Safeway have a special on Campbell's Soup this week. $10.99 for a case of 12 cans of either Vegetable, Mushroom, Chicken Noodle or Tomato. These cases usually sell for twice that cost. I have seen a lot of their soup selling for $3.00 + per can.
Freestone Produce in the NE is the best deals on Fruits and Vegetables you can find. Cant quote pricings cause the wife does the shopping but she claims buying a flat of strawberries there is the same price as 1 or 2 containers at Sobeys or Safeway. Pretty sure its the same brands/companies too. I havent noticed any drop off in quality. And I prefer their HoneyCrisp apples to the other grocery stores.
Freestone Produce in the NE is the best deals on Fruits and Vegetables you can find. Cant quote pricings cause the wife does the shopping but she claims buying a flat of strawberries there is the same price as 1 or 2 containers at Sobeys or Safeway. Pretty sure its the same brands/companies too. I havent noticed any drop off in quality. And I prefer their HoneyCrisp apples to the other grocery stores.
They must have great deals because that place is worse than Costco for strugglers going in and out of their parking lot. They need a location with better access and more parking.
The Flipp app is great too. Doesn't give you any discounts or anything but you get everyone's flyers so you can look on the day the stores refresh and then add things to a list for your shopping. Been using it forever now! You can also search for items to find out where it's selling for the least!
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Also, I guess this is what the kids call a "hack" but produce in Chinatown is often consistently cheaper when compared to big box stores. Don't be shy!
There's been someone on Reddit Calgary that posts what they think are decent food deals every Wednesday for the upcoming week- Great idea in these high price-gouging times
Kellogg’s family size cereal: $5.47, buy 2 get 100pts, effectively making them $4.97ea. Or better yet, get Superstore to price match this and get more points at Superstore
Iceberg lettuce: $2.47, buy 1 get 50pts, effectively making them $1.97ea
Dempster’s whole grain bread: $2.97
Safeway / Sobeys:
Broccoli crowns: $2.49/lb
Spend $50, get 500pts
Kraft inner (12-pack): $9.99, $0.83/lb
Kellogg’s, General Mills, or Post jumbo cereal: $8.99, buy 2 get 200pts, effectively making them $7.99ea when you buy pairs
Walmart:
Honeycrisp apples: $1.44/lb
Dempster’s grain bread: $2.97
Post family size cereal: $4.47
Yellow potatoes (10lb): $5.97 (Superstore is better if you can use 20lb of red potatoes)
Iogo yogurt (16x100g): $5.47
Save on Foods:
Gala apples: $0.99/lb
Lean ground beef: $4.47/lb (3lb pack) – This is only an ok price, but if you need it this week you are unlikely to do better. I normally look for lean ground beef to be $4.00/lb or less
Fresh pork tenderloin: $3.88/lb
Dare crackers: $1.99, limit 3 (or get Superstore to price match this and get the PC points too)
Kraft dinner (12-pack): $9.99, $0.83/lb
Calgary Coop:
Cosmic Crisp apples: $0.99/lb
Romain hearts (3-pack): $2.99
Tomatoes on the vine: $1.69/lb
Campbell’s chunky soup: $2.00
Carrots (5lb): $4.99 + 15% bonus cash effectively making them $4.24ea
Cauliflower: $3.99 + 15% bonus cash effectively making them $3.39ea
No Frills:
Lean ground beef (1kg): $9.88 (this works out to about $4.49/lb, which is ok, but I normally look for lean ground beef to be $4.00/lb or less)
Unico canned tuna (198g): $1.25
Mandarins (5lb): $6.99
Bartlett pears (5lb): $6.99
Celery: $2.99
No Name Naturally Imperfect red or russet potatoes (20lb): $7.00
Country Harvest bread: $3.00
Allen’s apple juice (1L): $1.00
Quaker Dipps granola bars: $1.99, buy 1 get 1,000pts, effectively making them $0.99ea (note that there is probably GST on these, so they probably actually come out to $1.09/box after tax because the tax is applied to the original price – this is an excellent price)
Real Canadian Superstore:
Roger’s icing sugar (1kg): $1.99
Roger’s brown sugar (1kg): $1.99
Wonder bread or buns: $2.49, buy 1 get 500pts, effectively making them $1.99ea
Avocados (bag of 6): $3.16
No Name Naturally Imperfect bell peppers (2.5lb): $6.00
Kellogg’s family size cereal: Buy 2, get 4,000pts. Price match FreshCo where these are on sale for $5.47ea, effectively making them $3.47ea when you buy pairs.
Breton crackers: Buy 2 get 1,000pts. Price match Save on Foods where these are advertised at $1.99ea, effectively making them $1.49ea
The Flipp app is great too. Doesn't give you any discounts or anything but you get everyone's flyers so you can look on the day the stores refresh and then add things to a list for your shopping. Been using it forever now! You can also search for items to find out where it's selling for the least!
Flipp is awesome and works everywhere in NA. The only knock on it is they don't get all of the flyers for every store in the area.
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The list is cool and all, but I unless the stores are in close proximity to each other I am just buying stuff from 1 place. Whatever I save in groceries would be wasted in gas.
I am lucky because I can go to Costco, Walmart, No Frills and Safeway and they are close to each other.
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^ Superstore often matches Walmart sale items, the catch being they will (understandably) put in store limits on the items. So if you want 4 containers of margarine at the sale price you’ll have to go to Walmart, however if you’re in Superstore you can pick one up at the matched sale price.
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The Flipp app is great too. Doesn't give you any discounts or anything but you get everyone's flyers so you can look on the day the stores refresh and then add things to a list for your shopping. Been using it forever now! You can also search for items to find out where it's selling for the least!
Yup this.
For meat prices it's pretty great.
If you are the type who only likes to go to one store, you can show the flip app price at the meat counter at Save On and they will adjust it right there (has to be the exact same though - quality/type and warehouse pack or not).
Normally I don't worry about price matching smaller items, but savings on protein can be huge.
I'm fortunate that I have 3 of the big boys in my hood plus a T&T, so I'll buy whatever is the cheapest at wherever and visit all 4 stores, potentially as they're 5 min walk from each other. And then I also have an actual butcher with higher quality meat if I feel like that about 10 min walk away. My meals are determined by whatever is on sale most of the time unless I feel like butcher meat.
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T and T always has a special place in my heart. Went with my dad and he asked them to weigh a live fish. It came up to like 60 bucks. Without hesitation the guy started chopping my dad was like wtf I didn’t say yes and ran away leaving me to stand there like an idiot.
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