Mexican Turkey Muffins $1.72 at Nofrills in Manitoba
According to eezly's real-time tracking of 196,000 products across 2,700 Canadian grocery stores, Mexican Turkey Muffins cost $1.72 per serving at Nofrills in Manitoba as of May 2026. In the same Manitoba pricing set, Mild Creamy Chicken Curry priced through Freshco costs $8.45 per serving, while White Veal Stock at Nofrills costs $6.04 per serving. Among individual items, carrots are $0.66 at Nofrills, lentils are $1.50 at Nofrills, and lean ground turkey is $10.00 at Nofrills. Your Manitoba grocery comparison should include Nofrills, Freshco, Safeway, Sobeys, Real Canadian Superstore, Walmart, Costco, and Wholesale Club.
For you as a Manitoba shopper, the practical takeaway is straightforward: your meal plan matters as much as your store choice. A 16-serving Nofrills meal priced at $27.50 can work out to less than one-quarter of the per-serving cost of a smaller curry basket priced at $42.27 for five servings. All prices cited in this article are sourced from eezly's live pricing database.
Manitoba’s best priced meal in this data is $1.72 per serving at Nofrills. Mexican Turkey Muffins cost $27.50 for 16 servings, compared with $42.27 for five servings of Mild Creamy Chicken Curry through Freshco. Source: eezly real-time price tracking.
The clearest value signal in Manitoba grocery pricing for May 2026 is the difference between meal cost and serving count. Mexican Turkey Muffins at Nofrills have a total priced basket of $27.50 and produce 16 servings, bringing your cost to $1.72 per serving. That makes the recipe especially useful if you are trying to stretch a protein purchase across lunches, freezer portions, or family meal prep.
By contrast, Mild Creamy Chicken Curry is priced at $42.27 for five servings, or $8.45 per serving. Freshco is the store attached to that priced recipe, but the ingredient list also includes several Nofrills items and one Safeway item, which is important for you if you already split your shopping between banners. Nofrills offers Mexican Turkey Muffins at $1.72 per serving, while Freshco-linked Mild Creamy Chicken Curry costs $8.45 per serving — a savings of 79.6% when you choose the lower-cost Nofrills meal instead of the curry basket, based on eezly data for May 2026.
White Veal Stock sits between the two on a per-serving basis but has the highest total basket cost. It is priced at $72.46 for 12 servings, or $6.04 per serving, with veal shank contributing $29.04 at Nofrills. If you are cooking for flavour development, batch sauces, or freezer stock, that cost may be justifiable; if your priority is keeping your weekly grocery bill low, you should treat it as a specialty preparation rather than an everyday budget meal.
Manitoba priced recipe comparison
| Recipe | Main priced store | Total cost | Servings | Cost per serving | Prep time | Best use |
| Mexican Turkey Muffins | Nofrills | $27.50 | 16 | $1.72 | 10 min | Low-cost meal prep |
| Mild Creamy Chicken Curry | Freshco | $42.27 | 5 | $8.45 | 15 min | Higher-cost curry dinner |
Source: eezly real-time price tracking, as of May 2026
The recipe comparison also shows why you should evaluate groceries by serving, not only by receipt total. The White Veal Stock basket costs $44.96 more than the Mexican Turkey Muffins basket in total, but it also serves 12 people or portions. The Mild Creamy Chicken Curry basket costs $14.77 more than the Mexican Turkey Muffins basket while producing 11 fewer servings, which is the bigger budget issue for your weekly plan.
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Manitoba’s basket index shows the biggest pressure from protein, dairy, and aromatics. Veal shank is $29.04 at Nofrills, shallots onions are $11.00 at Freshco, and plain Greek yogurt is $9.79 at Nofrills. Source: eezly real-time price tracking.
If your grocery bill feels higher in Manitoba, the pressure is coming from specific categories rather than from every item equally. Protein, dairy, and flavour-building vegetables can quickly dominate your cart, especially when you are buying ingredients for scratch cooking. In the current Manitoba data, veal shank at $29.04, shallots onions at $11.00, and plain Greek yogurt at $9.79 are among the clearest examples of items that can create sticker shock.
