Stores Where you can Price Match in Canada

Grocery Stores that Price Match

Buying groceries right now can be extremely expensive. Because grocery stores tend to have different sales every week, some of your favorite items may be cheaper somewhere else. To avoid driving to another store, or paying more than you have to for the item, check to see if your store has a price match program.

Here is a list of the grocery stores in Canada that price match, as well as their policies. Keep in mind though, that for all grocery stores that price match There are some restrictions. Price matching doesn’t apply to clearance items or prescriptions, alcohol or tobacco products, and gift cards.

FreshCo

If you’ve ever shopped at FreshCo, you’d know that they have a “Lowest Price Guarantee”. What exactly does that mean though? Well, it means that if a store in the same geographic location as you offers the same product for a lower price, FreshCo will sell you the item for $0.01 lower than the competitors advertised price, up to 4 price matched items per customer per transaction. In order to get this price then you must show them proof at the till, this can either be with a paper or digital flyer.

No Frills

No Frills is another grocery store that will allow you to price match. They will price match with any major grocery store competitor in the same geographic location. Just like FreshCo, they have a limit of up to 4 price match items per customer per transaction.

In order to claim the lower advertised price from another store, you need to show the print or digital flyer at the till. If you forget to do this for some reason, you have up to 7 days to claim a refund for the price difference.

Real Canadian Superstore

Real Canadian Superstore is another great option for price matching. Just like the other stores, they will only price match up to 4 items per customer per transaction. They will price match any major grocery store in the same geographic region as well.

To price match with pc express orders, it must be done after the fact. Once you have picked up your order, you can email customer service. It may take up to 30 days to get a response but once the price match is approved you will get a refund for the price difference.

Giant Tiger

Giant Tiger’s price match policies are similar to that of FreshCo. If you show a competitor's advertised price with a print or digital flyer, then they will sell you that item for $0.01 less than the competitor's price. Not only do they price match for in store items, but online only items as well.

Maxi

Maxis is a Loblaws grocery store in Quebec. If you shop at Maxi, they will price match major supermarket competitors in Quebec, with a limit of up to 4 items per customer per transaction. You can use either the print or digital flyer. You can also price match when you go to pick up your online order.

IGA

When you are price matching at IGA, you can price match up to 4 items per transaction per person. Not only will they price match though, they will sell you the item for $0.01 less than the competitors advertised price. Just like any other store, you can only price match identical items, but, unlike some other stores, you can’t combine a price match with other offers.

Save On Foods

While Save On Foods, doesn’t necessarily match the price match, what they will do is give you the Western Family equivalent for free if you can show them the national brand equivalent to that item at a lower advertised price. That being said, Save On Foods decides what the national brand equivalent is to that item.

The restriction is that this has to be for one item, it doesn’t work for buy x get x offers, clearance items, or items that are discontinued.

Other Grocery Stores in Canada

The stores above that price match are just a few of the major grocery stores in Canada. What about the other stores? Well, unfortunately, they don't match the price. So if you shop at these stores, such as Metro, Safeway, Food Basics, Sobeys and Shoppers Drug Mart, you will actually have to go to the store with the lower advertised price in order to save the money on that item.

One store that people wonder if they match prices is Walmart. Unfortunately though, Walmart price matching isn’t a thing. That being said, they do have a lot of unbeatable prices already.

Loblaws and Price Matching

While Loblaws owns quite a few stores in Canada, not all of them price match. The ones that do are:

• Real Canadian Superstore
• Maxi
• No Frills

The rest of them offer price matching. However, just because they don’t price match, that doesn’t mean that you can't use their flyers to price match at stores that offer it. This can help to avoid shopping at too many stores and limit your trip to just one store.

Flyers You Can Price Match With

When you start price matching, you may wonder what stores you can price match with what. Do certain stores not take certain flyers? What are your options? Well, let’s take a look and see if any of the stores that price match have limitations.

As many stores have in their policies, they say they will price match any major competitor in the same geographical region. What does this mean exactly? This means that it must be a store that is in the same town. If the store is one town over, whether you have that store where you live or not, you will be unable to use that flyer to price match.

Do Stores Other than Grocery Stores Price Match?

While this may be a surprise to you, plenty of other Canadian stores price match. Ones that aren’t grocery stores. Depending on where you live, there may be more than others. Let’s take a look

Best Buy

Have you ever heard of Best Buy’s “Low Price Guarantee”? It is also sometimes referred to as their price match guarantee. How it works is if you can price match with a print or digital flyer at purchase, or you have 30 days to get a refund on the price difference. This 30 day rule doesn’t just apply to other stores, it also applies to their own prices. If they will give you back the price difference as long as you bring in your receipt within 30 days.

Staples

Staples is another store with a great price match policy. How it works is you can price match with a digital or paper flyer of an authorized Canadian dealer at the time of purchase. Otherwise, you have 14 days to get the price difference.

Unlike other stores, Staples not only price matches but they will also match bonus offers. If a particular store is offering a bonus offer, such as a gift card or another product that they carry, they will match that bonus offer.

The Source

The Source is another store that has a “Best Price Guarantee”. If you find a price lower at any Canadian dealer, they will match that offer either at the time of purchase or within the time period that their return policy states. You will then get the lower price or a refund for the price difference.

Home Depot

Home Depot’s price guarantee is different from that of other stores. How it works is that, if the offer is an instore offer from a retail store, they will not only match the price, but beat it by 10%. If the offer is an online offer, then Home Depot will only match the price. Either way, Home Depot will match the offer. Keep in mind that this offer isn’t available on all of their products. You will have to enquire to see if the product you want to price match, qualifies.

Lowe's

In order for Lowe's price match policy to come into effect, the price difference has to be more than $1.00. That being said, Lowes will not only match the price, they will beat it by 10%. This policy is effective for both online and instore offers.

Leon’s

With all of Leon’s purchases, they offer a 60 day guarantee. That being said, in order to qualify, it needs to be the same product in the same area with the same terms in order to qualify.

Rona

Rona’s price match policy is the same as Lowe's. There has to be at least a $1.00 difference in order to qualify and they will beat the price by 10%. It is also valid for both instore and online offers.

The Brick

If you are looking to price match with The Brick, it depends on what you are purchasing. For price matching appliances, you must price match within 30 days from date of delivery, but, not only will they price match, they will beat the price by 20%. With mattresses, the policy is 90 days from the date of delivery and they will beat the price by 10%. All other items from The Brick allow for 30 days and they will match the price.

Costco

Costco’s policy only allows for price adjustments. How it works is if you purchase an item online from costco.ca, and it drops within 30 days of purchasing, then you can get the difference back as a refund. They don’t price match for any in store purchases to themselves or any other store.

Toys R Us

While Toys R Us did price match up until October 2021, now they will only do price matches to their own prices, within 30 days of purchase. This is for instore or online offers.

PetSmart

PetSmart is very specific when it comes to their price matching policy. They will only match in store purchases with instore offers, and online purchases with online offers. For in store purchases the other retailer must have the item in stock in order to get the competitive price. For online purchases, they will only price match other retailers. Sites like Amazon and Ebay aren’t included.

Stores That Price Match Where You Live in Canada

All of the stores that are listed above will price match anywhere in Canada, as long as you have that store and are price matching with a local competitor. In order to figure out what to price match, you can check out online apps like Flipp and Reebee, or you can look through your weekly flyers in the paper. Price matching is a great way to save money while still buying the things that you need.