Loblaws vs No Frills: The Same Products Cost Us More

[@suzannelheureux8486]

Perfect timing! Was thinking of changing stores from Loblaws to No Frills. I'm willing to spend the time rooting through produce in order to get what I want. It may only be a $20 price difference, but over the course of one year, it adds up! You've answered all of my questions. Thank you.

[@MakeThatChange]

glad we did! All the best.

[@nematmirayala]

Thanks guys, that was a deep detailed comparison which can be pretty useful based on the category you want to shop for👌🏻

[@MakeThatChange]

Glad it was helpful!🤗

[@sacphilip]

Wow you guys did a phd in grocery shopping with this. Every detail taken into consideration

[@MakeThatChange]

Hahaha glad you liked it! We had fun making it

[@titoronoh6966]

Very informative as Anastasia says..I liked the tour of both stores..Well presented video..I get to learn more about Canada and more about you guys..Keep up the good work

[@MakeThatChange]

Thank you for watching - your support means a lot!

[@ASH-was-my-handle]

Love this video, just subscribed and I also learned that I am a nerd (I have my own excel sheets hahaha).

[@MakeThatChange]

hhahaha nerds are the best!

[@liu6795]

thanks for sharing this, especially in this inflation time.

[@MakeThatChange]

Glad it was helpful!

[@countroshculla]

Ok ladies, 2 months late but I love this video. I like these kind of comparison stuff, so kudos to you two. Make it series, please!

[@MakeThatChange]

Glad you like it! We’d certainly love to turn it into a series. What would you like to learn more about here?

[@wilmaheger7276]

Found this just today. You can buy 30% off on meat. You can freeze it. Also, if you have a point card you get points and use for free stuff

[@MakeThatChange]

point cards like Optimum is an awesome hack.

[@p4bl3ns38]

Thanks! This information worth its weight in gold ! 👏

[@MakeThatChange]

Our pleasure!

[@kubrabozdag3084]

I enjoy watching your videos, thank you!

[@MakeThatChange]

You are very welcome

[@ketan8421]

Great analysis!! Thanks for doing such a detailed video 👍 Mutton which I think i will get at Indian store.

[@1975edgard]

A hell of job you've done. Good and interesting video.

[@MakeThatChange]

Thank you! Glad you liked it!

[@abdulqadirnulwalla7332]

Thankyou so much for the video. Great editing and very informational

[@MakeThatChange]

Glad it was helpful!

[@johnutube5651]

Oh, I already pretty much figured out what to buy from where by sheer experience. Some of the items I should buy from Metro esoecially some fruits that have that crunch, some from Nofrills, Walmart, Real Canadian Super Store, Highlandfarms, Food Basics, Bulk Barn, Fresh Co, Chinese/Thai stores (Use them a lot in fact, especially for fish and veggies), Southasian groceries for certian ethnic items. When I go to one grocery, mostly I buy everything from there as time and gas can be saved that way.

[@mrhellenkellers]

loving your vids. we need more shit like this. real life not the latest music videos. keep up the good work

[@astelbele]

Next do a video on No Frills and Freshco and compare the same.

[@MakeThatChange]

great idea!

[@astelbele]

@@MakeThatChange Yes, I am curious to see the difference. Dont use any points rewards just pay the price and compare..I enjoy watch these types of videos. Thank you girls...

[@MakeThatChange]

Thank you! Stay tuned!

[@andywood5699]

Salmon may be more expensive in one store because the product moves quicker than in the other store. Some products may have different prices by the store manager in that particular store because that product needs to be moved. When an item is popular and the demand is high the store can raise the price because the demand is there. When the demand is low the price is lowered to move that item.

[@MakeThatChange]

thank you for this insight.

[@randomz8428]

Thanks for your efforts, much appreciated. To my knowledge small vegetables taste better than bigger ones, granted they are not spoiled, but they dont last as long so you have buy every week

[@MakeThatChange]

You are right!

