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BonHoonLayneCornell

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Just for perspective:
Middle of July whole chickens were on sale. I bought 6 of them.

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This is the last one.

4 portions, $1.08 each
$4.32!?!?!?!?!

Daaaaaaaamn, I need to take a trip to Ontario for my next round of groceries. Cheapest I've seen these dive up here in the Yukon is $10-11 and I usually buy a couple at that price. Normally, they're $17-$20.
 

2CHAINZ

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You guys are noobs. Go to grocery stores that price match and use the cashback cc that gives you the highest % on groceries.

Also buy bitcoin, you noobs. How on earth have none of you at least bought some BTCC in your tfsa's?

I gave you all the recipe for financial freedom and instead you guys made chili
 

BonHoonLayneCornell

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Hunt your own food
I could and have but I don't enjoy hunting. I'll eat meat but don't want to do the killing and/or butchering myself.

I also know a lot of peeps that would tell you they've spent far more getting set up for hunting and making the trips out, than they save by getting the animals. Or in a lot of cases, going and not getting said animal lol.
 

2CHAINZ

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I could and have but I don't enjoy hunting. I'll eat meat but don't want to do the killing and/or butchering myself.

I also know a lot of peeps that would tell you they've spent far more getting set up for hunting and making the trips out, than they save by getting the animals. Or in a lot of cases, going and not getting said animal lol.
Bro, seriously, I was joking. Nothing you can do about the prices in Yukon, my man. That said I think it's time to move from Yukon.
 

BonHoonLayneCornell

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Bro, seriously, I was joking. Nothing you can do about the prices in Yukon, my man. That said I think it's time to move from Yukon.
Hahaha well then. Derpa derpa. Hunting is a pretty common activity here, so I took ya literally lol. I have done it and my brother goes out every year, but it's not really a money savings thing, especially with everyone hunting like they camp now with equipment galore. Great for kickin it in the bush with friends, but there's a saying that getting the kill ruins the hunt and that's about where I land.

We do get some good benefits here too, so probably not the full story, but ya, food prices are the shits.
 

2CHAINZ

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Hahaha well then. Derpa derpa. Hunting is a pretty common activity here, so I took ya literally lol. I have done it and my brother goes out every year, but it's not really a money savings thing, especially with everyone hunting like they camp now with equipment galore. Great for kickin it in the bush with friends, but there's a saying that getting the kill ruins the hunt and that's about where I land.

We do get some good benefits here too, so probably not the full story, but ya, food prices are the shits.
If i had to kill my own food I would starve to death
 
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Beech

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You guys are noobs. Go to grocery stores that price match and use the cashback cc that gives you the highest % on groceries.

Also buy bitcoin, you noobs. How on earth have none of you at least bought some BTCC in your tfsa's?

I gave you all the recipe for financial freedom and instead you guys made chili
Isn't it easier to marry rich and/or win the lotto?
 

maclean

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This is an example of one meal with the help of my garden that I managed to make for $.67 per portion. You could do that too but it appears you would prefer to waste money where ever you can. You also seem to assume we are eating chili for 5 nights straight. lol Ever heard of a freezer?

When was the last time you asked a prisoner if he was well fed?

lol


I clearly stated before I have a garden. You're laughing at me because I figured out how to reduce my cost?

Along time ago there used to be this thing that was delivered to your house each week by kids or sometimes adults called flyers. They would tell you when stores that sold things like food would go on sale, Many people were angry because they looked at it as junk and would just stick to their routine of going to the same store every other week and spend money on what ever they wanted and would just pay the bill. Some people though would look at those flyers and notice some places have better prices for stuff than other and noted that if they bought certain things from certain places they could actually save money. Then a terrible thing happened, most houses stopped receiving flyers. Luckily while that was happening the internet came to the rescue and gave people even more flyers to look through and again save money. What's great is you don't have to blindly go to each grocery store in the city to find a deal.

Thank you Internet.


You're welcome.

