any one else notice price jumps at safeway?

[onefishtwofish]

$2.59 for a can of creme of chicken soup........other than getting just what I need that is on sale I am thinking about switching stores. I may even get a passport so i can shop in the states. someone told me that even if it is say the same brand of soup that the quality of the food down south is inferior. any one that grocery shops down there notice a difference in quality over all?

[Shiyuu]

Safeway is always not cheap unless there's sale going on...
and same goes to the Save on Food as well...

[neven]

Stores will lower prices consistently for a long time, then they will slowly creep the prices up after people have made it a habit shopping there. At a certain point another store will start its cycle and shoppers will shift over slowly. Superstore is the most consistent for lower prices, but certain productts are never cheap

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[Pamela]

Safeway takes 10% off your total purchase on the first Tuesday of every month. I try to do my big shopping there then.

[beN]

i find walmart to be great for prices..how can you go wrong on mac n cheese for 0.50!!!

[BaoBeiZhu]

my grandparents goes to the states and do their shopping
my parents started doing that too..
heck the expenses in BC is going insane

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Shopping down in the States saves quite a bit of money, but they are much freer when it comes to allowing giant corporate farms to use hormones like BST (on cattle to increase milk production) that are not allowed in Canada.

In Canada, to protect independent farmers, we have the quota system. This ensures small producers can make a living at farming; whereas in the States, almost all the farmers are now mega-corporate agri-factories. Does this impact quality? Yes and no, depending on who you ask.

I admit using Foster's Farm chicken from Washington, as well as eggs, milk and Heinz ketchup, due to the fact that my inlaws go down to shop quite frequently. It's just hard to pass up $.99/lb US for thighs or whole chicken, compared to double that or more in Canada.

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[STANKYfish]

That is bizarre price for a can of soup!! Safeway and Save on are way to pricey unless they have sales on. I quite often go to Stupid store, but you also have to watch their fluctuating prices, and buy one for sale price but pay regular after one, even if it is a different flavor. Also notice that prices seem to go up around welfare day I just try to stock up when there is a sale on. As for going to the states, there are deals to be had. The huge block of cheese is 10.00 when the same here goes for 26.00. Some say the meat down there does not have the strict gov regulations that Canada does but sure a lot cheaper and probably some comes from here!!
I just can't be bothered with the hassle of the border.

[gklaw]

At some point, we need to stop shopping cross border for the daily stuff like chicken and eggs or else we just feeding our neighbour down south (we may need to) and our price level will stay high. It is a fine line - literally the chicken-and-egg situation.

As far as grocery shop in concerned, my wife shop Save-On. They price match all flyer prices as well as the 10% off Tuesday. They also have point systems which my wife cash in for restaurant gift cards regularly.

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

I do all my own shopping in Canada, both to support Canadian businesses and because I can't stand the border lineups. However, when I have the kids' big bbq parties and have 60+ guests to feed, I did ask my inlaws to bring back some chicken and groceries to stay on budget.

For Felicia's 1 month party three years ago, I bought every in Canada but stocked up on chicken at the local shop which sometimes had small whole chickens for $1.39/lb. It was just hard to pass up cut-up thighs for $.99/lb this summer.

I'd say 35-40% of my grocery budget goes to T&T, 15% to Langley Farm Mkts, 10% to Kin's, 5% to Safeway (just their weekly specials), and the rest is split between the Price Warehouse, Price Smart, Superstore, Save-on, Buy-Low and other smaller supermarkets.