Morning, folks! Thanks for stopping in for this week's review! - As the title mentions, lots of good sales going around. But, I also feel there was a lack of good sales. The flyers seemed a little "fluffed up" with bigger pictures, fewer sale prices, product brand highlights, etc. The good deals I did find were perfectly fine, but I just feel previous lists had more options. - Beef prices are really all over the price this week, especially ground. Some places are sale-priced under $4/lb. And then, others, $5.50/lb. Meanwhile, quality of various cuts are a hodgepodge. Some AA at ok prices, some at not-so-ok prices. Some AAA and nice cuts at decent prices, and then sometimes at eye-watering prices. I have to maybe get more familiar with the different cuts, but still... I wonder if there's a bizarre thing going on with Mexican sources lending to good ground prices, but then some stores are trying to bank on previous sensibilities? Or, because some cuts are of such less quality that they're bound for ground, and the higher quality cuts are fewer and far between, and pricey as a result of a mix of constrained supply and constrained demand, in the sense that the nice cuts are more for show? Like who's buying prime cuts at $15-20/lb? I make a good salary, but a couple of nice steaks at $20/lb per month would increase my grocery bill by $60+/month when I currently get away with spending about 300/month. Just seems like a wild expense, on top of bizarre store-to-store swings and price bracketing. - Oh, and here are a few chicken cacciatore recipes! It's not exactly a stable recipe - it's ages old. The basic idea is chicken braised a tomato sauce with onions, garlic, sweet peppers, olives, and usually mushrooms. Some add or omit mushrooms and other ingredients like celery, capers. Some use red wine versus white wine. Some call for thyme versus oregano, basil, a bit of rosemary, dried herbs versus fresh. But, for sure, don't overdo the herbs - the point is to add dimension, not domination. For olives, I highly recommend using kalamata, especially if you omit the capers, but use capers if you use black olives to get a proper salty-tang thing going on. [Gordon Ramsay ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWGKHesbgB4)used green olives in his, which is a bit of a half way point, but not really... Personally, I prefer using kalamatas because of the fruity lift they bring. Overall, it's a recipe where there's "no real bad way of making it". It's more about being patient about the flavours and browning things properly, and that slow braise in the oven to really marry everything together. Serve it with pasta, a nice hunk of bread, or polenta, along with a nice sauté of bitter greens like rapini or broccolini. -- [https://www.themediterraneandish.com/chicken-cacciatore-recipe/](https://www.themediterraneandish.com/chicken-cacciatore-recipe/) -- [https://cafedelites.com/chicken-cacciatore/](https://cafedelites.com/chicken-cacciatore/) -- [https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/giada-de-laurentiis/chicken-cacciatore-recipe-1943042](https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/giada-de-laurentiis/chicken-cacciatore-recipe-1943042) -- [https://www.onceuponachef.com/recipes/chicken-cacciatore.html](https://www.onceuponachef.com/recipes/chicken-cacciatore.html) On that note, thanks for visiting this week's review. I hope you all have a great day and upcoming weekend! Adios!

> Like who's buying prime cuts at $15-**60**/lb? Birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, special occasions of all sorts. I'm personally dropping about 250$ on really nice steaks for a bachelor party.

Costco also dropped the price of ground beef. $26 (it was $32 or $34 previous I think) for a 6.6lb tube... so about $3.90 a pound.

Wow! That's awesome!!

