Use the Flashfood app to buy grocery items for 50% off the usual price.  This is one of the best hacks to fight against inflation.  You browse the item you want in the app, pay for it, and then pick it up in store before the stated “best before” date.  We have saved our family so much money by using this app!

Use my referral code KARE4PEFC  to get $5 off your first purchase of $7+.

Here are the things we bought in December 2025 using Flashfood.  This month, we spent $344.79.

December 2, 2025:

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

• Baked in Brooklyn pita chips $1 (original price: $3.99).  Paid $1.06.

Nice to try these pita chips.

 

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

• Oikos yogurt, multipack $4.44 (original price: $12.29),
• Lemon and lime Greek yogurt $3.75 (original price: $7.50),
• Key Lime Greek yogurt $2.75 (original price: $5.50).
  • Paid $11.56 for three items.

Very good price for the multipack of Greek yogurt!

 

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

• Parle Kreams gold orange $0.25 (original price: $2) x6,
• Crostata Wildberry tart $2 (original price: $8.99),
• Brie cheese $4.24 (original price: $8.49) x2.
  • Paid $12.66 for nine items.

I couldn’t believe that tart was so cheap and the “best before” date wasn’t until next year in 2026!  This brand of brie cheese is from France and so yummy!

 

 

December 5, 2025:

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

• Mixed produce box (67 apples, 2 pineapples) $5.  Paid $5.28.

Look at all these apples!  These are Ambrosia apples which were so crunchy and sweet!

• Mixed produce box (6 grapefruits, 3 oranges, 61 mandarins) $3.  Paid $3.17.

Lots of citrus fruits for the kids.

• Vanilla flavour probiotics yogurt $0.50 (original price: $3.50).  Paid $0.53.

Can’t go wrong with 50 cent yogurt.  I was picking up the produce boxes and decided to buy this when I saw it on the app at the store.

 

Loblaws Richmond Hill:

• Mixed produce box (4 pineapples) $5.  Paid $5.28.

Pineapples for the party!  If it wasn’t for the party, I wouldn’t have bought these at $5 since their produce boxes are usually $3.

 

December 6, 2025:

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

• Spinach dip $1 (original price: $3.79) x2.
  • Paid $2.11 for two items.

Perfect for the party.

 

Enzo’s No Frills:

• Grona cream crackers $0.50 (original price: $2) x2,
• Vermicelli noodles $1 (original price: $2) x2,
• Babybel light $2.64 (original price: $5.29),
• Crostata wildberry tart $2 (original price: $8.99),
• Sliced beets $2.63 (original price: $4.99),
• Original cheerios $3.50 (original price: $7),
• Breadsticks with sesame $0.89 (original price: $1.79),
• Sea salt crackers $1.50 (original price: $3),
• Crackzel, garlic $0.50 (original price: $2),
• Crackzel, cheddar $0.50 (original price: $2),
• Maria classic cookies $1 (original price: $3),
• Planet first beverage napkins $2 (original price: $4).
  • Paid $21.40 for fourteen items.

Amazing deal.  The vermicelli tasted like pasta but in vermicelli form.  The Grona crackers are really crunchy and good too!  The Crackzel were really good too!

 

Loblaws Richmond Hill:

• Atlantic salmon steak $1.50 (original price: $4.19),
• Atlantic salmon fillet $2.50 (original price: $9.07).
  • Paid $4.23 for two items.

• Veggie Box (7 English cucumbers) $5.  Paid $5.28.

Cucumbers for the party.  These came in clutch for the party!!

• Veggie Box (2 bags of carrots) $5.  Paid $5.28.

Carrots and cucumbers for the party (and above dip too).  Thank you to Flashfood for providing our party needs. 🙏

 

December 9, 2025:

Carlo’s No Frills:

• Cheerios cereal multigrain $3 (original price: $6),
• Macaroni pasta, open box $0.87 (original price: $1.75).
  • Paid $4.19 for two items.

 

December 10, 2025:

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

• Palm leaf pastries $3 (original price: $6).  Paid $3.17.

We loved eating these last time so I bought it again when I saw it.

