Strawberries 1LB at Provigo $2.00: Montreal Meal Plan

According to eezly's real-time tracking of 196,000 products across 2,700 Canadian grocery stores, Strawberries 1LB at Provigo $2.00 anchors a $50.60 Montreal, Quebec meal plan as of May 2026. For this weekly meal plan in Montreal, your priced grocery basket combines a $25.76 core basket with $24.84 in produce add-ons from Provigo and IGA, including Strawberries 1LB — $2.00 at Provigo, Orange Seedless 8lbs — $8.00 at IGA, Green Leaf Lettuce 1 Count — $2.99 at IGA, and Lemon — $0.88 at Provigo. If you are shopping near downtown Montreal, the local stores to check include Provigo 1275 at 1275, IGA Marché Verreault et Normandeau at 5 Place Desjardins, IGA Duke at 315 Boul. Robert-Bourassa, Metro Plus De la Montagne at 1230 Rue Notre-Dame Ouest, Super C at 2035 rue Atateken, and Maxi at 50.

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Introduction: Montreal weekly grocery budget for May 2026

The priced Montreal meal plan comes to $50.60 for the week. The supporting grocery data includes a $25.76 core basket and $24.84 in selected fruit and vegetable deals from Provigo and IGA. Source: eezly real-time price tracking.

This guide is designed for you if you are searching for a meal plan Montreal shoppers can actually use with local store pricing. The plan is built around simple breakfasts, packed lunches, and low-cost dinners using 2% milk, sliced white bread, plant-based butter, cooked chicken breast roast, medium ground beef, apples, bananas, strawberries, oranges, lettuce, tomatoes, lemon, honeydew, and avocado. For a household of four, the priced portion works out to about $1.81 per person per day before pantry items such as rice, pasta, oats, lentils, spices, oil, coffee, or condiments you may already have at home.

The cheapest approach for this plan in Montreal is not a single-store shop. Your lowest priced route uses Provigo for the $2.00 Strawberries 1LB and $0.88 Lemon, while IGA carries the selected $8.00 Orange Seedless 8lbs, $2.99 Green Leaf Lettuce, $3.99 Tomatoes Medley Pint, $4.99 Honeydew Melon, and $1.99 Organic Hass Avocado. If you want to keep travel simple, you can start at Provigo 1275, then use nearby downtown IGA options such as IGA Marché Verreault et Normandeau at 5 Place Desjardins or IGA Duke at 315 Boul. Robert-Bourassa.

For Montreal readers comparing Quebec banners, the practical takeaway is that Provigo offers the lowest listed strawberry price in this dataset, while IGA supplies most of the produce volume for this meal plan. Provigo offers Strawberries 1LB at $2.00, while IGA lists Strawberries 454 g at $3.49 and Strawberries 2LB at $4.99; for this plan, the Provigo 1 lb package is the lowest-priced strawberry option by package price. That makes Provigo the strongest stop for fruit snacks, while IGA is the strongest stop for oranges, lettuce, tomatoes, melon, and avocado in the selected grocery list.

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Weekly Meal Plan for Montreal: 7 days of cheap meals

This Montreal weekly meal plan uses a $50.60 priced grocery list anchored by a $25.76 core basket and seven produce add-ons from Provigo and IGA. You use the same ingredients across multiple meals to reduce waste and keep your weekly grocery budget predictable. Source: eezly real-time price tracking.

Day 1: simple start with toast, fruit, and sandwiches

For breakfast, you can use sliced white bread with plant-based butter, a glass of 2% milk, and strawberries from the $2.00 Provigo package. This gives you a low-prep meal that uses the most perishable fruit early in the week. If you are feeding children before school or adults before commuting, you can add banana slices from the core basket to stretch the strawberries across more servings.

For lunch, use the Zabiha Halal sliced cooked chicken breast roast with white bread and green leaf lettuce from IGA. The lettuce is priced at $2.99, and using it in sandwiches first helps you get value before the leaves soften. Dinner can be a ground beef skillet using medium ground beef, tomatoes medley, and pantry rice or pasta if you keep those staples at home.

Day 2: repeatable breakfast and a ground beef dinner

For breakfast, you can repeat toast, butter, milk, and fruit, using oranges from the Orange Seedless 8lbs — $8.00 at IGA. The 8 lb orange bag is the main fruit-volume purchase in this cheap grocery list Montreal plan, and it helps you avoid relying only on smaller berry packages. Your lunch can be chicken sandwiches with lettuce and a lemon-dressed tomato side.

For dinner, use the medium ground beef with pantry potatoes, rice, pasta, or canned beans. Add chopped tomatoes from the $3.99 Tomatoes Medley Pint at IGA and a squeeze of the $0.88 Provigo lemon. If you prefer a lighter plate, serve the beef over lettuce as a quick taco-style bowl with avocado slices from the $1.99 Organic Hass Avocado at IGA.