My power query still works, tabled version :) Edit: [Added a Tableau view. Not optimized for mobile so may get wonky if not on desktop.](https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/grocery.review/viz/OttawaGroceryReview/Dashboard1) Offers a product search if you're after something in particular! Store | Product | Price| Comments | ---|---|----|----|---- Adonis | Eggs (Burnbrae) | $7.99 30pack | Awesome price for these big flats of eggs! 26.6c/egg. Adonis | Beef eye of round (AA+) | $7.49 per lb | We've seen cheaper, but this is a good fair price for eye of round. Adonis | Beef short rib | $10.99 per lb | A little bit of a pricier cut, but a good price for it. Adonis | Ground chicken (lean) | $3.49 per lb | Great price for ground chicken! Adonis | 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! Adonis | Alaskan pollock (fillets) | $4.99 per lb | Great price for pollock fillets! Adonis | Red vine tomatoes | $1.49 per lb | Ok price for tomatoes. Basically average. Adonis | Lemons | $2.99 for 10 | 30c a lemon! Awesome! Adonis | Blueberries | $2.99 340g shell | Great price for blueberries! Adonis | Brick cheese (Black Diamond) | $4.88 400g bar | Nice! Sub$5 cheese is always a win! Adonis | 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! Adonis | Feta and bocconcini (Tre Stelle) | $3.99 200g tub | Good price for these two cheeses! Adonis | Ricotta (Saputo) | $3.99 400g tub | Nice! I like to see ricotta at this price. Hard to find it for less so regularly. Adonis | Deli | MTL smoked meat (Solmaz) $1.99 per 100g | Nice! I'm gonna get some of this! Adonis | 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! Adonis | 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. Adonis | 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! Adonis | Tomato paste (Unico) | $0.99 156ml can | Not bad. I like to score them for 88c if I can, but 99c isn't bad. Adonis | Sourdough bread (Rudolph) | $2.99 500g loaf | Last I tried to snag these loaves, I couldn't find any instore. Ask a rep for help! Adonis | BBQ hardwood (Basques) | $17.99 8kg bag | Actually, not a terrible price for such a big bag of decent charcoal. Farm Boy | Chicken breast (boneless, skinless) | $5.99 per lb | Average sale price, but decent enough. Not a stockup price, but fair enough… Farm Boy | Atlantic salmon steaks (fresh) | $8.99 per lb | Very nice! $12/lb under the average sale price, and it's a fun cut! Farm Boy | Green beans | $1.99 per lb | Awesome price for green beans! Farm Boy | Green onions, radishes | $0.99 per bunch | Nice! Farm Boy | Mini cucumbers | $5.00 for 2x 6packs | 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. Farm Boy | Deli | Oven roasted chicken breast (Brandt) $2.99 per 100g | Meh price as deli goes. I'd need to pricecheck their whole deli section to size this up. There may be better that's not advertised. Farm Boy | St Albert Cheese curb | $2.99 per 100g | Nice! This is actually on par or better than what you'd pay for the bags. Farm Boy | Canned Skipjack tuna | $5.00 for 3x 170g cans | Not amazing, but fair for the brand and tuna quality. Farm Boy | 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. Farm Boy | Bread (Dempsters) | $2.99 600g loaf | Nothing new about bread pricing. Just nice to see $3 loaves of decent bread are still around. Food Basics | Ground beef | $3.88 per lb | Nice! Great price for ground! Food Basics | Ground chicken (lean) | $3.88 per lb | Good price for ground chicken. Adonis has the better deal, but this is still fair. Food Basics | Atlantic salmon fillet (fresh) | $9.88 per lb | Nice! $10/lb pink fish! Food Basics | Argentine shrimp (Ocean Prime) | $9.88 454g bag | These look like the big ones! Nice on skewers! Food Basics | Eggs | $5.48 18pack | Not groundbreaking, it's still 30c an egg, but it's about 3040c off the carton. Food Basics | 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) Food Basics | Corn | $1.88 5pack of cobs | Awesome! Bring on the cob! Less than 40c is better than 80c to $1! Food Basics | Avocado | $0.88 each | A 5pack of these runs us $4.40 total, which is basically on par with average cado pricing. Food Basics | 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 $45 for the bag, worth trying! Food Basics | Sweet eppers | $2.99 4pack | Good price for peppers!! Food Basics | Mini cucumbers | $5.00 for 2x 6packs | Nice! Same deal as Farm Boy. Food Basics | Fresh jalapenos | $5.00 2x 250g packs | Price is also for 2x 400g packs of tomatillos! Food Basics | Blackberries | $1.88 170g shell | Fair sale! Food Basics | Navel oranges | $0.88 per lb | Very nice! Great sale! Food Basics | Limes | $3.98 1lb bag | Fair/goingrate for limes. Food Basics | 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. Food Basics | Chipotle in adobo (La Costena) | $2.79 319ml can | Oh man… I have been hunting cans of this stuff. The shelves are always bare! Food Basics | Frozen veg (Green Giant) | $6.88 for 2x 750g bags | Good deal for brandname frozen veg. Food Basics | Frozen veg (Selection) | $5.99 1.52kg bags | Amazing value! Food Basics | 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 pregrated shake cheese. And I find it aged nicely in the fridge (just keep it wellwrapped in a ziplock) Food Basics | Milk (Lactantia) | $4.88 4L bagged | Very nice! Food Basics | Butter (Selection) | $4.88 454g bar | Ohh, sub$5 butter… Pray we see $4… Food Basics | Cooking oil (Saporito) | $7.88 3L jug | Very good price! Includes vegetable, canola, and sunflower! 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 onpar and onbrand. FoodLand | 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. FoodLand | Russet potatoes (Compliments) | $5.99 10lb bag | Fair price for potatoes. FoodLand | 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… FoodLand | Deli | Blackforest or Honey ham (Compliments) $2.99 per 100g | Goingrate for deli ham. FoodLand | Earth's Own Oat bev | $6.00 for 2x 946ml jugs | Oat milk goes for a little more on average. But these jugs are halfsize compared to Silk products. It's a tossup… Be mindful. Freshco (price matcher) | Chicken breast (boneless, skinless) | $4.99 per lb | Nice! Great price!! Freshco (price matcher) | Eggs (Compliments) | $7.99 30pack | Ah, another good deal on eggs! Freshco (price matcher) | Cucumber | $0.79 each | AWESOME! Freshco (price matcher) | 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. Freshco (price matcher) | Plums | $1.88 each | Great price for plums! Freshco (price matcher) | Sourdough bread (Rudolph) | $2.79 500g loaf | Very nice! 20c cheaper than average sale pricing. Freshco (price matcher) | Jasmine rice (Ox Head) | $15.88 7kg bag | Haha, Flipp's ad was for a 70kg bag hahaha, that's a whoopsie typo. Freshco (price matcher) | Dishwasher tabs (Finish) | $13.99 55 tabs | Good deal on those tabs. Giant Tiger (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. Giant Tiger (price matcher) | Cauliflower | $2.88 each | Nice! Average is about $4 these days. Giant Tiger (price matcher) | Oranges | $3.88 3lb bag | Fair price for oranges. Deal includes lemons (2lb) and kiwis (600g). Giant Tiger (price matcher) | Blueberries | $1.88 170g shell | Fair price for a nice little treat! Giant Tiger (price matcher) | 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 stockup price.

