tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post2554932219157834069..comments2024-03-28T20:37:29.571+00:00Comments on The English Kitchen: Early March Grocery HaulMarie Raynerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00407913432222377267noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-77072231922598416252023-03-16T18:49:11.089+00:002023-03-16T18:49:11.089+00:00I had forgotten about the carbon tax. That dang Go...I had forgotten about the carbon tax. That dang Government. I agree, we need a Government that is more focused on the people! Thanks for your lovely comment! xoMarie Raynerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00407913432222377267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-72629386837836082882023-03-16T13:59:22.382+00:002023-03-16T13:59:22.382+00:00Prices in Canada are absolutely ridiculous. But w...Prices in Canada are absolutely ridiculous. But we must remember the carbon tax that the government has slapped on us has contributed to the cost of everything going up. Food that must be trucked to us costs more as gas costs more. Farmers are also hit with an increase in gas and now the government wants to attack their use of fertilizer. Likely it will get worse before it gets better. We need a government that is focused on the people. Love this post and your site. I have tried many of your recipes and they are delish. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-54157093849345008622023-03-09T18:01:32.974+00:002023-03-09T18:01:32.974+00:00PS - the last time I bought eggs they were $6.99 f...PS - the last time I bought eggs they were $6.99 for one dozen extra large brown eggs.Marie Raynerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00407913432222377267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-51416295168756276322023-03-09T18:00:46.932+00:002023-03-09T18:00:46.932+00:00Thanks Mary! I have considered making my own mayo ...Thanks Mary! I have considered making my own mayo as it is very easy to make, but as a now "elderly" person I don't want to take the risk of raw eggs. xoMarie Raynerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00407913432222377267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-2507141217670792882023-03-09T17:59:46.624+00:002023-03-09T17:59:46.624+00:00Thanks very much Denise. I think the luxury of bei...Thanks very much Denise. I think the luxury of being a stay at home mom is probably over these days as it must take both people working just to stay afloat. I know my middle son and his wife both work full time and still have to live with the in-laws with their three sons because they cannot afford to get a place of their own! But at least they haven't got to pay for child care! xoMarie Raynerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00407913432222377267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-21705825397884353622023-03-09T17:58:19.218+00:002023-03-09T17:58:19.218+00:00It is like you are being penalized for being a sma...It is like you are being penalized for being a smaller family. Its not right. It should cost less and not more! Yes, an offer is what you in the US would call sale prices. xoMarie Raynerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00407913432222377267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-35533523089461659902023-03-09T17:57:28.647+00:002023-03-09T17:57:28.647+00:00I know what you mean about the cost of pet food La...I know what you mean about the cost of pet food Larry! If you want to feed your animals quality food, it is costing more and more. The last time my sister bought a bag of food at the Vets for her cats, it was over $90!! xoMarie Raynerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00407913432222377267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-72606993687446092362023-03-09T17:56:08.407+00:002023-03-09T17:56:08.407+00:00Hi Gill, I moved back to Canada two years ago now....Hi Gill, I moved back to Canada two years ago now. I will be sure to check out your blog. I live in a very rural area of Nova Scotia and we don't have the delivery services and options available like they do in larger urban areas. xoMarie Raynerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00407913432222377267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-5088213262757925342023-03-09T17:54:59.984+00:002023-03-09T17:54:59.984+00:00Thanks very much. I cannot imagine what kinds of ...Thanks very much. I cannot imagine what kinds of choices larger families are having to make! It must be scary! xoMarie Raynerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00407913432222377267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-57164852091229962282023-03-09T17:54:16.201+00:002023-03-09T17:54:16.201+00:00Food has always been a lot cheaper State-side Jean...Food has always been a lot cheaper State-side Jeanie. We often used to go to the US to shop when we were raising a family. All of the basics such a bread, butter, cheese, milk, eggs were a lot cheaper for sure! xoMarie Raynerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00407913432222377267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-61540909928147905652023-03-09T17:53:00.253+00:002023-03-09T17:53:00.253+00:00I wish I could have a vegetable garden, but where ...I wish I could have a vegetable garden, but where I live is in a sheltered Senior's