Groceries
#31
Re: Groceries
on meat items - on special last week in the local ethnic supermarket was goat shoulder at $2.79/lb. I bought $8 worth, cut & cubed, popped in the pressure cooker together with celery, carrot, onion, water some flour - cook for an hour. This gave us about six meals. just add a spud or two & slice of bread.
Anyone try goat?
Anyone try goat?
#32
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Re: Groceries
We eat a lot of chicken, but the price can vary wildly. One store may have 3-4,breasts for 8$ and another store may have it on at 15$ for the same. We have almost every name supermarket in Ajax so it's easy enough to nip round the stores and get the best price then buy a few trays full to freeze.
We don't have much choice grocery wise, just have 3 stores, they more or less charge the same price on basics, not enough variation to go to all 3, so I stick with Save On, but they also have the best selection. Extra Foods is basically PC Brand, No Name and 1 name brand on every item. But their prices on PC and no name are usually just as high as Save On's generic brand, and their store is dirty, smelly and gross, Save On at least has a nice clean modern store.
Agree, that food shopping is getting more & more expensive by the week [especially beef product] & depending on where you live, the competition around - it can be real difficult to do it on a cost savings basis.
How long will the items in that $135 grocery bill last for - or is that the one month grocery tab?
Smaller grocery stores sometimes have better deals on fresh produce, even on the mark downs.
I do the grocery shopping & always hit the mark down, discount, best by date section first, as well as 'price match' which in my part of the country we have a large selection of stores to choose from that do this.
Good luck with the Grocery bills JS
How long will the items in that $135 grocery bill last for - or is that the one month grocery tab?
Smaller grocery stores sometimes have better deals on fresh produce, even on the mark downs.
I do the grocery shopping & always hit the mark down, discount, best by date section first, as well as 'price match' which in my part of the country we have a large selection of stores to choose from that do this.
Good luck with the Grocery bills JS
We have been doing 120-140 a week as of late.
I picked up an extra shift at work, that is our weekly grocery money...lol
This weeks meat prices as advertised. They don't advertise a "normal" price for meat, just the current "sale" price which may or may not actually be lower.
Ground Beef 4.29 per pound.
Whole chicken 2.59 per pound.
Rip Grilling steak 8.99 per pound.
Inside Round Roast 6.49 per pound.
454g of Salmon, frozen 14.99
Sable Fish 4.49 per 100/g
Ocean Perch 1.59 per 100/g
That is for Save On
Nesters
Ground Beef 3.98/lb
Wild sockye, previously frozen 2.18 per 100/g
Extra Foods
Sirloin Tip Roast 4.48/lb
Chicken Wings club size 3.58/lb
Boneless pork loin chops 5.48/lb
Atlantic Salmon 8.98/lb
Frozen pollock, processed in China 680g 5.98
I didn't buy all that meat, just the prices from the flyer.
Nesters also sells more interesting meat as well in small quantities like Rabbit, Duck, Bison, Ostrich but the prices are less then wallet friendly, all frozen since they don't sell it at the same rate as more common meats.
Have not seen goat anywhere before, but we have no butcher in town, so might be why.
Last edited by scrubbedexpat091; Apr 24th 2015 at 5:59 pm.
#33
Re: Groceries
Our grocery 'food only' bill per month for two people is average ~$135/calendar mth. Milk & dairy usage is down ~50% from a year ago.
Last edited by not2old; Apr 24th 2015 at 6:05 pm.
#34
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That seems impossibly low. About $2 per day per person ???
#35
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Hah! How much gas do you burn on those twin verado's for your salmon catch then? I can recall catching a couple of measly mackerel off Weymouth some years ago and burning 70 quid of petrol in the process.
#36
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It depends at what RPM you run the engines. The difference between 3,800 and 4,400 is about $80 round trip to the hump. Plus, weight makes a difference, so it depends on how many "friends" I take and how much booze is on board.
#38
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Yes, with these big engines. 3,800 is still fast just not quite as fast. It also depends on the sea conditions, as if its rough you tend to decelerate and accelerate according to the waves and that can burn a lot more petrol. Overall when you take into account, moorage, maintance, petrol, fishing gear, bait, picnics and booze, it does rather add up.
#39
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neither, other than the dairy - its just the way its worked out.
example is that competition & price match many items are cheaper, the ones that have escalated we stay away from.
We buy mainly specials, stock up, divide up, freeze as necessary.
Latest buys & have figured out the specials cycle that the supermarts roll with.