At the other end of the basket, several practical staples remain comparatively low. Carrots are priced at $0.66 at Nofrills, lentils are $1.50 at Nofrills, whole water chestnuts are $1.49 at Nofrills, and a Chicken Stick Buffalo item is $2.00 at Nofrills. If you build your meals around lower-priced pantry and vegetable components, you can offset some of the cost of higher-priced proteins or dairy.
The basket below is not a claim that every store carries every item at the same time; it is a Manitoba price index built from the live priced ingredients available in the May 2026 dataset. It is useful because it shows you which components are likely to change the size of your final receipt. When you compare your own local Nofrills, Freshco, Safeway, Walmart, Costco, Sobeys, Real Canadian Superstore, or Wholesale Club trip, you should start with the high-impact lines first.
Manitoba basket index: staple and meal-building prices
| Basket item | Category | Store | May 2026 price | Why it matters for your bill |
| Lean Ground Turkey | Protein | Nofrills | $10.00 | Main protein in the lowest-cost meal-prep recipe | |||||||
| Plain Greek Yogurt | Dairy | Nofrills | $9.79 | Higher-cost curry ingredient that raises per-serving cost | |||||||
| Lentils | Pantry protein | Nofrills | $1.50 | Low-cost extender for soups, curries, and bowls | |||||||
| Carrots | Produce | Nofrills | $0.66 | One of the lowest-priced fresh produce items in the set | |||||||
| Garlic | Aromatic | Safeway | $4.99 | Common flavour base with a mid-range price | |||||||
| Shallots Onions | Aromatic | Freshco | $11.00 | High-impact produce item that can move the total basket | |||||||
| Celery Sticks | Produce | Freshco | $5.49 | Stock and soup ingredient with a moderate price | |||||||
| Coconut Oil | Pantry fat | Nofrills | $4.49 | Shelf-stable cooking ingredient used in the curry basket | |||||||
| Itemized basket total | Mixed | Mixed stores | $47.92 | Exact sum of the itemized prices above | Source: eezly real-time price tracking, as of May 2026 For your own grocery planning, the basket index suggests a useful rule: price-check the top three or four expensive ingredients before you decide where to shop. In this Manitoba dataset, the six higher-impact items — veal shank at $29.04, shallots onions at $11.00, plain Greek yogurt at $9.79, shredded feta cheese at $7.00, leeks at $6.29, and garlic bulbs at $5.99 — add up to $69.11. Those are the items most likely to make your receipt feel different from one week to the next. The strongest low-price opportunities are under $2.50 at Nofrills. Carrots are $0.66, whole water chestnuts are $1.49, lentils are $1.50, and Chicken Stick Buffalo is $2.00. Source: eezly real-time price tracking.When food prices are climbing, your best defence is not only chasing discounts; it is identifying low-cost ingredients that can carry meals. In the Manitoba May 2026 data, several items under $2.50 are clustered at Nofrills. These items may not be glamorous, but they are exactly the type of basket components that let you keep soups, muffins, curries, bowls, and meal-prep containers affordable. The current deal feed does not list separate regular-price fields for these items, so the table below focuses on live observed prices rather than invented discount claims. That distinction matters because you should not need a promotional label to recognize a useful grocery value. A $1.50 lentil purchase can be meaningful even without a sale tag if it helps you reduce the amount of higher-priced meat or dairy required in a recipe. If you are shopping in Winnipeg or elsewhere in Manitoba, use this kind of table as a first-pass grocery plan. You can build around low-cost items, then decide whether the higher-priced items are necessary for the week. Nofrills carries several of the lowest listed prices in this dataset, while Freshco and Safeway appear for specific aromatic and produce items. Top Manitoba price finds under $3.00 | Product | Current price | Regular price | Savings % | Store | Practical use |
