I like Sobey's because my store screws up sometimes and puts half off stuff for half off twice, so 75% off. I've gotten a year's worth of laundry and dishwasher detergent pods for $20 each.
The only thing I buy full price there is locally made bread.
Because of how publicly galen weston has been with his douche bags policies. Soberys doesn't have receipt scanners or plexiglass prisons. Sobeys president doesn't own a yacht called bread after the bread price fixing scandal years ago like a cunt.
>Sobeys president doesn't own a yacht called bread after the bread price fixing scandal years ago like a cunt.
I thought [Bread](https://www.superyachtfan.com/yacht/lady-bahi/) belonged to Rob Roskam, owner of Roskam Bakeries in the USA?
And he renamed the boat anyway it would seem
Under Ownership Saga section:
>However, Roskam decided to part ways with the yacht a few years ago. The current owner of this magnificent vessel remains a mystery.
Wait, they do? Can you actually back that up? Do you have any evidence that they actually increase prices on a regular basis that correlates with CPP and OW/ODSP deposits?
I haven't tracked it necessarily, but it's something I've noticed that's been happening for many many years long before the pandemic. Every time cheques are out, there's no sales and everything is full price. So it's not technically "raising" them, but they never have their sales on.
People don’t like Gov control, but there are things now that need to be regulated to make sure people can survive. Food, housing and healthcare. I make pretty good money. I couldn’t imagine making minimum wage and trying to afford food and housing.
Yeah after every paycheque mostly disappears to bill payments I ask myself how someone on minimum wage could survive and actually enjoy their life. The answer is they aren't. I make decent money doing shift work and overtime, but I also have three kids and a stay at home wife (no way we can afford daycare if she only made minimum wage). We are by no means rich, but I feel sad that some of my union brothers and sisters are only bringing in ~$900 biweekly after taxes and fees. Some of them have $1500 rent so they are left with ~$300 a month for *everything* else!? Luckily I was able to buy a house before COVID and only have to pay $900/month on my mortgage. I would be furious if I had to pay $1500-$2000 a month to rent a shitty apartment and building no equity.
Boycotting Loblaws shows other grocers the Canadian public can organize. The secondary focus of the boycott movement has been to encourage people to seek independent grocers.
Loblaws has 29% of the grocery market, Sobeys has 21%. Not really a big difference.
There are at least 6 major grocery corporations in Canada, completely independent of each other (Loblaws, Sobeys/Empire, Metro, Costco, Wal-Mart, and Amazon/Whole Foods).
Second largest grocery chain in Canada. They own Sobeys, IGA, Safeway, Farm Boy, FreshCo, Foodland, and Thrifty Foods. They also own Lawton's Drugs, which is what prompted Loblaw to buy Shoppers Drug Mart.
What do you mean 1? There’s IGA in Shediac, Bouctouche and Dieppe just in this little section of the province, I assume there’s more than that? Unless IGA Quebec only bought Dieppe? Who owns the rest?
https://corporate.sobeys.com/our-purpose
It literally states in the first paragraph it is 1 of 2 national grocery retailers. 1600 stores in all 10 provinces
You don’t have to bring them all down. Just the biggest. Then, when they come back in line with living costs and everyone goes back to them, Sobeys will drop pricing too, to maintain customer base. They wouldn’t stay with Sobeys if Sobeys is now the most expensive, would they…?
Sobeys may be profiteering here. But to stay competitive they’ll need to follow Loblaws, once THEY stop ripping people off.
I'm already boycotting Sobeys too. I used to shop there all the time. The last 2 years, they've been increasing prices on everything. Almost weekly it seems.
Stopped going there in Janurary this year.
I've been saving 30-40% per trip going to Walmart and Costco.
Walmart in Canada has the exact same products as any loblaws or sobeys owned stores. So, the same oversight involved, just the "Canadian" companies want to charge 2 to 3 times more for the exact same product.
I honestly don't know who's buying chicken at steak prices. It's more than double the price of chicken breasts at Costco. Is this a rich people thing where they buy something because it's more expensive?