community. I was looking at a 10kg bag of flour yesterday and they wanted $19.99 for it. That's about a 25 pound bag. I try to make as much food as I can from scratch! xoMarie Raynerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00407913432222377267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-52668723880689682372023-03-09T17:51:08.042+00:002023-03-09T17:51:08.042+00:00They sure do. I need to look into the Flipp app. ...They sure do. I need to look into the Flipp app. Although we don't have many shops to choose from where I live. Basically only two. Enjoy your chicken soup! xoMarie Raynerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00407913432222377267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-27728112519739088742023-03-08T20:50:52.455+00:002023-03-08T20:50:52.455+00:00I really liked this post, I do not live in Canada ...I really liked this post, I do not live in Canada so it was interesting.<br />Your prices look much like the U.S. and still climbing..<br />Your mayo prices are quite higher, we can get a full-size jar for around 5.89.<br />I considered making my own with all the recipes out there but worried about raw egg.. Although eggs are now $5 a dozen for the store brand. I can see why you would be shocked by your tally.. Soon we will need to move to a farm and hope our thumbs are green enough to survive. :) Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09492167235125527064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-51754668211294756602023-03-08T18:07:10.646+00:002023-03-08T18:07:10.646+00:00It is getting very scary. We are seniors and are ...It is getting very scary. We are seniors and are lucky to have a large freezer that lets us take advantage of sales, as well as the time to cook from scratch. I have twin grandsons and was shocked at the price of formula. It’s hard for young families who not only have to deal with the high cost of everything, with full time jobs and little ones they don’t have a lot of time to shop around and cook from scratch. Love your recipes and especially appreciate your downsized recipes for two.Denisenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-75634106795271603882023-03-08T16:47:19.454+00:002023-03-08T16:47:19.454+00:00It is so much harder to shop frugally for one than...It is so much harder to shop frugally for one than it is for a large family. You seem to pay more for smaller sizes. I do love the stew pack. I'll have to see if there is anything like that here. And I assume when you say something is 'an offer' that's what we in the US would call on sale? It's even scarier if these are sale prices. <br /><br />Jennynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-118499880064091912023-03-08T16:36:09.801+00:002023-03-08T16:36:09.801+00:00Hello - thank you sharing. SWMBO and I need to go...Hello - thank you sharing. SWMBO and I need to go shopping as well - same type of shopping as you did. It's just the two of us, along with 4 cats and a lap dog. For about the same amount you spent we could of filled an entire shopping cart - that is, about a year and a half ago. Today, nope. We are now averaging $80-$100 per standard, plastic shopping bag. Cat food is even getting worse, and more scarce as well. We know of people who are getting desperate, and going into depth, just to pay their basic bills, like gas and electric.Larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04408461443079183834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-29983497998716598202023-03-08T14:30:57.113+00:002023-03-08T14:30:57.113+00:00I never knew you were in Canada...LOL The price o...I never knew you were in Canada...LOL The price of food is crazy, I am always complaining about it on my blog also. How many points did you get? As that is one bonus of buying from the Loblaws brands of stores I find. I am picking up my monthly produce bag today, so will be posting about it on my blog tomorrow.Gill - That British Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17456247587052149765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-21180655592965449442023-03-08T14:25:04.717+00:002023-03-08T14:25:04.717+00:00Interesting post. Groceries are so much more expen...Interesting post. Groceries are so much more expensive over the last couple of years. I also live alone and am glad I simply need to shop for myself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-35692872098313026932023-03-08T13:50:58.415+00:002023-03-08T13:50:58.415+00:00I found this fascinating. First, even with the exc...I found this fascinating. First, even with the exchange rate, some of your prices seem far higher than ours. Others (like the salad) seem about the same -- a little more, not much. The Diet Coke is higher for you -- but not a lot, maybe $1 more (if you get it on sale.) . We have the deposit, too -- .10/bottle, which I always use as a grocery credit. It seemed the boxed chicken filets were much more than you'd pay here -- but I haven't bought any for a bit. I can see why my friend in Canada is willing to take the hour drive to cross the border and do a lot of grocery shopping in Port Huron. I do try to shop sales and freeze meat when I get a good deal. I recently did a comparison between by 2021 and 2022 food costs and realized I had only spent about $500 more on food in '22 -- it seemed so much more at the time! Jeaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17482528482559445943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-10200806150288834972023-03-08T13:36:33.066+00:002023-03-08T13:36:33.066+00:00My experience is that the independent stores (we c...My experience is that the independent stores (we call them mom and pops here) are generally more expensive for a lot of items. The produce in ours tends to be less fresh than the larger stores much of the time. Some of the prices you list are considerably higher than what I've been paying, some are pretty comparable. I'm currently getting fresh from the farm milk delivered to my door (they can' sell raw milk in stores here) for $4 a gallon, free range local eggs have been running between $7 and $8 a dozen.I frequently pass by stuff I wouldn't have given a second thought about buying a couple years ago simply because they've gotten much pricier, but most of those items are pre-prepared stuff. You can still buy pork pretty cheaply, and dark meat chicken is still a decent buy. I feel sorry for someone cooking for just one because those bags of selected vegetables and individual potatoes,etc are more expensive than the bigger bags even now. I did find that buying the 5 lb bag of onions compared to the 3 lb one wasn't worth it because inevitably the 5 lb one had at least one onion already going bad which would pretty readily contaminate the whole lot. I've been saving money by baking my own sour bread. My daughter has a friend who has a source for 50 pound bags of flour which are as cheap as the 25 pound bag in the supermarket, so I bake a lot of my own stuff. I will say that the price of fresh fish right now is out of sight at our local store.$25 to $35 for a package that would provide one meal. I do think that fuel prices are behind a lot of this. I also know that all of this gives us more incentive to plant the garden yet again. My husband raises potatoes every year, so we don;t buy potatoes from the store from about August until May.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-78312638410866742452023-03-08T13:28:51.831+00:002023-03-08T13:28:51.831+00:00Food prices are horrendous, go up every time you g...Food prices are horrendous, go up every time you go to the grocery store. Yet those CEO's keep raking in the bi bucks. Certainly needs looking into. I use the Flipp app now and shop for sales whenever I can. Thank goodness there are only 2 of us to shop for. We need to be thrifty and make a couple of different meals from the same foods. Off to make chicken soup today.Lindahttps://www.craftygardener.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-27949242167125241202023-03-08T13:27:41.392+00:002023-03-08T13:27:41.392+00:00Thanks Raquel! I rely on having a good food stora...Thanks Raquel! I rely on having a good food storage to help me get by. I don't know how people are managing. Having to make hard choices between eating and other things I imagine! xoMarie Raynerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00407913432222377267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-87894342825579212112023-03-08T12:47:16.102+00:002023-03-08T12:47:16.102+00:00Wow. Your prices are out of sight! I know there i...Wow. Your prices are out of sight! I know there is a difference between Canadian and American, but even so. We have 4 grocery stores here in town, all owned by the same company, so they all have the same sales. I really don't like that. I shop sales and it's nice to have some competition between the stores. We also have Aldi - they have the best produce usually, and we have Wal-Mart. I shop the regular grocery stores for sale items only or if there is something I can't find at Wal-Mart. The prices on their non-sale items are ridiculous. Thankfully Keith is still working and getting social security. I'm still working as well. Don't know how you do it, Marie, kudos to you. Kudos to all seniors on a fixed income. Much love - Raquel XORaquelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05926021350441597268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-67945746912463257422023-03-08T12:45:16.914+00:002023-03-08T12:45:16.914+00:00I know. It is getting desperate here in Canada. Pe...I know. It is getting desperate here in Canada. People are having to make some tough choices. I was reading a news article this morning which said our MP's were going to be having discussions soon with grocery CEO's. Costs here were up 11.4 percent in January alone. This price gouging is really starting to hurt people. You would not want to know what I would have to pay for a bunch of tulips here! Sometimes I can get them half price at $12. You live in one of the countries that I had hoped to visit but never got to when I was living in the UK!Marie Raynerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00407913432222377267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-58432630304314047642023-03-08T12:41:26.445+00:002023-03-08T12:41:26.445+00:00Thank you so much. I don't really understand t...Thank you so much. I don't really understand the reasoning behind the huge increases either. I don't think the grocery producers can really blame Covid and the war in the Ukraine on this. I think it is mostly down to greed and their chase after profits! Marie Raynerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00407913432222377267noreply@blogger.com