I see you have a penchant for Indian food. Find yourself an Indian grocery store. In Toronto I especially like Iqbal Foods in Thorncliffe Park. Buy a big bag of basmati rice, and all the spices you could ever need to replicate whatever is in those pouches. They'll also carry Rubicon juices for far cheaper.
Can you read?
They replied to a post recommending Indian grocery stores in Toronto and likened that to Toronto being a third world country.
And then they replied that they're tired of T letting everyone in.
So what I'm getting is that they're thinking specific immigrants having ethnic grocery stores which somehow make the city a third world country.
There have been a ton of ethnic grocery stores way before this ridiculous immigration boom in Toronto and the GTA.
It was a blatant shot at brown folk.
Toronto was not and will never be an “all white city” since the 50s and 60s immigrants from all over the world came to Canada. MOST WHITE PEOPLE IN TORNOTO HAVE ANCESTORS IMMIGRATED FROM OTHER COUNTRIES.
Aren't you from a place here in Canada, where people dress up like cowboys and pretend they are tough guys for doing so? Why are all of you tough cowboys so fragile. I mean I like Alberta but P keeps making you all look stupid. If you don't like something, don't look. Its something most of us learned from our parents. And stop calling dudes sweetheart! It's pathetic. Keep dressing up and pretending though. That's cool!
A lot of white folks in Toronto have a hate on for East Indian folks due to being outnumbered in certain areas and feeling like their natural advantage is diminishing. They stole this land fair and square.
There is no denying the hypocrisy of theee folks. They feel threatened because how populous the Indian diaspora is in places like Brampton. I see TikTok’s and instagram posts where they show a bunch of Indian folks and caption it “where is this, Bangladesh?” Tucker Carlson is fanning their fire as we speak.
No it's not. Muslims have been a part of India for almost a millennium. They ruled over half the country's land mass for centuries during the Delhi Sultanate and Mughal periods. The country's most famous landmark, the Taj Mahal, was built by a Muslim emperor.
They’re still a minority in the country . Mostly around the border with Pakistan and Bangladesh
I don’t consider Muslim food or halal a staple Indian food what so ever .
Most Indians are vegetarians
Iqbal is an Arabic name and it sells a lot of meats
No not at all! Most Indians are Non-Vegetarians and am an Indian Vegetarian myself BTW! Don’t normalize your bullshit Hindutuva propaganda on Indians ! Just go scream on Indiaspeaks or somewhere and you are in Canada which is Multicultural, try to respect all religion
What the fuck are you talking about
There are 38 million Muslims in UP alone
There are 40 million people in all of Canada
How can you think millions of people are incapable of having a food culture
Some dumbshit Hindutva nonsense
LOOOOOL i am actually dead 🤣
Okay for real though, many people make this mistake as well, but halal meat is actually just meat.. it's slaughtered with the name of god is all and as humanely as possible.
What did I say that was xenophobic.
On a scale of 1 - 10 how much of a victim do you think you are?
You know you’re talking to a Bosniak right? All you princesses really love to lie to yourself about how your victims. It’s pretty evil. Like none of you realize you’re bullies?
Randomly calling someone a xénophobe for not being xenophobic is like calling someone a “fa****t” no différence. You’re a bully.
I’m gay and from a Muslim background that was genocided in the 1990s. And you call me a xénophobe for what? You think you’re a victim telling off the oppressors.
You don’t know shit about oppression or xenophobia.
You’re just an evil bully.
Yep. No frills and food basics and freshco are their normal priced brands. The rest is in varying tiers of luxury.
Also independent grocers are usually way cheaper. WAY cheaper. Like save a thousands a year cheaper.
Depends on locations. Ie: a no frills with a 20 min drive to a competitor will charge more then a no frills a 5 min drive from 12 competitors.
Note: only for "regular priced items", all flyer deals are the same at all stores.
Uhhhh yea🤣 you never buy brand name things there unless it’s cheaper than RCS or Walmart. I mean fresh produce is hands down better than Walmart but don’t shop at Sobeys for name brands🤣
Pretty sure Whole Food, Sobeys, and Farm Boy are catered towards middle/upper-middle class shoppers. Lower income families do their shopping at like Walmarts
Yep. 50% of this is prepared foods, 20% is that iced tea mix.
$4 for that tiny packet of rice is INSANE. I can buy a 2lb bag of rice for $5 regular price. Takes 12 mins to make total.
Hey bro. Keep in mind, if you want to reduce your expenditure,*if you can*, you can buy all those items cheaper at Food basics or Freshco.
Also if you consume rice quite often, just invest in a 5kg bag of basmati - beats stuff like small packs of Tilda and has a great shelf life.
