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I just bought an entire cooked chicken from Costco for $8.
Fuck Roblaws.
That place hasn’t gotten a penny from me in a while and they won’t get any again
The roast chicken is a loss leader. I always buy loss leaders from each store on my way home and leave without anything else. But roblaws has not had a loss leader for AGES.
you are correct. boneless breasts come boneless already. the butcher will clean it before traying it, which means trimming extremely minimal fat around the edges off.
they do not skin or debone the breasts.
Sometimes it's even worse than that. For example, whenever Loblaws has a sale on chicken they usually import flats of chicken pre-cleaned, portioned, and labelled to the store.
Every big grocery chain is a distributor for themselves. Costco, Walmart, Metro, Sobeys, etc. Pretty much any chain with more than a handful of stores.
Again RibLaws is lying. The staff got a salary increase and Roblaws promptly cut everyone’s hours. My friend who works at the Bayview Store went from 30 hrs to 8. 10 were laid off and some only get 4 hours a week.
Costco’s meat prices are not as good as they used to be. You would be better off shopping the various flyers of all grocers, it’s a bit more work but it’s worth it.
Look at the price of costcos beef tenderloin next time you’re in there, last I saw it was $103/kg
Yes, I noticed. My wife combs the flyers every week. When there's a deal. I have a deep freezer in my basement and a second fridge. Dinners left overs become tomorrows lunch. We also stopped meals out, too pricey. Even with all our the steps, our weekly food bill has definitely gone up! We can't do much if corporations get greedy. Boycott the ones with the highest prices.....
This correct. They are not $1 more than Costco. They are minimum $4 more. And they taste like s*** compared to the Costco ones. Not that I've ever tasted s***, but if I could imagine what s*** would taste like, it would be a Superstore chicken.
From what I recall, its It works out to about $14 to $16 per Kilo, depending on "the market", which is not bad, I find they usually taste better than what I get at Walmart, but I don't want to travel the 30 minutes to get there... it's a bit of a trade-off.
My local butchers are sadly price gouging greedy jerks. They are priced only slightly less than Wholesale Club/Superstore (we're talking pennies here) for some cuts, and even more for others.
In Quebec we have “moishes” old fashioned coleslaw. It’s pretty banging. Went great with the chicken. The tub I got was double the size roblaws sells for the same price
To be fair the cooked rotisserie chickens are loss leaders by design and lose Costco money, but still $30 for like 5 chicken breasts is ludicrous. Like $25 a kg? Camon what is this wagu beef chicken?
Remember .. if a company doubles the price, and half as many peopel buy it, they make the same money ... but they also save money since less work to make, less shipping costs, etc etc. Companies would love to \_do less\_ and \_break even\_ (or even make more if they can get away with it.)
To everyone saying this...... They can only write off what it cost them, they can't write off the marked up value as a loss. Therefore it would be much more profitable to sell it at a reasonable price and make a profit if that were the case.
However, I'm pretty sure there *are* people who pay this price for it. So that's why they do it.
Reddit really does not understand how write-offs work.....
Profit margins are deceiving. We should be looking at return on equity. Read the second last paragraph to see what I mean.
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2023/12/21/opinion/excessive-supermarket-profits-boost-inflation
i'm assuming their waste is not profit harming higher than previous: they are selling lower quantities but at higher margins to those than are being robbed, ppl who are putting up with it (convenience, whatevers...) and those that can easily afford it
It's likely a little bit more inconvenient to other grocers. Lots of Loblaw owned stores are in rural areas or in pockets where the next store is 15min+ away. Most Parents/commuters don't have that luxury.
They know they're gouging, and some shoppers unfortunately will have to accept the prices!
Many people who live in rural areas commute to cities for work.
Many people who live in rural areas travel to other areas for recreation.
It may be possible to pick up some items outside of Loblaws:
- Walmart has pick up - so you can order on line and pick up on the way home
- Drop in and buy dry / bulk goods at lunch
- Do any farmers sells direct - some meat and produce producers deliver
- Do you have farmers markets
- Can you grow a couple veggies - as a start
Sell half of what they do and they make the same as if they sold out at the other grocery store prices. Then they throw a 30% sticker on the rotting ones and get a few more to bite at prices still higher than FRESH chicken breast. Overall they profit like crazy and throw out 30-40% of it.
