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Wat is the shopping like in NS?...
Is it very dear to buy clothes or groceries?...
Thanks...:thumbsup:
This post is by my teenage son who would like to hear from other teenagers about important stuff like shopping, motocross etc in NS.

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nobody????

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Motocross, yes. Shopping, not so much.

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Depends I find some grocery stuff cheaper than UK and then other stuff a bit expensive. Clothes again will depend on where you are going to be living and what shops are available. I have bought some clothes stuff for winter and found the prices on par or a bit cheaper than the UK.

Milk is approx $7.30 for 4 litres, eggs $2.70 a dozen, Can't think of much else at the moment on what I reg buy

Some shops to look for Walmart, Sobey's, Atlantic superstore, Home hardware, Kents

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I shop next door in NB. I find shopping for groceries to be cheaper than the UK with a couple of exceptions. Remembering, of course, that Canadian incomes tend to be lower than UK ones.

It's also worth looking at the supermarket flyers and they appear to be the same for NS (at least part of NS) as NB. We spend 10-15 minutes noting the best deals and it's astonishing the bargains one can find with targeted shopping.

I find I spend about $65-$75 for every $100 by doing this....remembering that $100 will already buy more than in the UK.

Milk is $6 for 4 ltrs, Eggs $1.50-$2 a doz. Bread $1.50. Steak from $2.99/lb, Chicken portions 99c- $1.49/lb, Microwave snacks 99c (great for school lunches) pop 99c/2ltrs, frozen chicken breasts $16 for a 3 kilo box, big seedless water melons $4, Bananas 70c/lb, Apples $5 for 10lb bag, spuds $2-$3 for 10lbs....

We have five supermarkets (Superstore x2, Sobeys x2 and co-op) and a Walmart, 2 drug stores and meat store within a few minutes drive (10-20 min bike ride for me) and in any given week, one of them (at least) will have stuff for those sorts of prices and loads of things at half or two-thirds normal prices.

Just make two 30 minute shops instead of one 45 minute shop and save around 30%.

As for clothes, Fashion isn't the priority for teens that it is in the UK - at least not in Atlantic Canada.

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Hi
Try this link, http://www.flyermall.com/web/flyer/store.html
this site shows loads and loads of flyers for lots of different stores. So you can check out food, fashion, electricals and loads more.

HTH

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Grocery shopping prices vary across Canada. Many people in UK do not realize what a vast country it is, so many items have to be carted thousands of kilometres before being placed on shelves thereby adding to selling prices. The two posts right after yours are from Provinces adjacent to each other and quote quite differing prices for the same quantities of milk and eggs.
As far as clothing is concerned I do know that a number of Brits fly to Canada and US in December each year on Christmas shopping trips organized in the UK because, even allowing for flight/hotel costs, our clothing is considered a good deal less expensive. As for the styles, now that's another matter.

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I assume you mean you shop next door in NS? Thats a hell of a long way to drive for the weekly grocery shop?

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This is quite a good supermarket comparison website in the UK.

http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/

Is there an equivalent website in Canada?

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I can't help, but this was a teenaged boy asking about shopping - I guess he probably doesn't care about groceries ;)

Are there any NS teens on the forum?

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Yes...but note I was quoting 'flyer' prices on the basis that in any given week one of the stores will have the lower price. If eggs are $1.50 a doz, then I'll get 2 doz that week. Invariably they'll go back up but back to $1.50 when they're needed again.

Ice Cream is another great example. Normally $5 or $6 for 2 ltr pots. But most weeks one store or another will have the same brands on offer @ $3. So, to me, ice cream costs $3 for 2 ltr because I never have to pay more.Eh? The original post asked about prices in NS. I posted saying I shopped next door in NB (where flyers suggested the same prices in both provinces) and I posted from NB. Therefore I shop in NB. Next door to NS.
:)

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Not specific to NS as such - but has anyone else noticed here that the bog rolls last so much longer? We used to go through a 9 roll pack of Andrex every week in the UK - here we've been on the same pack of Charmin I think it is for WEEKS!

And yes, I'm crapping just as much as I did back in the UK....

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I disagree, but don't want to get into a debate about it. We are on our Landing trip in Canada at the moment, and I was just commenting to OH a couple of days ago that the toilet roll wasn't lasting very long here.

I think we need to get back on track with this thread though...shopping for a teenage boy!!!