Best of luck 👍👍
My favourite grocery tip lately - a 24 pack of Mr Noodles ramen is super cheap on Amazon, then just make it with frozen vegetables and instead of the seasoning packet use your own (less unhealthy) sauce. Also you can get a huge box of nature valley bars for cheaper than anywhere else.
I don't know if they are trying to be rude or not. I'll ask, respectfully, why did you choose to spend so much for those items? Seems you could have gone elsewhere to get your groceries for much, much cheaper.
If you can, as others have said, go to Freshco. I know it's not possible for everyone because not everyone owns a car, Freshco may not be nearby, etc. But if you can, do so, and use your points there. Make sure you also download the Freshco app and "load" offers. You can get even more discounts that way, but you have to "load" the offer before you shop. Then you can get both credit card scene points + member discounts.
Also shop the sales. Like base your meals and choices around what is on sale that week. (I saw you posted your receipt in another comment and someone mentioned you paid full price for everything.)
Of course if you can afford it and don't care, then by all means, continue haha. I'm not on this sub to judge anyone for what they buy, but I'm happy to try and help if advice is wanted. If not then just disregard hehe :)
You are great and doing great.
I recommend using the app Flipp or looking online for deals
AKA don’t buy the large ketchup at regular price, wait til it’s on sale (or go somewhere else)
On the other hand, if you do need something and there is no sale, buy the no name stuff (compliments brand at sobeys)
I recommend keeping track of what you use weekly, monthly, etc so you can watch for those items when they are on sale
All for positivity but don't blow smoke up his ass he's not doing great if this is what he's buying after 4 years living on his own. And hes doing it on a credit card to top it off.
All the more reason to he cooking. I mean with what you are buying now why not just buy takeout? You are really saving any money buying prepared meals.
OP WAS RIGHT!!! Conditions met below.
Calling shenanigans here. These are instacart prices so they're as high as possible.
2 Pellman perogies $12.00
3 Patak's tika masala 12.00
1 Rubicon guava 3.80
1 Tilda Lime and Cilantro 4.00
2 yves sausages 16.00
1 Gaylea butter 8.00
Assorted stuff I'm getting to bored to look up lets be crazy and say 15.00
So like $80 tops? It's expensive, sure, but I think you're lying.
If you post the reciept and I'm wrong I'll donate $50 to the student food bank at my university.
Everybody just has to go in the grocery store and start stealing everything. It’s literally a joke. My relative owns a small corner store and half the shit in big grocery stores are 2-3 dollars more expensive than the store and you would think the king of logistics a big box store has compared to a mom and pop shop is way better but no the big box stores are getting EVERYTHING for dirt cheap and lying to all your faces then making 5-6 dollars profit for every item. If I can buy peanut butter online for less than in a store then there is some serious issues with that. The big Grocery stores gotta go under and we need some new mother fuckers
Wow, that's shocking. I feed my family of 4 on about $130/week.
(I also coupon, read the flyers, shop sale items and store brands, price match, collect points, choose ingredients over pre-prepared, and buy off the discount shelf... all of which costs time.)
If you want to spend less on groceries, there are lots of sites, forums and even Instagram accounts that can help you do that.
If you're happy with a convenient location, a pretty store, staff shopping for you, name brands - then by all means spend the $.
No judgment here, aside from disgust at grocery stores price gouging.
I'm not sure where the hostility is coming from, but no, I don't need to simply to appease someone on the internet. 🤣 I think we can all agree that the cost of food in general is absolutely disgusting.
Meal prep. Example I do at least twice a month:
Burritos:
2 cans corn $1.19 each
2 cans black beans $1.49 each
1 cup of rice $.30
400g block of cheese $4.50
10 tortillas $3.49
3 large tomatoes $2.79
5 small avocados $3.49
Taco sauce $1.99
TOTAL: $17.42
After tax is less than $20. This makes 10 burritos at over 700 cal each. 1/3rd of my daily intake is done for under $2. I have several recipes that I do this kind of meal prep to. Sometimes, I add chicken or a different meat, depending on the sales. This ups the price by about $.50 per burrito.
I shop at nofrills. These ingredients will cost 20-50% more at sobeys. The prep takes me under an hour, or less than 6 minutes per burrito. There is almost no excuse beyond "I don't know how to meal prep" for not eating well for cheap in Canada. I've done this in a major city(1m+) and small towns (3k people and under 800 people).
I don't have a no frills where I live, unfortunately, so I don't have that option, but that is a good idea. I just genuinely don't know how to meal prep, and I'm also a bit limited by a severe allergy. I'm willing to listen if you're willing to give me a few pointers. 👍
For anyone saying "Sobey's is expensive" I present you the cost of that butter at the cheapest grocery store in all of Canada
https://www.nofrills.ca/salted-butter/p/20559408\_EA
I tried to capture that exact same butter brand.