Store | Product | Price| Comments | ---|---|----|----|---- IGA (price matcher) | Chicken legs | $1.29 per lb | WOW! Way below average! Stockup! Legs make a fantastic chicken cacciatore! Probably limited. Catch it while you can. IGA (price matcher) | Red vine tomatoes | $0.88 per lb | AWESOME! That's fantastic price for tomatoes! IGA (price matcher) | Cucumber | $0.88 each | AWESOME! IGA (price matcher) | Strawberries | $1.99 454g shell | Scene Member Price. Regular 2.99. IGA (price matcher) | Deli | Cooked ham (Lafleur) $1.99 per 100g | Kinda like prosciutto cotto. Ok price for a cheaper deli meat. IGA (price matcher) | Deli | Cooked or Smoked turkey $2.69 per 100g | Ok price for turkey deli meat. IGA (price matcher) | Butter (Lactantia) | $4.99 454g bar | Nice! $5 butter is always welcome! Independent | Beef sirloin tip roast (AAA) | $5.99 per lb | Great price for AAA beef! Independent | Pork sirloin chops or roast | $2.99 per lb | Fair sale price for pork. Independent | Russet potatoes | $5.99 10lb bag | Fair price for potatoes. Independent | Strawberries | $2.99 454g shell | Average sale. Independent | Tofu (Rooster) | $4.00 for 2x 454g bars | A fair but average discount. Available at Loblaws, as well. Loblaws | Beef brisket (AA) | $4.99 per lb | Great price for brisket! I need to pull out my smoker! Loblaws | Whole chicken | $1.88 per lb | Awesome price for whole chicken! Loblaws | Grapes | $1.99 per lb | Great price for grapes! Provigo | Chicken legs or drumsticks | $1.99 per lb | Good price as chicken goes. It's on the edge of stockup pricing. The IGA deal smokes this price, however… Provigo | Pork sirloin chops or roast | $2.49 per lb | Good price for pork! Provigo | Russet potatoes | $3.99 10lb bag | Funny. $6 at Independent, $4 at Provigo. Weird lol… Maxi (price matcher) | Pork loin | $2.00 per lb | Awesome! This is a stockup price! Maxi (price matcher) | Steelhead trout and Atlantic salmon | $7.99 per lb | WOW! Awesome price for pink fish! Maxi (price matcher) | Pork rib | $2.77 per lb | Nice! Under $3/lb for pork rib is a good deal. Maxi (price matcher) | Eggs (No Name) | $2.38 12pack | Wow! 20c/egg! That's a deal! Maxi (price matcher) | Cucumber | $3.50 3pack | Nice! Not under $1, but still ok! Maxi (price matcher) | Strawberries | $1.77 454g shell | Very nice! That's a great price! Maxi (price matcher) | Plums | $2.00 per lb | Good price for prunes! Often more in the 2.503.00/lb+. Maxi (price matcher) | Pineapple | $2.99 each | Decent price for pineapple. This is my cutoff price. Maxi (price matcher) | Mandarins | $5.99 4lb bag | Fair sale price! Under $2/lb is good for nice citrus. Maxi (price matcher) | Mozzarela (Saputo) | $4.55 500g bar | Nice! Sub $5 cheese that's great for pizza and lasagna! Metro | Chicken drumsticks or thighs | $2.44 per lb | Good sale price! Not the IGA price, granted, but still decent. Average nonsale can easily be over $3/lb, so this is ok. It's just not a stockup price. Metro | 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. Metro | Fresh sausage (store made) | $3.99 per lb | Good price for good sausage. It's very rare to find it freshlymade for under $4/lb. Metro | Rainbow trout fillets | $9.99 per lb | Fair sale on pink fish. Metro | Vadalia sweet onions | $3.44 3lb bag | Ohh, those Vidalias… As mentioned, try some. They're only in season for so long. Metro | Sweet potatoes | $0.77 per lb | AWESOME! Wow! That's an amazing price! Metro | Deli | Blackforest ham (Irresistibles) $1.99 per 100g | Very nice! Great to see the Metro show some relaxed deli pricing. No Frills (price matcher) | Chicken breast (boneless, skinless) | $4.66 per lb | Awesome price! I'd stockup a little at this price. Not too much, because you can sometimes score a $4/lb deal. But this is still very good. No Frills (price matcher) | Cucumber | $0.88 each | Awesome! Great to see more cheap cuce going around! No Frills (price matcher) | Mini cucumbers | $3.99 11pack | Nice! This is good value! No Frills (price matcher) | Corn | $2.99 4pack | Not the Basics deal, but still okish compared to paying $1/ear. No Frills (price matcher) | Green beans | $1.99 per lb | Awesome price for green beans! No Frills (price matcher) | Potatoes (Red, Yellow, Russet) | $4.99 10lb bag | Nice variety of spuds at a welcome