Rao’s is overhyped, Mutti is my jam now and half the price.
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I like Stefano Faita sauce better than Mutti’s. Also in the $7-$9 CAD range. FarmBoy marinara is also good.
I find a good sprinkling of dashi and some quality EVOO will make the most basic, generic jarred pasta sauces the envy of the more famous, branded products.
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Mutti has some nice products. I love their tomato paste and use their passata as the base for my homemade red sauce.
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Try their tomato sauce if you already haven’t, my go to now.
We have had this conversation somewhere else on HungryOnion before.
I don’t like Mutti pasta sauce as much as Carbone or Stefano Faita pasta sauce.
I like other Mutti products, including the Passata.
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Wow. The “sale” prices quoted are twice the regular price I pay here in central Florida. Makes me wonder if it’s not really a particular retailer but the general difference in cost of living. Eye-opening.
Im with you Jammy. Use to can my own tomato sauce but now blend whole tomatoes passata
Spices, onion halves an have my sauce. Simmer for a while. Never buy the prepared stuff.
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I like sampling different brands of tomato sauces, but I’ve been making the family sauce recipe for so long that I’d have a revolt on my hands if something other than that was available for pasta. In the end, it’s better and less expensive.
I sometimes can my own tomatoes, but life circumstances have often enough prevented that from happening and Mutti has been very reliable as far as taste and texture. The extra bonus is that the local Costco carries the big jars by the flat.
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Ya, probably 
It’s called price gouging by the large grocery chains.
Plus the U.S has 10X the population that Canada has, that might also have something to do with it 
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Yes I get Mutti at Costco
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The Canadian dollar is around $0.70 USD. The Canadian dollar is worth $0.72 cents today. Our prices will usually have numbers that will look high to Americans. Also, we have some lobbies and farmer safety nets that mean our milk, cheese and meat always will cost more than what Americans pay for average milk, cheese and meat.
The cost of living is much cheaper in most parts of Florida, as well.
Canadian sauces are usually $4-$8, and imported Italian sauces range from $4-$15.
I suspect the price of Rao’s and Carbone’s has something to do with their brand being prestigious, and the fact the sauces are imported either from the States, or from Italy via a US company.
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I mostly use the ready-made sauce for my quick eggplant parms and stuffed eggplant dishes.
I don’t use jarred pasta sauce enough to make my own. I have enough trouble using the zucchini and black currants I freeze.
I gave up my Costco membership. I was a member from 2003-~2015.
My sauce strategy is to cook up a huge batch once or twice a year and freeze it in single and/or weekly portions. I get to cook it myself and I know exactly what is in it. Using this flat freezer bag process means I don’t have the expense and work of the canning process and it is pretty space efficient.
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Most people, in a free society, have options. They need to make decisions for themselves. That’s called freedom. The retailer is free to set the price they think they can get, I am free to shop elsewhere.
That’s great if you have more than 3 huge grocery chains to chose from.
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Some minimum prices for some foods and some drinks are set by lobbies or control boards in Canada.
Different system than the USA.
We can’t be driving 200 km to go buy cheap turkey and butter in Buffalo.
I’m begrudgingly okay with our prices. I am fine with the Canadian system in terms of our taxes, control board and lobbies. I like our food inspection policies. I trust some aspects of the Canadian meat industry and agriculture more than I trust some aspects of American or Mexican meat industry and agriculture.
I’m lucky to be able to shop mostly at local independent grocers for my perishables.
The prices aren’t necessarily cheaper than our big 3 national grocers, Costco or Walmart. The quality is often better.
Most Canadians do not have this luxury.
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