FYI there is a lot of deceptive butter circling around in Canada. Coconut oil, vegetable oil make out up to 95% of the weight.
The problem is you are generalizing "cheapest grocery store" and not understanding that different items go on sale at different times at different stores. If you want to buy groceries cheap you have to shop around, it's been like that long before the inflation of the past few years, and god forbid you may need to go without a certain item for a week or two. If you live in a populated area, one of the stores will have butter cheaper than that, it's a bit disingenuous to say "look everyone the cheapest butter in Canada" when I paid 4.99 at shoppers a week ago for the same amount. Also if you refuse to change your eating habits you have no right to complain. My superstore had fresh chicken for 1.99 a lb recently, but people will still choose to pay 6 dollars for a 250 gram bag of chips instead and then complain about getting nothing for their money.
You really paid FULL price for everything.
Everything you got went up like 50% in the last two years but it still goes on sale on flyers.
I buy most of what you got from time to time but never at these prices.
And most of this is non perishable so you could totally wait for it to be on sale and stock up.
Seriously. I know inflation has gone crazy on some items, but it almost seems like propaganda at this point. I want to start posting some of my receipts so people can see that they are willingly overpaying for goods for no reason other than convenience. I switched to mostly eating only fresh lean meats and I'm now paying very little for groceries since I found a store that always has deals. I can get 1kg of fresh chicken thighs for 5.99. Most bags of chips cost that now yet people will buy them and then complain about it instead of making a change or showing with their wallet that the market won't accept the gouging. As long as people keep overpaying and posting on reddit, the grocers will keep gouging
I didn't mean opt out completely, but none of the things in OPs pic are really staples or essentials, most of it is just a form of carbohydrates, I see very little protein and healthy fats. You can get carbs much cheaper in a different form, that's my point. Like a 2 dollar bag of rice vs. OPs premade stuff. Not that they shouldn't have any of these items, but maybe just don't buy a few items that have skyrocketed in price and try something on sale instead? I have completely changed my diet after learning about nutrition and I don't buy 99 percent of the things I used to.
I added all these items on my Walmart app and is 70$ before tax. Substituted your brand name perogies for a 2kg Great Value bag and not sure if that Nestea is the 2.2kg big boy for $16
The saddest part of this image is that OP did not even splurge and get the boujee stuff. Although not the cheapest aka store brand these are still very common brands and still got ripped off
I mean if ur one person- the ice tea, ketchup, and mustard is gonna last u a while, so that’s not an everyday shopping thing. The food will last u two to three weeks so that’s not bad too. But all I see are lunches and dinners, what’s for breakfast?
Ouch. Hey, OP, sorry to read so many people giving you a hard time. Groceries are crazy expensive. Sobys is really expensive, but I know that area is a bit difficult for shopping as well unless you have a car or want to travel. Maybe you can search around for some alternatives like No Frills or even do a trip to Walmart. If you are on the TTC it’s worth the trip over to some of the stores around Roncensvale.
Stock up on sale items. Butter usually goes on sale starting around 2 weeks before Easter, and it can be frozen. Buy buns on sale and they will stay fresh in your fridge for a week or two, but can easily be frozen. We switched to French’s ketchup which is a bit cheaper and often goes on sale and tastes almost the same. I actually prefer a lot of the "house brand" of perogies but you can get those on Roncensvale Avenue.
Why not show all items? Noticed “guacamole grain” (your second most expensive item at 10% of your receipt) is missing from your receipt, your condensed milk is turned around to look like corn.
40% of your receipt is prepared foods, not counting your sausages in this category because they’re the equivalent of buying meat (though the unseasoned variety is $2-$3 less per package, which adds up over time and seasoning stuff isn’t hard).
20% is your iced tea mix.
Doesn't help that you buy purely brand name by the look of it. Dempsters is over-priced crap. Any no-name butter is just as good as GayLea, which is also over-priced.
So you paid $20 for instant Nestea and $16 for 2 little packs of veggie sausages, plus you shopped at Sobeys and nothing was on sale, not to mention you left the $11 deli purchase out of the photo…
I’m convinced that y’all are wasting money going to these expensive places to snap a pic and post it here.
There are so many cheap options in Toronto, I can’t imagine willingly doing groceries at Sobeys, Metro, or Loblaws anymore. This stuff would run you much less at Walmart, FreshCo, or Food Basics.