[@enmanuelpaulino5496]

I love the video, it helps a lot. Great job guys, keep it up !!

[@MakeThatChange]

Thanks, will do!

[@ErickSalazar-w5v]

Excellent video! Thank you for your work!

[@MakeThatChange]

Glad you liked it!

[@devinjohnson1999]

I love watching your videos. Even though I have been here 11 years, I still learn things about Canada. I wish I was friends with you (like neighbours and what-not); you are hilarious. But, my husband would drive you crazy (he drives me crazy) LOL :)

[@coolheeling]

Very interesting topic, useful and fun too 👍

[@MakeThatChange]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@kaisermarcellus]

interesting to compare loblaws x no frills x walmart x food basics

[@AlexKasper]

It's my impression or those prices are cheaper (5-10%) than in Vancouver, BC. Also, I buy the discount chicken, cut to size and freeze.

[@MakeThatChange]

Life hack!

[@MueresEnElMar]

Really useful and accurate, thanks!

[@MakeThatChange]

🙏🙏🙌

[@yingwaikwok6696]

Thank you for your sharing, to spend so much time to make the video. I love grocery in Canada, they are huge compare to my city, I will make sure not to go to Loblaws, great tips!

[@MakeThatChange]

Thank you for watching - glad it was useful!

[@annavetrova8200]

My second comment to say thanks, very interesting, the spreadsheet was my fave part 🤓😆 I live in Halifax and shop in Superstore (our version of Loblaws), and I think I have a few answers. I think cheeses you bought were PC brand - it's Loblaws private label, will always be cheaper and same price through the chain. Private labels are generally a very good way to save. PC brand I find is good quality, they are usually produced on same factories as branded items. Stores use them as they just earn on turnover vs branding. Salmon: I suspect bigger and fancier Loblaws had a fish section and you got freshly filleted fish vs pre packed in No frills. That's why Loblaws was cheaper. Normally food freshly cut in meat / fish sections is cheaper, again I shop for those vs branded packages to save. Thanks again!

[@MakeThatChange]

Gotcha! Thanks Anna for the insights🙌🙌

[@Eminate2121]

Anna, Loblaws owns Superstore AND No Frills. These dummies just compared the same store with itself.

[@annavetrova8200]

@@Eminate2121 I think it was intentional as they mentioned it in the beginning. They just wanted to compare two formats of the same brand to provide a more consistent comparison. Also they mentioned that they don't shop for most of these items regularly, so it's obsert to think they aimed for a deep dive review

[@bonniebrown1305]

This is a great video! Very informative! I regularly shop at Food Basics or No Frills. We have a Loblaws- based store n my small town (Ontario) and the prices are outrageous! P.S. I would buy the chicken, vacuum seal it and freeze it right away!.

[@Eminate2121]

Loblaws owns No Frills.

[@kathleenhunter3666]

it's my understanding that Fairlife milk is from the USA

[@eleonn]

One piece of music used on this video seemed to be taken out of Star Wars' bar scene! 🤣

[@MakeThatChange]

hahahaah you've got a good ear!

[@diamondzieman5508]

I love the uniformity. Love this

[@MakeThatChange]

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[@annavetrova8200]

Thanks for the video. Can't help to correct maple syrup price you mention, it's ~$8-9 / 500ml. What you grabbed was a fancy souvenir bottle. Sorry to be a pain in the neck but it's the sacred food of Canada so we gotta be careful 🤣🤣🤣

[@MakeThatChange]

Haha all good - all we can say in our defence - those were the only maple syrup profucts we came across in the whole 2.5 hours at the store. 😃

[@martinsmith4836]

No frills and freshco is still cheaper than the rest . If they need to pay more to buy product, then I believe they have every right as a business to pass the increase to the consumer .

[@milkdromedaquantic8593]

This channel is a gem!

[@MakeThatChange]

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[@danieladdo51]

You guys are doing fantastic job, may God continue increase you more wisdom, keep it up.

[@MakeThatChange]

Thank you Daniel!