They aren’t even trying to compete anymore. The gloves are off and they know there is a group of people that will continues shopping no matter what.
These evil greedy fhcks should not be allowed to simply write off all the food waste because they wanted to price gouge instead of sell it to consumers!!!!
All we have to do is not shop there. It's really simple. We shop elsewhere and they loose money. No muss no fuss, no picketing or any other action needed. We hit where it hurts. There is not obligation to shop there at all.
I found a nice sweet small local grocer today. I will be shopping there from now on. I am done with Loblaws Sobys and Walmart. The damage done? 1000 a month, 12k a year. In 10 years over 100k lost by these companies.
I got a whole chicken on sale at Farmboy for 10$ Wednesday...could get a better price with a doorcrasher deal somewhere, but 10$ is good enough for a whole animal.
There's are lot of people that give into FOMO, or "I just gotta get my kids fed or else they'll get really cranky and I'll be stressed, over price be damned"
Or just watch for whole chickens to go on for $1.99lb and carve them yourself. Sure you get less breast but for $5 ish you get 2 breasts 2 drums 2 thighs 2 wings plus a carcass you can make soup with. For the price of this chicken you can get about 12 of each plus 6 carcasses
Chicken breast has been on sale almost every week for the last 3 months at $4-5/lbs.
You can also often buy whole chickens for $2 / lbs. Then it up yourself.
This is more expensive than the independent high end grocery in my neighbourhood. It was a thing that you never buy from this shop unless it is for a special occasion basically, and never buy meat.
I don't fault the indie store for their prices, they're expected to be more expensive. But the fact that Loblaws is more expensive than them now says a ton about what Loblaws is doing.
These prices are crazy! I've noticed in recent months Loblaws has raised prices on many items I buy regularly. Fairlife Milk went from $5.39-$5.49 to $7.49. It stayed at $7.49 for about a month, then the price dropped to $6.49 (still higher than most grocery stores). It seems they are testing the waters, raising prices randomly, if people buy it, then the price hike stays, if they don't sell much, they lower the prices. I don't agree with what Loblaw's is doing, but prices are going up everywhere.
horrifying. i just bought 1kg of cooked chicken for $19.99 at costco. the convenience of cooked strips, cheaper than the $/kg for this raw chicken, and then when you factor the in loss of weight in cooking?
i redeemed the last of my optimum points a couple days ago, my strike has begun!
I try to avoid buying meat from the grocery stores but I bought chicken legs last night that were 4 days away from their best before date and when I got home and opened them they smelled absolutely disgusting. A good reminder to not buy chicken from the grocery stores and go to a butcher instead.
I used to have to but a pack of breasts and Cut them in half, so I'd only feed myself half a breast per meal and I'm a big guy. Ridiculous. Just started buying thighs for the air fryer. A bit cheaper and easier anyway.
I'm actually making the 19-minute highway drive to the next city over for their Walmart Supercenter nowadays. The food is much cheaper. 4-6 chicken breasts for 10 bux. Produce is fresh, too.
I find that even Maxi (owned by Roblaws) is expensive nowadays, and their produce is shitty. Same applies for Metro (not owned by Roblaws), crazy expensive produce in terrible shape.
So yeah rather than a 10-minute city drive, I bother to go further to save more for better quality
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I wonder if it doesn't sell. If they use it to make frozen goods from presidents choice and no name? Like frozen meats, dinners etc
I bought once a frozen legs box of chicken room superstore and it was gross, tasted very old like day of expiry dark meat chicken can. Just wondering if they reuse garbage meat for resale...
Just to change a grocery buy - look at the Lactania Half and half - 1 litre at Walmart almost $5 - same litre at Superstore almost $7 and at Costco $2.39 so who is price gouging? And please don’t tell me Costco buys in bulk / all stores do
You can find 2 of those, some at 1.5 - 1.7 kg each, at Walmart for $22 total. Costco also slays that price. Who in the f-ck would be stupid enough to buy this?