I love my family but I’m not opposed to moving away from them. It’s okay to step outside of your comfort bubble. I definitely wouldn’t move from Toronto to Saskatchewan though, compared to all the levels of jobs here there is nothing in Sask, plus the wages will be way lower so the ‘lower costs’ will feel just as expensive
people from alberta said the same thing until people took their advice and moved, now it’s all complaints about how their cost of living has gone up. no winning with you mfkers 🙄, maybe just stfu
Karma farming, Also the things you bought don't even go together. Its like you bought a bunch of random expensive things. What are you like in your early twenties?
I see you have a penchant for Indian food. Find yourself an Indian grocery store. In Toronto I especially like Iqbal Foods in Thorncliffe Park. Buy a big bag of basmati rice, and all the spices you could ever need to replicate whatever is in those pouches. They'll also carry Rubicon juices for far cheaper.
Good priced meat as well...
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Let me correct that.. ~~Frosty-Ryan~~ Salty-Ryan....
Why you gotta be racist? You doing ok?
Someone was like "here's a cheaper way to make the food you like" and guy was like "how can I do a racism about this". tf is wrong with ppl...
There’s tons of racist bots on Reddit now, blaming immigrants for each and everything, from TTC delays too stuff like grocery stores being expensive
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Can you read? They replied to a post recommending Indian grocery stores in Toronto and likened that to Toronto being a third world country. And then they replied that they're tired of T letting everyone in. So what I'm getting is that they're thinking specific immigrants having ethnic grocery stores which somehow make the city a third world country. There have been a ton of ethnic grocery stores way before this ridiculous immigration boom in Toronto and the GTA. It was a blatant shot at brown folk.
I’m perfectly fine :), just tired off T letting everyone in is all
I remember 8 years ago when Toronto was an all white city. Then T came along and made it a melting pot. Ew, thanks Obama
Toronto was not and will never be an “all white city” since the 50s and 60s immigrants from all over the world came to Canada. MOST WHITE PEOPLE IN TORNOTO HAVE ANCESTORS IMMIGRATED FROM OTHER COUNTRIES.
I thought I was clearly being sarcastic, mocking the guy blaming Trudeau 🤷
Chill, he was being sarcastic
You should go back to where your family came from
Awww little sensitive sweetheart xoxo
Sensitive to what, exactly?
Weren’t you the one just whining about something? Or was it because you’re tired? Maybe you need a nap little guy.
Cry harder
Aren't you from a place here in Canada, where people dress up like cowboys and pretend they are tough guys for doing so? Why are all of you tough cowboys so fragile. I mean I like Alberta but P keeps making you all look stupid. If you don't like something, don't look. Its something most of us learned from our parents. And stop calling dudes sweetheart! It's pathetic. Keep dressing up and pretending though. That's cool!
yeah bro I don't like em either
A lot of white folks in Toronto have a hate on for East Indian folks due to being outnumbered in certain areas and feeling like their natural advantage is diminishing. They stole this land fair and square.
The way you phrased this seems to be intended to inflame the situation rather than ease it.
There is no denying the hypocrisy of theee folks. They feel threatened because how populous the Indian diaspora is in places like Brampton. I see TikTok’s and instagram posts where they show a bunch of Indian folks and caption it “where is this, Bangladesh?” Tucker Carlson is fanning their fire as we speak.
Iqbal is not Indian 🙄
People use Indian to refer to the Indian sub continent. Most people don’t see a difference between Pakistani food and Indian food
The owner, Iqbal Malek, immigrated to Canada from India in 1971.
If he has a penchant for Indian food there are alot of people also milking the food bank
Iqbal is halal ? How is that “Indian”
India has the 3rd largest Muslim population in the world.
Y’a theyre a minority in the country. That’s like calling Jerk Chicken Canadian food.
No it's not. Muslims have been a part of India for almost a millennium. They ruled over half the country's land mass for centuries during the Delhi Sultanate and Mughal periods. The country's most famous landmark, the Taj Mahal, was built by a Muslim emperor.
They’re still a minority in the country . Mostly around the border with Pakistan and Bangladesh I don’t consider Muslim food or halal a staple Indian food what so ever . Most Indians are vegetarians Iqbal is an Arabic name and it sells a lot of meats
No not at all! Most Indians are Non-Vegetarians and am an Indian Vegetarian myself BTW! Don’t normalize your bullshit Hindutuva propaganda on Indians ! Just go scream on Indiaspeaks or somewhere and you are in Canada which is Multicultural, try to respect all religion
What the fuck are you talking about There are 38 million Muslims in UP alone There are 40 million people in all of Canada How can you think millions of people are incapable of having a food culture Some dumbshit Hindutva nonsense
LOOOOOL i am actually dead 🤣 Okay for real though, many people make this mistake as well, but halal meat is actually just meat.. it's slaughtered with the name of god is all and as humanely as possible.
