The battle for your buck
Warehouse vs. Traditional Retailers
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Item
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Costco
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Real Canadian Superstore (RCSS)
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Difference between
RCSS and Costco
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Other store
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Other store equivalent
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Difference between other store and and Costco warehouse
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Cereal (Vector 850g)
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$5.79
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$5.79
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$0.00
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$8.49 (Safeway)
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$-2.70
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Milk 2% 4L
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$3.29
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$3.25
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$0.04
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$3.27 minus .75 coupon Lucerne (Safeway)
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$0.77
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Bread (Dempsters multi grain) 2pk
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$3.89
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$3.29 each ($6.58 2 pck equiv.) (Safeway)
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$-2.69
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Oreos (1.65kg)
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$6.95
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$6.89
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$0.06
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$4.69 550g (Safeway)
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$-7.12
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Meat (lean ground beef)
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14.71 (5.39kg)
(2 1/2 kgs $13.48) |
($5.25 kg)
(2 1/2 kgs $13.12) |
$0.36
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$7.25 kg (2 1/2 kgs equiv. $18.125) (Safeway)
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$-4.65
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Oranges (20lbs)
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15.99 (20lbs)
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$6.98 (8lbs)
(20lbs would be $17.45) |
-$1.46
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$8.99 (8lbs) (Safeway)
(20lbs would be $22.48) |
20 lb equivalent price $22.48
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$-6.49
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Butter 454 g (salted) Meadowvale
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$2.99
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$2.99
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$0.00
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$3.35 454g
salted Lucerne (Safeway)
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$-0.36
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Potatoes (Yukon 10lbs)
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$6.99
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$4.98 /10lbs
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$2.01
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10 lbs (Yellow flesh) $5.99 (Safeway)
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$1.00
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Soup (Campbell's vegetable 9 x 284ml)
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7.99 (9 pck)
(12 pck would be $10.65) |
$1.47 each or $7.99 / 12
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$2.66
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$1.25 each ($11.25 total) (Safeway)
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$-4.35
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Salsa (Pace med thick & chunky) 1.7L)
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$6.55
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$6.55
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$0.00
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$9.99 (Safeway)
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$-3.44
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Coke 24 cans
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$5.39
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$3.47 cs of 12
(=$6.94/24) |
-$1.55
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$5.27 case of 12 , 2 for $9.00 sale (Safeway)
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$-3.61
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Food items difference
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RCSS cheaper by
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$2.12
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Costco Food items cheaper by
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$-33.64
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Razors (Mach III 20pk)
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$34.99
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$7.92 for 4 pack or $14.96 (2 x4 pck) (20 pck equiv. would
be $37.40
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-$2.41
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$16.99 8pck (reg $17.99) (Shoppers Drug Mart)
(20 pck equiv. would be $42.48) |
$42.48
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$-7.49
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File folders (9.5 letter 150 pck)
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$8.99
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9.5 letter 100 pck $5.99 (Staples)
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$8.99 for 150
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$0.00
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Computer Book: Mastering XP (Sybex)
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$38.49
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$63.95 (Chpts)
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$-25.46
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Computer paper (HP DP 90B 750 sheets
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$7.39
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HP 90 brightness multipurpose 500 shts $6.95 staples (750
shts equivalent $10.43) (Staples)
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$10.43
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$-3.04
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Book: John Grisham: The Simons
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$26.79
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$26.79
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$0.00
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$41.95 (Chapters)
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$-15.16
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Ink Jet refills (HP 45 2-pack 42ml)
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$72.49
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$38.88 (one)
$73.76 (if buy 2) ($36.88 each) |
$-1.27
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$39.49 each, $75.56 2 pck (Staples)
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$75.56
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$-3.07
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CD (Barenaked Ladies Greatest Hits)
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$13.94
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$17.99 (Future Shop)
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$-4.05
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Batteries Duracel AAA M3 16 pck
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$23.99
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$9.88 4 pck (Staples)
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$39.52
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$-15.53
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TideUltra w bleach 62 loads
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$18.99
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$18.99
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$0.00
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$24.99 (Safeway)
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$-6.00
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Toaster (Black & Decker T2400)
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$29.99
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T2400 B&D $46.99
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$-17.00
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PDA Palm 505
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$589.99
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$629.99 (Future Shop)
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$-40.00
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Printer (Lexmark
Z 53)
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$159.99
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$169.99 (Future Shop)
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$-10.00
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FIFA 2002 Soccer (Playstation)
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$44.89
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$74.99 (Future Shop)
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$-30.10
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Hard good difference
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Costco cheaper by
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-$3.68
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Costco Hard goods cheaper by
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$-176.90
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Total difference
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$1.56
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Costco all goods cheaper by
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$210.54
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