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WEEKLY/BIWEEKLY
Milk
kale
Broccoli
peppers
cauliflower
tomatoes
apples
oranges
bananas
chicken
bread
Cadbury’s chocolate

MONTHLY
Yogurt
potatoes

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Apart from getting bread and fresh veg as needed (I keep at least 1 loaf in the freezer at all times), I get shopping every 2-3 weeks.
My shop looks something like this..

Decaf Coffee
Bread
Cottage Cheese
Hummus
Eggs
Yellow + red Peppers
Mushrooms
Beansprouts
Spinach or spinach/kale mix
Broccoli / Cauliflower
Baby Carrots
Ginger and Garlic
Onions
a few potatoes
Tomatoes
Spring lettuce mix or other lettuce
Chicken Breast/Ground Chicken
Frozen trout
Frozen shrimp
Gardein Ultimate Beefless Ground
Red or white Kidney Beans
Chickpeas or Lentils
Reduced Sodium Chopped tomatoes
Couscous or Rice as needed
Chocolate

I have frozen veg in hand, as well as pasta etc.,

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Marmite and lots of it.

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You type very well considering.... :getcoat:

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Groceries seem to be getting expensive.

dozen eggs
bacon
3lb oranges
bag frozen fruit
cheese
milk
coke zero
cheese cake (i need a treat and its on sale for $4)
ground beef

Total- $65.33 (which includes 0.62 GST & 3.84 eco fees)

I did a mock shop at a grocery store near my mom, same items there would cost $39 CAD or around $28 US$ (+ most of the items in the US are larger so you get more as well)

And to think people in California complain about the high grocery prices...ha ha

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But what you save on groceries you would spend that and more on healthcare/meds in the US. In my experience cost of living in the UK/US/Canada on balance is about the same.

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Hard to say too many variables when it comes to healthcare.

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not just healthcare, that was just an example. Petrol/gas is more expensive than the UK, but you drive further in the US and Canada. On balance, if you live in a similar area, IMO the cost of living is about the same.

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First of the chives from my friend's back yard; this little bunch will have a few applications over the next day or two. Down to my last couple of green onions, but it doesn't matter now!

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/british...8c47d7437.jpeg

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Not sure of the size of the coke or ground beef but I'd expect to pay $35 for everything but the drink and ground beef.

Prior to shopping on line I'd be paying 99c to $1.25 for a two litre bottle.

Some (eggs, bacon, milk) would be collected from Shoppers with prescriptions and the rest from whichever supermarket I was in.

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Coke is 24 pack $7.47 or 0.31/can.

I never liked 2 liters as I don't drink enough and it goes flat before I can drink it all, and cans can be taken on the go. Looks like 2 liter bottles are currently running $1.68 sale price, limit 4.

Beef & cheese alone are almost $20, but cheese I use on almost everything and its a good snack that is filling. Just a block of regular mild cheddar, nothing fancy. Eggs were the cheapest at $2.98







Ground beef was estimated to be $9, but price will depend on what is available at the time of the shop, could go down, could go up.

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I started making a list but not much on it yet. There are a few things on the No Frills flyer I might as well buy, but nothing I'm in a rush for. I considered going into Independent today because they have the bakery there, and if my smoked pork shoulder comes out well I'd like some kaiser buns, but that can wait a day as well, and I thought about getting a tub of coleslaw, then remembered I have carrots and just bought a nice cabbage, so might as well make some. So far it seems that I can plan a week ahead and have a general idea of what I'm going to eat and how I can use up my groceries without them going bad, but I still have to compost some of my vegetables, usually the ones I buy because they're already reduced and my plan of using them right away falls through. Tomatoes are easy, I love bacon and tomato sandwiches for breakfast, and when the tomatoes start getting soft it's time to make a little sauce or make saganaki, which is a similar base to marinara.

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I find this is very true for all of us presently. I know Oink started a thread with regard to weight and I have to say ours as a family is decreasing. We just aren’t eating much.

Bananas are something I have to buy once weekly, we go through a lot of apples too. Bread purchase has gone down dramatically as nobody is taking sandwiches to work...or leftovers.

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I went to the shops today and it was another world compared to the last few weeks. No more social distancing, no more following the lines on the floor. Groups of hipsters clogging the spice aisles, families with myriad children, no masks. It was quite a shock after being used to disciplined shopping.

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I don’t think people should be allowed in shops if they are not wearing a mask. It is usually those people that seem to ignore social distancing,

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I haven't lost much weight if any, but I haven't even eaten anything at all today and its 2pm, yesterday I had eggs and some bacon, and I think that was it, maybe a burrito, haven't eaten fast food in 2+ months.

I guess though when there is so little to do, body doesn't need as much energy, I was thinking back to how much I used to eat working at the airport, so much food, but then I guess when being so active and physical more energy is needed and thus more food.

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T&T markets are requiring masks and apparently even doing temperature checks. Although I don't know what temperature they use to determine if you have a fever. Air Canada will begin temperature checks as well, 99.6 and above can't fly.

I have been trying to find a mask but haven't been able to find a reusable one anywhere, although we have a couple cheap disposable ones but they wont last long, they don't seem effective for anything really considering how cheap and thin they are.

I couldn't spend hours on a plane in a mask though, so I will decline to fly until such a time masks are not necessary.

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reuse the disposable ones...put kitchen towel, coffee filters, tissues inside. Anything has got to better than nothing IMO.

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I think that's coming shortly with other restrictions being lifted gradually.