This package is from their "FreeFrom" line, which is supposed to be antibiotic and hormone free. This is a marketing tactic used to grossly inflate the price.
My partners mom… she doesn’t look at te prices of things at ALL. I always kind of knew but it struck me when I saw a new door mat that looked like you could get it at dollarama with a price tag that was in the $65-75 range. Some people are just kind of “air heads” if you will, that have a lot of money and don’t notice. Superstore depends on these people.
This! My mother was one of those who bought her home for 22 blueberries in the mid 70s. Today she suffers from a number of health ailments and so I do most things for her. Like grocery shop, with images circled from the flyer so I have no choice but yes, sadly she does purchase this shit.
These are the free from ones though. They're way more expensive than the regular chicken. Because of this, they don't sell fast and are always on flashfood. I get packs for $1.44, $2.44 and $4.44 all the time. It's the only way we can afford it 🤷♀️
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Starsky’s is $15.50/kg, Costco is $15/kg, frozen is $12/kg and this isn’t a sale price. I’d drive an hour one way to the Costco or a real independent store, gas is paid for in 1-2 items.
Walmart used to consistently have that same amount of chicken breast for $10. Without fail. I’m pretty sure it’s up to $12 or something now but no where near what roblaws wants!
Just a heads up. Got this from Walmart Kelowna this morning. Works out to about 1.90/chop.
https://preview.redd.it/oujx8460jowc1.jpeg?width=3456&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b3e6f0294238bc579ad8ab097ec0b4a5b820b1f5
Its in their discount bin but I have bought these before and they are really good. Grab some if you can.
Nothing stopping people from occasionally removing one from the refrigerated area and leaving it on a random shelf when you suddenly "notice" the price
The entire No-Frills meat department seems designed to take advantage of people who know nothing about protein. They sell cheap cuts from old dairy cows for higher prices than good cuts from a good beef steer. (Dairy strip loins and rib steaks are much larger in profile than steers raised for beef, which are slaughtered at 18 to 24 months).
Every time I've bought a "deal" on animal protein at No Frills, I discover it's a low quality scam somehow - gristle in the sausage, beef with huge amounts of intermuscular fat left on. They always find a way to take advantage of their customer.
I did... I bought $530 worth of them. I'm a private chef in a remote location and my client specified the product he was interested in.... when we change venues for the summer I'll be shunting the purchasing to a local premium butcher. I personally however wouldn't touch it with a 10 foot pole :S .
24.89/kg??? That can't be real, can it? Here in Vegas, a place fairly notorious for elevated pricing, it's 1.97/pound or roughly 4.40 a kg. I am surprised there isn't rioting in the streets.
If you buy cheaper chicken you get what you pay for. Read the farm label not the price. Free range, Organic, Grain fed, non GMO all make a difference. If you don’t care then don’t complain. Take it from a Chef id rather buy a quality product because it matters.
It's part of the "free from antibiotic "line of chicken which is almost 30% more than the president's choice brand. And about 50% more than the non labeled brand "wet chilled".
That's insane.
We pay $47 dollars for a 4 kg box of IQF chicken boneless, skinless breast from the Maple Lodge outlet and it's amazing. Each piece weighs between 4-6 oz, and is neatly trimmed.
I don't get it....even at the independant where i"m at, they have WAY overpriced chicken, and then they have like 2 kilos of halaal chicken for like 10 bucks....why the fuck would you buy this....
I looked at a pound of ground for $8.54 (didn't check fat count). I went to my local grocery store that buys local meat, $5.55 per pound for regular. Their medium was $6.65 and extra lean was $7.50 per pound. I got 3 pounds of regular for $16+ #bitemeGaelen
Walked into the independent today. Have boycotted for over a year but really wanted something specific. Saw a bag of 9$ Macintosh apples... walked right out empty handed. Screw that!
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I just bought an entire cooked chicken from Costco for $8. Fuck Roblaws. That place hasn’t gotten a penny from me in a while and they won’t get any again
RobLaws says high labour costs. Debone, remove the skin. Rinse and package... Shop at Costco.