Here in the Czech Republic we have a site like this that's searchable too. Search for your ingredient and you can see everywhere it's on sale and for how much and until when. Great if I know specifically what I want as opposed to going to one store and judging what's on sale
 
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PoutineSp00nZ

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You guys are noobs. Go to grocery stores that price match and use the cashback cc that gives you the highest % on groceries.

Also buy bitcoin, you noobs. How on earth have none of you at least bought some BTCC in your tfsa's?

I gave you all the recipe for financial freedom and instead you guys made chili

I like chillI! I put dark chocolate in mine . .. really bumps it up a notch.
 

Stylizer1

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Ok but how do you manage to spend $300 to feed 3 adults every month? Not even the most simple math bears out what you're saying. You'd have to be eating completely unbalanced, monotonous/repetitive meals to even get to about $400 per month, on the low end.
So it seems someone deleted my post and I am not sure why, it explained my break down.


"$700 is a lot. I probably spend around $300 for 3 people a month. If I could afford organic meat direct from the farmer I would be buying from them exclusively, but unfortunately I don't have that kind of money. I look at flyers every week and base everything around what meats are for sale. I try to stay away from No Frills, Fresh Co, and Food Basics when it comes to buying meat because they sell very low grades of meat in general but will buy dry goods from there. I know people think Farmboy is too expensive but if you watch the prices you can get thing for great prices there too. Their reduced rack for vegetables is a perfectly fine option if you plan on making things sooner than later. In general I try to buy meat when it's around $1-1.50 a portion per meal seeing as we are 3 adults. 1 pork tenderloin at around $3.75 comes in around $1.25 per person. 2 weeks ago I bought a 15 pack of drumstick from Farmboy for $7.80 each. I bought 3 packs. 2-3 drumsticks per person at ¢.52 each. These are the times you buy more, portion them out and have back ups in the freezer when the sales suck or nothing is on sale. When ground beef goes on sale for around $4/lbs I buy 4-6 depending on how it's packaged. (usually 2-3 pound packs). Only buying things when they are on sale leaves you with extra money for the higher priced things that go on sale like Fish, Chicken breasts, Stewing beef, Ribs, etc.

I also have a garden where I grow things so throughout the summer and fall that cuts down on what I have to buy, not a lot but it helps.

McDonalds is never the cheaper option, its the convenient option."
Sorry for the confusion.
 
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mysens

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You guys are noobs. Go to grocery stores that price match and use the cashback cc that gives you the highest % on groceries.

Also buy bitcoin, you noobs. How on earth have none of you at least bought some BTCC in your tfsa's?

I gave you all the recipe for financial freedom and instead you guys made chili
I am so lost with BTC…I have no idea where to start. My generation (50’s) have a hard time understanding BTC… make us some money and tell us how!!!
 

DrEasy

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I am so lost with BTC…I have no idea where to start. My generation (50’s) have a hard time understanding BTC… make us some money and tell us how!!!
Maybe buy some ETFs that follow BTC? That would probably be the simplest thing. But I personally wouldn't touch that stuff lol, sorry @2CHAINZ!
 

2CHAINZ

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I am so lost with BTC…I have no idea where to start. My generation (50’s) have a hard time understanding BTC… make us some money and tell us how!!!
How are you lost with BTC? I told everyone in here many times to just buy bitcoin. You can get bitcoin exposure in your tfsa or RRSP buy buying BTCC it is a bitcoin etf. Or you can buy actual bitcoin through and exchange like Coinbase or Kraken.
Maybe buy some ETFs that follow BTC? That would probably be the simplest thing. But I personally wouldn't touch that stuff lol, sorry @2CHAINZ!
Well, you keep on not touching that stuff and I will keep on doing the opposite.
 

DrEasy

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How are you lost with BTC? I told everyone in here many times to just buy bitcoin. You can get bitcoin exposure in your tfsa or RRSP buy buying BTCC it is a bitcoin etf. Or you can buy actual bitcoin through and exchange like Coinbase or Kraken.

Well, you keep on not touching that stuff and I will keep on doing the opposite.
I'm risk averse, and that's why I don't get the prom queen. :(
 

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