Im not really a chocolate eater but always looking out for a good price for baking. At Walmart Lindt chocolate 100grms is 2 for $9 and one that gets a good review for eating and I iuse it for baking is Waterbridge Belgium chocolate 400grms for 10.49 use to be 6.49. There are about 4 varieties of this chocolate.
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I live practically right on top of the Waterbridge factory outlet. Went once. Never again. Still feel the sting of having a chocolate factory so close and that dream dying.
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touching story
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If you ever shop at Trader Joe’s over the border, their Pound Plus bars are a great deal for baking chocolate.
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Thanks! Shoppers in Ottawa has the Tony’s chocolate on sale starting on Saturday. The 180 gram bars are on sale for $5.99. Have you tried those chocolate bars?
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We like the dark chocolate varieties of Tony’s Chocolonely. I’ve only tried the larger bars - they are a bit annoying because they have this sort of ‘crazy paving’ design which makes it hard to break off a standard sized piece. But the chocolate itself is good.
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Thanks! I admit I’ve never heard of Tony’s Cholonely but if their bars are on sale and if they’re good I’m willing to give them a try. I wish Ritter Sports weren’t so expensive. I love their hazelnut bars…
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Food Basics had the hazelnut RitterSport bar on sale in London, Ontario this week for $3.99 from $4.99 regular price.
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I havent tried any Tony Chocoloney bars yet. I have a bit of a moderation problem and a blood sugar problem, so I’m taking photos of the deals but not buying myself chocolate now that Xmas is over.
I still am buying some chocolate for the DCs.
For those who like Quality Street, some Metros still have the big tins of Quality Street around half price this week, at $13.49 from $26.99.
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I’m confused. I didn’t comment on Lindt, which I haven’t had in many years.
Then I must’ve misunderstood your reply to googs , who was talking about Lindt.
That was Charles!
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HA! My bad. I mixed up your avatars 
Best to just ignore me 
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My BFF was in Switzerland in Novemner. Lindt chocolate is selling at $9.00 can forI 2 . at Walmart The same chocolate(100grms) was $10 can for ONE.
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Everything is so much more expensive for the Swiss. The prices and discount sales are highly regulated.
If you comparison shop, the chocolate is usually exactly the same price at all the stores in Switzerland, in my experience.
My next door neighbour is from Switzerland. She always points out that the salaries are higher there. I feel shes missing the point.
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I agree.
It’s really tough financially for most Swiss people living in Switzerland. Of course they are used to it, and work with it.
My Zurich cousin who is Gen X, lives in a tiny house in the suburbs with her husband and 3 kids. They have been renting out their guest room as an AirBnB type accomodation for at least a decade. They take most of their holidays in cheaper European countries. They rarely eat at restaurants.
My Zurich cousin’s in-laws were working class Sicilians living and working in Switzerland to raise their kids. Once the in-laws retired, they moved back to Sicily, where their money goes a lot further.
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That’s really not my experience working a few years on Basel. Switzerland hasn’t had a war for many centuries snd so there is tons on generational wealth spread throughout the population of Swiss people. And yes, the prices are high but the salaries are also very high in Switzerland and so that balances it out. Overall the large majority of Swiss people are doing quite well financially (obviously if you are living in Switzerland but aren’t Swiss it is a different story)
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My sister is married to a Swiss-German man and has lived in Switzerland for years now. The Swiss have a fairly different approach to life - they have a sort of frugal financial mindset. Until recently, most people rented their homes and didn’t really expect to own a home in their lifetime. Meals are generally simple and homemade. Even my brother-in-law’s family, who are quite comfortable financially, hand clothes and furniture down generations and rarely buy new things. They do earn very high salaries compared to other Western nations. School and university education is free for Swiss citizens and residents. Healthcare is high quality and there is some sort of federal health insurance programme which makes healthcare costs relatively affordable.
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My Zurich-based cousin lived in Germany until university, and married a man born in Switzerland to Italian immigrants.
I am sure my cousins’ joint German and Italian upbringing makes them look at money very differently than someone who is Swiss German with Swiss German heritage.
My cousin also works in the arts so she would not have the same paycheck as some professions. Her husband worked for IBM in a well-paid position. They are middle class.
(In terms of hand me downs and hand me down furniture , that is common with my relatives in Germany and Greece, and in my own family. Not generations old in my case, but my coffee tables and ends tables are 60 years old, and hand- me downs . It’s a mindset I have that most 52 yo Canadians don’t seem to have.)
There are also significant regional cultural differences, among the Swiss French, Swiss Germans, Swiss Italians and Romansh.
I have experienced the frugality of some Swiss Born People of, when we visited a family friend outside Geneva. What was hilarious is that the wife of our Ecuadorian born, Canadian-raised friend was that his Cheektowaga-born American wife who had lived in the Geneva area for 50 years as a diplomat’s wife had taken on the frugality trait when she served us a home cooked dinner. I digress LOL The opposite of American portions
I have warm hospitality and generous portions elsewhere in Switzerland over 3 trips, which is a very limited amount of time in Switzerland, so I think the stingy dinner was specific to that particular Diplomat’s wife!
I don’t know Swiss Blue Bloods so I cannot comment on that
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