Past week, 10 lb bag of onions $0.99, PEI spuds $1.29/5Ib, the goat $2.79/Ib, Cod $2.99/Ib, which goes into fish/veg soup as well as cod cakes, freeze both into meal size portions. Halal Veal liver $2.49/Ib cut & divided into 4oz portions. Red meat (mainly mince beef or pork) only if & when on special. Meat/pork into balls (on special or mark down) with sawdust filling & pasta, home made tomato sauce from marked down tomatoes, home made pasties, that would have ~20% meat filling add in with potato, onion, celery, carrot & frozen spinach on special. Make a bunch & freeze. From the on the markdown shelf, four pack red peppers $0.99 ~1kg, other similar items.
No roast beef, no steaks or tenderloin or salmon
example is that competition & price match many items are cheaper, the ones that have escalated we stay away from.
We buy mainly specials, stock up, divide up, freeze as necessary.
Latest buys & have figured out the specials cycle that the supermarts roll with.
Past week, 10 lb bag of onions $0.99, PEI spuds $1.29/5Ib, the goat $2.79/Ib, Cod $2.99/Ib, which goes into fish/veg soup as well as cod cakes, freeze both into meal size portions. Halal Veal liver $2.49/Ib cut & divided into 4oz portions. Red meat (mainly mince beef or pork) only if & when on special. Meat/pork into balls (on special or mark down) with sawdust filling & pasta, home made tomato sauce from marked down tomatoes, home made pasties, that would have ~20% meat filling add in with potato, onion, celery, carrot & frozen spinach on special. Make a bunch & freeze. From the on the markdown shelf, four pack red peppers $0.99 ~1kg, other similar items.
No roast beef, no steaks or tenderloin or salmon
#41
Re: Groceries
neither, other than the dairy - its just the way its worked out.
example is that competition & price match many items are cheaper, the ones that have escalated we stay away from.
We buy mainly specials, stock up, divide up, freeze as necessary.
Latest buys & have figured out the specials cycle that the supermarts roll with.
Past week, 10 lb bag of onions $0.99, PEI spuds $1.29/5Ib, the goat $2.79/Ib, Cod $2.99/Ib, which goes into fish/veg soup as well as cod cakes, freeze both into meal size portions. Halal Veal liver $2.49/Ib cut & divided into 4oz portions. Red meat (mainly mince beef or pork) only if & when on special. Meat/pork into balls (on special or mark down) with sawdust filling & pasta, home made tomato sauce from marked down tomatoes, home made pasties, that would have ~20% meat filling add in with potato, onion, celery, carrot & frozen spinach on special. Make a bunch & freeze. From the on the markdown shelf, four pack red peppers $0.99 ~1kg, other similar items.
No roast beef, no steaks or tenderloin or salmon
example is that competition & price match many items are cheaper, the ones that have escalated we stay away from.
We buy mainly specials, stock up, divide up, freeze as necessary.
Latest buys & have figured out the specials cycle that the supermarts roll with.
Past week, 10 lb bag of onions $0.99, PEI spuds $1.29/5Ib, the goat $2.79/Ib, Cod $2.99/Ib, which goes into fish/veg soup as well as cod cakes, freeze both into meal size portions. Halal Veal liver $2.49/Ib cut & divided into 4oz portions. Red meat (mainly mince beef or pork) only if & when on special. Meat/pork into balls (on special or mark down) with sawdust filling & pasta, home made tomato sauce from marked down tomatoes, home made pasties, that would have ~20% meat filling add in with potato, onion, celery, carrot & frozen spinach on special. Make a bunch & freeze. From the on the markdown shelf, four pack red peppers $0.99 ~1kg, other similar items.
No roast beef, no steaks or tenderloin or salmon
Do you know about extreme couponing where savy shoppers can actually get their groceries for free or even a small profit?
#42
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Re: Groceries
On another thread somewhere discussed previously, its time to update it - 'how much per month on groceries (food items only) do you spend' - just the dollar number & how many people does it feed, not what's in the basket nor household cleaning items or personal care - just the food items that would go into your stomachs?
#44
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A miser not, thrifty maybe, its just why pay more when it can be had cheaper. Then again since retiring its become more a hobby, replacing work as one of the things finding ways to keep the mind busy.
Couponing is good if you need crap that you don't use or if you have a large consumption household, because 'not always' especially in my part of the country are things BOGOF or coupon discounted or that we would ever use items such as 10 bottles of ketchup, boxes of cereal etc. With a coupon for $0.10 off 'full price' name brand that is $2, when I can get it discount on special or price match for $1.50. I've tried couponing, it doesn't work for our lifestyle.