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0 pointszahlman1y ago0 comments

>I can stock up on 900g bags of pasta on sale for CAD$1.25 (~US$0.87). Used to be CAD$1.00 was the good deal, but c’est la vie.

I remember it being available at $1.00 quite consistently, but I can't recall seeing it even at $1.25 during 2024. Maybe for the 750g bags.

Also damn, CADUSD has been sliding further... (Why does Google's chart show a giant temporary spike on Dec 21?)

>Canada grows a ton of pulses, mostly for export, so they’re cheap here

And yet it seems like what I see on shelves is mostly imported... ?

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Scoundreller1y ago

$1.25 was a few months ago at a Toronto Freshco. 900g Italpasta. I seemed to be the only weirdo stocking up for the next 1-2 years.

Managed to find the 798ml cans of beans for 1.25 (I think it was) in the last few months at a No Frills. Def local production. Again, was the only weirdo stocking up for the next 1-2 years. Yeah dry beans are cheaper but I’m lazy.

You may also find me filling my cart when 798ml cans of crushed tomatoes go on sale, which is more common than the above sales.

BigGreenJorts1y ago

Giant Tiger has 900g go on sale for this price pretty regularly. Unfortunately it's only for penne, spaghetti, and sometimes macaroni, they don't seem to sell the other shapes in the 900g format.

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