive, catering to Asian cuisine. Warning: their newest sales start on Fridays - so this is a late advertising of their sales.
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Walmart - Ground beef (medium) - $2.77 per lb -- WOW! That's a FANTASTIC price on ground beef!
- Smoked bone-in ham (Great Value) - $1.37 per lb -- WOWOW! Amazing!!!!!
- Chicken breast (boneless skinless) - $20.00 6-pack -- Hmm, more of that "variable weight fixed price" chicken. Try to assure that it clocks in at under $5/lb.
- Yellow onions, Carrots - $0.94 3lb bag -- WOW! AMAZING! More of that 33c/lb-ish range for a staple. I like seeing that!
- Mushrooms - $0.94 227g shell -- Very nice!!!
- Brussel sprouts - $1.94 per lb -- Very nice!
- Apples (Honey Crisp) - $1.47 per lb -- Not amazing, but not bad. If they're nice, get some. But, there are better deals elsewhere.
- Cheddar (Balderson) - $4.97 170-280g bars -- There's that half-off Balderson again!
- Brick cheese (Great Value) - $4.44 400g bar -- Excellent deal on standard brick cheese!
- Double cream brie - $3.97 450g wheel -- WOW! Awesome deal on a huge wheel of brie!
- Rondelé cheesespread - $2.97 125g -- Boursin's even fancier cousin. The walnut spread is outrageously good.
- Bread (multigrain, Dempsters) - $6.00 2x loaves -- Probably a 500-600g loaf. Nice stuff for a decent price when you buy two.
- Bread (D'Italiano) - $2.97 600g loaf -- I don't know, to me, paying $1 more for nicer bread goes a long way. Otherwise, if you need the cheapest bread possible, aim for $2 to $2.50 for No Name, Selection, Compliments branded bread.
- Olive oil (Terra Delyssa) - $5.97 500ml -- Great price for olive oil. Like I said earlier in the post, it's hard to get olive oil lower than $12-13/L.
- Tofu (Sunrise) - $1.97 454g brick -- Very nice price for tofu!
- Produce Price Rating: A little all over the place. Some really good prices between a lot of average pricing.
Costco (for referencing when looking through flyers - going to try to comment on these items more often)
- Paper Towel (Kirkland) - $27.99 12-roll pack -- 2-ply; 160 sheets
- Paper Towel (Bounty) - $27.49 12-roll pack -- 2-ply; 86 sheets
- Toilet Paper (Kirkland) - $26.99 30-roll pack -- 2-ply; 380 sheets
- Toilet Paper (Cashmere) - $23.99 40-roll pack -- 2-ply; 250 sheets (on sale)
- Dish soap (Dawn Platinum) - $18.99 2.66L -- Food Basics often has this jug for $10!
- Laundry detergent (Purex) - $24.99 9.24L -- 250 loads
- Garbage bags (30 gallon; large) - $15.99 100-pack -- Amazon has Glad standard 74L bags, 100-packs for $23, sometimes less if on sale
- Countertop green bin liners - $21.99 125-pack -- Amazon has Glad Compostable green bin liners 100-packs for $18, sometimes less if on sale
- Produce Price Rating: I need to do a proper check to be sure, but I find it's pretty average. There's an illusion of getting a good deal because of the bulk. Just be careful.
Jean Coutu (new sales start Fridays)
- Produce Price Rating: I have to start checking these just in case...
Shoppers Drug Mart (new sales start Fridays)
- Produce Price Rating: Sometimes they have cheap butter, eggs, and milk on weekends.
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2021.01.22 23:11 Berserkergangs Has anyone tried doing a small half toupie ham?
I want to try this black forest little guy I picked up but I can't find any consensus on time/temp. Any insight would be greatly appreciated!
