You might be right, I’ll check the on-line digital offerings, there might be something I can use.
Some stores up here keep the flyers at the front door, but don’t distribute them as much these days.
I’m enrolled in loyalty programmes for 4 different grocery stores. I can log in to my accounts to see what’s on special on my laptop, as well as the phone app. I also could get some emails. I unsubscribe to most emails from businesses these days.
The loyalty points add up quickly at my favourite butcher shop.
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In addition to @Phoenikia 's suggestions above, a lot of our grocery stores where I live seem to have done away with printed flyers however they post the electronic versions on their websites. One of the stores has in-store sales that aren’t advertised. The good thing is that I’ve gotten some really good deals but on the downside, you don’t see them unless you are in the store.
Like @Phoenikia I have some loyalty cards and I can log onto my account to view my balance and see my offers. I also have a Flipp app on my phone and it posts flyers for the upcoming week. We also have apps like Too Good to Go, Odd Bunch and Flash Food that have discounts on food that’s near the expiry date or imperfect.
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I like that Sobeys sometimes hands out gift cards for $10 or $20, if you spend a certain amount, usually over $200.
The produce clearance rack at Farm Boy in London is excellent. I have a feeling it gets picked over very quickly in downtown Toronto.
Some people line up before the store opens, to sweep up the reduced meat and produce as soon as the doors open, at my local indie store in London, Remark Market.
I was disappointed with Too Good to Go in Toronto
[TORONTO] Too Good To Go App
I was very excited at first. A few places were selling things that were stale and well past their best before dates. I had another business change the pickup times, and I couldn’t get there soon enough. I missed a few pickups because I was late due to traffic or poor planning, and they locked the door. The business could have left the food on a bench outside the door, imo. There was an Italian restaurant near me using Too Good Too Go, who would package up their leftovers around 10 pm. I tried to get that one a dozen times, but someone must have been waiting because that one was always gone as soon as it appeared.
My local indie coffee shop, Coco’s, decided not to use Too Good To Go. They have their day old pastries near the cash for $1 each, when the fresh pastries sell for $4-$7.
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My local grocery store flyer is advertising cabbage for $0.19 per pound this week. so my want to start lookig around.
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St Paddy’s Season!
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Yes, this week it was 99 Cents a pound (at my local grocery store) – I figure I’ll wait for it to get a little lower.
Sunshine is looking forward to a new and improved bread bowl for my next cabbage soup attempt.
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Cabbage went on sale for 49 cents/pound… YEA!! I picked up a head, yesterday. Looking forward to making a cabbage/veggie & chicken soup.
The only other item on sale that I can use was potatoes, so I’ll be digging the freezer next week and checking for clearance items. I did get 4 nice pork chops on clearance for $3 and froze them. They’ll make two meals at some point in the future.
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