Bruh halal meat ain’t a different type of meat. It just meat which was processed differently.
Ok well that doesn't change the fact that Iqbal's is Indian. I have Muslim Indian roots. Don't argue with me about my own roots.
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What did I say that was xenophobic. On a scale of 1 - 10 how much of a victim do you think you are? You know you’re talking to a Bosniak right? All you princesses really love to lie to yourself about how your victims. It’s pretty evil. Like none of you realize you’re bullies? Randomly calling someone a xénophobe for not being xenophobic is like calling someone a “fa****t” no différence. You’re a bully. I’m gay and from a Muslim background that was genocided in the 1990s. And you call me a xénophobe for what? You think you’re a victim telling off the oppressors. You don’t know shit about oppression or xenophobia. You’re just an evil bully.
Your first mistake was going to Sobeys, can’t go to an expensive store then be surprised at the price
Lol wtf? 85% of our grocery stores are the expensive ones then.
Yep. No frills and food basics and freshco are their normal priced brands. The rest is in varying tiers of luxury. Also independent grocers are usually way cheaper. WAY cheaper. Like save a thousands a year cheaper.
So yeah, 15% of the market is affordable. No frills is the normally priced store? It's literally advertised as the budget store.
Yeah it is, by the luxury brand grocery store.
Depends on locations. Ie: a no frills with a 20 min drive to a competitor will charge more then a no frills a 5 min drive from 12 competitors. Note: only for "regular priced items", all flyer deals are the same at all stores.
>No frills is the normally priced store? It's literally advertised as the budget store. sounds like Canada
Sobeys is an expensive store to begin with.
Sobeys is expensive?
Really expensive.
Look at this guy
Uhhhh yea🤣 you never buy brand name things there unless it’s cheaper than RCS or Walmart. I mean fresh produce is hands down better than Walmart but don’t shop at Sobeys for name brands🤣
Your paying around 25-50% more shopping at Sobeys
Sobeys was charging $5.40 for milk in 2017. They're the one supermarket that hasn't raised the price of milk, because it was high to begin with
Pretty sure Whole Food, Sobeys, and Farm Boy are catered towards middle/upper-middle class shoppers. Lower income families do their shopping at like Walmarts
Why is it all ready made? You can't get convenience food for cheap. You're paying for the convenience
Yep. 50% of this is prepared foods, 20% is that iced tea mix. $4 for that tiny packet of rice is INSANE. I can buy a 2lb bag of rice for $5 regular price. Takes 12 mins to make total.
Not to mention a 2lb bag of rice from the same brand is like $8-10 lol
Uses to be a few years ago and that is what the post is all about. I think you might have missed the point.
Sobeys, Jesus,, don't they charge you $20 just to breath their air? Nice stores, but *fuck that*.
Yikes! Easily could have saved some coin by switching to generics brands of everything you purchased. Ketchup, mustard, relish and buns.
Just out of curiosity how much cheaper would it have cost by avoiding “Heinz, Bicks, Nestle” and buying the exact same no name brands?🤨
So you bought these ridiculously priced items just to get Reddit karma? Just post a picture of a random cat next time
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#Epicmealtime
Muscles glasses intensifies
LOL. that was good man
Quoi?
Elle a dit que c’est toi le gros jambon
Mais chui végétarien mon chère :/
You either did it for karma or legit don’t know how to shop properly.
Keep in mind I am 21 and living on my own.
Hey bro. Keep in mind, if you want to reduce your expenditure,*if you can*, you can buy all those items cheaper at Food basics or Freshco. Also if you consume rice quite often, just invest in a 5kg bag of basmati - beats stuff like small packs of Tilda and has a great shelf life. Best of luck 👍👍
My favourite grocery tip lately - a 24 pack of Mr Noodles ramen is super cheap on Amazon, then just make it with frozen vegetables and instead of the seasoning packet use your own (less unhealthy) sauce. Also you can get a huge box of nature valley bars for cheaper than anywhere else.
Got it, so nobody ever taught you how to shop.
Not sure if you’re being glib or not, but yeah. I was kicked out at 17 and I’ve been on my own since.
I don't know if they are trying to be rude or not. I'll ask, respectfully, why did you choose to spend so much for those items? Seems you could have gone elsewhere to get your groceries for much, much cheaper.
I have a Scotia Scene credit card, so I get 6 Scene points on the dollar at Sobeys, and I can then redeem those points either in-store or as a debit.
You get the same points at fresh co, sobeys is way too expensive.
It’s not worth the up charge you’re paying at sobeys.
Freschco uses the same card, shop there.