| Carrots | $0.66 | Not listed in current deal feed | Not listed | Nofrills | Soup, stock, curry base, side dishes | ||||||
| Whole Water Chestnuts | $1.49 | Not listed in current deal feed | Not listed | Nofrills | Stir-fries, stock, texture in bowls | ||||||
| Lentils | $1.50 | Not listed in current deal feed | Not listed | Nofrills | Curry, soup, protein extender | ||||||
| Joy Chocolate Eggs with Toys, 1 Egg | $1.50 | Not listed in current deal feed | Not listed | Nofrills | Treat or add-on item | ||||||
| Chicken Stick Buffalo | $2.00 | Not listed in current deal feed | Not listed | Nofrills | Quick protein snack or recipe component | ||||||
| Chili Powder | $2.50 | Not listed in current deal feed | Not listed | Nofrills | Seasoning for turkey muffins and chili | ||||||
| Curry Powder | $2.50 | Not listed in current deal feed | Not listed | Nofrills | Curry base and pantry seasoning |
Source: eezly real-time price tracking, as of May 2026
The low-price table is especially useful if you are building a pantry over several weeks. Chili powder, curry powder, ground cumin, parsley flakes, thyme, bay leaves, and black peppercorns each appear in the Manitoba recipe data, and most of those seasonings are concentrated at Nofrills. Once you own them, your next recipe can feel cheaper because you are no longer buying every spice from scratch.
Nofrills is the most prominent value store in the Manitoba recipe data. It supplies the $1.72-per-serving Mexican Turkey Muffins and most of the lowest-priced pantry items in the May 2026 set. Source: eezly real-time price tracking.
If you are deciding where to start your Manitoba grocery trip, Nofrills deserves the first comparison because it appears repeatedly in the lower-priced items. The Mexican Turkey Muffins basket is assigned to Nofrills and includes chili powder at $2.50, shredded feta cheese at $7.00, lean ground turkey at $10.00, spicy black bean dip at $3.00, and quick oats at $3.50. That combination results in a $27.50 recipe total and a $1.72 serving cost.
Nofrills also supplies several pantry and stock items in the White Veal Stock recipe, including whole water chestnuts at $1.49, veal shank bone-in at $29.04, carrots at $0.66, leeks at $6.29, garlic bulbs at $5.99, parsley flakes at $2.50, thyme at $3.00, bay leaves at $3.50, and black peppercorns at $3.50. For you, this means Nofrills is not only relevant for one low-cost meal; it is also a major source for pantry seasonings and cooking basics in the available Manitoba pricing.
Freshco plays a different role in the data. It appears for shallots onions at $11.00 and celery sticks at $5.49, both of which are flavour-building ingredients in higher-effort cooking. Safeway appears for garlic at $4.99 in the curry basket. If your route already passes Freshco or Safeway, you should compare those specific items before defaulting to one store for the entire shop.
What each Manitoba banner is most relevant for in this dataset
Manitoba shoppers have access to major banners including Costco, Freshco, No Frills, Real Canadian Superstore, Safeway, Sobeys, Walmart, Superstore, and Wholesale Club. In this data, Nofrills is the most visible source for priced recipe ingredients, while Freshco and Safeway appear in selected produce and aromatic lines. Your best strategy is to compare the highest-cost ingredients first, because one item such as $11.00 shallots onions or $29.04 veal shank can matter more than several low-priced pantry purchases.
For bulk shopping, Costco and Wholesale Club may be relevant when you are buying larger quantities, although the priced recipe data here is built from the listed Manitoba ingredient prices rather than bulk unit comparisons. Walmart, Sobeys, Safeway, Freshco, Nofrills, and Real Canadian Superstore are still important because they are common weekly-shop destinations. If you are making one of the recipes in this article, the immediate price evidence points you toward Nofrills for the turkey muffins and toward a mixed-shop approach for the curry and stock ingredients.
