Are the food prices in Canada as bad as the pictures make it out to be? is Campbells Chunky soup really a luxury?




Those pics posted are of foods that have been airlifted into very remote northern Canada, probably no rail service and certainly no roads. Think Arctic tundra, but all the Eskimos/Inuit has nice snowmobiles.
Those pizzas can be had for $3-4 on sale,
the Nutella is $6-9 depending on size.
Now a large pack(25 Kings or regulars) of premium Players, DuMaurier or Export-A cost $16.75 at the truckstop(know for HUGE markups). You can drive to any of the surrounding reserves and buy a bag of 200 cigs(1 carton) for $11.
A small HaagenDaaz ice cream, with the massive volume reducing divot in the bottom of the container is $10, probably around 1 cup(250ml) volume.
Milk , Skim, 1%, 2%, 3.25%(Homo-settle the fuck down Bellgabber's, homo is a contraction for HOMOGENIZED) for 4 liters(1.06US gallons/0.88 Canadian gallons)=$5.50 and you get $0.25 back when you return the plastic jug. Those prices are from Mac's/Circle-Ks type "convenience stores" at a grocery store the same volume but in the bag is around $4.50.
Wonderbread is $3-4 depending if you get the "thin" version or not.
Butter on sale can be had for$3.25 if you are willing to beat the "white balls" away and snag an armful, depending if there is a limit on purchase. Normal prices for foil wrapped pounds of butter is$6-$7.
Case of Labatts Blue is $40, for 28 bottles, plus you get $0.10 a bottle back when you return the "empties". DO NOT leave your used syringes/sharps in the beer bottles when you return them, they will call the cops.
A pound of hamburger or any other flesh product requires the immediate sale of your youngest child, at least $6.00 a pound.
Pot $1 a gram, $40-$60 quarter(7 grams) $120-$160 for an oz.(28 grams), a good buddy of mine showed me a pound that he paid $700 for. All prices are for quality buds, 10 years ago the standard was much shittier weed and you're not getting below $200 an oz. unless you are buying pounds.
There are now delivery services that will bring half-quarters(3.5 grams) of killer weed for $4 to your door.
Gas right now is $1.10/liter, I filled up last night for $85 for 75 liters. That comes out to CAN$4.16/USgallon which is US$3.13/US gallon.
Double Big Mac and large fries CAN$13.10.
We now have a CAN$14.80 minimum hourly wage.
peace
Hog