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Shopping Smart

Shopping Smart. Where to Shop, Shopping Lists, and Grading Practices. Before You Shop. Where to Shop? Supermarkets Safeway, Metro, Superstore Warehouse Stores Costco, Wholesale Stores Food Co-ops Farmers Markets Farm Boy, Market Fresh Specialty Stores Lapointe Fish, Butchery

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Shopping Smart

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  1. Shopping Smart Where to Shop, Shopping Lists, and Grading Practices

  2. Before You Shop • Where to Shop? • Supermarkets • Safeway, Metro, Superstore • Warehouse Stores • Costco, Wholesale Stores • Food Co-ops • Farmers Markets • Farm Boy, Market Fresh • Specialty Stores • Lapointe Fish, Butchery • Convenience Stores • Casuals, Frontier

  3. In the Supermarket • Store Organization • Specific Departments or Sections • Produce • Meat, Poultry and Fish • Bakery • Refrigeration Section • Freezer Section

  4. How to spot the bargain? • Comparison Shopping • Match prices and characteristics of similar or like items to determine which offers the best value • Calculating unit price or price per serving are methods of comparison shopping

  5. Unit Prices • Which is a better deal, a 398 ml can of pears for $1.79 or a 796 ml can for $2.59? • Smaller can ($1.79/398 = $0.005 per ml) • Larger can ($2.59/796 = $0.003 per ml)

  6. Servings Per Kg

  7. Cost Per Serving • Suppose you were preparing a recipe that asks for 500 grams of uncooked boneless chicken. In this case, you have a choice of whether to buy boneless chicken or buy chicken with the bone in and debone it yourself. • Boneless chicken = $13.20 per kg • Bone in = $7.80 per kg • However, bones, skin and fat yield less meat • Divide price per kg by the # of servings • With bone = $7.80/ 4 = $1.95 per serving • Boneless = $13.20/8 = $1.65 per serving

  8. Fruits and Vegetables • Apples • Fancy, Extra Fancy, Commercial • Cherries • Canada No. 1, Commercial, Orchard Run • Carrots • Canada No. 1, Canada No. 2

  9. Beef Grading • Canada A • Canada AA • Canada AAA • Canada Prime

  10. Poultry Grading • Conformation • Amount of Flesh • Fat Covering • Dressing • Feathers, discolouration, dried-out

  11. Egg Grading

  12. Grade A • Eggs sold at grocery stores are primarily Grade A eggs. • When examined at the grading station, Grade A eggs must meet the following requirements: • Thick white • Round, well centered yolk • Small air cell (less than 5 mm deep) • Clean, uncracked shell with normal shape

  13. Grade B • These eggs are mostly used for commercial baking or go to hospitals, restaurants, etc. Very few are sold at retail stores. • Yolk is slightly flattened; white is thinner. • Shell is un-cracked and may have a rough texture; and/or be slightly soiled and stained.

  14. Grade C • The lowest egg grade, these are used in the production of processed egg products only. They are not sold in grocery stores. • Yolk is flattened and may be oblong in shape; white is thin and watery. • Shell may be cracked and/or stained.

  15. Money Saving Ideas • Look for Sale Items • Consider Bulk Foods • Don’t Buy Food You Can’t Store Properly • Use Coupons • Warehouse Stores • New Products • Surf Websites • Customer Services

  16. Using Coupons • Be Choosy • Read Coupons Carefully • Organize Coupons • Swap Coupons

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