The Prince George Citizen decided to do another comparative shop to see what's changed from June 8 to Sept. 23 at the grocery store. You might be surprised by the outcome.
The Prince George Citizen decided to do another comparative shop Friday to see which store has the best prices from Walmart, Costco, Save On Foods and the Real Canadian Superstore.
Food price growth remained broad-based. On a year-over-year basis, Canadians paid more for meat , dairy products , bakery products , fresh fruit , non-alcoholic beverages , condiments, spices, and vinegars , sugar and confectionery , and fish, seafood, and other marine products . I revisited the stores Arthur shopped at and purchased the items he did. That way we can all see what the cost difference is from then until now and which store currently has the lowest prices on 12 basic food items.
Again it was the apples that were on sale for $1.27 per pound that seemed to make the difference along with their 375 gram pack of bacon that was on special from $7.49 to $5.49. I used my points card to get the deals but declined the offer of getting any item for free but if you’re at that stage of your points and got something at no cost then this game would’ve been a slam dunk for Save On.
Costco Costco sells almost everything in bulk so the cost of the 12 items was $142.13 and when reduced to equal the other store’s amount of food it came to $49.33. When Arthur shopped in June his total was $131.53 and $43.08 after he did the math to get the quantities to match the rest of the stores. And here we are again with a significant increase from June 8 to Sept. 23 of $10.60 and a difference of $6.25 when you knock it down to comparative shopping amounts of the other stores.
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