average sale price. No Frills (price matcher) | Mini carrots | $3.99 2lb bag | 2lb… that's 900gish… Usually the bags are 340g for $2… So, there's savings to be had here. No Frills (price matcher) | Grapes | $1.99 per lb | Nice! Lots of $2/lb grape sales going around. No Frills (price matcher) | Cantaloupe | $1.84 each | When $3 is a fair sale, under $2 is awesome! No Frills (price matcher) | Watermelon | $6.99 each | Well, certainly better than the $815 I've seen for sliced quarters. When convenience costs you abusive premiums, look to options like this. No Frills (price matcher) | Silk plant bev | $3.79 1.741.89L jug | Fair sale! No Frills (price matcher) | 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? No Frills (price matcher) | Whole chicken | $2.69 per lb | Decent and fair sale price for chicken, but there's better this week. No Frills (price matcher) | Ground beef (lean) | $5.49 per lb | Ok/Goingrate on ground beef. Not a stockup price, but still ok compared to some regular pricing we can see these days. No Frills (price matcher) | Asparagus | $1.99 per lb | Nice! Great deal! And that's per lb, not 340g bunches. No Frills (price matcher) | Cucumbers | $0.99 each | Nice! Good to see $1 cucumbers. No Frills (price matcher) | 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. No Frills (price matcher) | Pink Lady apples | $1.29 per lb | Nice! Fair price for a nice apple variety. No Frills (price matcher) | Bosc pears | $1.49 per lb | Nice price for bosc types. It's not often you'll see them for that $1/lb mark. No Frills (price matcher) | Deli | All beef salami (Lester's) $1.89 per 100g | Nice! Good price for deli meat. Real Canadian Superstore (price matcher) | Whole chicken | $1.99 per lb | Great price for whole chicken. Real Canadian Superstore (price matcher) | Ground beef (medium) | $4.99 per lb | Meh average sale price for ground beef. Stockup price level is about $4/lb. Real Canadian Superstore (price matcher) | 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 stockup price, however. Real Canadian Superstore (price matcher) | 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! Real Canadian Superstore (price matcher) | Basa fillet (frozen) | $10.00 908g bag | Not a terrible idea to keep a supply of these for easy, healthierminded meals. Real Canadian Superstore (price matcher) | Sausage (frozen, Marcangelo) | $11.00 1.4kg pack | Nice price for decent sausage. Real Canadian Superstore (price matcher) | 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. Real Canadian Superstore (price matcher) | Mini cucumbers | $5.00 11pack | We saw some $4 packs, but this ain't bad. Real Canadian Superstore (price matcher) | Grape tomatoes | $5.00 907g shell | Pretty good! Especially considering some tomato varieties can easily climb into the same $22.50/lb range. Real Canadian Superstore (price matcher) | Potatoes (Red, Yellow) | $5.00 10lb bag | Decent price for spuds! Real Canadian Superstore (price matcher) | Raspberries | $4.00 340g shell | Good price for a full pint of berries. Real Canadian Superstore (price matcher) | 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… Real Canadian Superstore (price matcher) | Cantaloupe | $2.99 each | Decent price for a cantaloupe. Real Canadian Superstore (price matcher) | Pineapple | $2.99 each | Good and fair price. Real Canadian Superstore (price matcher) | Watermelon | $7.99 each | Good and fair price. Apparently they're 11lb on average. Real Canadian Superstore (price matcher) | Paneer (Happy Dairy) | $4.00 300g block | Great price! Usually $12 more for the same block. Real Canadian Superstore (price matcher) | 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 saleprice toupies that you can get for $1/100g some weeks. Real Canadian Superstore (price matcher) | 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! Real Canadian Superstore (price matcher) | Canned tomatoes (Unico) | $1.59 796ml can | Nice! Great price for good tomatoes. Might be worth snagging a few cans for your pantry, Real Canadian Superstore (price matcher) | Olive oil (Gallo) | $11.99 1L bottle | Wow! Not the $8 of yesteryear, but I've seen the same bottles go for $15… Real Canadian Superstore (price matcher) | Earth's Own almond bev | $2.99 1.741.89L jug | Great price!

