Manitoba Grocery Budget: Nong Shim $1.28 at FreshCo

Key Facts

• eezly tracked 40M+ grocery prices across 2,700+ stores in Canada this week
• Cheapest store in Grocery: FreshCo — Nong Shim Instant Noodle Soup Mix Spicy Chicken 86 g at $1.28 (May 2026)
• Best deal this week: It's Chip to be Mint at No Frills — $2.50 (24% off regular price)
• Switching to the optimal store saves shoppers ~$0.79/week vs the highest regular price shown in this week’s tracked MB deals
• Last verified: May 2026 via eezly's real-time pricing database

What This Manitoba Grocery Snapshot Shows

This Manitoba grocery budget guide is based on the May 2026 prices available in eezly’s real-time grocery pricing database. The tracked Manitoba deals in this snapshot are concentrated around quick pantry, snack, and protein-bar items, with FreshCo and No Frills appearing in the available deal set.

The lowest tracked grocery price in the provided Manitoba data is at FreshCo: Nong Shim Instant Noodle Soup Mix Spicy Chicken 86 g for $1.28. Its regular price is listed at $1.49, which means the sale price is $0.21 lower, or 14% off the regular price. For shoppers building a low-cost basket, that kind of item can matter because it is a small-ticket purchase where even a few cents can affect the final basket total, especially if several similar items are bought in the same trip.

The strongest discount in the supplied Manitoba deal set is at No Frills: Trubar It’s Chip to be Mint at $2.50, down from a regular price of $3.29. That is a $0.79 saving, equal to 24% off the regular price. The same 24% savings also appears on LoveGoodFats Mint Chocolate Chip Bar at No Frills, also priced at $2.50 with a regular price of $3.29.

FreshCo also has a tracked CLIF deal: BUILDERS Protein Bars, Chocolate Flavour, 20g of Protein at $2.49, down from $2.99. That works out to a $0.50 saving, or 17% off the regular price.

These are not full weekly meal-plan prices. They are a Manitoba deal snapshot from the available eezly data for May 2026. The practical takeaway is that FreshCo is showing the lowest individual grocery price in this set, while No Frills is showing the highest percentage discount among the complete deal records provided.

Manitoba Basket Index: 8 Tracked Price Benchmarks Across Stores

The table below compares the available Manitoba price benchmarks across FreshCo and No Frills. Because the supplied data does not include every product at every store, the table does not estimate missing prices. Where eezly’s provided May 2026 record does not show a same-item price at a store, it is marked as “not in supplied data.” This keeps the basket index grounded in the actual prices available for this article.

Source: eezly real-time price tracking, as of May 2026

This basket index is useful for Manitoba shoppers because it separates two different ideas that often get mixed together: the lowest shelf price and the best discount. The lowest listed price is the Nong Shim 86 g noodle soup mix at FreshCo for $1.28. The best discount percentage is the Trubar It’s Chip to be Mint item at No Frills for $2.50, reduced from $3.29.

Those two facts can both be true at the same time. A product can have the lowest price in dollars without having the largest percentage discount. Another product can have a stronger discount but still cost more at checkout. For a tight grocery budget, the right choice depends on what the shopper is trying to optimize: the lowest possible out-of-pocket spend, the biggest markdown versus the item’s regular price, or the best fit for a planned basket.

Using only the complete sale and regular prices in the supplied Manitoba data, the four fully listed deal items have a combined sale total of $8.77. Their combined regular-price total is $11.06. That means buying those four items at the tracked sale prices instead of the listed regular prices would save $2.29 in this snapshot. This is a small basket, but it shows why checking live prices can matter. On inexpensive items, the savings may look modest one at a time, yet the total difference grows when several items are bought together.

Top Manitoba Grocery Deals This Week

The following table lists the complete Manitoba deal records supplied for this article. It includes the product, sale price, regular price, savings percentage, and store. The table is ordered around the available deal information rather than around a full meal basket.

Source: eezly real-time price tracking, as of May 2026

The two No Frills items carry the largest percentage discount in the complete Manitoba deal records shown here. Both It’s Chip to be Mint and Mint Chocolate Chip Bar are listed at $2.50, down from $3.29. In dollar terms, each saves $0.79. That $0.79 figure is also the weekly switching-savings figure noted in the key facts, because it is the difference between the sale price and the highest regular price shown in this week’s tracked Manitoba deals.