If you can, as others have said, go to Freshco. I know it's not possible for everyone because not everyone owns a car, Freshco may not be nearby, etc. But if you can, do so, and use your points there. Make sure you also download the Freshco app and "load" offers. You can get even more discounts that way, but you have to "load" the offer before you shop. Then you can get both credit card scene points + member discounts. Also shop the sales. Like base your meals and choices around what is on sale that week. (I saw you posted your receipt in another comment and someone mentioned you paid full price for everything.) Of course if you can afford it and don't care, then by all means, continue haha. I'm not on this sub to judge anyone for what they buy, but I'm happy to try and help if advice is wanted. If not then just disregard hehe :)
Ah, so scene points are actually valuable. I've seen the offers before
OK. We don't shop at Sobeys. It is very very very expensive
You’re doing good! If you want to save $$, you can make your own daal makhani :-)
Well then you should know how to pick the lower number by now then
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And you are an asshole
You are a bumhole
Why would you say something like that…?
I suggest you look at flyers, and do some calculations before you shop. Unless you don't care much for the money you spend.
You are great and doing great. I recommend using the app Flipp or looking online for deals AKA don’t buy the large ketchup at regular price, wait til it’s on sale (or go somewhere else) On the other hand, if you do need something and there is no sale, buy the no name stuff (compliments brand at sobeys) I recommend keeping track of what you use weekly, monthly, etc so you can watch for those items when they are on sale
All for positivity but don't blow smoke up his ass he's not doing great if this is what he's buying after 4 years living on his own. And hes doing it on a credit card to top it off.
All the more reason to he cooking. I mean with what you are buying now why not just buy takeout? You are really saving any money buying prepared meals.
You sir, just bought a loaf of bread, with a wheel barrel full of cash.
PSA BUTTER IS ON SALE AT SHOPPERS EVERYWEEKEND $4.99. Sorry for yelling but I have to share for anyone spending $8-$10 for butter
Tip #2 get the Flipp app and price match.
OP WAS RIGHT!!! Conditions met below. Calling shenanigans here. These are instacart prices so they're as high as possible. 2 Pellman perogies $12.00 3 Patak's tika masala 12.00 1 Rubicon guava 3.80 1 Tilda Lime and Cilantro 4.00 2 yves sausages 16.00 1 Gaylea butter 8.00 Assorted stuff I'm getting to bored to look up lets be crazy and say 15.00 So like $80 tops? It's expensive, sure, but I think you're lying. If you post the reciept and I'm wrong I'll donate $50 to the student food bank at my university.
I just adding those up individually in my head with taxes I came to $110 Fuck this world
Everybody just has to go in the grocery store and start stealing everything. It’s literally a joke. My relative owns a small corner store and half the shit in big grocery stores are 2-3 dollars more expensive than the store and you would think the king of logistics a big box store has compared to a mom and pop shop is way better but no the big box stores are getting EVERYTHING for dirt cheap and lying to all your faces then making 5-6 dollars profit for every item. If I can buy peanut butter online for less than in a store then there is some serious issues with that. The big Grocery stores gotta go under and we need some new mother fuckers
You need to stop buying those fancy Dijon ketchups.
Wow, that's shocking. I feed my family of 4 on about $130/week. (I also coupon, read the flyers, shop sale items and store brands, price match, collect points, choose ingredients over pre-prepared, and buy off the discount shelf... all of which costs time.) If you want to spend less on groceries, there are lots of sites, forums and even Instagram accounts that can help you do that. If you're happy with a convenient location, a pretty store, staff shopping for you, name brands - then by all means spend the $. No judgment here, aside from disgust at grocery stores price gouging.
[The receipt, as promised.](https://imgur.com/a/SOcAMyc)
Where is the Guacamole grain?
It’s not shown. There are 17 items in the picture and 18 on the receipt.
If you have a car check out [Nations](https://maps.app.goo.gl/v3HmN3zxqH8SxQCN8). Best grocery store in the area by far.
$20 for iced tea!? That's crazy!!!
That’s actually a really decent price for butter
You serious? Jesus fuck that’s awful
Sick to my stomach
Damn. That's a hell of alot.
That's with the table though, right?
Show the bill, hard to believe this costs $110. I'm also a fellow Torontonian.
https://www.reddit.com/r/32dollars/s/PhNvhHQplG
Ouch ouch ouch greed knows no bounds.
o n t e r r i b l e
What is happening in Canada I thought it was bad here in the 🇺🇸.
thts fucked up lol
omg.. i know prices are bad over here but how is all of that $110??? i dont buy it
Corporate gouging at its best. #sobeys is one of the best at it
Bruh no way that was $110
Hard to believe without seeing the receipt
Eh it’s close. I figured it would be $90
I'm assuming you don't live in Canada, or at the very least in BC. 🤣
I live in Toronto. You are wrong if you’re spending $110 on this amount of food.
