I remember Tim Horton's advertising their snack wrappers as "$1.99 or two for $3.98!" Wait a second... what kind of a deal is that?
You want 1kg of flour? $0.30 You would like 10 kg? Buy 10 bags of 1kg = $3.00
If your one-way ticket costs $2.40, then your return ticket will cost $4.80. Easy math.
If you eat at a restaurant, you pay for the food that you order (kids don't ever eat free.)
Sure, there are sales at the supermarket for meat that's nearing the expiration date, or large bins of inventory that wasn't as popular as expected. But that's to be expected.
I've actually been caught in this a couple times-- I bought a return train ticket, because I knew I needed to go both ways. But it turned out that I got a ride the second way, AND I could have just as easily, bought one ticket just before each trip. Ah, I think I've learned my lesson.
Despite the lack of "deals" here, I think most food is actually cheaper than in Canada. At least a lot of fresh produce is! I can get a little package (about 500g I think) of pre-washed and chopped veggies for 1 Euro. Yes, that's about $1.30 CDN, but it's a 1/2 KG of washed and chopped leeks, mushrooms, red onion and red peppers. Perfect to add to pasta sauce! I get 1 kg of cheese for $4-$5 (Euros, of course, but I still haven't figured out how to make the Euro sign on this computer.) I just found cream cheese for $0.60 for 200g!
I do miss the thrill that comes with getting a really good deal on cheese (when 500g costs less than $4... or even $5), or other foods. But I do really like the fact that we don't keep months worth of food in the house, and we eat a lot of fresh produce.
The only downside, is that there are some products (mostly frozen products) that I can't find. Their replacements are canned... like mixed veggies. Peas or green beans just don't look as nice when they come out of a can. They're also MUCH more expensive (and dare I say less nutritional... there must be some salt or preservatives in that can). So, now my job is to figure out fresh substitutes for what I would normally use frozen. I think I will always miss my frozen mixed veggies, though.
I've actually been caught in this a couple times-- I bought a return train ticket, because I knew I needed to go both ways. But it turned out that I got a ride the second way, AND I could have just as easily, bought one ticket just before each trip. Ah, I think I've learned my lesson.
Despite the lack of "deals" here, I think most food is actually cheaper than in Canada. At least a lot of fresh produce is! I can get a little package (about 500g I think) of pre-washed and chopped veggies for 1 Euro. Yes, that's about $1.30 CDN, but it's a 1/2 KG of washed and chopped leeks, mushrooms, red onion and red peppers. Perfect to add to pasta sauce! I get 1 kg of cheese for $4-$5 (Euros, of course, but I still haven't figured out how to make the Euro sign on this computer.) I just found cream cheese for $0.60 for 200g!
I do miss the thrill that comes with getting a really good deal on cheese (when 500g costs less than $4... or even $5), or other foods. But I do really like the fact that we don't keep months worth of food in the house, and we eat a lot of fresh produce.
The only downside, is that there are some products (mostly frozen products) that I can't find. Their replacements are canned... like mixed veggies. Peas or green beans just don't look as nice when they come out of a can. They're also MUCH more expensive (and dare I say less nutritional... there must be some salt or preservatives in that can). So, now my job is to figure out fresh substitutes for what I would normally use frozen. I think I will always miss my frozen mixed veggies, though.
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