[@karenbrooks8915]

Olive oil? Something for cooking or making salad dressing?

[@MakeThatChange]

Both ideally

[@romancherevatenko5658]

Perfect! Very interesting! It will be very helpful to compare in the future 2020/2022/2023/2024 etc and not only grocery's products.... It will be very interesting to compare different services (medical, entertainment, fines, goverment services etc)

[@MakeThatChange]

Definitely interested in keeping track of this grocery list for the next years to come! We will think about what we can do about other services! thank you for the request, Roman

[@Hexe666999]

Now I am really happy that I have no frills close to me😂🎉

[@MakeThatChange]

Haha nice! 🙌🙌🙌

[@salimkh2237]

No frills ❤❤❤

[@valeriekubashek3839]

I don't eat meat i make my own protein lentil loaf black bean burgers. I made my own butter yogart, breads.scauces condiments. I save alot make my own.

[@germanguerrero4355]

Love your videos so far, planning to move to Canada this year was hoping to see Avocados in this video but no problem are they expensive and also available at all seasons? I base my entire diet around them :P

[@MakeThatChange]

Yes, avocados are available in Canada 😊

[@sonnyc3826]

in my city which is down the highway from Torotno im in St.Catharines a place they may have visited the only store that has remotely as large a selection as lowblaws in Sobeys and its expensive you know what the prices are everywhere you see by visiting different stores i go to the cheaper ones like Food basics and no frillls soemtimes...soemtimes the same thign will be 2 dollars cheaper at another store we also live in famrland or by it so theres locals that have markets or sell freshly grown things..these are often mroe expensive but soemtimes i buy local just to support the famrers and stuff and well it is fresh right? theres quite a bit of that here...as opposed to the big cities like Toronto..but stuff is still far too expensive...a famrer in Canada once said he sells his chicken for 2.25 or so per kg but in teh grocery store they prices it at 12.25 so theres a problem there it shows how greedy the store owners are or how much we're gouged or ripped off..i mean theres no reason other than greed why its like that..that lone says eveyrthing about how much we pay or overpay for literally eveyrthing in Canada..

[@urielyairar9593]

What a great video!!!! You guys are awsome... (Lumos to Anna)

[@MakeThatChange]

Lumos🪄

[@casebeth]

As a data analyst I love your color coded spreadsheet

[@MakeThatChange]

hahahah we're glad you appreciated that one

[@casebeth]

@@MakeThatChange if you are in the US and go to a proper farm or market things taste a lot better, but ya generally the genetically grown, year round fruit tastes like water :(

[@MakeThatChange]

yup! sadly true American farm good doesn't make it to Canada =(

[@casebeth]

@@MakeThatChange sad. Fresh Fruits and vegetables in Spain are something I really miss about living there. Here I use a lot of frozen vegetables.

[@MakeThatChange]

Nothing beats European fresh produce... or any produce outside North America for that matter....

[@stephenng6541]

Is like buying from Toyota and Lexus.

[@yukon666]

would be great to compare similar products in different chains, sobers for example and Walmart. but anyway its cool research.

[@Eminate2121]

No it isn't. Loblaws owns No Frills.

[@kassieh5794]

No Frills in Ontario is a real grocery store out here in western Canada No Frills is where Loblaws sends all the product they would never put on their shelves

[@MakeThatChange]

That’s the same principle for all lower tier stores in Canada. Quality/freshness is lower in cheaper stores, but the producer is the same

[@Roman-mo4mi]

How did you get 20.04%? (124.66 / 109.50) * 100 = 113.84 Meaning One store is 13.84% more expensive that the other. You could go the other way. (109.50 / 124.66) * 100 = 87.84 Meaning the cheaper store is 87.84% of the more expensive one. Again the difference is 12.16%. Am I wrong? :)

[@MakeThatChange]

20.04% is the average of the column (average delta) aka 20% is the average difference in price for all items we looked at. Hope it helps.

