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JanieH

Hey everyone I'm a newbie on here, I'm looking to move soon and have been doing a bit of browsing about shopping...any good tips for saving cash? I know shopping in the UK is expensive but I was surprised at how expensive it was to shop in Canada! Buying directly from farms...do many do that? What about beer...to keep the hubby happy?? I need squash and really couldn't find any last time in Canada...my three year old will cry if he can never have apple and blackcurrant again!! 😀 Thanks xx

Pizzawheel

I think it's your husband that will be crying when he sees the price of booze...

They don't really have squash here, they use drink crystals (which are cheap and nasty) though recently these concentrated flavourings have appeared- Mio and the like- which are quite good. I think a lot more pop is drunk.

Shard

Frozen squash too, like Minute Maid.

Pizzawheel

I thought that stuff was frozen concentrated juice?

Cutting juice with water is a great Canadian tradition.

Shard

It is, but isn't that what squash is - some kind of concentrate?

Pizzawheel

Nah! Squash in my mind is a delicious blend of artificial flavourants and colourings. Only that exotic ones actually contained juice, or more likely, some crushed part of the plant vaguely related to the fruit.

Those little mio things are the same by much more concentrated so you only need a drop.

BristolUK

Have to make do with Rose's Lime Cordial or Ribena.

scrubbedexpat091

Minute Maid is gross... Too many brands of pure juice to buy to ever buy that concentrated stuff.

Have you seen the new 50% less sugar "juice" it's basically 50% juice and 50% water, so they can reduce the sugar on the label, but it tastes like diluted juice and not actual juice.



I went to a local market today because people in this town always proclaim buy local, its better and not any more money which is BS on the money part.

Every meat they had was double or more the price of a normal grocery store, canned pickles were 14 dollars, yep will stick with grocery store pickles at 3 or 4 dollars.

They might be local and very well might be better, however they are no price friendly for those who don't have excess income that allows for such discretionary spending.

Shard

I know what you mean - I really do!

caretaker

Too many cookies $15. I'm not buying it.

BristolUK

The Belgian selection at Loblaws/Superstore is a better deal I believe. More biscuits and lower price. But maybe not always available.

caretaker

When they sell about 2/3 of these Cadburys and mark the rest down to $10 it will be tempting. My chef friend (a Londoner in Calgary) comes out for the carp fishing each summer and enjoys a proper biccie.

Shirtback

I'm mildly surprised that no one has mentioned that "squash"refers to various members of the vegetable family in Canada ...

Pizzawheel

We were waiting (politely) for a cradle to come along and tell us that.