True for meat, produce, asian staples but not true for typical western products.
Cost of groceries
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My rules has always been that no matter what or where you buy your groceries it is always cheaper than ordering in.
People spend way way too much on take out, way too much.
Try going 1 month without so much as a single meal at a restaurant. This includes your lunch. It also includes not ordering pizza.
Next worst value (in both nutrition and cost) is the prepared frozen shit sold at grocery stores.
People spend way way too much on take out, way too much.
Try going 1 month without so much as a single meal at a restaurant. This includes your lunch. It also includes not ordering pizza.
Next worst value (in both nutrition and cost) is the prepared frozen shit sold at grocery stores.
Agree product size is the new issue.
This week - no frills chocolate milk 97 cents but it is 750ml carton. A completely new product size. It even looks the same in the dairy bin but when you pull it out it is dwarfed.
They have completely re-tooled the plant to get this product out. Before the 1 litre sale price was 97 cents.
Anarchy is say, anarchy.
This week - no frills chocolate milk 97 cents but it is 750ml carton. A completely new product size. It even looks the same in the dairy bin but when you pull it out it is dwarfed.
They have completely re-tooled the plant to get this product out. Before the 1 litre sale price was 97 cents.
Anarchy is say, anarchy.
Meat prices have increased about 20 percent in North America. It started with the last years decimation of the Hog population, and everything followed suit.
I was talking to the rep of New Zeland lamb and he said that All groceries have gone up and will continue to go up. China is started to buy more meat.
At least at Loblaws you get good quality, Metro is terrible , its expensive and don't provide good quality. their meat sucks...never again.
There are a lot of factors that play into the high prices or meats, fruits, vegetables, etc. We pay almost double for what we would buy from Metro a little more than a year ago and, sadly, the quality has gone downhill too.
The closest grocery store for us is Metro and it's open 24 hours a day which makes it really convenient. I've tried shopping around to find better prices and found one place called Adonis. We spent $150 there and what we bought would have been well over $250 at Metro or Loblaws. It's a pretty far commute though from where I live. Granted, they are just a new store and I'm sure the prices will pick-up once they establish a solid base of customers.
The closest grocery store for us is Metro and it's open 24 hours a day which makes it really convenient. I've tried shopping around to find better prices and found one place called Adonis. We spent $150 there and what we bought would have been well over $250 at Metro or Loblaws. It's a pretty far commute though from where I live. Granted, they are just a new store and I'm sure the prices will pick-up once they establish a solid base of customers.
Adonis was an independent operation that was bought by Metro less than two years ago, just as T&T was bought by the Loblaw group 5 or 6 years ago. The big players are bought these independents to get a foothold into the ethnic market. The base of customers for these specialty stores are ethnics, what happens when big operations buy out smaller operations is that they try to maximize profits by cutting overhead.
I find the opposite to be the case. Loblaw imports most of its beef from Con Agra in the USA. Same place that brings you a big mac. Metro uses Alberta and Ontario sources, and their platinum cuts are nicely aged and delicious.
Shopping and saving is an art and if you don't have the time invest, you pay.
I have an app on my phone that gives me all the weekly flyers in my local area. I use those to price match everything. I will shop of non produce or meats at Walmart while price matching everything I can and I save huge. Meat is usually bought fresh daily as you can see what is on special for that day from the butcher section. Produce is bought in season only. Bulk at Costco. Meal planning for the week should help with only buying what you need.
Having said all that, organization and research is key. Getting in good with your local market is great too because I have a few people who will tell me to wait because something goes on sale next week.
The app for those interested is called ReeBee. It is free. Flyers come in on your phone Thursday/Friday. I will wait until Sunday morning with my coffee and usually browse via my iPad {bigger screen}. I will write down my grocery list and mark beside the item to be priced match the store name, the sale price and the page that the flyer. When I shop, I put all the items from that store together for check out. I hate making the line wait which is I shop during the day during the week and I organize my checkout to be by price matched item so I can be as fast I can. I can save easily $50/week on my groceries.
I have an app on my phone that gives me all the weekly flyers in my local area. I use those to price match everything. I will shop of non produce or meats at Walmart while price matching everything I can and I save huge. Meat is usually bought fresh daily as you can see what is on special for that day from the butcher section. Produce is bought in season only. Bulk at Costco. Meal planning for the week should help with only buying what you need.
Having said all that, organization and research is key. Getting in good with your local market is great too because I have a few people who will tell me to wait because something goes on sale next week.
The app for those interested is called ReeBee. It is free. Flyers come in on your phone Thursday/Friday. I will wait until Sunday morning with my coffee and usually browse via my iPad {bigger screen}. I will write down my grocery list and mark beside the item to be priced match the store name, the sale price and the page that the flyer. When I shop, I put all the items from that store together for check out. I hate making the line wait which is I shop during the day during the week and I organize my checkout to be by price matched item so I can be as fast I can. I can save easily $50/week on my groceries.
That moose steak is pretty expensive if you get shot in the ass by another enthusiastic hunter.
I was not actually with him, I shot him in the ass!Oh, you've been hunting with bestman007 before.
I'm fortunate to be able to source a lot of basics locally:
Cheeses from Mapledale Cheese factory north of Belleville
Beef: Bibs meats in Belleville cuts only locally raised beef
Eggs: Drain Poultry in tweed, or any farmer with a sign "eggs or sale" roadside
Stirling water buffalo farm: ricotta and mozzarella to die for, plus all cuts of water buffalo beef, salamis, pepperonis
Lamb: prince Edward county
Wines. Prince Edward county
Drinking water: artesian spring just south of Stirling, bottle my own for my water cooler
Garlic, grow my own
Pork and beef products via a Mennonite abattoirs east of Stirling, using only locally raised stock