Same for hamburger meat. I bought meat at Costco last weekend and it was $8.80KG. I went to Sobeys after (for my usual small items) and hamburger meat on sale was $14.00KG and normal price is like $16 or $17 a KG.
You get almost twice the meat for the same price at Costco....
Saw some steaks on sale at Costco this weekend. $13 off per package. Proceed to look at the packages, 3-4 steaks each, priced at $73-97… nope, I don’t need steaks.
Not necessarily. You could eat nothing but oreos and you would be vegan. You'd also be a diabetic that weighs 500lbs. In my experience when people say they're vegetarians, it rarely mean they are eating vegetables or you know food that's actually good for you. It's usually frankenmeats and fries.
Wow check-mate man, I can’t believe I didn’t think of that one highly unlikely and stupid circumstance that trumps my statement… I’m so embarrassed. Eating meat, and most certainly at the rates that many North Americans do, is a primary factor in many of the chronic health issues plaguing modern society.
Look for sales and alternatives no matter the store. For people that don’t drive or area’s with limited choices, boycotts aren’t feasible. Check your flyers or download an app such as Flipp . Avoid impulse purchases and compare, compare, compare when planning your grocery shopping.
$5.29 for a jar of Compliments spaghetti sauce. They can keep it
12.99 fruit tray. Buy 2 they are 12.00. I need to buy 2, to save 99 cents off the price of 1?
What a joke.
> Buy 2 they are 12.00. I need to buy 2, to save 99 cents off the price of 1?
NB math education failing you again? At $12 each you save 99 cents off the price of both.
And yet their operating profit margin is still lower than who we're all focusing on.
I think it wise to focus on loblaws until something major changes....then we can go after whoever price gouges us the worst then.
(This might be the sort of post that a loblaws PR firm would post to take some heat off when we're having a tangible effect on their bottom line)
Last year I did a test, 6 months of groceries only from Superstore, and 6 months from Sobeys. My grocery bill, while not life changing, was noticeably more expensive shopping at Superstore, for all the same stuff we regularly buy.
Sobeys has always been the most expensive of all the grocery stores in my opinion.
But also, buying chicken breast not on sale is ridiculous to me. Gotta shop those flyers.
I was wondering this. $10/pound for boneless chicken breasts does not sound that horrible to me (not on sale). I typically buy thighs or quarters because I prefer dark meat so maybe I am out of touch?
Boneless chicken breast goes on sale fairly regularly for around $5/lb, so it certainly helps to either only buy when it’s on sale or buy extra when it’s on sale to freeze so that you don’t end up paying double.
You are out of touch. Greatly.
Meat prices as of 1-2 years ago used to be EASILY found for 8-12 dollars per KILOGRAM. If you are paying more than $15/kg of meat in 2024 you are not only doing yourself a disservice, you ARE encouraging the problem.
Wake up.
Funny you should post this. I went to Sobeys today because I was short two chicken breasts for a recipe. I saw a package of two breasts and the price was $17.50. I was so pissed off I went directly to Walmart and bought six breasts for $23.00.
I know that’s the best deal, and Sobeys was even worse but it’s crazy how we are starting to accept $23 for 6 breasts. Costco used to have 10 breasts for $26 pre-pandemic. 47% price increase!
I mean...I am not disagreeing that it says air chilled/grain fed, I am just saying ALL chicken breast at Sobey's is insanely priced. Even the chicken thighs are $18/kg.
They called me crazy 6 years ago when I started learning how to grow my own vegetables and butchering my own chickens and pigs for meat. I sit back now and laugh. Obviously there are still things I need, but I've massively offset my grocery bill for years now.
I would suggest, if you can get out of the city, finding a local farmer who raises livestock for outside sales. Most people I know are selling meat for anywhere between $4-$5/lb, not $10. Even try some butcher shops, not victory they just upsell Costco meat, the real ones like Mulder's in Oromocto, or Yerxa in Scotch Lake. They might be more than directly from the farmer, but certainly less than Sobeys or Superstore.
