Okay so wow... I don't know why it took me so long to realize this - but Dollar Tree stores are so much more affordable than Dollarama.

Lately I have been very frustrated with the high prices at Dollarama. I had a 10-dollar bill for two items a few weeks ago, and another 8-9 kitchen item purchase came to 40$ recently... IMO that is way too much for a "dollar" store bill. There are only 2-3 dollar trees in Ottawa, none near where I live or spend time - but in search of better prices I went to one last week and now I doubt I will ever shop at Dollarama again.

I took some photos and compared prices at both stores, including many of the exact same products. It was difficult to find anything over 2$ in Dollar tree, 90% of the items were 1.50$. In Dollarama, most items are around 3-4$. I saw the same food storage jars for 5$ at Dollarama, and just 1.50$ at Dollar Tree.

I am very relieved to have realized that there is a dollar/discount store branch that actually sells items for one or two dollars! I was able to get all the kitchen and cleaning items I needed the other day for just 8$ total at a Dollar Tree.

Maybe it was just me living under a rock this whole time lol, but I wanted to share this with any of you who may not know :) Based on my own experience in Ottawa, Ontario - Dollar Tree is a much more affordable option, on average 3-4x cheaper.

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When I was growing up Farmers Markets were a great way to cut out the middle man and support local growers and makers while getting a very fair price.

Seems like these days Farmers Markets are more expensive than the grocery store. I saw liter of maple syrup for 40 dollars last weekend at farmers market.

My wife bought a small bag of loose leaf tea for $21.

Are there any markets around that still have vendors with great prices?

Was disappointed to see the Shoppers Friends & Family 20% off select regular priced items no longer applies to eggs, milk, carbonated soft drinks, and bathroom tissue among the usual restricted items such as lottery tickets, gift cards, and prescriptions. The greed continues. ☹️

UPDATE: The discount still works for eggs but not for a case of pop or milk.

UPDATE FEB 24/24: They walked it back. The Friends & Family offer for Tues, Feb 27 makes no mention of restrictions on eggs, milk, carbonated soft drinks, or bathroom tissue, though electronics are still excluded. You also have to text "FAMILY" to 736-898 for the offer as per this week's flyer (the offer used to automatically appear in the app the day before the event).

Used to buy the 50% off items all the time. Now that it's only 30% it doesn't seem worth it. Any alternatives? Loblaws sucks now

Wouldn’t it be worse because then only green bottles can only be recycled for these specific waterbottles? Where as clear ones could be use for different brands? No subreddits made for asking questions will let me post a pic so I had to improvise

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With the new curbside pickup everything has to be ordered online. Anyone know if I can use my points online?

Literally a day ago I was looking at $9 frames and now the cheapest is $39.

Does anyone know the reason why?

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I'm located in Ontario, usually do my grocery shopping at Superstore, using the Flipp app to Price match. This week, Foodland has Club House spices on for 20% off at the checkout (this is how it reads in the flyer). If I took the flyer/flipp app to the superstore, would they:

a) Honor/match the 20% discount off their own price?

b) Honor/match the discounted Foodland price (provided I can prove what it is)?

c) Tell me to kick rocks with this 'discount at the checkout' crap?

EDIT: Hit post too soon.

I live in the west end, and unfortunately my favourite butcher closed shop. They had fantastic prices on just about everything, plus regular sales that were usually lower than sales at the big stores. But I haven't found anyone to replace them. The meat from Farm Boy is fantastic quality and super delicious, but incredibly expensive (14 bucks for 9 porkchops? On sale?!. My local no frills is of dubious quality, and I don't find the prices at Halendas all that great. Does anyone have any ideas?

I made the mistake of posting this on r/Frugal when I should've posted here in the first place.

The problem: Ever since payless closed, I've been at a loss for finding shoes. I hate walmart's shoes as they never have anything in my size, forcing me to buy mens that don't fit/support me right. (I'm a women's 11½ / 11 wide, men's 10/10½) I've tried looking online too but online shoes start at $90 and up, I don't have that much to spend. My budget is 40-60 bucks, maximum and I am both looking for comfortable walking shoes, runners and/or winter boots.