Oulu Best (Worst) Buy

The "Handbook For Survival in Finland" authored by Annikki and Jacob Matthan in 1994 after 10 years of research of life in Finland created a "game" to live well in Finland with a nominal salary. The system helped beat yearly inflation every year. This Blog shows how the system is still valid even in 2008!

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Wonderful offers at Antilla today

Today we have some very good offers for fruits at Antilla in the centre of Oulu.

For example, mangoes for € 0.99 per kg.

Look into all the various fruits as watermelon and also many other different types of melons.

Good luck.

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Monday, March 22, 2010

Some good buys today

I don't know whether I am too late - but almost everything is going at 80% in all the Oulu Euromarkets. Fresh foods have a 20% discount. I will visit it shortly and let you know.

Some good buys at Halpa-Halli today. Butter at € 1.29 for 500 gm, cucumber (Spanish) at € 0.99 per kg, apples at € 0.49per kg and marianated chicken pieces at € 0.99 per kg.

Friday, March 19, 2010

Oranges and kiwi fruit

Anttila K- Supermarket in the Oulu City centre is offering oranges and the kiwi fruit  at € 0.69 per kg.

I used to eat a lot of kiwi as it was rated as one of the best fruit for vitamin C content.

I think these are good buys for this weekend.

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Tuesday, March 09, 2010

Some good buys at Tokmanni

Yesterday I informed you about Oranges at € 0.49 at Tokmanni. When I was shopping, I saw that potatoes were just € 0.20 per kg in a 5 kg sack and they were 1st quality Finnish potatoes. A great buy.

I also noted that some Polish apples were on offer at € 0.79 per kg. As they are loose, you can pick up the really good quality lot from them.

I bought 10 kg of potatoes and 5 kg of apples along with around 9 kg of oranges. All for under € 10!

The Tokmanni at Toppila does not sell fresh foodstuffs.

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Monday, March 08, 2010

Cheapest breakfast in Oulu

This morning, I went to my local Health Centre in Höyhtyä to have a blood test, for cholestrol, done. As I had to have the test done before I had my breakfast, my stomach was groaning!

Just before I went in, I saw a notice on the wall. The Health Centre Dining Hall was offering breakfast at € 1.50. This included porridge, bread, some filler slices, a drink of fruit juice or milk and either coffee or tea.

I have never seen anything as cheap as this anywhere in Finland. It is not restricted to anybody, so if you are hungry in the morning, go to the Health Centre and have a really good breakfast.

Maybe others can let us know whether this is a service only at my Health Centre, or the same service is available in the Health Centres around Oulu. They open at 07:30 am as the Laboratory is open for people like to me to hve our blood tests done.

One more thing.

Today we can buy Egyptian Oranges at € 0.49 per kg at the Tokmanni shops in Kaijonharju and in Jukkolankuja, the two extremities of the town. Kaijonharju Tokmanni is near the University, while the Jukkolankuja Tokmanni is on the way to the airport. Tokmanni is open from 7 am to 9 pm, Monday to Friday and 7 am to 6 pm on Saturdays.

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