Grocery & meat deals in Nanaimo this week — the cheapest chicken, beef, pork, fish & dairy prices per pound from local flyers

Nanaimo price history

Every week since May 21, Lowtein has recorded the lowest advertised price for each cut in Nanaimo's flyers — 21 weeks so far. Here is what a normal week costs here, and which store most often had it cheapest. This week 5 of 14 cuts are below their usual Nanaimo price.

• Chicken Breastusual $6.79/lb · now $6.88
  Most often cheapest: Walmart (5 of 20 weeks)
• Chicken Thighsusual $4.00/lb · now $3.99
  Cheapest store varies week to week
• Chicken Drumsticksusual $2.74/lb · now —
  Most often cheapest: RCSS (6 of 14 weeks)
• Chicken Wingsusual $5.00/lb · now $4.80
  Cheapest store varies week to week
• Beef Steakusual $13.00/lb · now —
  Most often cheapest: Quality Foods (6 of 20 weeks)
• Beef Roastusual $9.99/lb · now $8.99▼
  Most often cheapest: Thrifty Foods (7 of 11 weeks)
• Pork Chopsusual $4.49/lb · now $3.99▼
  Most often cheapest: Thrifty Foods (6 of 20 weeks)
• Pork Shoulderusual $3.99/lb · now $5.00▲
  Most often cheapest: Thrifty Foods (5 of 16 weeks)
• Pork Ribsusual $4.23/lb · now $3.49▼
  Cheapest store varies week to week
• Salmonusual $5.99/lb · now —
  Most often cheapest: Thrifty Foods (10 of 19 weeks)
• Shrimpusual $7.99/lb · now $9.33▲
  Most often cheapest: Thrifty Foods (7 of 21 weeks)
• Whitefishusual $4.00/lb · now $3.49▼
  Most often cheapest: Thrifty Foods (9 of 19 weeks)
• Eggsusual $5.97/dozen · now $5.25▼
  Most often cheapest: Walmart (5 of 19 weeks)
• Butterusual $4.97/lb · now $4.97
  Most often cheapest: Walmart (13 of 21 weeks)

“Usual” is Nanaimo's own typical lowest advertised price (the median week) — not the government average the deal verdicts above use. ▼ this week is more than 5% below it, ▲ more than 5% above; — means no comparable deal this week.