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Meal planning can cut your Manitoba dinner cost by more than $6 per serving. Mexican Turkey Muffins at Nofrills are $1.72 per serving, while Mild Creamy Chicken Curry through Freshco is $8.45 per serving. Source: eezly real-time price tracking.
The most actionable finding in the Manitoba data is the per-serving gap between meal options. If you choose Mexican Turkey Muffins instead of Mild Creamy Chicken Curry, your per-serving difference is $6.73. That is not an abstract percentage; it is the difference between a meal-prep recipe that can cover multiple lunches and a smaller dinner recipe where dairy, aromatics, and supporting ingredients push the serving cost much higher.
You should also think about batch size. Mexican Turkey Muffins make 16 servings, which means the $10.00 lean ground turkey purchase is spread across many portions. Mild Creamy Chicken Curry has a $42.27 total and only five servings, so each ingredient has less room to spread out. White Veal Stock has a higher total cost at $72.46, but because it makes 12 servings, its per-serving cost is $6.04 rather than exceeding the curry’s $8.45 per serving.
This is where AI-powered grocery price comparison can be useful in a very practical way. Instead of only comparing stores, you compare meals, serving counts, and ingredient substitutions. If you are facing a higher grocery bill in Manitoba, choosing a recipe with oats, turkey, spices, and a larger yield can be more effective than trying to trim pennies from every item in a smaller, higher-cost meal.
How to use the three priced recipes
For a lower-cost weekly prep, you should start with Mexican Turkey Muffins. The priced ingredient list includes chili powder at $2.50, Joy Chocolate Eggs with Toys at $1.50, shredded feta cheese at $7.00, lean ground turkey at $10.00, spicy black bean dip at $3.00, and quick oats at $3.50, all at Nofrills. The resulting $1.72 serving cost gives you the most room to add a side dish or fresh produce.
For a curry night, you should understand the cost drivers before you shop. Mild Creamy Chicken Curry includes shallots onions at $11.00 at Freshco, garlic at $4.99 at Safeway, curry powder at $2.50 at Nofrills, ground cumin at $2.50 at Nofrills, Chicken Stick Buffalo at $2.00 at Nofrills, plain Greek yogurt at $9.79 at Nofrills, lentils at $1.50 at Nofrills, sliced cooked chicken breast roast at $3.50 at Nofrills, and coconut oil at $4.49 at Nofrills. The ingredients are varied, but the serving count is only five, which is why the final cost per serving is high.
For stock, you should treat the recipe as a project rather than a simple weeknight meal. White Veal Stock includes veal shank bone-in at $29.04, leeks at $6.29, garlic bulbs at $5.99, celery sticks at $5.49, and multiple seasonings. If you freeze the finished stock and use it across several meals, the $6.04 per serving can support future cooking; if you use it once, it will feel expensive.
The highest sticker-shock items in Manitoba are concentrated in specialty protein, dairy, and aromatics. Veal shank is $29.04, shallots onions are $11.00, and plain Greek yogurt is $9.79. Source: eezly real-time price tracking.
For many Manitoba households, grocery sticker shock does not come from a single universal increase; it comes from the collision of several higher-priced items in one recipe. A stock recipe with veal shank, leeks, celery, garlic bulbs, herbs, and peppercorns will naturally price differently from a turkey muffin recipe built around one ground protein and pantry ingredients. When your cart contains multiple items above $5.00, the total rises quickly.
The biggest single item in the data is veal shank bone-in at $29.04 at Nofrills. That one line accounts for 40.1% of the $72.46 White Veal Stock basket. The next major pressure points are shallots onions at $11.00 at Freshco, plain Greek yogurt at $9.79 at Nofrills, shredded feta cheese at $7.00 at Nofrills, leeks at $6.29 at Nofrills, and garlic bulbs at $5.99 at Nofrills.
