If you want to buy cheap groceries, try this app called Flashfood.  They’re discounted because the goods are nearing their “best before” dates, but BB dates are actually just a recommendation and you should rely on your five senses to see if something is fit for consuming.  We have saved so much money each month from using this app to buy our regular groceries.

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Here is my monthly blog post recapping what we bought.  This month, we spent $378.64.

 

June 2, 2025:

Carlo’s No Frills (6220 Yonge St, North York, ON):

• Crusty Italian panini $1 (original price: $4),
• Pizza dough $1 (original price: $4).
  • Paid $2.12 for two items after 5% service fee and tax.

 

Enzo’s No Frills (9325 Yonge St, Richmond Hill, ON):

• Split chicken wings, club pack $6.65 (original price: $13.31),
• Bone-in skin-on chicken thighs $4 (original price: $8).
  • Paid $11.25 for two items after 5% service fee and tax.

 

Loblaws Richmond Hill (301 High Tech Rd, Richmond Hill, ON):

• Icelandic cod fillet $5.06 (original price: $10.13),
• Faroe Island fillet $4.73 (original price: $9.46),
• Portion snack, medium cheese $3.49 (original price: $6.99)
• Lactose-free mozzarella cheese strings, $3.50 (original price: $7).
  • Paid $17.73 for four items.

Saw the cheese and snagged it right away because they were sold out immediately afterwards.

 

• Mixed Produce Box (2lb-bag of mandarins, 9 loose oranges, 3lb-bag of mandarins) $5.  Paid $5.28.

• Mixed Produce Box (22 apples, 1 d’anjou pear) $5.  Paid $5.28.

Lots of spots and dents on the apples. 😦  Poorer quality than usual for a Loblaws produce box.

 

June 3, 2025:

Enzo’s No Frills:

• Whole chicken $7.50 (original price: $15) x3.
  • Paid $23.78 for three items.

Where are all the chicken drumsticks and thighs that I used to see often?  All I see these days are whole chickens from Flashfood.  Oh, well.  Stocking up anyway because we always eat chicken.

 

June 4, 2025:

Wholesale Club (10909 Yonge St, Richmond Hill, ON):

• 2kg of creamy vanilla yogurt $6.74 (original price: $13.49).  Paid $7.12.

 

Hashim’s No Frills (681 Silver Star Blvd, Scarborough, ON):

• Fruit Box (49 bananas, 8 mangoes) $5.  Paid $5.28.

Forty-nine bananas is a good number.  Last time’s 67 was way too many!

 

June 5, 2025:

Rob’s No Frills (8601 Warden Ave., Markham, ON):

• Mini brioches $1.74 (original price: $3.49),
• 100% whole wheat hamburger buns $1.50 (original price: $3),
• 10-inch chipotle tortillas $2.14 (original price: $4.29).
  • Paid $5.68 for three items.

These baked goods are not as cheap as the ones from VanSpall’s but paying half price for them is still better than no discount at all.

The kids loved eating the mini brioches.   The hamburger buns are still perfect for the vegan burgers we got from the Healthy Planet surprise bag.

 

 

June 6, 2025:

Jim’s No Frills (10909 Yonge St, Richmond Hill, ON):

• Chicken drumsticks $3.50 (original price: $10) x4,
• Bone-in chicken thighs $3.50 (original price: $10).
  • Paid $18.49 for five items.

Finally stocked up on some chicken!! 🙌  I was lucky to get these for cheaper than normal too; at $3.50 a pack is a very good price!

 

Enzo’s No Frills:

• Fresh Atlantic salmon portion $4 (original price: $8).  Paid $4.23.

Swung by Enzo’s just to get these because I didn’t want them to go to waste… 🙈

 

Tufts’ Your Independent Grocer (3259 Bayview Ave, North York, ON):

• Veggie Box (3 bunches of carrots, 2 parsnips, 3 heads of lettuce) $5.  Paid $5.28.

I believe this is the first time we bought and cooked parsnips at home!  This is not a vegetable we regularly buy but after eating it and reading about the nutritional benefits, it should be something we should buy and eat more of! ^_^

Also the first time we got a produce box from Tuft’s!  And it won’t be the last.