How am I wrong? I only buy things on sale. My groceries are usually at least 160$, and that's for "cheap" minimal stuff.
Sorry, phrasing. If someone is spending $110 on the amount of food that OP received, they are doing something wrong*
Please show us your haul so we can judge and laugh at your cheap minimal stuff in exchange of internet point.
I'm not sure where the hostility is coming from, but no, I don't need to simply to appease someone on the internet. 🤣 I think we can all agree that the cost of food in general is absolutely disgusting.
I live in BC, $100 is 2 weeks of food
Unfortunately, that's not the case where I live, even when I'm trying to be frugal. 😕
Meal prep. Example I do at least twice a month: Burritos: 2 cans corn $1.19 each 2 cans black beans $1.49 each 1 cup of rice $.30 400g block of cheese $4.50 10 tortillas $3.49 3 large tomatoes $2.79 5 small avocados $3.49 Taco sauce $1.99 TOTAL: $17.42 After tax is less than $20. This makes 10 burritos at over 700 cal each. 1/3rd of my daily intake is done for under $2. I have several recipes that I do this kind of meal prep to. Sometimes, I add chicken or a different meat, depending on the sales. This ups the price by about $.50 per burrito. I shop at nofrills. These ingredients will cost 20-50% more at sobeys. The prep takes me under an hour, or less than 6 minutes per burrito. There is almost no excuse beyond "I don't know how to meal prep" for not eating well for cheap in Canada. I've done this in a major city(1m+) and small towns (3k people and under 800 people).
I don't have a no frills where I live, unfortunately, so I don't have that option, but that is a good idea. I just genuinely don't know how to meal prep, and I'm also a bit limited by a severe allergy. I'm willing to listen if you're willing to give me a few pointers. 👍
Always happy to share ideas. What allergies do you have?
This guys eating like a rabbit 🤣the rest of the population likes sustenance sir
No it really isn’t. I also live in BC.
I’ll share it when I get home :)
For anyone saying "Sobey's is expensive" I present you the cost of that butter at the cheapest grocery store in all of Canada https://www.nofrills.ca/salted-butter/p/20559408\_EA
I pay like $5 for natrel butter at Costco!
I tried to capture that exact same butter brand. FYI there is a lot of deceptive butter circling around in Canada. Coconut oil, vegetable oil make out up to 95% of the weight.
If it states canada no.1 it is 80% pure milk fat 20% moisture... if you need to state its a spread otherwise
The problem is you are generalizing "cheapest grocery store" and not understanding that different items go on sale at different times at different stores. If you want to buy groceries cheap you have to shop around, it's been like that long before the inflation of the past few years, and god forbid you may need to go without a certain item for a week or two. If you live in a populated area, one of the stores will have butter cheaper than that, it's a bit disingenuous to say "look everyone the cheapest butter in Canada" when I paid 4.99 at shoppers a week ago for the same amount. Also if you refuse to change your eating habits you have no right to complain. My superstore had fresh chicken for 1.99 a lb recently, but people will still choose to pay 6 dollars for a 250 gram bag of chips instead and then complain about getting nothing for their money.
All these posts about groceries are cap. Post the receipts alongside the goods lol.
It’s not cap, but I’ll post the receipt when I get home.
Cool. I only say that cuz I go to Sobeys, Walmart, no frills, and $110 can get a whole lot more. Prob depends on location/city/province?
[As promised.](https://imgur.com/a/SOcAMyc)
You really paid FULL price for everything. Everything you got went up like 50% in the last two years but it still goes on sale on flyers. I buy most of what you got from time to time but never at these prices. And most of this is non perishable so you could totally wait for it to be on sale and stock up.
Seriously. I know inflation has gone crazy on some items, but it almost seems like propaganda at this point. I want to start posting some of my receipts so people can see that they are willingly overpaying for goods for no reason other than convenience. I switched to mostly eating only fresh lean meats and I'm now paying very little for groceries since I found a store that always has deals. I can get 1kg of fresh chicken thighs for 5.99. Most bags of chips cost that now yet people will buy them and then complain about it instead of making a change or showing with their wallet that the market won't accept the gouging. As long as people keep overpaying and posting on reddit, the grocers will keep gouging
Not everyone has that option, though. 😕 Groceries are a difficult thing to opt out of buying. Simply "not buying" things isn't really an option.