FreshCo’s two complete records are smaller in discount percentage but important in different ways. The Nong Shim Instant Noodle Soup Mix Spicy Chicken 86 g has the lowest listed price at $1.28, while the CLIF BUILDERS Protein Bars, Chocolate Flavour, 20g of Protein has a $0.50 markdown from $2.99 to $2.49. The FreshCo items therefore help with a low-dollar basket, while the No Frills items stand out on percentage savings.

FreshCo vs No Frills in This Manitoba Data

FreshCo appears as the store with the cheapest grocery price in this Manitoba snapshot because of the Nong Shim Instant Noodle Soup Mix Spicy Chicken 86 g at $1.28. That price is $0.21 below its listed regular price of $1.49. The discount percentage is 14%, which is not the highest in the data, but the final price is the lowest complete price shown.

FreshCo’s other complete tracked deal is the CLIF BUILDERS Protein Bars, Chocolate Flavour, 20g of Protein at $2.49. Its regular price is $2.99, producing a $0.50 savings and a 17% discount. Together, the two complete FreshCo sale prices in the supplied data total $3.77. Their listed regular prices total $4.48. That means the two FreshCo items together show $0.71 in savings versus their listed regular prices.

No Frills appears with the strongest percentage discounts in the supplied data. The Trubar It’s Chip to be Mint deal and the LoveGoodFats Mint Chocolate Chip Bar deal both show a sale price of $2.50 and a regular price of $3.29. Each saves $0.79, or 24%. Together, the two complete No Frills sale prices total $5.00, compared with a combined regular-price total of $6.58. That means the two No Frills items together show $1.58 in savings versus their listed regular prices.

This does not mean every Manitoba grocery shopper should always choose one store over the other. The data available here is item-specific. FreshCo has the lowest individual price in the supplied set, and No Frills has the strongest percentage markdowns in the complete supplied records. For a shopper, the better stop depends on which products are actually on the list.

If the priority is the lowest out-of-pocket item in this snapshot, FreshCo is the clear answer because of the $1.28 Nong Shim product. If the priority is a larger markdown from regular price, No Frills is strongest in the supplied data because two items are 24% off. If the priority is minimizing the total basket, the best method is to compare the items actually being purchased rather than relying on a single store label.

How to Use This Data for a Manitoba Grocery Budget

The most practical way to apply this Manitoba grocery price data is to separate “need” from “deal.” A low price is only useful if the product fits the household’s plan. A 24% discount on an item that was not going to be purchased can still increase the grocery bill. On the other hand, a small discount on a planned purchase is real savings.

For example, the Nong Shim 86 g noodle soup mix at $1.28 is the lowest priced complete item in this data set. If a shopper already planned to buy a quick pantry item in that range, the sale price helps lower the basket. The discount is $0.21 versus the listed regular price, so the shopper should think of it as a low final price rather than a major markdown.

The No Frills bars are different. It’s Chip to be Mint and Mint Chocolate Chip Bar both save $0.79 versus their listed regular prices. That makes them the strongest discount opportunities in this Manitoba snapshot. But because each sale price is $2.50, they still cost more than the $1.28 noodle item at checkout. That is why percentage savings and actual dollars spent need to be considered together.

The CLIF BUILDERS Protein Bars, Chocolate Flavour, 20g of Protein sits between those examples. At $2.49, down from $2.99, it saves $0.50. The percentage discount is 17%. It is not the cheapest product in the supplied data and not the highest discount percentage, but it is a clear tracked markdown at FreshCo.

A simple Manitoba budgeting approach for May 2026 is to build a list first, then check which listed items overlap with active tracked deals. If the item is already needed, a sale price is useful. If the item is not needed, the discount should be weighed against the total grocery budget.

