Help me buy decent tea and cheese without going bankrupt!!
Aug 27th 2011, 11:23 pm
#46
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Re: Help me buy decent tea and cheese without going bankrupt!!
Afternoon.
Anyway shopping trips so far have been fairly interesting, prices seem to vary hugely but the biggest thing for me is trying to find a decent block of reasonable priced mature cheddar (pref not orange in colour) and some tea bags that dont cost $10 for a small box and taste something remotely like tea at home.
Oh also decent brand of olive oil, I presuming the normal european brands would be overly expensive.
Any chance someone could help me out and give me a few recommendations?
Cheers
Andy
Anyway shopping trips so far have been fairly interesting, prices seem to vary hugely but the biggest thing for me is trying to find a decent block of reasonable priced mature cheddar (pref not orange in colour) and some tea bags that dont cost $10 for a small box and taste something remotely like tea at home.
Oh also decent brand of olive oil, I presuming the normal european brands would be overly expensive.
Any chance someone could help me out and give me a few recommendations?
Cheers
Andy
Don't know if you have a 'Save on Foods' in Vancouver, but here in Red Deer they have started to sell Red Leicester, Double Gloucester and Lancashire cheese. I did get a block of british mature 'white' cheddar from Canadian Superstore and Cost co, a while ago, but not seen it in store for a while.
No Frills also has some custard creams, bourbons and shortcake biscuits- imported from UK.
Sorry if it doesn't help you in BC.
Aug 28th 2011, 12:15 am
#47
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Re: Help me buy decent tea and cheese without going bankrupt!!
Probably. I just don't like large supermarkets and would do anything possible to avoid them (in any country). In Vancouver I used to shop at Stongs which was just about the perfect size and experience. Not sure what its like now of course.
Aug 28th 2011, 12:23 am
#48
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Location: Red Deer, Alberta
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Re: Help me buy decent tea and cheese without going bankrupt!!
As Piff Poff said about Tetley Tea bags.
Don't know if you have a 'Save on Foods' in Vancouver, but here in Red Deer they have started to sell Red Leicester, Double Gloucester and Lancashire cheese. I did get a block of british mature 'white' cheddar from Canadian Superstore and Cost co, a while ago, but not seen it in store for a while.
No Frills also has some custard creams, bourbons and shortcake biscuits- imported from UK.
Sorry if it doesn't help you in BC.
Don't know if you have a 'Save on Foods' in Vancouver, but here in Red Deer they have started to sell Red Leicester, Double Gloucester and Lancashire cheese. I did get a block of british mature 'white' cheddar from Canadian Superstore and Cost co, a while ago, but not seen it in store for a while.
No Frills also has some custard creams, bourbons and shortcake biscuits- imported from UK.
Sorry if it doesn't help you in BC.
Aug 28th 2011, 1:00 am
#49
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Re: Help me buy decent tea and cheese without going bankrupt!!
still the same. I lived in kerrisdale for a while so it was a natural place to go.
Aug 28th 2011, 6:05 pm
#52
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Re: Help me buy decent tea and cheese without going bankrupt!!
Best for cheese and salami/ham type meets and obviously Italian food by far is Bosa Foods. Big store is at Boundary and 1st and original on Victoria Drive.
Aug 28th 2011, 6:47 pm
#53
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Re: Help me buy decent tea and cheese without going bankrupt!!
In Ontario at least ...
Aug 28th 2011, 7:35 pm
#54
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Re: Help me buy decent tea and cheese without going bankrupt!!
You can buy Yorkshire tea in Alberta too, and it's very nice.
Aug 29th 2011, 10:42 am
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Re: Help me buy decent tea and cheese without going bankrupt!!
Aug 29th 2011, 4:19 pm
#57
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Re: Help me buy decent tea and cheese without going bankrupt!!
No Frills is pretty good.
Not sure if its available in Vancouver though
P.S
Sorry to digress, I am looking for the Dettol equivalent and is Lysol equivalent to Domestos, just asking ?
Not sure if its available in Vancouver though
P.S
Sorry to digress, I am looking for the Dettol equivalent and is Lysol equivalent to Domestos, just asking ?
Aug 29th 2011, 4:48 pm
#58
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Re: Help me buy decent tea and cheese without going bankrupt!!
The days of high streets run by the local Masons lodge are long over.
It was the "free market" what done it.....
Aug 30th 2011, 5:24 am
#59
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Re: Help me buy decent tea and cheese without going bankrupt!!
Think there is oe on Broadway now . . .yellow bananas as the signage??
Aug 30th 2011, 11:57 am
#60
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Re: Help me buy decent tea and cheese without going bankrupt!!
We've got a Frescos round here. Makes me giggle every time and expect to bump into Curly Watts.