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Originally Posted by Loco101
After talking with friends and family it seems that grocery prices are about that much higher on average in the western provinces.
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Anecdotes are fun and all, but one of the cool things about online shopping is we can trial a purchase in different locations. I stuffed a cart at realcanadiansuperstore.ca of the following items (no I didn't try to game the system) just to get a cross section of items.
1 dozen eggs
1 30 pack eggs (I forgot to delete the dozen)
I 250g Original Philli cream cheese
1 500g PC bacon
1 700g PC Honey roasted peanuts
3 lbs yellow onions
I “bunch” bananas
2 kg sweet potatoes
1 235g bag of Lays sour cream chips
1 1000ml jar PC Sweet mixed pickles
1 500ml jar PC marinara sauce
1 410g Barilla pasta no5 spaghetti
When I select different pickup locations, it updates the cart price as follows:
Vancouver - $46.17
Calgary - $47.23
Toronto/Ottawa - $51.82
So according to Superstore, Toronto is more expensive than either Calgary or Vancouver (which I believe are in western Canada). Of course someone will now say that Toronto has way cheaper sources the Superstore (it does), but so do those other two cities.
Maybe groceries are cheaper in Ontario (which is not homogeneous), but that hasn't been my experience, regardless of what my "friends and family" may say.