• 1L of 1% buttermilk $1.44 (original price: $4.62).  Paid $1.52.

The first time I tried buttermilk was from a dairy surprise bag at Longo’s.  Buttermilk is actually so good for you and has more calcium than cow’s milk!  It is easily digestible too.

 

Loblaws Richmond Hill:

• Mixed Produce Box (8 packs of raspberries) $3.  Paid $3.17.

These raspberries were so fresh and none of them had any mold!  Best of all is the price. 😊 Loblaws is finally bringing back their $3 produce boxes!!

 

June 7, 2025:

Nature’s Emporium – Oakville (210 North Service Rd W, Oakville, ON):

• Quarter seedless watermelon $1.82 (original price: $3.64).  Paid $1.92.

Perfect to enjoy immediately on a hot day.  We cut it up in the car and shared it all to eat. ☺️  Also my first time buying something from Nature’s Emporium via Flashfood.

• Moonshine Mama’s raspberry turmeric elixir, 500ml $12.49 (original price: $24.99) x5.  Paid $65.83.

We recently received these turmeric elixirs in the surprise bag at Healthy Planet and I believe it really helped with the throat irritation that I had.  Plus, turmeric is supposed to be really good for you too.  Thus, when I browsed the Flashfood shops in Oakville and saw it, we bought all five of the bottles that they had.

 

 

June 8, 2025:

VanSpall’s No Frills (9305 ON-48 RR 1, Markham, ON):

• Market bread $1.  Paid $1.06.

 

Loblaws McCowan (200 Bullock Dr, Markham, ON):

• Veggie Box (5 stalks of broccoli) $5.  Paid $5.28.

Good quality broccoli!

 

Rob’s No Frills:

• Mixed Produce Box (1 cauliflower, 4 cobs of corn, 3 apples, 6 zucchinis, 5 limes) $2.50.  Paid $2.65.

 

June 11, 2025:

Wholesale Club:

• Pork back ribs, 2 pack $12.18 (original price: $24.37).  Paid $12.87.

So nice to get these for cheap from Flashfood.

 

June 12, 2025:

Enzo’s No Frills:

• PEI mussels $3.74 (original price: $7.49).  Paid $3.95.

Love seeing and getting mussels on Flashfood.  Mussels are so good for you — packed with lots of protein!

 

Michael’s No Frills (5887 Main St, Whitchurch-Stouffville, ON):

• Fruit Box (6 oranges, 1 pear, 15 apples) $2.  Paid $2.11.

Mostly good quality with some dented apples.

• Fruit Box (4 oranges, 16 apples) $1.50.  Paid $1.59.

The price reflects the quality as some apples were wrinkled.

 

June 15, 2025:

Enzo’s No Frills:

• Bone-in skin-on chicken thighs $4 (original price: $8).  Paid $4.23.

 

Loblaws McCowan:

• Veggie Box (8 bunches of broccoli) $5.  Paid $5.28.

Stems were a bit rubbery upon touch but after cooking, they tasted fine.

 

June 16:

Carlo’s No Frills:

• 1L of 2% organic milk $1 (original price: $4.19).  Paid $1.06.

 

June 18, 2025:

Wholesale Club:

• Canned pink salmon $1.99 (original price: $3.99) x2,
• Butter croissants $2.75 (original price: $5.50).
  • Paid $7.12 for three items.

We finished half of the croissants in one day. 🤯

 

Enzo’s No Frills:

• Chicken drumsticks $4.50 (original price: $9) x3.  Paid $14.27 for three items.

Pricier chicken drumsticks per weight but these are grain-fed chicken, so I guess it is worth it. 🤷🏻‍♀️

 

June 19:

Rob’s No Frills:

• Rhubarb strawberry pie $3.75 (original price: $7.50),
• Traditional naan rounds $2 (original price: $4),
• Cheese croissants $2.50 (original price: $5).
  • Paid $8.72 for three items.

Trying this brand of cheese croissants for the first time since we finished the last pack of croissants so quickly.  That rhubarb strawberry pie was delicious!!  Not too sweet and a bit tart.