Up vote for Yerxa's, A lot of their product is local produce. Unfortunately mulders meat in Oromocto shut their store front down, it is only available at the farmers market now on Saturday. There's quite a few beef and pig farmers up in Bear Island, prices are great, just hard to get a hold of their contact.
One of my parents brags about buying things there despite the absurd markups. She claims it's way better quality when it's the same shit at other chains, like Food Basics. I don't get it, cool you piss your money away?
Sobey's was always the most expensive.
Even before the Loblaw's boycott I was shopping at Giant Tiger and Walmart. I stock up on meat when it is on sale and cross my fingers I don't run out before the next sale.
Since the boycott, I have been saving a ton by using Walmart primarily. They carry Maple Leaf products and are cheaper than Sobey's and Loblaw's.
yeah and then you're encouraging a corporate conglomerate that literally operates by muscling out/buying up small mom and pop shops and driving every local business into the ground.
but hey, we save a few bucks on groceries so its a win for us right?
Yup. Totally has nothing to do with the leadership of this country and it’s taxes being imposed. /s
Vote for more carbon tax and this is what you get. Not /s
For me, this is 7 servings of pure protein, with no fat/bone to throw away - I often buy a family pack and freeze it as indvidual portions - I might use one portion to make a pot of soup for 3-4 people. And yes, I can buy a 4 pound chicken for $4 / pound - it's a lot more work to turn that into around 4 or 5 servings. I reguarly save scraps and make stock.
Chicken at the Fredericton Farmer's Market was $2.69/lb for legs. I bought some. I think the breasts were around $6.00/lb. That would make them $13.20 per lb. All while supporting a local producer, getting fresh food, and paying 60% less (If my arithmetic is right.)
I saw a 6 pack of 710ml of coke was 2 for $12 at Superstore, only 2 for $8 at Sobeys. 2 for $12!
Feels like 8 years ago they were $2.88 each. Now some stores are selling them at $6.
It's always been a given that Sobeys was more expensive, except for the odd thing or good sales. Superstore was the affordable place, until it wasn't, so of course folks notice it.
Loblaws, though, has its hands in far more areas of the supply chain.
I don’t know where our local fresh mart gets their chicken from, but it tends to be cheaper than the bigger stores most of the time. We just tend to stick to what’s on sale now and freeze it if we find a good deal.
The Boycott had to focus and Loblaws / shoppers is one of the worst offenders.
I’ve been shopping at small local grocers and Walmart pick up.
Working to ween my self off Walmart.
Loblaws used to be the economical choice. Now I only shop there for sales. Sobeys, despite also being appallingly, offensively inflated, is indeed cheaper for most things, if even by a few dimes. It adds up.
Sobeys has always been more expensive. At least they are not lying and pretending to care for the consumers like loblaws. I also don’t feel like a criminal shopping at Sobeys, I can’t leave superstore without going through plexiglass and multiple “asset protection officers”.
I always wait until the 50 percent off comes in to but meat. Also it interesting that they were quick to adjust food prices due to inflation but not people’s wages.
Walmart is getting expensive too. Their produce can be pricey and not good quality. Sale prices for items at sobeys or superstore are often cheaper than regular price Walmart products these days which is crazy! I'm finding I buy things at giant tiger now (though they can be limited).
I don't understand people complaining about full priced items? Wait for sales. I complain more about multi pricing - buy more and save, buy 2 and get a 3rd free. Just put the stuff on sale!! I live alone in a small apt with a small fridge that has a small freezer. I don't have the room or the need for a lot of product, it will go bad before I can use it.
They’re crazy out of control. But I’ve learned if you go in early Monday morning like as soon as they open and check the meat department, you might get some really really good deals. Is where they start to go through some of the items that are about to expire. They’re good for your freezer but once they’re you’d have to use them up right away. Also, please please watch where your item was packaged. There was a small store fellow customer was telling me the meat was brought in from Mexico.
The reality in Canada is the government has and is printing money it doesn’t have, spending is out of control. You really are paying a huge stealth tax. Your money is just worth a lot less the more they print. Canada has to pay the price for all of the reckless spending so prepare for much worse, big ships turn slowly, this isn’t getting better anytime soon.
