madscots

quick question folks,
about to move to toronto but looking for an indication on what food costs, i know everyone has their own tastes but its for indication purposes.
food / groceries like cans of pepsi, bread, steaks, and the like.

thanks

iaink

I havent dont it for a while, but from time to time Ive posted images of grocery receipts...

Ill see what I can find...

Its a year old, but there is one here:
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=597884

2litre Pepsi is usually $2.50, but can be had half price a lot of the time.
Flat of 24 cans maybe $5
Decent size T-bone, less than $10, or two half decent size sirloin for $7 is you shop around. Fancier grades a lot more!
Bread, depends, you wont find much for less than $1.50, Regular brand names (Dempsters etc) more like $2.25-$3.00.

spaceace

I can't speak for Toronto, but here in Halifax NS, we seem to be spending a LOT on the family shop....it's quite a shock (soon to be 15%HST too)

The last lot was $215 which I think will probably last a couple of weeks.

Junk is cheap, fruit and veg are silly prices...I'm guessing it's because we live in a forest :-)

Food does tend to be better quality and last longer tho....and the sizes of stuff are bigger eg cans of pop are 355ml as apposed to 330ml

Having said all that, I'm loving it here :-)

Steve_P

No HST on groceries.

Pop, candy, certain baked goods, pre-made sandwiches yes but groceries no.

gaz77

hi you can go online and have a look at the flyers from supermarkets in toronto there is loblaws ,dominion ,nofrills pricechopper. canadians collect coupons to make their shopping cheaper.

reeni

pet supplies, cleaning materials, laundry stuff, most packaged snack that goes in kids lunches are taxed (just checked my receipt today)... lol damnit - they taxed Kool-aid ! the buggers! ooo and my Choccy finger (bakery stuff) had GST but not PST

thought i would add to the list

reeni

the more i look at my bill the more i wonder what pot the tax people are smoking. the Fruit Gushers (kids lunch snack) had GST and PST applied but not the Dunkerroos (also a kids lunch snack) maybe it has something to do with the level of healthy stuff in it?
The kids only get one "fun" snack a day in their lunch the rest is fruit and healthy stuff.

Steve_P

Fruit Gushers likely considered candy hence tax, Dunkeroos likely considered cookies, no tax.

spaceace

oh and we get charged a 10% deposit on pop too...no idea how we get the deposit back lol

Steve_P

http://www.rrfb.com/pages/programs/beverageOverview.cfm

http://www.rrfb.com/directory/s_sear...?categoryid=14

spaceace

ohhhhh, that explains why our blue bag disappears on garbage day before the truck comes.

scrubbedexpat133

Again not sure about TO but i was amazed at how much Chicken costs here and Lamb is horrific and seems to be mostly frozen. Beer in cans is a rip off!!

On the plus side Steak is very cheap - Im a bit skint so having to just put up with Steak for Tea again

dbd33

Lamb is $6/lb here, if you buy the whole sheep (butchered to order, not just a carcass on the porch).

scrubbedexpat133

Im just a poor Truck driver - I cant afford or manage a whole one

misskatpaw

Hi, on the Maple Leaf section, I posted a list of prices from a shop I just did in Kamloops, BC, if that's any good to you