19 Dollarama grocery products you can buy for under $5 each to save money on food

Bread

You can save on bread at Dollarama.

It costs $2 for a 675-gram loaf of whole wheat Wonder bread and $2.50 for a 675-gram loaf of white Wonder bread.

That price breaks down to $0.29 per 100 grams for whole wheat bread and $0.37 per 100 for white bread.

Peanut butter

If you want to save money on pantry staples, Dollarama has a lot of options.

That includes a 500-gram jar of Kraft peanut butter. It costs $3.75, which works out to just $0.75 per 100 grams.

Cereal

There are a few cereal options at Dollarama, but Honey Nut Cheerios are one of the cheapest.

It costs $2.75 for a 292-gram box of Honey Nut Cheerios at Dollarama.

That works out to $0.94 per 100 grams.

Tea bags

You can get a 113-gram box of Tetley orange pekoe tea for $2.75 at Dollarama. It comes with 36 tea bags.

That means you pay $2.43 per 100 grams but only $0.07 per tea bag.

Almond beverage

Dollarama doesn't have fresh grocery items like milk, but you can get almond and oat milk, including this Silk almond beverage.

It costs $2.75 for a 946-millilitre bottle, which breaks down to only $0.29 per 100 grams!

Instant oatmeal

You can get a 344-gram box of Quaker instant oatmeal for $3 at Dollarama. Each box comes with eight packets of oatmeal.

That means you pay just $0.37 per packet and $0.87 per 100 grams.

Juice

Dollarama has 739-millilitre bottles of Ocean Spray cranberry juice for $1.75.

So, you pay only $0.23 per 100 millilitres.

Pasta

You can get a 450-gram bag of Italpasta spaghettini dried pasta for $1.25 at Dollarama.

The price works out to a cost of $0.27 per 100 grams.

Tomato sauce

It costs $2.50 for a 680-millilitre can of Hunt's tomato sauce at Dollarama.

That price breaks down to just $0.36 per 100 millilitres.

Instant noodles

If you want to save money on food and don't want to spend time cooking, you can get three 85-gram bags of Bowlfull instant noodles for just $1 at Dollarama.

It comes in vegetable, beef and chicken flavours.

You pay only $0.33 per bag and $0.39 per 100 grams.

Rice

Dollarama has 250-gram bags of Ben's Original Bistro Express rice for $2.75.

So, you pay $1.10 per 100 grams.

Kraft Dinner

It costs $1.50 for a 200-gram box of Kraft Dinner at Dollarama.

That price works out to just $0.75 per 100 grams.

Whole peppercorns

If you don't want to spend a lot of money on herbs and spices at grocery stores, Dollarama has cheaper options.

You can get this 50-gram bottle of whole peppercorns that also has a grinder for $2.

Crackers

Dollarama has a 180-gram box of Wheat Thins crackers in a bunch of flavours, including vegetable and multigrain.

So, when that price is broken down by how much product you actually get, you pay $1.38 per 100 grams.

Chocolate chip granola bars

It costs $2.25 for a 120-gram box of Quaker Chewy chocolate chip granola bars at Dollarama.

Each box comes with five granola bars.

That price breaks down to just $0.45 per bar and $1.87 per 100 grams.

Pop-Tarts

Dollarama has 358-gram boxes of Pop-Tarts for $3.50 in stores. Each box comes with eight Pop-Tarts.

That works out to a cost of $0.43 per Pop-Tart and $0.90 per 100 grams.

Chocolate chip cookies

You can get a 258-gram pack of Chips Ahoy chocolate chip cookies for $3.25 at Dollarama.

So, you pay $1.25 per 100 grams.

Chips

It costs $2.50 for a 140-gram bag of Lay's chips at Dollarama.

You can get flavours like ketchup, salt and vinegar, original, Bar-B-Q, and more.

That price breaks down to a cost of $1.78 per 100 grams.

Pop

You can get cases of mini pop cans at Dollarama for $3.25, and each case has six 222-millilitre cans.

That means you pay $0.54 per can and just $0.24 per 100 millilitres.

There are cases of Pepsi, 7 Up, Schewppes and other pops.