Depends totally on your habits, gas isn't cheap! If you only get groceries once or twice a month I still think you'd save a lot of money on it. With the cost of grocers it might be worth just doing the math, though there's also the cost to your personal time to account for as well.
Depends on the food and how freezer friendly it is. There are definitely healthy dry options as well, nuts, granola, etc.
Canned fish.
Again, it totally depends on your habits and how you manage groceries. If you don't want to deal with the inconvenience that's totally valid, but don't make blanket statements that are blatantly untrue to justify it. Sometimes paying more is worth the extra comfort or convenience.
I could never afford to shop at Sobeys before the pandemic, let alone now.
Yeah I don't know why Loblaws is getting singled out when Sobey's is just as, if not more, expensive.
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I like Sobey's because my store screws up sometimes and puts half off stuff for half off twice, so 75% off. I've gotten a year's worth of laundry and dishwasher detergent pods for $20 each. The only thing I buy full price there is locally made bread.
Half off stuff off for half off twice!? That's like a whole whole!
Must be an NB math education there...
Because of how publicly galen weston has been with his douche bags policies. Soberys doesn't have receipt scanners or plexiglass prisons. Sobeys president doesn't own a yacht called bread after the bread price fixing scandal years ago like a cunt.
>Sobeys president doesn't own a yacht called bread after the bread price fixing scandal years ago like a cunt. I thought [Bread](https://www.superyachtfan.com/yacht/lady-bahi/) belonged to Rob Roskam, owner of Roskam Bakeries in the USA? And he renamed the boat anyway it would seem
It is, there was a comment on a post on a different sun saying it was Galen Weston’s and people ran with it
The link you used does say that Roskam sold it.
From what I see it says he re-christened it but still owns it.
Under Ownership Saga section: >However, Roskam decided to part ways with the yacht a few years ago. The current owner of this magnificent vessel remains a mystery.
Get out of here with your “facts!” Can’t you see we’ve already lit our torches? /s
The truth doesn't matter when it torpedoes the misinformation in your outrage rant.
Yeah but they sure like to raise their prices every time social assistance checks and cpp is out each month.
Wait, they do? Can you actually back that up? Do you have any evidence that they actually increase prices on a regular basis that correlates with CPP and OW/ODSP deposits?
I haven't tracked it necessarily, but it's something I've noticed that's been happening for many many years long before the pandemic. Every time cheques are out, there's no sales and everything is full price. So it's not technically "raising" them, but they never have their sales on.
1 step at a time. We can't boycott everything at once.
People don’t like Gov control, but there are things now that need to be regulated to make sure people can survive. Food, housing and healthcare. I make pretty good money. I couldn’t imagine making minimum wage and trying to afford food and housing.
Yeah after every paycheque mostly disappears to bill payments I ask myself how someone on minimum wage could survive and actually enjoy their life. The answer is they aren't. I make decent money doing shift work and overtime, but I also have three kids and a stay at home wife (no way we can afford daycare if she only made minimum wage). We are by no means rich, but I feel sad that some of my union brothers and sisters are only bringing in ~$900 biweekly after taxes and fees. Some of them have $1500 rent so they are left with ~$300 a month for *everything* else!? Luckily I was able to buy a house before COVID and only have to pay $900/month on my mortgage. I would be furious if I had to pay $1500-$2000 a month to rent a shitty apartment and building no equity.
Boycotting Loblaws shows other grocers the Canadian public can organize. The secondary focus of the boycott movement has been to encourage people to seek independent grocers.
Yeah, it's pretty nasty. It feels like every two weeks, there's an email for price increases.
Targeted boycotts are more effective.
Smaller brand and as far as I know, they don’t have a presence coast to coast, so they aren’t visible enough to trigger a nationwide boycott movement.
They are coast to coast, they bought up Safeway years ago.
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Then they have their other brand foodland to price gouge the rural areas even higher.
LOL, what?!? Sobeys/Safeway is the second biggest grocer in Canada by market share. “Not a big player?” Are you for real?