Day 3: fruit-forward breakfast and leftover lunch

For breakfast, use 2% milk with bananas and toast. If you have oats or cereal in your pantry, the milk and banana combination can turn into a more filling breakfast without adding much to your May 2026 Montreal grocery spend. You can also use sliced apple from the core basket as a side.

For lunch, pack leftovers from the beef dinner with lettuce and tomatoes. The purpose of this meal plan Montreal guide is not to create seven unrelated recipes; it is to make each grocery item work more than once. For dinner, make chicken toast plates or open-faced chicken melts using sliced bread, butter, chicken breast roast, lettuce, and tomato.

Day 4: use the melon and keep lunches cold

For breakfast, cut the $4.99 Honeydew Melon from IGA and serve it with toast and milk. Honeydew is useful in a weekly meal plan because it creates several servings from one purchase, and the IGA price is $2.00 below the listed regular price of $6.99. That is a 28.6% savings on the melon line in this plan.

For lunch, make chicken lettuce sandwiches again, adding tomato and avocado if you still have some left. Dinner can use the remaining ground beef in a pasta sauce, rice bowl, or skillet hash. Your pantry choice will determine the final shape of the meal, but the priced Montreal groceries provide the protein, produce, and bread base.

Day 5: stretch fruit across snacks

For breakfast, use oranges and toast with plant-based butter. The IGA Orange Seedless 8lbs bag at $8.00 is one of the most important value items in this plan because it creates repeated snacks across the week. If you are packing school lunches, oranges are also easier to portion than cut melon or berries.

For lunch, use leftover chicken breast roast in sandwiches or lettuce wraps. For dinner, make a tomato and beef skillet or a chicken-and-tomato sandwich plate depending on which protein remains. The $3.99 Tomatoes Medley Pint is flexible enough for both hot and cold meals, which is why it belongs in a cheap grocery list Montreal shoppers can repeat.

Day 6: low-prep weekend meals

For breakfast, finish the berries, bananas, or apples with milk and toast. If strawberries are already gone, use oranges or honeydew to keep the breakfast fruit component intact. You do not need a new purchase every day; the plan works because the same base ingredients appear in several formats.

For lunch, make a simple fruit-and-sandwich plate with chicken, lettuce, tomato, and bread. Dinner can be a pantry-assisted ground beef meal with lemon and tomato. If you have frozen vegetables, canned corn, or dried lentils at home, this is the day to add them because the fresh produce purchases have already carried most of the week.

Day 7: finish perishables and reduce waste

For breakfast, use any remaining milk, toast, bananas, apples, oranges, or melon. By the seventh day, your goal is to finish open produce rather than start new items. This keeps your weekly grocery budget in Montreal closer to the $50.60 priced plan instead of creating a second midweek shop.

For lunch, combine remaining lettuce, tomato, chicken, and avocado into sandwiches, wraps if you have them, or salad plates. Dinner should use whatever protein remains, with fruit served as dessert. This final day matters because a low-cost meal plan only works if you actually use the ingredients you purchased at Provigo and IGA.

Complete Grocery List with Montreal Prices

The complete priced grocery list for this Montreal meal plan totals $50.60, made up of a $25.76 core basket and $24.84 in selected produce deals. The produce portion has a listed regular value of $34.42, so the selected produce add-ons save $9.58 before tax where applicable. Source: eezly real-time price tracking.

The core basket contains the foundation items for the week: 2% Milk, Zabiha Halal Sliced Cooked Chicken Breast Roast 200 g, Medium Ground Beef, Selection Sliced White Bread 675 g, Becel Plant Based Butter With Olive Oil Salted 454 g, Fuji Apples, and Bananas 1 Bunch. The available basket total is $25.76. You then add the Montreal produce prices from Provigo and IGA to make the plan more practical for breakfasts, lunches, dinners, and snacks.

For hyperlocal shopping, use Provigo 1275 for the lowest listed strawberry price and the $0.88 lemon. For IGA items, nearby downtown options include IGA Marché Verreault et Normandeau at 5 Place Desjardins, IGA Duke at 315 Boul. Robert-Bourassa, and IGA Marché Verreault et Normandeau at 865 rue Sainte-Catherine Est. If you usually shop at Metro Plus De la Montagne, Super C Atateken, Maxi, Walmart, or Wholesale Club, this table still gives you a benchmark for what a cheap grocery list in Montreal looks like in May 2026.

| Grocery item for the Montreal meal plan | Store or banner | Local Montreal store to check | Sale price | Regular price | Savings |

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

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Top Montreal Grocery Deals to Build Around

The strongest listed Montreal deal by percentage savings is Organic Clementine 907 g at IGA for $3.99, down from $9.99, a 60.1% reduction. For the actual weekly meal plan, the most useful deal is Strawberries 1LB at Provigo for $2.00 because it fits directly into breakfasts and packed lunches. Source: eezly real-time price tracking.

