Grocery shopping in Ontario: a skyrocketing price thread

Stef_bakes · January 17, 2026, 9:04pm

Not grocery shopping. Today I visited a Costco Business Center that opened north of me. I bought 2 8 qt Cambro containers with lids for $30. Same containers on Amason.ca $78.
Of course some callebaut chocolate chips were also bought. Best price there too.

mrsleny · January 18, 2026, 1:08am

Newmarket?

Zoeliculious · January 18, 2026, 1:41am

the Quality Street tins are marked down to around $8.48 at Freshco, some Holiday Ferrero Rocher are also marked down to around 70 percent off

Stef_bakes · January 18, 2026, 2:11am

Yes. I use to go to the Scarborough one and they had 2 aisles filled with kitchen stuff. This one only has 1 aisle. I dont know maybe costco has cut down on how much it carries.
I also bought a flat of mushrooms. They are so fresh. Its going to be a mushroom feast here this week. Mushroom soup, mushroom galette, etc..

Zoeliculious · January 21, 2026, 1:43pm

Stef_bakes · January 21, 2026, 2:24pm

I’m willing to pay it just to be on Canada.

Zoeliculious · January 21, 2026, 2:27pm

I don’t personally have a problem with our prices or our social system.

I am worried that healthy food is becoming too expensive for many people in Canada, though, relative to the cost of living and wages. I have been donating more food to community fridges and more money to the food bank.

Zoeliculious · January 27, 2026, 5:24pm

Ontarians, these look good. I will try them soon.

devin-armstrong · February 10, 2026, 5:30pm

Phoenikia:

I visited the new No Frills on College Street West of Ossington today. It opened yesterday.
It’s really nice.

It’s a small store but it has a pretty big selection.

The produce is top notch and displayed nicely. There are quite a few in store specials this week on produce. I stocked up on cotton candy grapes ( big grape selection, at least 6 types, all in great condition) , Moroccan mandarins, a bag of organic lemons, a 2 lb container of nectarines, some Romaine (2 hearts for $2.99) , carrots, and cilantro.

They had some of their perfectly imperfect line of strawberries at $1.99 a container.

In terms of brands, it carries some nice brands like Mutti cherry tomatoes. More upscale than my LondonOnt No Frills.

In terms of international foods, there are quite a few Brazilian and Portuguese groceries, reflecting the neighborhood demographics. Farofa, Sumol drinks, canned corned beef.

Some Mexican ingredients like masa, some sodas like Jarritos.

There are almost no Italian products other than the Mutti tomatoes and Rio Mare tuna salad. The tuna selection is just Canadian national brands. I was hoping they would have Rio Mare or Calippo plain tuna in oil.

The store has some South Asian staples like ghee and frozen okra.

The frozen selection is pretty good.

It is interesting how they’ve tailored the stock to Brazilian and Portuguese tastes, though it’s a shame the Italian tuna selection didn’t quite meet your expectations!