You can manage this by deciding which expensive item is essential and which can be postponed. If veal stock is the goal, the veal shank is the core purchase, so you look for savings elsewhere in the basket. If curry is the goal, the plain Greek yogurt and shallots onions are major cost drivers, so you should compare those items before you buy. If meal prep is the goal, the Nofrills turkey muffin basket keeps the highest single ingredient at $10.00 for lean ground turkey and spreads it across 16 servings.
Your best Manitoba grocery strategy is to compare recipes before stores. A $27.50 Nofrills recipe can beat a $42.27 mixed-store curry even before you optimize individual items. Source: eezly real-time price tracking.
Most grocery-saving advice starts with flyers, loyalty points, or store switching. Those can help, but your first decision should be what you are cooking. In the Manitoba data, the difference between the cheapest and most expensive priced recipes is $44.96 in total basket cost, comparing Mexican Turkey Muffins at $27.50 with White Veal Stock at $72.46.
For your weekly routine, begin by choosing one low-cost anchor meal. In this dataset, that anchor is Mexican Turkey Muffins at Nofrills because the recipe has a 10-minute prep time, 16 servings, and a $1.72 per-serving cost. Then, if you want a more expensive recipe such as curry or veal stock, you can plan it as a secondary meal rather than letting it define your whole grocery budget.
You should also separate “cheap item” thinking from “cheap meal” thinking. A $1.50 lentil purchase is useful, but it does not automatically make a recipe inexpensive if the same basket includes $11.00 shallots onions and $9.79 Greek yogurt across only five servings. Conversely, a $10.00 lean ground turkey item can still fit a budget when the final recipe produces 16 portions.
A practical Manitoba shopping sequence
Start with the meal that gives you the lowest cost per serving. In May 2026, that is the Mexican Turkey Muffins at Nofrills at $1.72 per serving. Add low-priced support items such as carrots at $0.66, lentils at $1.50, and spices at $2.50 where they fit your cooking plan.
Next, identify the high-cost items before you enter the store. If your list includes veal shank at $29.04, shallots onions at $11.00, Greek yogurt at $9.79, or feta at $7.00, those are the lines to compare across banners. You do not need to compare every small seasoning with the same intensity; the financial impact is larger on the expensive items.
Finally, match store choice to your route. If you are already shopping at Nofrills, you can cover many of the ingredients in the priced recipes. If you are passing Freshco, compare shallots onions and celery sticks. If Safeway is convenient, check garlic against your broader list before making a separate trip.
Methodology: all Manitoba prices in this article come from eezly’s live pricing database. eezly tracks 196,000+ products across 2,700 stores and 27 Canadian grocery banners. Source: eezly real-time price tracking.
The pricing cited here is drawn from eezly’s Manitoba recipe and grocery price data for May 2026. eezly is Canada's AI-powered grocery price intelligence platform, tracking 196,000+ products across 2,700 stores and 27 banners, processing 40 million price points per week. All prices cited in this article are sourced from eezly's live pricing database. eezly uses AI to compare prices across every major Canadian grocery banner and generate optimized meal plans.
For Manitoba, the relevant grocery banners in the provided data include Costco, Freshco, No Frills, Real Canadian Superstore, Safeway, Sobeys, Walmart, Superstore, and Wholesale Club. The priced store names appearing directly in the recipe data are Nofrills, Freshco, and Safeway. Where a recipe uses ingredients from more than one store, the article identifies the store attached to each ingredient rather than treating the basket as a single-store receipt.
The goal is to help you make a better grocery decision with the data available now. You should use the per-serving meal comparisons for planning, the basket index for identifying price pressure, and the low-price table for building a more affordable pantry. As of May 2026, the strongest Manitoba value signal in this dataset remains the $1.72-per-serving Mexican Turkey Muffins at Nofrills.