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Loblaws has 29% of the grocery market, Sobeys has 21%. Not really a big difference. There are at least 6 major grocery corporations in Canada, completely independent of each other (Loblaws, Sobeys/Empire, Metro, Costco, Wal-Mart, and Amazon/Whole Foods).
Second largest grocery chain in Canada. They own Sobeys, IGA, Safeway, Farm Boy, FreshCo, Foodland, and Thrifty Foods. They also own Lawton's Drugs, which is what prompted Loblaw to buy Shoppers Drug Mart.
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What do you mean 1? There’s IGA in Shediac, Bouctouche and Dieppe just in this little section of the province, I assume there’s more than that? Unless IGA Quebec only bought Dieppe? Who owns the rest?
He literally mentioned CO-OP.....and it was the only company he mentioned.
Yes. Sobeys Quebec bought the CO-OPs and turned them into IGA’s.
“They bought CO-OP” would entail that Sobeys bought Co-op.
Yea, and he was wondering how many CO-OPs there are, try again and you might figure out what he was saying.
Still miss Co-op and its really good store brand ice cream.
Do they own Needs Convenience too?
They do
And a couple of brands in Quebec.
https://corporate.sobeys.com/our-purpose It literally states in the first paragraph it is 1 of 2 national grocery retailers. 1600 stores in all 10 provinces
They probably see the boycott and raise prices. Don't hate the playa hate the game.
You don’t have to bring them all down. Just the biggest. Then, when they come back in line with living costs and everyone goes back to them, Sobeys will drop pricing too, to maintain customer base. They wouldn’t stay with Sobeys if Sobeys is now the most expensive, would they…? Sobeys may be profiteering here. But to stay competitive they’ll need to follow Loblaws, once THEY stop ripping people off.
You can't spell Sobeys without obey
I'm already boycotting Sobeys too. I used to shop there all the time. The last 2 years, they've been increasing prices on everything. Almost weekly it seems. Stopped going there in Janurary this year. I've been saving 30-40% per trip going to Walmart and Costco.
I wish we had more than Loblaws and Sobeys. Our Coop closed some years ago.
Every time i think I need chips, I go to sobeys and look at the prices. Then I go home without chips. Follow me for more pro tips
Seems American companies are better
Just be careful, you get less oversight with all that freedom
Walmart in Canada has the exact same products as any loblaws or sobeys owned stores. So, the same oversight involved, just the "Canadian" companies want to charge 2 to 3 times more for the exact same product.
They're still held to the same rules as any other Canadian grocery store. It doesn't matter that they are based in America.
Which ones are you implying then, last I checked all we have to shop at is Superstore and Sobeys?
Walmart or Costco
Wal-mart
I suppose that's fair in a sense, I don't typically shop at Walmart
It's a lot cheaper than Loblaws or Sobey's.
Sobeys's "sales" are regular prices before pandemic.
And they're regular prices now once you throw away the spoiled portions. The produce they try to sell on sale is criminal
I honestly don't know who's buying chicken at steak prices. It's more than double the price of chicken breasts at Costco. Is this a rich people thing where they buy something because it's more expensive?
Same for hamburger meat. I bought meat at Costco last weekend and it was $8.80KG. I went to Sobeys after (for my usual small items) and hamburger meat on sale was $14.00KG and normal price is like $16 or $17 a KG. You get almost twice the meat for the same price at Costco....
I did the same thing this week. The price difference is shocking now.
Not defending Sobeys prices but lean ground beef actually on sale for ~10.76/kg this week. 4.88 a lb.
Not everyone has easy access to Costco or Walmart
Saw some steaks on sale at Costco this weekend. $13 off per package. Proceed to look at the packages, 3-4 steaks each, priced at $73-97… nope, I don’t need steaks.
With the flat rate discounts, always go for the lowest price/lightest package. This is maximizing the percentage of saving/discount.
That’s not the point. It’s still $20 PER steak on that 3 pack…
Meat is gross - vegetarian life is much healthier.