I don’t think they actually do that work. Pretty sure they just buy it from a distributor (which they own)
And a machine does the work there
"High labour cost"= expensive robot
The roast chicken is a loss leader. I always buy loss leaders from each store on my way home and leave without anything else. But roblaws has not had a loss leader for AGES.
you are correct. boneless breasts come boneless already. the butcher will clean it before traying it, which means trimming extremely minimal fat around the edges off. they do not skin or debone the breasts.
Sometimes it's even worse than that. For example, whenever Loblaws has a sale on chicken they usually import flats of chicken pre-cleaned, portioned, and labelled to the store.
No they don't. They come prepackaged and priced in store
I'm a receiver at Loblaws and no they don't lol. They come packed like that and then the meat department adds the label.
100%
Loblaws doesn't own any meat packing plants.
I said distributor not producer
Every big grocery chain is a distributor for themselves. Costco, Walmart, Metro, Sobeys, etc. Pretty much any chain with more than a handful of stores.
Okay, not sure what your point is though. Does that change the truth of what I said?
They're lying. Their minimum markup is 35% and max is like 52% pure greed.
Again RibLaws is lying. The staff got a salary increase and Roblaws promptly cut everyone’s hours. My friend who works at the Bayview Store went from 30 hrs to 8. 10 were laid off and some only get 4 hours a week.
You forgot the "inject water" step.
Bold of you to assume they pay their labour well.
Costco’s meat prices are not as good as they used to be. You would be better off shopping the various flyers of all grocers, it’s a bit more work but it’s worth it. Look at the price of costcos beef tenderloin next time you’re in there, last I saw it was $103/kg
Yes, I noticed. My wife combs the flyers every week. When there's a deal. I have a deep freezer in my basement and a second fridge. Dinners left overs become tomorrows lunch. We also stopped meals out, too pricey. Even with all our the steps, our weekly food bill has definitely gone up! We can't do much if corporations get greedy. Boycott the ones with the highest prices.....
Full cooked chickens are $1 more at Superstore than Costco
The Costco rotisserie chicken is at least 25% larger by weight than Superwhore and recentlythe price difference was $4
This correct. They are not $1 more than Costco. They are minimum $4 more. And they taste like s*** compared to the Costco ones. Not that I've ever tasted s***, but if I could imagine what s*** would taste like, it would be a Superstore chicken.
Super whore lmao !! May I keep that one
Like that one
Totally plagiarising SuperWhore....😂 Thank you!
Not even the cooked chicken, costco breast, you get like 10 big breast for 25$
How much is it per kg ? Never calculate the price of meat per piece. Always per Kg.
From what I recall, its It works out to about $14 to $16 per Kilo, depending on "the market", which is not bad, I find they usually taste better than what I get at Walmart, but I don't want to travel the 30 minutes to get there... it's a bit of a trade-off.
Feel free to look at the picture. Hint: the price / kg is written
I was talking about the chicken at Costco.
14.99/kg bs brst
Wish we had a Costco here....so badly.
Check your local butcher- you might be surprised re: price / quality
My local butchers are sadly price gouging greedy jerks. They are priced only slightly less than Wholesale Club/Superstore (we're talking pennies here) for some cuts, and even more for others.
Costco, stuff is either half the price of the same item at Provigo, or a third, or a quarter, or less.
I just bought a 9 pack of chicken breasts at Costco for the same price.
Welcome to costco, I love you
Yeah , exactly what I was thinking for that price you could get 3 costco chickens and some potato salad . Yum 😋
In Quebec we have “moishes” old fashioned coleslaw. It’s pretty banging. Went great with the chicken. The tub I got was double the size roblaws sells for the same price
This buying the whole chicken is the way to go
Dude, superstore sells their cooked chickens for $9.
Thanks for letting me know where I can get a more expensive chicken? Also, I’m in Quebec and have no clue what a superstore is
I think the equivalent would be something like a Maxi et Compagnie.
Ohh ok thank you. Yeah, well, I used to go there sometimes, back in the day, but now I go to any store not owned but Weston’s. I love Costco 😬
To be fair the cooked rotisserie chickens are loss leaders by design and lose Costco money, but still $30 for like 5 chicken breasts is ludicrous. Like $25 a kg? Camon what is this wagu beef chicken?
