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Safeway vs Real Canadian Superstore in Vancouver
Real Canadian Superstore is cheaper this week: the same 243 dinners cost $6.78 a serving there against $8.15 at Safeway. On a typical week of dinners that is about $13.66 kept in your pocket, roughly 20% on the basket.
Prices at both Vancouver banners last confirmed . We re-check every night.
Method: the same basket of complete dinner recipes, priced at each banner's own listed prices, counting only recipes both stores price exactly. Updated daily; the winner can flip as sales rotate.
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Is Real Canadian Superstore always cheaper than Safeway?
No. This page compares the same 243 dinners at both banners' current shelf and sale prices and is re-checked every day, so the winner can change week to week as sales rotate. Today the gap is about 20% on the whole basket.
How is this comparison calculated?
We price an identical basket of complete dinner recipes at each banner, using each store's own listed prices, and only count recipes both stores can price exactly. The same basket costs $3294.92 at Real Canadian Superstore and $3958.66 at Safeway right now.
Do these prices apply at every Vancouver location?
Banners price Metro Vancouver as one region, so the comparison holds across Vancouver locations. Prices are estimates until checkout, so always confirm in your cart or at the shelf.
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