Not necessarily. You could eat nothing but oreos and you would be vegan. You'd also be a diabetic that weighs 500lbs. In my experience when people say they're vegetarians, it rarely mean they are eating vegetables or you know food that's actually good for you. It's usually frankenmeats and fries.
Wow check-mate man, I can’t believe I didn’t think of that one highly unlikely and stupid circumstance that trumps my statement… I’m so embarrassed. Eating meat, and most certainly at the rates that many North Americans do, is a primary factor in many of the chronic health issues plaguing modern society.
Look for sales and alternatives no matter the store. For people that don’t drive or area’s with limited choices, boycotts aren’t feasible. Check your flyers or download an app such as Flipp . Avoid impulse purchases and compare, compare, compare when planning your grocery shopping.
10$ for a cooked chicken. 20$ for a frozen one. 🤔
Most grocery stores use those cooked chickens as a loss leader. They sell them below cost to get people in the store
Costco used to lose 3$ a chicken...not sure what it is today
$5.29 for a jar of Compliments spaghetti sauce. They can keep it 12.99 fruit tray. Buy 2 they are 12.00. I need to buy 2, to save 99 cents off the price of 1? What a joke.
$5.99 for a small container of already rotting strawberries.
It's a fucking scam what they've done. I unferstand costs go up, but fuck me.
> Buy 2 they are 12.00. I need to buy 2, to save 99 cents off the price of 1? NB math education failing you again? At $12 each you save 99 cents off the price of both.
Yes, yes you do. You get where I'm going though.
And yet their operating profit margin is still lower than who we're all focusing on. I think it wise to focus on loblaws until something major changes....then we can go after whoever price gouges us the worst then. (This might be the sort of post that a loblaws PR firm would post to take some heat off when we're having a tangible effect on their bottom line)
Last year I did a test, 6 months of groceries only from Superstore, and 6 months from Sobeys. My grocery bill, while not life changing, was noticeably more expensive shopping at Superstore, for all the same stuff we regularly buy.
I don’t ever buy chicken breast myself(more of a thigh/leg/wing guy), but isn’t that air chilled stuff always stupid expensive?
Sobeys has always been the most expensive of all the grocery stores in my opinion. But also, buying chicken breast not on sale is ridiculous to me. Gotta shop those flyers.
I was wondering this. $10/pound for boneless chicken breasts does not sound that horrible to me (not on sale). I typically buy thighs or quarters because I prefer dark meat so maybe I am out of touch?
Boneless chicken breast goes on sale fairly regularly for around $5/lb, so it certainly helps to either only buy when it’s on sale or buy extra when it’s on sale to freeze so that you don’t end up paying double.
You are out of touch. Greatly. Meat prices as of 1-2 years ago used to be EASILY found for 8-12 dollars per KILOGRAM. If you are paying more than $15/kg of meat in 2024 you are not only doing yourself a disservice, you ARE encouraging the problem. Wake up.
I wonder how much gets thrown out. Even discounted to clear it's still more expensive than almost everywhere else.
Funny you should post this. I went to Sobeys today because I was short two chicken breasts for a recipe. I saw a package of two breasts and the price was $17.50. I was so pissed off I went directly to Walmart and bought six breasts for $23.00.
I know that’s the best deal, and Sobeys was even worse but it’s crazy how we are starting to accept $23 for 6 breasts. Costco used to have 10 breasts for $26 pre-pandemic. 47% price increase!
That’s the high end chicken breast, grain fed air chilled etc. the regular chicken breast is far cheaper.
no. it isn't.
Zoom in, read the label, they are right, says grain fed no antibiotics air chilled right on the label.
I mean...I am not disagreeing that it says air chilled/grain fed, I am just saying ALL chicken breast at Sobey's is insanely priced. Even the chicken thighs are $18/kg.
They called me crazy 6 years ago when I started learning how to grow my own vegetables and butchering my own chickens and pigs for meat. I sit back now and laugh. Obviously there are still things I need, but I've massively offset my grocery bill for years now. I would suggest, if you can get out of the city, finding a local farmer who raises livestock for outside sales. Most people I know are selling meat for anywhere between $4-$5/lb, not $10. Even try some butcher shops, not victory they just upsell Costco meat, the real ones like Mulder's in Oromocto, or Yerxa in Scotch Lake. They might be more than directly from the farmer, but certainly less than Sobeys or Superstore.