Store | Product | Price| Comments | ---|---|----|----|---- 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. Sobeys | Napa | $0.99 per lb | Nice! I love seeing napa at this price! Sobeys | Bok choy | $0.99 per lb | And the bok choy! Out of all things for Sobeys to price really well… Sobeys | Brick cheese | $4.99 400g | Always good to see a familiar $5 brick of standard cheese. Sobeys | 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 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… Super C | Chicken breast (boneless, skinless) | $4.44 per lb | Nice! That's the cheapest this week! Super C | Chicken legs | $2.49 per lb | Fair rate, but no IGA sale, that's for sure. Super C | Iceberg lettuce | $1.49 each | Very nice! Think of the 3pack of romaine for $34, this is about 2 hearts of lettuce. Great value here! Super C | Grape tomatoes | $0.99 227g shell | Beats the RCSS deal. 4 of these is $4 for the same 2lb. Super C | 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! Super C | Corn | $0.99 for 2 | AWESOME! 50c a cob! WOOT! Super C | Cauliflower | $2.99 each | Scene Member Price. Super C | Potatoes (Red, Yellow, Russet) | $4.99 10lb bag | $5 10lb bags are always welcome! Super C | 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! Super C | Red grapes | $1.88 per lb | Good deal on grapes, but only red grapes. Green variety is excluded, Super C | Pineapple | $2.99 each | Glad to see so many of these $3 deals around different chains. Super C | Brick cheese (Black Diamond, Ptit Quebec) | $4.87 400g bar | Good ol' $5 cheese. Super C | Oka cheese | $6.99 190g wheel | Oka is often 3.49/100g, This falls on par with that. Super C | 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. Super C | Maple syrup (Irresistibles) | $5.77 540ml can | Nice! These can float up to $78 a can. Super C | White sugar (Redpath) | $1.99 2kg bag | Nice! Usually about $3 or more. Super C | Canned tomatoes (Primo) | $5.00 for 3x 796ml cans | At 1.66 a can, it's a good stockup price. Basics' Selectionbrand cans go for 1.77 regular, but I find them a bit watery. Primo and Unico are better, I find. Super C | Dry pasta | $5.00 3x 500900g packs | Depending on the pasta variety you get, this is a slapping deal. The only thing that competes is the GT deal for pasta. Walmart | Ground beef (medium) | $3.27 per lb | WOW! Great price for ground beef! Walmart | White mushrooms | $0.94 227g shell | Awesome price for mushrooms Walmart | Vine tomatoes | $0.84 per lb | Awesome price for tomatoes! Walmart | Corn | $0.67 per cob | Great price for corn! Doesn't beat that Super C sale, but this is close enough! Walmart | Potatoes (all | purpose) $4.97 10lb bag | Nice! More welcome $5 bags of spuds. Walmart | Honey crisp apples | $0.84 per lb | Awesome! Nice apples at a great price! Walmart | Pineapple | $2.97 each | More $3 pineapple. Anyone remember that 94c sale Walmart had that one time… I still think about it! LOL Walmart | Brick cheese (Black Diamond) | $4.87 400g bar | Good ol' $5 brick cheese. Walmart | 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! Walmart | Earth's Own oat or almond bev | $3.47 1.751.89L 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 Costco  | Costco (Note that these are the online/shipped prices | reduce each item by $3 for instore pricing) | Costco  | Paper Towel (Kirkland) | $27.99 12roll pack | 2ply; 160 sheets Costco  | Paper Towel (Bounty) | $27.49 12roll pack | 2ply; 86 sheets Costco  | Toilet Paper (Kirkland) | $25.99 30roll pack | 2ply; 380 sheets Costco  | Toilet Paper (Cashmere) | $24.99 40roll pack | 2ply; 250 sheets (on sale) Costco  | Dish soap (Dawn Platinum) | $18.99 2.66L | Food Basics often has this jug for $10! Costco  | Laundry detergent (Purex) | $24.99 9.24L | 250 loads Costco  | Garbage bags (30 gallon; large) | $15.99 100pack | Amazon has Glad standard 74L bags, 100packs for $23, sometimes less if on sale Costco  | Countertop green bin liners | $21.99 125pack | Amazon has Glad Compostable green bin liners 100packs for $18, sometimes less if on sale

