We Don't Have That In Canada, eh.

MarieNevada

it all evens out. i live in calgary and get whatever i want. sure, things cost more here, but we also make more money. compare our minimum wage with the standard minimum wage in the US. it's almost double in some provinces. so sure, people pay less, but they also have less money to buy it with. you can't compare prices because wages are not the same.

ellekay22

You guys are getting Targets where Zellers where.

Not in my hometown! It's staying a Zellers! Which, by the way... bites... because that store has the WORST customer service of any store I've ever been to!

And don't expect to pay the sales price without having to wait in line 30 minutes while they check to make sure you're not lying because *heaven forbid* they update the price in the computer when it advertised in the flyer.

My rant is now over. Thank you.

Contrarian

For the love of everything holy, please stop saying "eh".

It's really just the processed "diet" foods that aren't available in some places in Canada. I live in an urban centre and have never felt deprived by what's available in my grocery store.

CarrieAbbey

One of my best friends live in Atikokan (which I know you know where it is, 2 hours west of Thunder Bay). So I know what it's like for her we've been up there a few times and shopping in her little town is brutal. What about an M & M Meats, is there one in Thunder Bay I can't remember? They usually have great sales on chicken breasts, burgers (during the summer), turkey sausages etc. I also use lots of coupons too. You can get great deals if you watch the flyers and match with the coupons. Walmart is awesome with coupons, they will take them if they've been printed off the computer as long as it has a bar code, expiry date and a Canadian address for them to send it to. I also buy a lot of the produce in bulk in the summer that can be frozen, like tomatoes, peppers, strawberries, blueberries etc.

I hope you get some good ideas. Take care.

Carrie

re08scue

we buy a box of frozen chicken (ice dried i think it's called?) Sunrise Farms. It's about $32 but wayyy cheaper than the fresh ones. I just thaw them before using. Also, Costco!

We used to buy the box of frozen breasts too - until we looked at the sodium content. Now we wait until whole chickens go on sale and cut them up.

And have you noticed the price increase of beef ? Striploijn has gone from $18 kg to $30 kg. Encourages you to become a vegetarian!

2Bgoddess

I live a ways north of toronto, very near where most of ontario's produce comes from. so it really erks me when the local stores are out of stock on stuff that is not only in season, but grown less than 15 minutes away. also, the produce here is crap. they sell all the good stuff to the rest of the province and leave the stuff that is beginning to spoil, here. I was so relieved when a walmart super center finally opened here less than a year ago, so i don't have to drive nearly an hour to get decent produce. their meat is not bad, but i will still take costco meat over walmart any day.

PanteraGirl

Is there a Costco in thunder bay...there are tons in toronto,....the prices for meat are way better than regular grocery store.

kmcrey87

I am Canadian and living in the U.S. and I have noticed that a lot of people when talking about the lower cost of items here do not factor in the fact that the minimum wage in the U.S. is much lower than in Canada.

Also, the cost of healthcare is insane!