Comments on: Yellowknife Food Prices

By: YKguy

YKguy — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:52:17 +0000

Why waste your time shopping at Extra. Co-op is the only real grocery store in town.

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 03:49:12 +0000

Price makes little difference when you have have the two extra foods stores never having anything on their shelves. The store on Range Lake Road is a disgrace.

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Inuvik Food Prices | Yellowknife Online — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:07:58 +0000

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Monday Morning Discussion | Yellowknife Online — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:08:41 +0000

[...] Yellowknife Food Prices: There has been good discussion about this already and many readers from down south commenting. How do you find the prices of Food in Yellowknife compared to else where? [...]

By: ann marie

ann marie — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:32:06 +0000

first of all i would like to say thank you for taking the time getting the prices for all of us. secondly the cost of what you are paying and what the rest of us are paying is very much the same. i live on the ontario/usa border and a block of cheese here sells for around $10 and a 4l bag of milk sells for 4.99 upwards to 6.29 depends on where you shop. not that big of a difference is there….

By: Victoria

Victoria — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:50:35 +0000

I have been finding that in Edmonton the food prices are a lot cheaper, especially for dairy products. That could just be because I shop pretty carefully though!

By: YKguy

YKguy — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:00:02 +0000

I agree and you don’t have to be a member to shop at the Co-op. Anybody can shop there at anytime!

By: Kate

Kate — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:58:55 +0000

April,

The best produce in town by far is found at the Co-op. Costs $60 to join and $1 per week to sustain membership. I am not vegetarian/vegan but am changing my diet to be mainly based on vegetarian options. Prices are comparable or slightly less than it would be in a large Canadian centre. I lived for 7 years on and off in Toronto as a student and prices in downtown groceries there are similar to prices here in YK.

Also, there is a healthy selection of frozen/canned organics and some organic options in the produce section at the Co-op, but it’s not as extensive as a Whole Foods, say.

By: April

April — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:05:19 +0000

I’ve been offered a job in Yellowknife and I’ve been struggling with trying to determine just how much it’s going to cost me to live. My mind is eased knowing that eggs and cheese cost pretty much the same as they do in Halifax. I am curious about how much vegetable costs because I am primarily a vegetarian but I do feel better knowing that I won’t be paying a lot for the basics.

By: Mongoose

Mongoose — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:23:13 +0000

I don’t know about southern cities, but I was surprised to pay $4.69 for 4L of milk when it’s $6.29 in Hay River. On the other hand, a dozen free-run eggs was almost $8, which is crazy, so I had to buy the regular kind. Didn’t find the brand of cheese I like at all so I can’t compare that.