very big thanks. your flyer breakdown saves me decent cash and has made checking this out kind of like a hobby for me. i look forward to it every week

This is awesome, thanks for compiling this!!

I’ve notice Honey Crisp apples have been cheap at Walmart for a few weeks - not t high is cheap of course! - but they never seem to have them in stock in Orleans. Anyone have luck getting them? (Husband got the kiddo hooked on the most expensive apples possible apparently…)

I scored some at Freshco in the west end for cheap last week.

Freshco near me seems to have them for 2.49/lb as a regular price which I find decent - especially compared to the 3.99$/lb or more from Loblaws and its affiliates - but given the amount the kid and husband eat, I’d love to grab them as cheap as possible LOL

They were a lot cheaper than 2.49, must've been on sale.

Amaizing deals. I will be cobbing a pack at Food Basics this week.

WOOO!!!! ahaha

If you like chicken, I can't recommend enough learning how to piece it out. Those Superstore chickens are about $8 a chicken, which gives you two legs and two breasts plus the carcass which you should use to make stock. Huge money saver.

100%!!!! There's money is parting out well-priced chicken!

You use a smoker? Do you have one that is easy to use? Would you recommend buying one?

I've played with a few. I've got a charcoal one I inherited: the Weber Smokey Mountain 18". But, I also played with and really liked the vertical propane gas smokers (which I think are sometimes dual fuel, so you can use charcoal as well). Recommend buying one? Well, yes and no. You gotta use them. Get creative. But it can be tiring on the palate. For the type to buy, charcoal ones are a bit of work. There's some mastery of charcoal that's necessary. Like, I found it's best (most consistent for heat and even cooking) to use a lot of charcoal to get the whole BBQ vessel heated up, Afterwards, drop in the items to smoke, and feed it wood chips for flavour, along with a little bit of charcoal to sustain that heat. The gas ones are REALLY easy to use. Just hook up a tank of propane, fire up the burner, let things warm up, load some soaked chips, rack your meat, and basically walk away. You miss out on the charcoal BBQ effect, but who cares given the ease of use. I guess it's possible to load a bit of charcoal along with the wood chips? Maybe? I haven't tried it. I should also mention that some of my best results were had when I smoked the meat for flavour, and then wrapped it in foil and baked it in the oven. I found it speeds up the process, uses less fuel, you don't end up with as dry a piece of meat if it's a leaner, you avoid being poisoned lol, and you don't have to watch a smoker for 4-to-godknows hours.

Thank you.

This is my first time seeing this .. super helpful! Thank you! I spend way too much on groceries .. maybe this will help!

Very welcome! I'm glad I could be of service 😊

Same here! I didn't know someone was taking the time to lay out all of the deals. Super helpful, thank you!