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2019.03.27 22:36 help_with_stuff ham questions
Hello. i had a few questions about this breakfast ham:
http://gaspesien.com/toupie-en.html I'm looking at the breakfast smoked ham which states 2 slices (80g) is 60 calories. How accurate would you say this is? It seems too good to be true to me. Also i often eat this during this week as it makes great sandwiches or to fry up with some eggs and i was just concerned about the sodium nitrite. is nitrite really that bad? I've heard in equal measure people advocating for not eating it and that it doesn't really matter so i'd like some more opinions please. thank you all
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2019.03.10 01:54 help_with_stuff help with ham calories
Hi guys. I had a question about this breakfast ham:
http://gaspesien.com/toupie-en.html it's the sliced smoked one on the bottom right. it says 2 slices = 80 grams and ONLY 60 calories. That seems too good to be true and i wanted your opinion(s) on it. thanks
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2015.12.03 01:43 dev0kan Grocery Sales December 3-9
Sobeys December 3-5 Only - Whole chicken (2 pack) $1.97/lb (Cheaper at Walmart & not a 2-pack)
- Avocados $0.99 each
- Philadelphia Cream Cheese 227-250g $2.49
- Maple Leaf Prime Chicken Wings 800g $8.99
- Delecto Boxed Chocolate 230-307g $3.97
- 15 pack store made chicken wings $10.00
All Week - Pork Loin Chops $1.99/lb
- Whole Toupie Ham $1.99/lb
- Blackberries or Raspberries 6oz 2/$5
- Christie Crackers (100-454g) $1.99
- Kraft Cheese 320-450g $4.99 (often goes for $4.44, Armstrong brand cheaper at Walmart)
- Eggo Waffles 248-330g 2/$5
- Lays 220-255g 2/$5.50 (Cheaper at Superstore)
Superstore December 3-5 Only - Quality Street Chocolate 725g $11.99
All Week - T-Bone or wing grilling steak $7.99/lb
- Smoked pork picnic shoulder $1.29/lb
- Cashmere bathroom tissue (12x double rolls) $4.48
- Sponge Towels 6x rolls $4.48
- Scotties facial tissues 6x $4.48
- Maple Leaf or Natural Selections bacon 2/$5 (Or $2.79 each)
- Chicken Breasts bone-in, skinless $2.99/lb
- Danone Creamy, Silhouette, or Activia 650/750g $1.88
- Lantic Sugar 1 or 2kg $1.49
- Fresh Atlantic Salmon Portions 113g $1.99
- Knorr soup mix or Sidekicks $0.99
- Maple Leaf Wieners 3/$5 (or $1.89 each)
- Becel 227g $0.99
- Lays 220-255g 2/$5.50
- Classico Pasta Sauce 410/650ml $2.49
- McCain Superfries 397-800g $2.49
L December 4-6 Only - Lays 180g $1.99
- Pepsi/Coke 6x710ml $2.49
- Chris Brothers Delic Combo 250g 2/$5
- Kraft Dinner 200-225g $0.69
All Week Available at select stores only (Sackville, Mill Cove, Russell Lake, Westphal, New Minas, Amherst) - Avon Canned Vegetables $0.59
- Club House Gravy Mix $0.79
- Kraft Stove Top Stuffing $1.19
- Ocean Spray Cranberry Sauce $1.69
- Dole Pineapple $0.99
- Shake n Bake $1.99
Walmart - Whole Chicken $1.87/lb
- Graves Apple Juice $0.97
- Armstrong Cheese 450g $3.97
- Knorr Sidekicks $1.00
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2014.12.20 14:30 dev0kan Grocery Sales Dec 18-24
Sobeys Dec 18-21 only - Grade A Turkey (Frozen) $0.97/lb
- Sweet Tango Apples 2.18kg $0.99/lb
- Mangoes $0.99 each
- Cracker Barrel Cheese 400-460g $3.99
- Pepsi 12x 355ml $3.33
- Coke 12/15x 355ml $3.66
All week - Scotsburn Ice Cream 1.89L $2.99
- Prime Rib Oven Roast $5.99/lb
- Fresh Grade A Turkey $1.99/lb
- Big 8 Water 24x500ml $2.99
- Kraft Miracle Whip 890ml $3.49 (Better at Lawtons)
- Heinz Ketchup 1L $3.49 (Better at Lawtons)
Superstore No Tax Sale Dec 18-20 Dec 18-20 only - Red Grapes $1.49/lb
- Cracker Barrel Cheese 400-460g $3.99
- Wonder Bread $2
All Week - Fresh Grade A Turkey $1.99/lb
- Cap Off Prime Rib Roast $6.88/lb
- Smoked Toupie Ham $2.49/lb
- Clementines 5lb $4.77
- Scotsburn Ice Cream 1.89L $2.99
- Pepsi 12x 355ml $3.33
- Coke 12/15x 355ml $3.66
- Chicken Breasts (Fresh, Bone-in, skinless) $2.99/lb
- Knorr Sidekicks $0.99
- Green Giant Vegetables $0.99
Lawtons - Scotsburn Butter 454g $2.99 (Dec 19-21 only)
- Ben's Bread $1.99
- Kraft Peanut Butter 1kg $3.49
- Stove Top Stuffing $0.99
- Kraft Miracle Whip 890ml $2.99
- Heinz Ketchup 1L $2.99
- Lays 225g 2/$5.50
- Large Grade A Eggs $2.49