Top deals are not always the same as best meal-plan items. A large fruit case or premium berry package may have an excellent discount but still not fit your week if you cannot finish it. For this Montreal plan, you should prioritize items that solve multiple meals: strawberries for breakfast, oranges for snacks, lettuce and tomatoes for lunches, lemon for seasoning, honeydew for fruit servings, and avocado for sandwiches or bowls.

The following table gives you a broader view of May 2026 deals in Montreal. You can use it to adapt the plan if your household prefers clementines, raspberries, mangoes, or organic oranges instead of the base fruit choices.

| Deal | Store | Sale price | Regular price | Savings | Savings % |

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

Substitutions to Save Even More in Montreal

You can adapt this Montreal meal plan without changing the $50.60 framework by substituting sale fruit from the same Provigo and IGA price set. The best swaps are clementines at $3.99, black plums at $0.55, Honeycrisp apples at $1.32, or strawberries 2LB at $4.99 if your household needs more fruit. Source: eezly real-time price tracking.

If you want to lower the produce portion below the selected $24.84, replace the $4.99 Honeydew Melon with smaller fruit add-ons such as $0.55 Black Plums at Provigo or $1.32 Honeycrisp Apples at Provigo. You should make that substitution if you are feeding one or two people and worry that a whole melon will not be finished. Food waste can erase the benefit of a good sale price, so the right deal is the one your household will actually eat.

If you have a larger family, the better substitution may be to increase volume rather than reduce the ticket. IGA lists Strawberries 2LB at $4.99, down from $9.99, which gives you more berry volume than the $2.00 Provigo 1 lb pack. The Provigo pack is still the lowest package price, but the IGA 2 lb option may fit your weekly meal plan better if strawberries are used for breakfasts, school lunches, and snacks.

If you prefer citrus, IGA has several options that can replace or supplement the $8.00 Orange Seedless 8lbs bag. Organic Clementine 907 g is $3.99, down from $9.99, and Organic Oranges 1.36 kg are $4.99, down from $11.99. You would choose these if smaller packages fit your storage space better, although the 8 lb orange bag remains the main fruit-volume choice in the base plan.

If you are building cheap meals in Montreal around lunches rather than breakfasts, keep the lettuce, tomatoes, lemon, and avocado in the basket. Those four items cost $9.85 together: $2.99 for lettuce, $3.99 for tomatoes, $0.88 for lemon, and $1.99 for avocado. They turn bread and cooked chicken breast roast into sandwiches or salad plates, which helps you avoid buying a separate lunch downtown.

How to Shop This Meal Plan Near Downtown Montreal

Your most efficient Montreal shopping route starts with Provigo for the $2.00 strawberries and $0.88 lemon, then moves to IGA for the $8.00 oranges and other produce. The nearby store list includes Provigo 1275, IGA Marché Verreault et Normandeau at 5 Place Desjardins, IGA Duke at 315 Boul. Robert-Bourassa, Metro Plus De la Montagne, Super C Atateken, Costco Montreal, and Maxi 50. Source: eezly real-time price tracking.

If you live or work around downtown, Place Desjardins is a practical IGA stop for the larger produce items. The IGA Marché Verreault et Normandeau location at 5 Place Desjardins is listed 0.7 km from the city reference point in the data, while IGA Duke at 315 Boul. Robert-Bourassa is listed 0.9 km away. Metro Plus De la Montagne at 1230 Rue Notre-Dame Ouest is another central option to check if you are already shopping around Griffintown or the western edge of downtown.

If you are closer to the Village or Centre-Sud, Super C at 2035 rue Atateken is listed 2.1 km away, and Metro Marché Dorion at 1955 Rue Sainte-Catherine Est is listed 2.7 km away. If you are near Atwater, Super C at 147 Avenue Atwater and IGA Atwater at 1500 rue Atwater are practical alternatives. The plan’s exact priced deals are from Provigo and IGA, but knowing nearby Metro Plus, Super C, Maxi, Costco, Walmart, and Wholesale Club locations gives you a broader comparison route for your usual weekly grocery budget Montreal shop.

The simplest workflow is to write your list in two groups. Your Provigo group is strawberries and lemon, with optional black plums or Honeycrisp apples if you want extra fruit. Your IGA group is oranges, lettuce, tomatoes, honeydew, and avocado, with optional clementines, raspberries, mangoes, or organic oranges if you are adjusting the plan.

Internal linking opportunities

If you are publishing this as part of a larger Canadian grocery savings hub, this Montreal guide should connect to related Quebec and meal-planning resources. Internal links help readers compare nearby cities, understand store differences, and build cheaper weekly baskets over time.

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• Montreal grocery price comparison by banner
• Quebec weekly grocery budget guide
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• Provigo vs IGA price comparison in Montreal
• How AI grocery price comparison works in Canada

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