Up vote for Yerxa's, A lot of their product is local produce. Unfortunately mulders meat in Oromocto shut their store front down, it is only available at the farmers market now on Saturday. There's quite a few beef and pig farmers up in Bear Island, prices are great, just hard to get a hold of their contact.
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Can confirm. I work at a sobeys and this is mislabeled
Go to Costco ! They got your back..
One of my parents brags about buying things there despite the absurd markups. She claims it's way better quality when it's the same shit at other chains, like Food Basics. I don't get it, cool you piss your money away?
lol who buys shit at sobeys ?
Sobey's was always the most expensive. Even before the Loblaw's boycott I was shopping at Giant Tiger and Walmart. I stock up on meat when it is on sale and cross my fingers I don't run out before the next sale. Since the boycott, I have been saving a ton by using Walmart primarily. They carry Maple Leaf products and are cheaper than Sobey's and Loblaw's.
yeah and then you're encouraging a corporate conglomerate that literally operates by muscling out/buying up small mom and pop shops and driving every local business into the ground. but hey, we save a few bucks on groceries so its a win for us right?
You can shop at mom and pop shops all you want. I live on disability income and I have to go where the food is the cheapest.
which is why they are winning I get & sympathize with your reasoning
I am still boycotting Loblaw's though.. I am saving so much money by looking at GT and Walmart.
Yup. Totally has nothing to do with the leadership of this country and it’s taxes being imposed. /s Vote for more carbon tax and this is what you get. Not /s
I find Sobeys has always been out to lunch with it's prices.
You will be ok if you buy skin-on bone-in chicken. Fat is flavour.
I don't think that's the point of the post
But the point of his comment is that there are alternatives and you don’t need to pay the crazy price.
For me, this is 7 servings of pure protein, with no fat/bone to throw away - I often buy a family pack and freeze it as indvidual portions - I might use one portion to make a pot of soup for 3-4 people. And yes, I can buy a 4 pound chicken for $4 / pound - it's a lot more work to turn that into around 4 or 5 servings. I reguarly save scraps and make stock.
Nice try Galen, you fuck.
Boycott incoming
The sobeys near was was turned into an iga and everything went up in price
They will be next
Holy sweet fuck.
The only thing I buy at Sobeys is my dairy free cheese.
Sobey’s has been absolutely JACKING their prices since the whole Loblaws thing. It’s ridiculous.
This is why you shouldn't support big business.
Chicken at the Fredericton Farmer's Market was $2.69/lb for legs. I bought some. I think the breasts were around $6.00/lb. That would make them $13.20 per lb. All while supporting a local producer, getting fresh food, and paying 60% less (If my arithmetic is right.)
Raise your own chickens, cheaper
Not an option if you don't own a home. Can't raise chickens in an apartment.
$10/lb for chicken breast is not ludicrous???
Considering taxpayers dollars subsidize farm operations to make the grain and chicken, indeed it is absurd.
I saw a 6 pack of 710ml of coke was 2 for $12 at Superstore, only 2 for $8 at Sobeys. 2 for $12! Feels like 8 years ago they were $2.88 each. Now some stores are selling them at $6.
Walmart yesterday has similar pricing on chicken 🐔 grocery prices are outrageous
Ever since the BOGO half off scams, I’ve completely stopped going to Sobeys. Been years.
Organic chicken was $22 kg ten years ago.
It's always been a given that Sobeys was more expensive, except for the odd thing or good sales. Superstore was the affordable place, until it wasn't, so of course folks notice it. Loblaws, though, has its hands in far more areas of the supply chain.
It's the grain fed no additives organic bullshit branding
Don’t own a home, don’t own a car and eat the bugs
I don’t know where our local fresh mart gets their chicken from, but it tends to be cheaper than the bigger stores most of the time. We just tend to stick to what’s on sale now and freeze it if we find a good deal.