Finding a reliable source would be nice.
I ordered some on Amazon - as did a few others - and I had the usual notice to say they'd been sent, followed by Amazon advising the seller was no longer trading and to apply for the refund if they didn't arrive. I hoped they had been sent before ceasing trading but it quickly became obvious it was all a scam from the beginning. Of course I got my refund but it wasted a few weeks when I could have been trying elsewhere.

Last week there was a whole bunch on Walmart.ca and it seems the same thing has happened there with tracking information that proves meaningless. I'm not expecting them to arrive either. Walmart seems to have increased its use of 3rd party sellers and judging by this order and a previous one they're not proving very reliable.

So where does one get masks from? Any kind. I'd rather not be cutting up clothes or tying hankies around my face. If I had one big enough. Hankie, not face. :lol:

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Last Friday i ordered 2 of these from Calgary so should be here next week.
https://www.ebay.ca/itm/WHITE-Washab...YAAOSwKsRep1Pm

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The pick up service at Super Store is not bad, seem more likely to get everything you order as well. Do have to pick it up, but they put it all in the trunk and there is no contact with the employees except by phone, ends up cheaper by $10-$12 dollar due to no tip and at least this time around no pick up fee.

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Did I misunderstand Bristol on the Coronavirus thread, did he say that Costco sells wine and beer?

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It does but in a separate building (as in you must exit one before you can enter the other, you cannot go from one into the other) to the one where you can buy the other stuff.

Also you don't need to be a Costco member to be able to use the liquor store.

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Wow! It doesn’t do it here. Thank you.

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Not in BC they don't.

When I go see my mom and we got to Costco in California, the amount of booze in the store is crazy, they also sell live lobster and crabs and other seafood that I haven't seen in BC stores.

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in some Costco stores in NJ they sell alcohol...others don’t. Depends on the county bylaws.

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Yeah like Canada, US is hit and miss. Alcohol is regulated at state level in California with a few exceptions, so pretty much every Costco sells it, grocery stores, gas stations, 7/11, corner stores, liquor store, Target sells wine and beer usually. Booze can be sold 20 hours a day in California, no sales allowed 2am to 6am.

As far as I know California doesn't allow drive thru liquor stores, when I lived in Arizona back in 2000-2001, I was surprised to see such a thing, not sure if its still allowed in Arizona or not though. California though is pretty liberal when it comes to booze.

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I've never been to Costco. I did mention that our IGA supermarket sold and delivered wine & beer. :thumbup:

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I gave feedback (not a survey or rating) to Instacart about a couple of website features - one that's disappeared and a new one that didn't work.

They responded within an hour and gave me a $5 credit :lol: I wasn't even complaining about anything.

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48 Pilsner from the liquor store, and 24 Big Rock apple cider from storage at work. So far the food is holding out ok.

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It's easier getting grocery pick up slots now, lines to get into the store are longer, so seems maybe people are choosing to go back to shopping vs online ordering and pick up and the crapshoot it can be.

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Quite often, when the Instacart page changes to say a shopper is putting your order together, it can be 30-40 minutes before anything happens.

Is this because they are waiting outside the store to get in or because they logged on to your order early(perhaps to reserve it if it was an easy one or some other reason) and they've not even left home yet?

I had one where something was in the cart very quickly but it's usually at least half an hour.

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After revelling in my last can of UK-bought baked beans, I swore no more experimenting with the local ones. Then I found that WalMart at Golden Mile now has a little british section. Four pack of Heinz (meh) beans, just under $8. Decent value. Treated myself to a jar of Branston at the same time!

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It seems just about every Walmart store has a Brit section, there just don't seem to be signs advertising it as such. And that was before they started to go 'super centre' :thumbup:

When I 'discovered' it I was just aware of "something I'd not seen for a long time" coupled with "Oh look they're selling it as well as Bulk Barn" and then suddenly realising I was looking at Rose's Lime marmalade, Jacob Club biscuits, Branston, Haywards Pickled Onions (proper brown ones), Piccalilli, Custard creams, Bourbon creams, Flakes, Hobnobs and so on...

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I get quite a few British goodies from Walmart on Dundas, Heinz Beans, Batchelor’s Mush Peas, Branston, picked onions to name a few. Fortunately I stocked up before lockdown. :D

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They do in Quebec too...although from memory, buying it was quite the rigmarole. They not only checked my ID (I was 48 at the time!) but took it away to some office before returning to give me the go ahead to buy a couple of cases of Quebecois beer.

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Sadly not mine. :(
And it's a fairly new one too (Alliston, ON). I have to drive to Barrie for such luxuries.

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They'll probably make up for it and when they do you'll be able to get the other Club biscuits instead of just orange ones. :nod:

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Pork seems to be in short supply, tried 3 times now to get some pork chops of some sort, and 3 different stores no luck, all out.

Groceries have certainly gone up in price, no doubt. Doctor wants me to eat low fodmap foods, but goodness is it ever expensive, so not entirely sure we can afford to do this low fodmap thing.

Frozen berries, strawberries, pineapple 4 bags total. (cheaper than fresh fruit)
2kg bag of chicken. no name frozen brand
2 boxes corn flakes, pain
Basmati Rice
Stevia
24 eggs
Lactose Free 1% Milk Two 2 liter cartons
2 bags cut Cut Broccoli, frozen
Naval Oranges, 2lbs
5lb bag whole carrots

This was $120 and its barely anything...ha ha

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Bloody hell, that is expensive :( I roughly priced what the same shopping list would have cost here, it was $70, when converted that's CAD$64. That sure is an expensive place to live.