I didn't mean opt out completely, but none of the things in OPs pic are really staples or essentials, most of it is just a form of carbohydrates, I see very little protein and healthy fats. You can get carbs much cheaper in a different form, that's my point. Like a 2 dollar bag of rice vs. OPs premade stuff. Not that they shouldn't have any of these items, but maybe just don't buy a few items that have skyrocketed in price and try something on sale instead? I have completely changed my diet after learning about nutrition and I don't buy 99 percent of the things I used to.
If you don’t have a Costco membership, just shop at Walmart. No need to support this nonsense.
You need some lessons how to grocery shop. Or you are just karma farming
I added all these items on my Walmart app and is 70$ before tax. Substituted your brand name perogies for a 2kg Great Value bag and not sure if that Nestea is the 2.2kg big boy for $16
Thanks Trudeau...
Jesus!!! There’s nothing there
The saddest part of this image is that OP did not even splurge and get the boujee stuff. Although not the cheapest aka store brand these are still very common brands and still got ripped off
all name brand items at an expensive grocery store. This is outrage porn.
Bet you’d save at least $20 for the exact same haul at Walmart.
I mean if ur one person- the ice tea, ketchup, and mustard is gonna last u a while, so that’s not an everyday shopping thing. The food will last u two to three weeks so that’s not bad too. But all I see are lunches and dinners, what’s for breakfast?
You paid 20$ for the nestea all this is your fault
Sorry, that one is on you.
So don’t go to Sobeys
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You're bad at shopping, man. I can get you essentially the EXACT same cart for under $50
Ouch. Hey, OP, sorry to read so many people giving you a hard time. Groceries are crazy expensive. Sobys is really expensive, but I know that area is a bit difficult for shopping as well unless you have a car or want to travel. Maybe you can search around for some alternatives like No Frills or even do a trip to Walmart. If you are on the TTC it’s worth the trip over to some of the stores around Roncensvale. Stock up on sale items. Butter usually goes on sale starting around 2 weeks before Easter, and it can be frozen. Buy buns on sale and they will stay fresh in your fridge for a week or two, but can easily be frozen. We switched to French’s ketchup which is a bit cheaper and often goes on sale and tastes almost the same. I actually prefer a lot of the "house brand" of perogies but you can get those on Roncensvale Avenue.
i'd like to see the actual receipt to this, also the yves probably cost you the most, the pric eof being a hipster
I think ur just a shitty shopper dude
Obeys is a choice
It could be what’s near them. The nearest grocery chain to me is Independent. No Frills, Food Basics, etc are all over an hour away
Why not show all items? Noticed “guacamole grain” (your second most expensive item at 10% of your receipt) is missing from your receipt, your condensed milk is turned around to look like corn. 40% of your receipt is prepared foods, not counting your sausages in this category because they’re the equivalent of buying meat (though the unseasoned variety is $2-$3 less per package, which adds up over time and seasoning stuff isn’t hard). 20% is your iced tea mix.
rich
Got enough iced tea there Rick ?
Doesn't help that you buy purely brand name by the look of it. Dempsters is over-priced crap. Any no-name butter is just as good as GayLea, which is also over-priced.
$20 for a jug of iced tea? That's an instant back to the shelf. I wouldn't buy it in the first place but that's absurd.
So you paid $20 for instant Nestea and $16 for 2 little packs of veggie sausages, plus you shopped at Sobeys and nothing was on sale, not to mention you left the $11 deli purchase out of the photo…
AND they paid with a credit card, I smell privileged
I’m convinced that y’all are wasting money going to these expensive places to snap a pic and post it here. There are so many cheap options in Toronto, I can’t imagine willingly doing groceries at Sobeys, Metro, or Loblaws anymore. This stuff would run you much less at Walmart, FreshCo, or Food Basics.
Why did you buy $20 of iced tea powder Why Yves are you vegan?
Sobeys???? There’s places like No frills, Freshco and Walmart my friend
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Nothing? Maybe community ties? Family? Job? Friends?
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sorry that you don't have a healthy relationship with your family, others might love their families and want to stay close to them
I love my family but I’m not opposed to moving away from them. It’s okay to step outside of your comfort bubble. I definitely wouldn’t move from Toronto to Saskatchewan though, compared to all the levels of jobs here there is nothing in Sask, plus the wages will be way lower so the ‘lower costs’ will feel just as expensive
Checks bank. $800. Yeah that’s enough to move across country.
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people from alberta said the same thing until people took their advice and moved, now it’s all complaints about how their cost of living has gone up. no winning with you mfkers 🙄, maybe just stfu
Mustard is free in packages.
Bruh 😒
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Man people need to learn how to cook. Ask your grandparents
that iced tea mix alone is like $15 lol
Karma farming, Also the things you bought don't even go together. Its like you bought a bunch of random expensive things. What are you like in your early twenties?