- Dole Pineapple Slices (Canned) $0.88
- Ocean Spray Cranberry Sauce $1.69
- Clubhouse Gravy Mix $0.77
Additional Flyers Walmart No Gateway 667 Main St. Dartmouth
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2013.12.19 16:16 dev0kan Groceries December 19 - December 25
Sobeys Thurs/Fri/Sat only - Scotsburn Ice Cream 1.89L $2.88
- Farmers Butter 454g $2.99
- Ben's Bread $1.97
- Sugardale Bacon 375g 2/$5
All week - Sweet Potatoes $0.99/lb
- Grade A Turkey (Frozen) $0.98/lb
- Grade A Turkey (Fresh) $1.99/lb (3-5kg average)
- Asparagus $3.49/lb
- Red or Green Seedless Grapes $1.99/lb
- Lean Ground Beef $2.49/lb ($5.49/kg)
- Philadelphia Dips $1.99
- Egg Nog 1L $2.49
- Coke 12/15x 355ml $3.33
- Tostitos Tortilla Chips 220-300g $3.00
- Tostitos salsa 418-430ml $3.00
Superstore No tax December 20 & 21 Note: Superstore is usually insane during tax free, even though most food is not taxed December 19/20/21 Only - Cracker Barrel Cheese 500g $3.99
- Planters Cashews or peanuts $1.99
- Russet Potatoes 15LB $2.99
All Week - Grade A Turkey (Fresh) $1.99/lb
- Prime Rib Oven Roast $4.99/lb ($11.00/kg)
- Coke 12/15x355ml $3.66
- Pepsi 12x355ml $3.33
- Live Market Lobster $5.88/lb ($12.96/kg)
- Blueberries or Blackberries 170g $2.00
- Parkay 1.28/1.36kg $2.99
- Atlantic Butter 454g $2.99
- Scotsburn Ice Cream 1.89L $2.99
- Smoked Toupie Ham $1.99/lb
- Green Giant Vegetables $0.99
- Five Alive / Fruitopia 1.75L $1.99
- Lantic Sugar, White 2kg or Brown 1kg $1.99
- Lays 270g $2.50 (Better at Lawtons)
- Large White Eggs $3.00
- Maple Leaf / Natural Selections or Schneiders Bacon 250-500g $3.99
- Philadelphia Cooking Creme or Cream Cheese $2.99
Lawtons - Coke or Pepsi 6x 710ml $1.99
- Lays 270g $1.99
- Big 8 Pop $0.77
- Kraft Miracle Whip $2.99
- Ben's Bread $1.99
- Heinz Ketchup 1L $2.99
- Kraft Peanutbutter 1Kg $3.49
- Large White Eggs $2.49
- Black Diamond Cheese 500g $4.44
- Stove Top Stuffing 120g $0.99
- Dole Pineapple slices/tidbits $0.88
- Club House Gravy Mix $0.77
No - Coke or Pepsi 2L $0.97
- Boneless / Skinless Chicken Breasts $3.97/lb ($8.75/kg)
- No Name Cheese Bars 500g $3.66
- Maple Leaf Bacon 375g $2.97
- Celery $1.77
- Smoked Toupie Ham $1.97/lb
- Dole Pineapple (select varieties) $0.88
Additional Flyers Walmart Gateway 667 Main St. Dartmouth
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2012.12.14 03:24 dev0kan Groceries Dec 14th - Dec 20th
Sobeys - Prime Rib Oven Roast $4.99/lb ($11.00/kg) Friday & Saturday only
- Coke & Pepsi 2L Bottles $0.99 + tax & deposit
- Philadelphia Dip 250g $1.99
- Christie Crackers 100-454g 3/$4.98
- Green Giant canned Vegetables 341-398ml $0.99
- Compliments Hickory Smoked Ham (Butt or Shank portion) $1.99/lb ($4.39/kg)
- Coachman Sunrise Hot Dogs $2.99
- Pork Loin Roast Centre Cut $2.99/lb ($6.59/kg)
- General Mills cereals 525-720g $3.99
Superstore No Tax December 14th & 15th - Philadelphia Dip or Cream Cheese 250g $1.99 December 14-16th Only
- Large Broccoli $0.97 December 14-16th Only
- Butterball frozen turkey $1.49/lb ($3.28/kg)
- Campbell's Soup $0.59
- Del Monte Vegetables $0.59
- Cracker Barrel Cheese 500g $3.97
- Pepsi 12x355ml $2.99 + tax & deposit
- Coke 15x355ml $3.69 + tax & deposit (Better at No Frills)
- Scotsburn Ice Cream 1.89L $2.88
- Fresh Atlantic Salmon Fillets $4.99/lb ($11.00/kg)
- Scotsburn drinks 2L $1.00 + tax & deposit
- Christie Crackers 100-454g 2/$4.00
- Cool Whip 1L 2/$5.00 ($2.50 each)
No Frills - Boneless/Skinless Chicken Breasts $3.77/lb ($8.31/kg)
- Coke 15x355ml $2.77 + tax & deposit
- Tostitos or Ruffles 220-320g $2.47
- Christie or Peek Freans Cookies 180-350g $1.97
- Farmers Ice Cream 1.5L $2.88
- Dole Pineapple in Juice 398ml $0.87
Lawtons Prices locked in until December 24th - Kraft Stovetop Stuffing Mix 120g $0.99
- Avon Sweet Peas 284ml $0.59
- Clubhouse Gravy Mix 21-25g $0.77
- Dole Pineapple Slices/Tidbits 398ml $0.88
- Ocean Spray Cranberry Sauce 348ml $1.69
- Kraft Shake & Bake 142-152g $1.99
This week Only - Scotties Facial Tissues 6-Pack $3.99
Walmart Gateway Meat Market 667 Main St. Dartmouth
- Clementines (5lb box) $2.77
- Whole Toupie Ham $2.29/lb
- Boneless Cross Rib Roast $2.49/lb
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