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

Vancouver price history

Every week since May 21, Lowtein has recorded the lowest advertised price for each cut in Vancouver's flyers — 22 weeks so far. Here is what a normal week costs here, and which store most often had it cheapest. This week 4 of 14 cuts are below their usual Vancouver price.

• Chicken Breastusual $6.24/lb · now $5.99
  Most often cheapest: Wholesale Club (8 of 22 weeks)
• Chicken Thighsusual $3.99/lb · now $3.99
  Most often cheapest: Loblaws (19 of 22 weeks)
• Chicken Drumsticksusual $3.16/lb · now $3.49▲
  Most often cheapest: RCSS (8 of 18 weeks)
• Chicken Wingsusual $4.99/lb · now —
  Cheapest store varies week to week
• Beef Steakusual $12.99/lb · now $9.99▼
  Cheapest store varies week to week
• Beef Roastusual $9.49/lb · now $8.99▼
  Most often cheapest: Thrifty Foods (7 of 12 weeks)
• Pork Chopsusual $3.25/lb · now $3.99▲
  Most often cheapest: Freshmart (5 of 20 weeks)
• Pork Shoulderusual $3.98/lb · now $1.99▼
  Most often cheapest: RCSS (6 of 20 weeks)
• Pork Ribsusual $3.50/lb · now $3.49
  Most often cheapest: SuperValu (6 of 22 weeks)
• Salmonusual $5.49/lb · now —
  Most often cheapest: Thrifty Foods (11 of 20 weeks)
• Shrimpusual $7.87/lb · now $8.49▲
  Cheapest store varies week to week
• Whitefishusual $3.49/lb · now $3.17▼
  Cheapest store varies week to week
• Eggsusual $3.79/dozen · now $4.99▲
  Most often cheapest: Shoppers Drug Mart (12 of 22 weeks)
• Butterusual $4.97/lb · now $4.97
  Most often cheapest: Walmart (12 of 22 weeks)

“Usual” is Vancouver'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.