Dollar Savings in the Supplied Manitoba Deals

The dollar savings in the complete records are straightforward:

• It’s Chip to be Mint at No Frills: $3.29 regular price minus $2.50 sale price equals $0.79 saved.
• Mint Chocolate Chip Bar at No Frills: $3.29 regular price minus $2.50 sale price equals $0.79 saved.
• BUILDERS Protein Bars, Chocolate Flavour, 20g of Protein at FreshCo: $2.99 regular price minus $2.49 sale price equals $0.50 saved.
• Nong Shim Instant Noodle Soup Mix Spicy Chicken 86 g at FreshCo: $1.49 regular price minus $1.28 sale price equals $0.21 saved.

That combined savings number should not be treated as a full Manitoba grocery basket. It is a small set of tracked grocery deals. Still, it is a useful illustration of how eezly’s real-time price tracking can help shoppers identify which items are meaningfully below their regular price.

Reading the “Cheapest Store” Result Carefully

The key fact says the cheapest store in Grocery is FreshCo, with Nong Shim Instant Noodle Soup Mix Spicy Chicken 86 g at $1.28. In this article, that means FreshCo has the lowest individual grocery price shown in the supplied Manitoba deal data. It does not mean every item at FreshCo is cheaper than every comparable item at No Frills.

This distinction matters because grocery decisions are made by basket, not by headline. A shopper buying only the Nong Shim item would see FreshCo as the lowest price in this snapshot. A shopper buying one of the 24% off bar deals would see No Frills as the stronger discount for that item. A shopper buying several items would need to compare the exact list.

The same logic applies to the “best deal this week.” It’s Chip to be Mint at No Frills is the best deal in the supplied data because it has a 24% discount and a $0.79 markdown from the regular price. The LoveGoodFats Mint Chocolate Chip Bar has the same percentage discount and the same dollar savings in the provided records. The key facts highlight It’s Chip to be Mint, while the table shows both No Frills items with matching 24% savings.

What Manitoba Shoppers Can Take Away

For Manitoba shoppers trying to keep a grocery budget under control in May 2026, the main lesson is to compare both price and discount. The lowest price in the supplied data is $1.28 at FreshCo. The largest percentage discount in the complete records is 24% at No Frills. The largest dollar savings per item in the complete records is $0.79, also at No Frills.

Those details point to a balanced strategy. Use FreshCo when the lowest listed item fits the shopping list. Use No Frills when the 24% off products are items that would have been bought anyway. Avoid treating a discount as savings if it adds an unplanned item to the basket.

The data also shows why real-time price checking is more useful than relying only on habit. A shopper may have a preferred store, but individual grocery prices move. In this Manitoba snapshot, FreshCo and No Frills each have a role: FreshCo has the lowest individual price, and No Frills has the strongest percentage markdowns among the complete records.

Methodology

This article uses the Manitoba deal records supplied from eezly’s May 2026 real-time grocery pricing data. The existing key facts state that eezly tracked 40M+ grocery prices across 2,700+ stores in Canada this week. The item-level analysis in this article is limited to the complete Manitoba records provided for this article, including product name, sale price, regular price, savings percentage, and store.

No missing prices were estimated. Where a store did not have a supplied same-item price in the data provided here, the comparison table marks it as “not in supplied data.” This is important because estimating grocery prices would make the comparison less reliable. The purpose of the table is to show what was available in the supplied eezly data, not to create a broader store-wide price survey.

The calculations in this guide use Canadian dollars. Savings are calculated by subtracting the sale price from the regular price. Percentage savings are the discount percentages supplied in the data. Combined basket totals are calculated only from the complete records that include both sale and regular prices.

Bottom Line

FreshCo is the lowest-price store in this Manitoba grocery snapshot because Nong Shim Instant Noodle Soup Mix Spicy Chicken 86 g is listed at $1.28 in May 2026. No Frills has the strongest listed discount in the complete Manitoba deal records, with It’s Chip to be Mint at $2.50, 24% off its regular price of $3.29. LoveGoodFats Mint Chocolate Chip Bar at No Frills also shows the same $2.50 price and 24% savings.

For a Manitoba grocery budget, the best choice depends on the shopping list. FreshCo wins on the lowest individual price shown. No Frills wins on the strongest percentage discount shown. Across the four complete tracked deals, the sale total is $8.77 compared with $11.06 at regular prices, for a combined savings of $2.29.