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

Halifax price history

Every week since May 21, Lowtein has recorded the lowest advertised price for each cut in Halifax'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 13 cuts are below their usual Halifax price.

• Chicken Breastusual $5.99/lb · now $5.88
  Most often cheapest: Atlantic Superstore (10 of 21 weeks)
• Chicken Thighsusual $5.66/lb · now $4.49▼
  Most often cheapest: Freshmart (7 of 21 weeks)
• Chicken Drumsticksusual $2.99/lb · now $2.99
  Most often cheapest: Freshmart (4 of 11 weeks)
• Chicken Wingsusual $5.99/lb · now $4.80▼
  Most often cheapest: No Frills (5 of 20 weeks)
• Beef Steakusual $15.86/lb · now —
  Most often cheapest: Walmart (6 of 17 weeks)
• Pork Chopsusual $3.49/lb · now $3.00▼
  Most often cheapest: Freshmart (6 of 15 weeks)
• Pork Shoulderusual $3.75/lb · now $3.99▲
  Most often cheapest: Atlantic Superstore (7 of 18 weeks)
• Pork Ribsusual $4.49/lb · now —
  Most often cheapest: Sobeys (6 of 21 weeks)
• Salmonusual $11.99/lb · now $16.99▲
  Most often cheapest: Sobeys (10 of 22 weeks)
• Shrimpusual $8.44/lb · now $9.33▲
  Most often cheapest: Freshmart (6 of 22 weeks)
• Whitefishusual $4.03/lb · now $3.17▼
  Most often cheapest: Sobeys (9 of 22 weeks)
• Eggsusual $5.00/dozen · now $4.99
  Most often cheapest: Sobeys (10 of 22 weeks)
• Butterusual $4.97/lb · now $4.97
  Most often cheapest: Walmart (8 of 22 weeks)

“Usual” is Halifax'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.