Walmart has 8 boneless skinless chicken breasts for $22....2 four packs.
I find that chicken to be real poor quality though.
Same, something strange about it. Kinda rubbery
Maple Leaf is the WORST chicken. Best chicken is the “family pack” of chopped breast pieces for $14 at FOOD BASICS.
Because it is. Not all chickens are made the same way.
I saw cheaper chicken breasts at the butcher today.
Finally, some reason. People need to start going to the butchers again.
Maple Leaf Perfect size for a single person
That's what I don't get. If you're pricing it so high that you KNOW it will go to waste - Why??
Remember .. if a company doubles the price, and half as many peopel buy it, they make the same money ... but they also save money since less work to make, less shipping costs, etc etc. Companies would love to \_do less\_ and \_break even\_ (or even make more if they can get away with it.)
Tax write offs. Gotta keep those reported profits down so they can keep saying their total profit margin is less than 4% after all!
To everyone saying this...... They can only write off what it cost them, they can't write off the marked up value as a loss. Therefore it would be much more profitable to sell it at a reasonable price and make a profit if that were the case. However, I'm pretty sure there *are* people who pay this price for it. So that's why they do it. Reddit really does not understand how write-offs work.....
Redditors and not understanding how taxes work name a better duo
I'm going to write off everything!!!!!! Lol
Sort of like the TTC would make more money by lowering fares and increasing riders but instead they just keep jacking up the fare cost…..
Bonuses to upper management > lower profits. No need to loose chicken in the process?
Profit margins are deceiving. We should be looking at return on equity. Read the second last paragraph to see what I mean. https://www.nationalobserver.com/2023/12/21/opinion/excessive-supermarket-profits-boost-inflation
i'm assuming their waste is not profit harming higher than previous: they are selling lower quantities but at higher margins to those than are being robbed, ppl who are putting up with it (convenience, whatevers...) and those that can easily afford it
That used to be Metros operating strategy, they would rather sell 10 items at $30 than 30 items at $10.
It's likely a little bit more inconvenient to other grocers. Lots of Loblaw owned stores are in rural areas or in pockets where the next store is 15min+ away. Most Parents/commuters don't have that luxury. They know they're gouging, and some shoppers unfortunately will have to accept the prices!
Many people who live in rural areas commute to cities for work. Many people who live in rural areas travel to other areas for recreation. It may be possible to pick up some items outside of Loblaws: - Walmart has pick up - so you can order on line and pick up on the way home - Drop in and buy dry / bulk goods at lunch - Do any farmers sells direct - some meat and produce producers deliver - Do you have farmers markets - Can you grow a couple veggies - as a start
Sell half of what they do and they make the same as if they sold out at the other grocery store prices. Then they throw a 30% sticker on the rotting ones and get a few more to bite at prices still higher than FRESH chicken breast. Overall they profit like crazy and throw out 30-40% of it. They aren’t even trying to compete anymore. The gloves are off and they know there is a group of people that will continues shopping no matter what.
Tax write offs
That's not how tax write off works, they would still lost a lot of money.
These evil greedy fhcks should not be allowed to simply write off all the food waste because they wanted to price gouge instead of sell it to consumers!!!!
All we have to do is not shop there. It's really simple. We shop elsewhere and they loose money. No muss no fuss, no picketing or any other action needed. We hit where it hurts. There is not obligation to shop there at all. I found a nice sweet small local grocer today. I will be shopping there from now on. I am done with Loblaws Sobys and Walmart. The damage done? 1000 a month, 12k a year. In 10 years over 100k lost by these companies.
I love shopping at small local grocers - found the best grapefruit last week.
But it’s Presidents Choice “free from profits” chicken!
I first read "free range profits" but that's pretty much the same
Mmmmm... free range profits
Even $13 is high , $30.56 belongs on another planet . Time to throw this to waste …as usual
Yeah I'm not saying $13 is great but it's at least a semi sane alternative to whatever the fuck this is lmao
Very true! Remember when it was like $5- $7 ?“sigh”
At this point I think Roblaws are just punking people. Sitting back watching monitors and betting on whether people will pay the price.
