Rubie

There have been a few posts recently about the price of food in Canada being expensive and being a reason why people are moving back to UK etc, which is pretty scary but, as some one who has never been to Canada I wonder how more expensive it really can be.

The food prices in the UK in recent months have increased quite dramatically and some, what you would call basics like rice, pasta, milk, cheese and so on have doubled.

I'm not sure what I am asking but I wonder whether people who have moved to Canada know that food prices in the UK 'ain't what they used to be'.

Please don't shoot me - I'm just wondering

Rubie

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iaink

maybe someone in the UK could post a recent grocery receipt, then its easy to compare with the canadian one posted here...

http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=585751

seaham gal

Here's a current flyer list. remember to check the exchange rate though.

http://forum.smartcanucks.ca/59474-r...9-15-a-canada/

johnh009

Here are some UK prices. Booze is definately a bargain:

http://www.fixtureferrets.co.uk/

Atlantic Xpat

Granted there has been recent debate/discussion on food prices, but I don't recall anyone moving back to the UK and citing more expensive food prices in Canada as the main reason? There are many reasons why someone might move back but surely not because they can't afford to eat here.

Brownstar

personally I don't find the food prices too bad now, it was a bit of a shock at first but I've adjusted now and it all balances out as other things aren't so expensive.

Stophie

Generally we find that it evens out. I mean there are lots of examples where things are more expensive here (like $1.29 being the very cheapest bread, compared to 45p, or $3.99 for 1.5kg bag of flour compared to 43p, and alcohol is certainly more here) but there are also lots of examples where things are cheaper here ($1.29 for 2L Pepsi compared to £1.53, $3.89 for 4L milk compared to about £3, apples 99c per lb compared to about 85p) Brain hurts now from all that working out
If you shop carefully you could spend less in Canada than you did in the UK. And by carefully I mean choosing where to buy which items, and not trying to live / eat exactly how you did in the UK (but then you wouldn't do that, otherwise why would you want to move? )
Finally, eating out is cheaper here, so if you factor that in, that helps too.

BristolUK

Exactly right. Every week it seems like every supermarket is selling several items for half or two-thirds price. Nice to see a few more people beginning to notice this. There's a whole bunch of things I've never had to pay full price for...to the extent that, for me, the reduced price has become the normal price.

I've looked at Sainsburys online prices recently and, to be fair, they have had one or two equivalent bargains whereas it was only ever "was £1.99, now £1.89."

But nothing like the number of reductions regularly seen here.

Brownstar

Best deals I've found are the Sobey's Dollar Days

moondevil

After being here awhile now and going through the difference of stuff when you arrive, i have to admit that our shopping has gone way down for the family

OK i make more of our meals here, but we get luxury of eating out more as well, something that i found way to expensive in the uk
For our family the shopping bill has halfed, i would say we eat different, havent lowered my standards, in fact they are better here than what they was in the uk.......

We make our bread, wow what a fortune you save as well, plus just looking at flyers can give you some great ideas for meals

Hope that helps

fuschiagirl

I've just paid $7.99 for 10kg of flour - on promotion from $9.99

moondevil

We pay $11 for 20kg

fuschiagirl

Even better

Stophie

That's great
I have no idea what I would do with that much flour, but, good for you!

Kaye.

In reply to Iaink,
I have just done an online shop with Tesco, following your receipt.. as best as I could anyway.

Total comes to £109.64.