[@Roman-mo4mi]

@@MakeThatChange Makes sense, but is probably not the number people are looking for. :)

[@MakeThatChange]

Perhaps, all depends on your methodology!

[@markf9138]

In the UK, Pepsi contains artificial sweeteners that taste metallic and can literally kill people who have a very rare disease. On the other hand, Coca Cola uses standard sugar so it has more calories. Pepsi used to have normal sugar too, until the UK inrroduced a sugar tax. So perhaps Pepsi still has the old recipe outaide the UK. Standard Pepsi and Coca Cola don't taste very different but i find Pepsi has a slight zing/floweriness ro it.

[@MakeThatChange]

wow! interesting to know!

[@jrmg5556]

someone have this for Montreal?

[@sentinelparadox]

Interesting. Indeed always check fresh produce especially eggs. Grab refrigerated items from the back. Did not realise there would be lactose intolerant people from europe, mostly seemed like an asian issue. Has Anastasia ever found a dairy free cheese that actually melts properly. I find both Coke and Pepsi to have a distinct flavour. While coke has a subtler taste and seems a little more carbonated, whereas Pepsi is sweeter. Coke may be broadly popular everywhere like the Queen in chess, but Pepsi is always King.

[@MakeThatChange]

Most cheeses, actually, have little to no lactose ( the more aged it is the less lactose survives) - so we often get away with real, just more aged cheese instead. Fun fact - everyone becomes lactose intolerant with age - some experience the effects stronger, some less. Great distinction between pepsi and coke - duly noted!

[@TheGamingCanadian]

That’s funny, especially when Loblaws owns No Frills LOL

[@MakeThatChange]

Exactly.

[@sonnyc3826]

salmon is expensive and its an aquired taste but very healthy i googled it before as ive eaten salmon in trying to make a better diet and even farmed salmon isnt far off from wild caught..i mean wild caught is better but farmed still isnt bad for you its better that alot ofotehr things..spinach i also like fish in general is good and tasty salmon is much healtheir than most fish though as im sure they know Anastasia is cute,,, i mean they both are i guess..

[@MakeThatChange]

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[@DeborahThird-og1uo]

Lonlaws IS No Frills; also own Shoppers, etc etc

[@MakeThatChange]

Loblaws is both a holding company and a higher-end grocery store. This video compares two stores of the same chain, but with different price points.

[@s.r7675]

Prices are not that different then uk

[@MakeThatChange]

Really? Just to confirm, did you convert CAD to £?😊

[@ARMY-73]

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[@VoiCeSbeHinDtheWaLL]

Loblaws is no frills lol. All same company

[@MakeThatChange]

yes, yet the prices are not the same. please watch the full video ;)

[@tsybze]

4:36.... "Hot dog"😄

[@reseeddb6083]

О, и котейка есть.

[@MakeThatChange]

главный персонаж!

[@cdnsoul5808]

I never, ever use self-checkout. When people use self checkout, they are actually taking someone's job away. Think about that next time.

[@MakeThatChange]

Those jobs have already been taken away by then though

[@TONI__KROOS]

@@MakeThatChange Just curious..Are you canadian?

[@MakeThatChange]

Naturalized Canadian

[@TONI__KROOS]

@@MakeThatChange ok and which one is talking?😅

[@MakeThatChange]

Both!

[@irfanbd08]

u guys are data analyst in disguise of nurse , huh ?

[@MakeThatChange]

Data is king!

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[@evagreencoin]

Hot Dog 😂

[@Eminate2121]

You dummies, Loblaws OWNS no-frills.

[@MakeThatChange]

What makes you think that this is new information for us?

[@ABD-od2xh]

please share the cheapest option for all groceries in ontario!

[@MakeThatChange]

We found that the small Asian/Chinese stores around the city often have the best prices. Looking at the cheap grocery chains - Food Basics is probably the cheapest in Ontario

[@ABD-od2xh]

@@MakeThatChange thanks a lot

[@MakeThatChange]

you are very welcome!