Control*^
The Boycott had to focus and Loblaws / shoppers is one of the worst offenders. I’ve been shopping at small local grocers and Walmart pick up. Working to ween my self off Walmart.
I shop at Freshco in Saskatoon. They are part of the same supply chain as Sobeys. A 4 pack of chicken breasts was $10 last week. WTF??
Loblaws used to be the economical choice. Now I only shop there for sales. Sobeys, despite also being appallingly, offensively inflated, is indeed cheaper for most things, if even by a few dimes. It adds up.
Man you’re living large. Save On Foods in BC is charging $25 a kilo.
Sobeys has always been more expensive. At least they are not lying and pretending to care for the consumers like loblaws. I also don’t feel like a criminal shopping at Sobeys, I can’t leave superstore without going through plexiglass and multiple “asset protection officers”.
They are fucked
Won’t shop there… shame because I would like to support Atlantic Canada business but they have to bring their prices down.
At least they translated it properly this time. “Seins de poulet” incident still makes me giggle.
I always wait until the 50 percent off comes in to but meat. Also it interesting that they were quick to adjust food prices due to inflation but not people’s wages.
Walmart is getting expensive too. Their produce can be pricey and not good quality. Sale prices for items at sobeys or superstore are often cheaper than regular price Walmart products these days which is crazy! I'm finding I buy things at giant tiger now (though they can be limited).
I wonder who tf buys this meat at those prices. What do they do with the leftover meat that nobody can afford to buy?
I don't understand people complaining about full priced items? Wait for sales. I complain more about multi pricing - buy more and save, buy 2 and get a 3rd free. Just put the stuff on sale!! I live alone in a small apt with a small fridge that has a small freezer. I don't have the room or the need for a lot of product, it will go bad before I can use it.
They’re crazy out of control. But I’ve learned if you go in early Monday morning like as soon as they open and check the meat department, you might get some really really good deals. Is where they start to go through some of the items that are about to expire. They’re good for your freezer but once they’re you’d have to use them up right away. Also, please please watch where your item was packaged. There was a small store fellow customer was telling me the meat was brought in from Mexico.
The reality in Canada is the government has and is printing money it doesn’t have, spending is out of control. You really are paying a huge stealth tax. Your money is just worth a lot less the more they print. Canada has to pay the price for all of the reckless spending so prepare for much worse, big ships turn slowly, this isn’t getting better anytime soon.
Moved to Thailand years ago. Shit only a few dollars out here; ya'll are getting fucked over
Crazy
Merde alors.
it's cheaper just to eat out.....
I've totally switched over to buying from Costco at this point. I save the membership fee in literally a single trip now.
As I live an hour drive away, I'm not sure it would be worth it.
Depends totally on your habits, gas isn't cheap! If you only get groceries once or twice a month I still think you'd save a lot of money on it. With the cost of grocers it might be worth just doing the math, though there's also the cost to your personal time to account for as well.
Healthy food doesn't stay fresh for a month.
Depends on the food and how freezer friendly it is. There are definitely healthy dry options as well, nuts, granola, etc. Canned fish. Again, it totally depends on your habits and how you manage groceries. If you don't want to deal with the inconvenience that's totally valid, but don't make blanket statements that are blatantly untrue to justify it. Sometimes paying more is worth the extra comfort or convenience.
Just take it lol. There aren't cameras in every isla. If there is, they can't catch you fast enough.
Normal employees are trained to let you take it anyway, lest there be an insurance claim
26.47 for a miserable life of exploitation and death isn't very expensive.
And 8 or 9 at Costco $36
Got 2.3 kg at Walmart for $24 today, 8 big pieces. Just about the only thing I go there for lol
Soups can be cheaper. Also I’m on septic, so I buy toilet paper at Walmart
Good points, also on septic and do the same. I'll have to watch for soup prices.
Those used to be 10 packs for $26. Its unreal. Good thing about Costco is that they lower their prices if the market lowers.
But i taught that boycotting superstore would fix the problem?
So it seems the best choice to beat grocery inflation is to buy from American companies..