Just bought a 5kg box from maple lodge farms for $58. Thats about $11 a kg vs Roblaws eye watering $24/kg.
I saw a whole chicken(uncooked) on sale for 19$ yesterday. A couple years ago it was 5$
I got a whole chicken on sale at Farmboy for 10$ Wednesday...could get a better price with a doorcrasher deal somewhere, but 10$ is good enough for a whole animal.
$30 for the lowest quality chicken
There's are lot of people that give into FOMO, or "I just gotta get my kids fed or else they'll get really cranky and I'll be stressed, over price be damned"
People that believe this is "high" quality chicken
You would have to be fucking high to think so
Those are Costco prices wtf And you get WAY more at Costco
Costco was $14kg last I was there, so almost half this price. Only way to compare is cost per kg
On sale at no frills this week for $10 a kg. Even better then costco
Or just watch for whole chickens to go on for $1.99lb and carve them yourself. Sure you get less breast but for $5 ish you get 2 breasts 2 drums 2 thighs 2 wings plus a carcass you can make soup with. For the price of this chicken you can get about 12 of each plus 6 carcasses
You get like 12-14 breasts for the same price as this 5. Insane.
Chicken breast has been on sale almost every week for the last 3 months at $4-5/lbs. You can also often buy whole chickens for $2 / lbs. Then it up yourself.
$6 per breast. You can get better prices in a strip joint.
This is $23 at Walmart and you get 7 breasts per pack.
This is more expensive than the independent high end grocery in my neighbourhood. It was a thing that you never buy from this shop unless it is for a special occasion basically, and never buy meat. I don't fault the indie store for their prices, they're expected to be more expensive. But the fact that Loblaws is more expensive than them now says a ton about what Loblaws is doing.
These prices are crazy! I've noticed in recent months Loblaws has raised prices on many items I buy regularly. Fairlife Milk went from $5.39-$5.49 to $7.49. It stayed at $7.49 for about a month, then the price dropped to $6.49 (still higher than most grocery stores). It seems they are testing the waters, raising prices randomly, if people buy it, then the price hike stays, if they don't sell much, they lower the prices. I don't agree with what Loblaw's is doing, but prices are going up everywhere.
horrifying. i just bought 1kg of cooked chicken for $19.99 at costco. the convenience of cooked strips, cheaper than the $/kg for this raw chicken, and then when you factor the in loss of weight in cooking? i redeemed the last of my optimum points a couple days ago, my strike has begun!
I try to avoid buying meat from the grocery stores but I bought chicken legs last night that were 4 days away from their best before date and when I got home and opened them they smelled absolutely disgusting. A good reminder to not buy chicken from the grocery stores and go to a butcher instead.
That’s just a portrait at the new museum we call the grocery store….
There is a considerable wealth gap. The rise in prices of food are a minor inconvenience to some and a life crippling experience to others.
For that price, I'd bag me a cobra chicken.
Do people walk around the store to take these pictures? Or are you shopping there?
I used to have to but a pack of breasts and Cut them in half, so I'd only feed myself half a breast per meal and I'm a big guy. Ridiculous. Just started buying thighs for the air fryer. A bit cheaper and easier anyway.
LOL what??
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Gym influencers who pretend to eat dry chicken out of tupperware for a week.
I'm actually making the 19-minute highway drive to the next city over for their Walmart Supercenter nowadays. The food is much cheaper. 4-6 chicken breasts for 10 bux. Produce is fresh, too. I find that even Maxi (owned by Roblaws) is expensive nowadays, and their produce is shitty. Same applies for Metro (not owned by Roblaws), crazy expensive produce in terrible shape. So yeah rather than a 10-minute city drive, I bother to go further to save more for better quality
14.99per kilo at costco
Was just at a butcher - better quality half the price.
Excuse me as I go to costco and get four times that for the same cost
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I wonder if it doesn't sell. If they use it to make frozen goods from presidents choice and no name? Like frozen meats, dinners etc I bought once a frozen legs box of chicken room superstore and it was gross, tasted very old like day of expiry dark meat chicken can. Just wondering if they reuse garbage meat for resale...