 

December 12, 2025:

Carlo’s No Frills:

• 2L of 1% milk $1 (original price: $5.49) x2.
  • Paid $2.12 for two items.

$1 per jug of milk.  Such a great price!

 

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

• Grona cream crackers $0.50 (original price: $2) x2,
• Olive oil breadsticks $0.50 (original price: $2.69),
• 1L of 2% milk $0.50 (original price: $3.58) x4,
• Novellini cookies $1 (original price: $4.79),
• Infant Tylenol $4.99 (original price: $9.99),
• Capers $1 (original price: $2.79),
• Kosher egg noodles $2.89 (original price: $5.79).
  • Paid $14.78 for eleven items.

My favourite store, haha (ownership has changed now with the new name.  This used to be Enzo’s!).  This time I got more items and especially because the milk was just 50 cents!  I got capers for my mom for her smoked salmon breakfasts.  This is the first time we bought capers.  Usually, we just eat them at restaurants.

 

December 13, 2025:

Ashley’s No Frills:

• Grona cream crackers $0.50 (original price: $2) x3,
• Wonder berry jam, blackcurrant $4.99 (original price: $9.99) x4,
• Novellini cookies $1 (original price: $4.79),
• Crackzel, cheddar $0.50 (original price: $2).
  • Paid $24.26 for nine items.

More cream crackers!  Crackzel too.

 

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

• Sausage buns $0.94 (original price: $1.50),
• Apple turmeric $2.94 (original price: $13),
• Organic sprouted bread $0.94 (original price: $5.29),
• Protein bread with grains $0.94 (original price: $4.49) x2.
  • Paid $7.07 for five items.

Can you believe this price?  This was worth the drive.

 

December 14, 2025:

Ashley’s No Frills:

• Chicken drumsticks $4 (original price: $12.83),
• Chicken drumsticks $4 (original price: $11.87),
• Chicken drumsticks $4 (original price: $10.83),
• Chicken drumsticks $4 (original price: $12.38),
• Crackzel, cheddar $0.50 (original price: $2) x4.
  • Paid $19.02 for eight items.

Of course, more.  And these chicken drumsticks were gigantic!

 

December 16, 2025:

Loblaws Richmond Hill:

• Steelhead trout fillet $5.77 (original price: $11.54),
• Fresh Atlantic salmon $2.54 (original price: $5.08),
• Atlantic salmon steak $3.45 (original price: $6.91),
• Steelhead trout fillet $5.99 (original price: $11.99),
• Steelhead trout fillet $4.08 (original price: $8.17),
• Oikos lime and lemon Greek yogurt $4.39 (original price: $8.79).
  • Paid $27.71 for six items.

 

• Mixed Produce Box (4 packs of red Scarlotta grapes) $3.  Paid $3.17.

Lots of grapes.

• Mixed Produce Box (2 packs of pistachios, 3 packs of romaine lettuce) $3.  Paid $3.17.

In the photo on the app when I purchased the produce box, I only saw romaine sticking out.  Little did I know that there would be two surprise bags of pistachios too!  What a great deal.  We love eating these.

• Mixed Produce Box (25 zucchinis) $3.  Paid $3.17.

• Mixed Produce Box (32 bananas) $3.  Paid $3.17.

• Mixed Produce Box (1 box of blueberries, 1 bag of lemons, 2 bags of mandarins, 1 bag of apples ) $3.  Paid $3.17.

The blueberries alone is worth the price.  The apples were a bonus.  The lemons, I didn’t care for.

 

December 18, 2025:

Loblaws Richmond Hill:

• Potato and egg salad $1.94 (original price: $5.49).  Paid $2.30.

This potato and egg salad is actually pretty tasty!

• Mixed Produce Box (2 packs of pistachios, 15 dragon fruits) $3.  Paid $3.17.

This was a fantastic buy.  Look at all of these dragon fruits!  All of them were so fresh too and lasted for a long time.  And more beloved pistachios!

