Up untill a week ago Nofrills carried these “three packs” of salmon for $10. Now the same pack contains two for the same $10. I thought it felt light when I bought it yesterday.

This comes to about $0.02 increase per gram, and a $1.10 price increase overall. Or a 11% increase in price overall. Meanwhile inflation is at 6-7%?

  • @Son_of_dad
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    221 year ago

    There’s a fresh Canadian fish market near my house. A huge piece of wild caught Atlantic salmon that can feed 3-4 of us is $28 or so after taxes. The salmon is fresh, delicious, and way more plump. Shrimp too, I buy a $20 pack of shrimp at food basics and it shrinks to nothing while cooking, and the $25 of fresh shrimp from the fish market stays huge and doesn’t soggy my recipe

    • @[email protected]
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      231 year ago

      Sounds like they might be pumping water into that shrimp. They do it for chicken breast and I think up to half the weight of the product can be water added or something ridiculous like that.

      • @Son_of_dad
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        11 year ago

        That’s how they do, it’s all water weight and then they freeze it. You end up paying more for their shitty shrimp than you would at a decent market.

    • @Katana314
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      21 year ago

      I have a locally-run produce store close to me, and I’ve found even for things like the brand of packaged cookies they sell, there’s a unique texture and crispness to them - it’s made me a bit more aware of the quality standards that individual stores may have.

      If I go there, I don’t get my pick of 17 brands for common things like meat or milk, but I end up enjoying the one or two options they have.