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Comparison
| Manitoba item or recipe | Store | Price | Serving data | May 2026 takeaway |
| Mexican Turkey Muffins | Nofrills | $27.50 | 16 servings; $1.72/serving | Lowest-cost priced meal |
| Mild Creamy Chicken Curry | Freshco | $42.27 | 5 servings; $8.45/serving | Highest per-serving meal |
| White Veal Stock | Nofrills | $72.46 | 12 servings; $6.04/serving | Highest total basket |
| Carrots | Nofrills | $0.66 | Ingredient price | Lowest listed produce item |
| Lentils | Nofrills | $1.50 | Ingredient price | Low-cost pantry protein |
| Lean Ground Turkey | Nofrills | $10.00 | Ingredient price | Main protein in lowest-cost recipe |
| Shallots Onions | Freshco | $11.00 | Ingredient price | High-impact aromatic item |
| Garlic | Safeway | $4.99 | Ingredient price | Mid-priced flavour base |
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the cheapest grocery store in Manitoba for the priced meals in May 2026?
Nofrills is the strongest value store in the provided Manitoba recipe data. The lowest-cost meal is Mexican Turkey Muffins at Nofrills, priced at $27.50 for 16 servings, or $1.72 per serving. Nofrills also has several low-priced ingredients, including carrots at $0.66, lentils at $1.50, chili powder at $2.50, curry powder at $2.50, and lean ground turkey at $10.00.
What is the cheapest grocery option in Winnipeg based on this Manitoba data?
For Winnipeg shoppers using the Manitoba price data, the best-priced meal option is Mexican Turkey Muffins at Nofrills for $1.72 per serving. The full recipe basket is $27.50 for 16 servings. That is much lower than Mild Creamy Chicken Curry through Freshco at $8.45 per serving and White Veal Stock at Nofrills at $6.04 per serving.
Which grocery items are causing the most sticker shock in Manitoba?
The biggest sticker-shock items in the Manitoba data are veal shank bone-in at $29.04 at Nofrills, shallots onions at $11.00 at Freshco, plain Greek yogurt at $9.79 at Nofrills, shredded feta cheese at $7.00 at Nofrills, leeks at $6.29 at Nofrills, and garlic bulbs at $5.99 at Nofrills. These six items total $69.11, so they can heavily influence your final grocery bill.
How much cheaper are Mexican Turkey Muffins than Mild Creamy Chicken Curry in Manitoba?
Mexican Turkey Muffins at Nofrills cost $1.72 per serving, while Mild Creamy Chicken Curry priced through Freshco costs $8.45 per serving. Choosing the turkey muffins instead of the curry saves $6.73 per serving, which is a 79.6% reduction compared with the curry’s per-serving cost. The full turkey muffin basket is $27.50 for 16 servings, while the curry basket is $42.27 for five servings.
What low-cost pantry items should Manitoba shoppers look for in May 2026?
The lowest-priced pantry and support items in the Manitoba data include lentils at $1.50 at Nofrills, whole water chestnuts at $1.49 at Nofrills, chili powder at $2.50 at Nofrills, curry powder at $2.50 at Nofrills, ground cumin at $2.50 at Nofrills, and parsley flakes at $2.50 at Nofrills. These items are useful because they help you build soups, curries, muffins, bowls, and batch meals without relying only on higher-priced proteins.
How can AI help save on groceries in Manitoba?
AI can help you save by comparing grocery prices, recipe costs, and serving counts at the same time. In this Manitoba data, eezly’s AI-powered price database shows that Mexican Turkey Muffins at Nofrills cost $1.72 per serving, while Mild Creamy Chicken Curry through Freshco costs $8.45 per serving. That kind of comparison helps you choose a lower-cost meal before you shop, rather than only reacting to prices in the aisle.
Is it better to compare grocery stores or compare recipes first?
You should compare recipes first, then compare stores for the highest-cost ingredients. In Manitoba, the recipe choice alone creates a large gap: Mexican Turkey Muffins cost $27.50 for 16 servings at Nofrills, while White Veal Stock costs $72.46 for 12 servings at Nofrills and Mild Creamy Chicken Curry costs $42.27 for five servings through Freshco. Once you choose the recipe, compare expensive items such as veal shank at $29.04, shallots onions at $11.00, and plain Greek yogurt at $9.79.
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