Cheapest Supermarket in Helsinki?

[Pursuivant]

Aren't you supposed to eat pea soup on Thursdays?

Yes, but he probably meant collecting the left-overs from Thursday's pea soup [/quote]
And then you fry them over on Saturday...

[Seen Canary]

I just went over my monthly expenses and to my horror I found that I averaged spending $30 a day just for food and things (outside of rent). I live very close to an Alepa but I feel that I may be getting screwed by their prices. Which is the cheapest place to get food? Lidl? Are there little asian markets with good deals?

I find Lidl and Prisma to be the cheapest.

Tip: Check the mainoksia for any bargains and get the store cards.

example: K-market, pepsi/pepsi max twin pack, 2x1.5l, 1.89 with card, pretty reasonable.

And buy own brands - El Dorado( ), Rainbow, Pirkka, Euro shopper.

[ajdias]

Tip: Check the mainoksia for any bargains and get the store cards.

http://www.tarjouksessa.fi/index_helsinki.html <= for the capital area.

(Turku, whole Finland)

[brengun]

Food is expensive in Finland, but then again everything is expensive in Finland, end of..

Food is expensive in Finland, but then again everything is expensive in Finland, end of..

'''''''''' I LIKE IT CAROLINE, YOU AVOID ALL THOSE SILLY PUERILE COMMENTS AND GET STRAIGHT TO THE POINT,, ,WELL DONE, END OF

[flyingyellowpig]

My workmate drives every month to Prisma in Tallin. He shops for whole month and refills his car. He says that he saves around 150 € a month just on doing so. This is including the ferry and others small expensives.

[flyingyellowpig]

I just went over my monthly expenses and to my horror I found that I averaged spending $30 a day just for food and things (outside of rent). I live very close to an Alepa but I feel that I may be getting screwed by their prices. Which is the cheapest place to get food? Lidl? Are there little asian markets with good deals?

I find Lidl and Prisma to be the cheapest.

Tip: Check the mainoksia for any bargains and get the store cards.

example: K-market, pepsi/pepsi max twin pack, 2x1.5l, 1.89 with card, pretty reasonable.

And buy own brands - El Dorado( ), Rainbow, Pirkka, Euro shopper.

Rainbow brand now belongs to S-Ryhmä
Euroshopper is one of the worst brands

[flyingyellowpig]

Onether good way to save money is to shop in different places for exemple: I usually buy my bread from Primula( Primulan Leipomot Oy - Teollisuuskatu 3 ). So I save around 5 € because I buy bread for whole. Then I go to Hakaniemi tori around 1-2 o' clock and buy fruits and vegetables because they sell it a bit cheaper around the closing times.
A good idea is also to plan a menu for a week ahead , so you already know what to week before and you can make shop accordantly.