Unexpected British food. Probably only in BC
Jul 10th 2017, 10:28 pm
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Unexpected British food. Probably only in BC
That's just not right.
See photo...
See photo...
Jul 10th 2017, 11:00 pm
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Re: Unexpected British food. Probably only in BC
Bacon Rashers... OMG
Jul 10th 2017, 11:01 pm
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In another photo...cheese and onion crisps too!
Jul 10th 2017, 11:06 pm
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Re: Unexpected British food. Probably only in BC
Crisps. I said crisps....
And gravy.
And gravy.
Jul 11th 2017, 12:47 am
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Re: Unexpected British food. Probably only in BC
"I hate you Butler!"
Jul 11th 2017, 1:38 am
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Blooming 'eck! Looks expensive. We have a guy here who imports UK foods and for example, genuine Weetabix 24s are equivalent of $6.89 , Tesco/ASDA wheat biscuits equivalent to $4.43. Even in Rustans - our John Lewis - Waitrose wheat biscuits are equivalent to $5.89 but for some reason the French (Champion) equivalent to Sugar Puffs are only $2.55! (I used a factor of 0.0246 to convert from Pesos to CAN$ based on todays exchange rate on XE.com)
Are taxes that high in Canada?
Are taxes that high in Canada?
Jul 11th 2017, 2:13 am
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Jul 11th 2017, 3:16 am
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Re: Unexpected British food. Probably only in BC
"Real" food does not have sales tax applied ................ at least in BC
"Junk" food does ...................
so no tax on cereals ........... real food
sales tax on chips (crisps) ............. junk food
I imagine something similar applies to other provinces
"Junk" food does ...................
so no tax on cereals ........... real food
sales tax on chips (crisps) ............. junk food
I imagine something similar applies to other provinces
Jul 11th 2017, 4:00 am
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Did they do any pork pies?
Jul 11th 2017, 4:34 am
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Jul 11th 2017, 4:36 am
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Prepared foods and meals are taxed, ingredients are not. Buy a prepared bagged salad, you pay tax, buy salads and mix it at home, you don't.
Jul 11th 2017, 8:05 am
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I'd forgotten that! It's been 5 years since I was last in Vancouver. I do remember buying a bag of mini carrots (from US) for, IIRC, about $6.00 and on getting back to UK found SAME carrots - same size bag, same packer in US - for £1.25 in ASDA!
Jul 11th 2017, 3:16 pm
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I had to google this but I must say I'm with you.
I started off feeling cheered by this thread, then I realised how far away you are, and I've never even heard of 'Save on'.
I did have a perfectly edible pork pie from RCS last week though.
(disclaimer - my standards may have fallen over the past 6 years
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I started off feeling cheered by this thread, then I realised how far away you are, and I've never even heard of 'Save on'.
I did have a perfectly edible pork pie from RCS last week though.
(disclaimer - my standards may have fallen over the past 6 years)