 

December 21, 2025:

Loblaws Richmond Hill:

• Potato and egg salad $1.94 (original price: $5.49),
• Icelandic cod fillets $3.60 (original price: $7.20),
• Mini carrots $0.99 (original price: $3.50).
  • Paid $7.15 for three items.

• Fruit box (24 bananas) $2.99.  Paid $3.16.

 

December 22, 2025:

Ashley’s No Frills:

• Breadsticks with sesame $0.89 (original price: $1.79) x4,
• PC tritan water bottle $2.49 (original price: $4.99),
• Grona cream crackers $0.50 (original price: $2) x4,
• Pasta, rotini whole grain $1 (original price: $2.24) x2.
  • Paid $10.94 for eleven items.

My mom likes the breadsticks so we got more.  The cream crackers are good for gifting too.

 

 

Rob’s No Frills:

• Mini butter croissants $2.50 (original price: $5),
• Brioche mini rolls $2.50 (original price: $5).
  • Paid $5.28 for two items.

The kids loved both of these and we finished them in less than two days!  I wish Rob’s priced their items lower than 50% though….

This is actually more of an “expensive” purchase when you compare it to my other buys.

 

December 23, 2025:

Loblaws McCowan:

• Macaroni & cheese salad $2.24 (original price: $4.49),
• Australian lamb roast $13.49 (original price: $26.98),
• Lethbridge pork back ribs $7.95 (original price: $15.91),
• Sliced pork belly, Korean style $6.74 (original price: $13.49),
• Mexican pulled pork $6.50 (original price: $13).
  • Paid $39 for five items.

Part of these meats were made for our Christmas eve dinner.  The pork back ribs are pricier than regular ribs per pound but they were so tasty and juicy!  I could taste the difference.

 

December 24, 2025:

Rob’s No Frills:

• Source 0% vanilla yogurt $1.25 (original price: $2.75) x2,
• Source 0% peach yogurt $1.25 (original price: $2.75) x2.
  • Paid $5.28 for four items.

 

December 30, 2025:

Loblaws McCowan:

• Extra lean boneless chicken breast slices $6.50 (original price: $13),
• Lethbridge pork back ribs $2.86 (original price: $5.72),
• Lethbridge pork back ribs $3.19 (original price: $6.38),
• Lethbridge pork back ribs $3.82 (original price: $7.65).
  • Paid $17.30 for four items.

I went back to buy more of these back ribs when I saw them on the app.  The prices are great.

 

Loblaws Richmond Hill:

• Arctic char fillet $3.73 (original price: $7.47).  Paid $3.94.

• Mixed Produce Box (1 pack of pistachios, 2 cantaloupes, 22 sweet potatoes) $3.  Paid $3.17.

Awesome sweet potatoes, and fruits and nuts!

• Mixed Produce Box (1 bag of carrots, 2 packs of pistachios, 2 cantaloupes) $3.  Paid $3.17.

You can’t go wrong with more cantaloupe and pistachios in our house.

• Mixed Produce Box (1 pack of grape tomatoes, 4 English cucumbers, 3 persimmons) $3.  Paid $3.17.

I saw persimmons and the grape tomatoes and got this box right away.

• Mixed Produce Box (5 boxes of strawberries) $3.  Paid $3.17.

I think this was our first time eating Ontario greenhouse grown strawberries and they were so juicy and good!  Not tart and mostly sweet.  Good quality too.

• Mixed Produce Box (1 bag of spinach, 3 English cucumbers) $3.  Paid $3.17.

 

Ashley’s No Frills:

• Black forest ham $0.25 (original price: $1.50) x8,
•  Chicken leg with bone $5.29 (original price: $10.58),
• Chicken leg with bone $5.28 (original price: $10.56),
• Flank steak $8.20 (original price: $16.41),
• BBQ Flavour pork shoulder $3.99 (original price: $11.99),
• Chicken thigh, boneless, skinless $6.50 (original price: $13),
• Methi (fenugreek) roti $2.25 (original price: $4.50).
  • Paid $35.41 for fourteen items.

I loved this haul.  Look at the 25 cent hams!  The Mandarin branded barbecue pork looked good too.

 

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