 

June 20:

Loblaws Richmond Hill:

• Yogurt duo, strawberry vanilla $2.14 (original price: $4.29),
• Greek yogurt, blended vanilla $2.49 (original price $4.99),
• Greek yogurt, honey $2.75 (original price: $5.50),
• Key lime Greek yogurt $2.75 (original price: $5.50),
• Faroe Island fillet $6.32 (original price: $12.64),
• Rainbow trout fillet $3.61 (original price: $7.22),
• Icelandic cod fillet $4.77 (original price: $9.55),
• Arctic char fillet $7.14 (original price: $14.28).
  • Paid $33.78 for eight items.

Big purchase including stocking up on frozen fish. 🙂

 

June 21:

Enzo’s No Frills:

• Medium ground beef $4 (original price: $8),
• Bone-in skin-on chicken thighs $4 (original price: $8) x2.
  • Paid $12.58 for three items.

 

Hashim’s No Frills:

• Mixed Produce Box (25 bananas, 1 pack of Blended Flavours tomatoes, 4 sweet bell peppers, 4 pears, 1 apple, 1 orange, 1 carrot) $5.  Paid $5.28.

Good deal!

• Mixed Produce Box (3 yellow hot peppers, 3 packs of variety pack tomatoes, 1 bag of oranges, 2 heads of lettuce, 1 chayote, 1 orange, 1 apple, 2 green peppers, 2 okras, 1 red vegetable, 10 bananas) $5.  Paid $5.28.

Great deal here too and lots of variety (random to get 1 apple and 1 orange, for example).  The bananas were a tad mushy.  The variety pack tomatoes had been picked through previously.  The chayote was moldy and we threw it out.

 

Rob’s No Frills:

• Veggie box (8 bunches of green onion) $2.50.  Paid $2.65.

• Hamburger buns $2.19 (original price: $4.39).  Paid $2.31.

Yummy to eat tofu burgers and egg salad sandwiches with!

 

June 23, 2025:

Enzo’s No Frills:

• Bone-in skin-on chicken thighs $4 (original price: $8) x2,
• Chicken drumsticks $4.25 (original price: $8.51).
  • Paid $12.94 for three items.

So glad my mom was in this area and she was able to pick up for me. 🙂  Chicken stock-up!

 

 

June 25, 2025:

Hashim’s No Frills:

• Fruit box (9 apples, 1 soursop, 1 bag of Granny Smith apples, 1 bag of limes, 1 big bag of cherries) $7.  Paid $7.40.

My mom bought a small portion of cherries the other day from No Frills for $3.60.  My kids ate them in the matter of a day and a half.  Thus, I couldn’t pass up this opportunity when I saw all these cherries for $7 plus other bonus fruits.

• Key lime Greek yogurt $2.50 (original price: $5),
• 2% Greek yogurt, vanilla $1.75 (original price: $3.50).
  • Paid $4.49 for two items.

Yogurt at No Frills is cheaper than at Loblaws…

 

June 28, 2025:

VanSpall’s No Frills:

• 10lb bag of yellow onions $1 (original price: $11.99).  Paid $1.06.

• Thick sliced sesame bread $0.50 (original price: $3.75),
• Milk brioche rolls $1 (original price: $6.49),
• Garlic naan rounds $0.75 (original price: $4).
  • Paid $2.38 for three items.

I love being able to buy from VanSpall’s because their prices are insanely good.

 

Loblaws McCowan:

• Mixed Produce Box (3 packs of romaine lettuce, 2 mangos, 1 apple, 4 oranges,  1 bag of avocados, 4 grey zucchinis, 4 yellow zucchinis) $5.  Paid $5.28.

First time getting such a varied produce box from Loblaws.  Great deal.

 

June 30, 2025:

Rob’s No Frills:

• Canned pink salmon, Wild Pacific $2.75 (original price: $5.50) x10.
  • Paid $29.06 for ten items.

Why not?  I bought ten cans because I saw not many people bought them and I wanted to “save” the earth.

 

See what I got in January 2025,  February 2025,   March 2025,   April 2025,   May 2025,   June 2025 (this post),   July 2025,   August 2025,   September 2025,   October 2025.