3 weeks in NS
Sep 6th 2017 | 3:28 am
#16
Happy
Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 2,942
From: Nova Scotia
Re: 3 weeks in NS
We are talking about supermarket prices.
I'm not saying the OP is exaggerating. They could have had a different experience, I did ask where they found that milk.
There is a difference to providing alternative (current) anecdotal evidence to extrapolating 3-year-old data found in a newspaper report of a study. The latter being only valid if the former isn't available.
I know that the price of food is a concern for people who are moving here (it was for me), and they read these forums, and yes it is a little high, so there is no need to exaggerate it further and worry people.
I’m actually in Halifax, now, not 2014, I’ve been here a year and the price has been rock steady $5.19 in at least 2 major supermarkets. When I do have to shop out of those, I get it for $5.79 at the absolute most.
I'm not saying the OP is exaggerating. They could have had a different experience, I did ask where they found that milk.
There is a difference to providing alternative (current) anecdotal evidence to extrapolating 3-year-old data found in a newspaper report of a study. The latter being only valid if the former isn't available.
I know that the price of food is a concern for people who are moving here (it was for me), and they read these forums, and yes it is a little high, so there is no need to exaggerate it further and worry people.
I’m actually in Halifax, now, not 2014, I’ve been here a year and the price has been rock steady $5.19 in at least 2 major supermarkets. When I do have to shop out of those, I get it for $5.79 at the absolute most.
Sep 6th 2017 | 3:43 am
#17
Just Joined
Joined: Jun 2016
Posts: 29
From: Dartmouth, NS
Re: 3 weeks in NS
Costco yes, but the other one in my mind is No-frills (so not a major supermarket perhaps!)
Walmart I feel is also maybe 5.19, but worse dates usually so I don't get it from there.
All same brand by the way.
Walmart I feel is also maybe 5.19, but worse dates usually so I don't get it from there.
All same brand by the way.
Last edited by weves; Sep 6th 2017 at 3:49 am.
Sep 6th 2017 | 3:50 am
#19
Happy
Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 2,942
From: Nova Scotia
Re: 3 weeks in NS
The shop was Avery's farm market but yes I agree it is (slightly) cheaper in the supermarkets. Either way, my statement about it being more expensive than the UK, is correct.
I do agree that the farmers get squeezed here in the UK and I don't particularly like it. I guess things will change once we're out of the EU though!
I do agree that the farmers get squeezed here in the UK and I don't particularly like it. I guess things will change once we're out of the EU though!