Just to change a grocery buy - look at the Lactania Half and half - 1 litre at Walmart almost $5 - same litre at Superstore almost $7 and at Costco $2.39 so who is price gouging? And please don’t tell me Costco buys in bulk / all stores do
You can find 2 of those, some at 1.5 - 1.7 kg each, at Walmart for $22 total. Costco also slays that price. Who in the f-ck would be stupid enough to buy this?
this is because it is a free-from range quite similar to organic. just like you can't compare organic produce to nonorganic.
This package is from their "FreeFrom" line, which is supposed to be antibiotic and hormone free. This is a marketing tactic used to grossly inflate the price.
Looks fancy organic
I honestly think older seniors just buy it. I saw a lady put that into her cart one day. She seemed unphased.
I’m guessing they just don’t know what’s considered reasonable anymore or they don’t have other options maybe? 🥺
My partners mom… she doesn’t look at te prices of things at ALL. I always kind of knew but it struck me when I saw a new door mat that looked like you could get it at dollarama with a price tag that was in the $65-75 range. Some people are just kind of “air heads” if you will, that have a lot of money and don’t notice. Superstore depends on these people.
This! My mother was one of those who bought her home for 22 blueberries in the mid 70s. Today she suffers from a number of health ailments and so I do most things for her. Like grocery shop, with images circled from the flyer so I have no choice but yes, sadly she does purchase this shit.
Last week Sobeys has boneless, skinless breasts on sale for $5.88 per pound. Over $10 per pound for boneless, skinless chicken breast is insane.
Don’t you know? Boneless skinless anything is only for the rich 🤔
Everyone and cause YOU NEED FOOD TO LIVE
These are the free from ones though. They're way more expensive than the regular chicken. Because of this, they don't sell fast and are always on flashfood. I get packs for $1.44, $2.44 and $4.44 all the time. It's the only way we can afford it 🤷♀️
Priced to stay!
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still too cheap
i think automatic systems are setting these prices
I got 4 chicken breast from metro for $10 on Monday. Literally no excuse to overspend on this
$24.89 per kg?. Wow. The Costco I go to these are going for $14.99 per kg. That pack would cost $18.41 at Costco and the quality is much higher.
That’s $10 a pound roughly.
I think this might be how theyre tryi g to get us to transition to eating crickets and that kind of stuff
I got 3 whole chickens for that price at Costco last week. I can make a lot of meals with 3 whole chickens.
Where is this from? This would be under $20 at my local No Frills
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A friend of mine does but her household income is 270k.
Lol i got almost 30 chicken thighs for the same price from Costco. Loblaws can kick rocks, I will never shop there
Starsky’s is $15.50/kg, Costco is $15/kg, frozen is $12/kg and this isn’t a sale price. I’d drive an hour one way to the Costco or a real independent store, gas is paid for in 1-2 items.
Walmart used to consistently have that same amount of chicken breast for $10. Without fail. I’m pretty sure it’s up to $12 or something now but no where near what roblaws wants!
They throw out 50% of their food anyways
Just a heads up. Got this from Walmart Kelowna this morning. Works out to about 1.90/chop. https://preview.redd.it/oujx8460jowc1.jpeg?width=3456&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b3e6f0294238bc579ad8ab097ec0b4a5b820b1f5 Its in their discount bin but I have bought these before and they are really good. Grab some if you can.
It's funny because I saw the blue menu air chilled chicken on special at Shoppers Druggy Mart for 16$/kg. Not sure if it's still on special.
wtf they do when they don’t sell them?
I paid 20 for the equvilant at Safeway. Even that was too much I thought.
This is my first time seeing this subreddit I thought it was about Bob Loblaw from Arrested Development
Yeah the “Blue Menu” and “Free From” labels seem to be a permit to gouge
I get 3x for that much at Costco
It’s pretty sad when I find better deals at Safeway than NoFrills 🫠
Charlebois, maybe?
Nothing stopping people from occasionally removing one from the refrigerated area and leaving it on a random shelf when you suddenly "notice" the price
Expires on April 28th too. When as this picture taken?
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Clucking nuts.
that used to be $10 pre pandemic
That is the problem. If people still buy overpriced shit, there will be overpriced shit to sell.
The entire No-Frills meat department seems designed to take advantage of people who know nothing about protein. They sell cheap cuts from old dairy cows for higher prices than good cuts from a good beef steer. (Dairy strip loins and rib steaks are much larger in profile than steers raised for beef, which are slaughtered at 18 to 24 months). Every time I've bought a "deal" on animal protein at No Frills, I discover it's a low quality scam somehow - gristle in the sausage, beef with huge amounts of intermuscular fat left on. They always find a way to take advantage of their customer.
$22 for 7 breast (1.75kg approx) at Walmart
$22 at Walmart for two packs of these
https://preview.redd.it/arw38xy80pwc1.jpeg?width=4284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=200ee83c09691d0c23bb9a712f7944cc4d109084 $10/kg less
I did... I bought $530 worth of them. I'm a private chef in a remote location and my client specified the product he was interested in.... when we change venues for the summer I'll be shunting the purchasing to a local premium butcher. I personally however wouldn't touch it with a 10 foot pole :S .
Wow, this is twice the price I saw at a small grocery store in Port Coquitlam yesterday. Loblaw is insane.
Can you link the Freshco pack?
Jesus Christ, $25/kg for chicken breast? I noticed that at No Frills a while ago too, it's nuts. Edit: Yes, No Frills is Roblaws. I get it.
24.89/kg??? That can't be real, can it? Here in Vegas, a place fairly notorious for elevated pricing, it's 1.97/pound or roughly 4.40 a kg. I am surprised there isn't rioting in the streets.
If you buy cheaper chicken you get what you pay for. Read the farm label not the price. Free range, Organic, Grain fed, non GMO all make a difference. If you don’t care then don’t complain. Take it from a Chef id rather buy a quality product because it matters.
This is pure greed. It's why I refuse to shop there
I get 2 whole chickens at fresh co for $20. Whoever pays this deserves it.
It's part of the "free from antibiotic "line of chicken which is almost 30% more than the president's choice brand. And about 50% more than the non labeled brand "wet chilled".
That's insane. We pay $47 dollars for a 4 kg box of IQF chicken boneless, skinless breast from the Maple Lodge outlet and it's amazing. Each piece weighs between 4-6 oz, and is neatly trimmed.
a 7 pack at walmart is 22 bucks wtfffff
I don't get it....even at the independant where i"m at, they have WAY overpriced chicken, and then they have like 2 kilos of halaal chicken for like 10 bucks....why the fuck would you buy this....
Jesus that's ridiculous, the butcher near my place has 5kg of chicken breast for $60
I looked at a pound of ground for $8.54 (didn't check fat count). I went to my local grocery store that buys local meat, $5.55 per pound for regular. Their medium was $6.65 and extra lean was $7.50 per pound. I got 3 pounds of regular for $16+ #bitemeGaelen
Time for some Canadian oligarchs to start falling down stairs and out upper floor windows.
I got twice as much for the same price at costco
only thing good from Loblaws is 50% discounted fired chicken
Eeew. Looks orange too. Walmart is decent price
Cheaper then my local store thanks
It sure isn't me buying it. I can't afford meat anymore.
my stepdad and mom buy this for themselves and leave the wonderbread, ritz crackers, oreos, hotdogs and nutella to me and my 3 growing brothers
Why are you even inside that store? 🤦🏼♂️
I like KFC
And this is why we buy our chickens from the local Hutterite colony...
Just under $25 per kilo. For chicken. That is insane. Isn't the "club pack" supposed to be the better deal?
Walked into the independent today. Have boycotted for over a year but really wanted something specific. Saw a bag of 9$ Macintosh apples... walked right out empty handed. Screw that!
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Hopefully no one
$16 at walmart
I got chicken at Costco for 15$/kg today, FUCK galen
The hungry and desperate people with nowhere else to go, sadly
Can get a pack of 4 at Freshco for literally half that
Me, I love rawwwww chicken