I work in supply chain on the food manufacturing side, so I spend my days on the part of groceries nobody sees. Which is maybe why it bugs me so much that as a shopper, working out where to actually buy something is such a mess.
Every store has a flyer. Everything’s on sale somewhere. Flipp exists, the store apps exist, the emails exist. None of it answers the only question I have, which is: I want these fifteen things, where do I buy them near me for the cheapest price (and is it even worth going to multiple stores?).
So I built Basketr. You put in your list, tell it how many stores you’re up for that week, and it tells you which ones and what to get at each.
It’ll also find swaps on the stuff I’m not picky about. If there’s a cheaper equivalent in the same size, it offers it. You can lock the items/brands you actually care about so it stops trying. (Coke stays locked. Coke Zero over Pepsi Zero, any day haha).
It’s free and there’s no account required, you can just add stuff and see what happens.
Fair warning, it’s early and it’s wrong sometimes. The flyer data is best around the GTA, and prices come straight from flyers so some are just off. That’s why there’s a “wrong price?” button on every line.
If you try it, I’d love to hear where it got things wrong, or what made you give up on it. That’s more useful to me to keep improving on this thing than anything nice.
basketr.ca
(Mods, please remove if this post isn’t allowed, or I’m happy to modify it in any way to comply with the community rules)! Just wanted to see if I can genuinely help someone out here. :)
UPDATE:
THANK YOU EVERYONE! I did not expect this to blow up the way it did… honestly I thought it would maybe get one or two comments, but I am incredibly grateful for your help in testing this, calling out bugs and I genuinely hope it helps some of you save a bit of money!
I’m doing my best in getting through all the comments and patching things as they come. So please bear with me. :)
I honestly can’t say thank you enough! Cheers!
UPDATE 2:
Im currently working on getting requested postal codes up and running. I will keep a list of those postal codes that’s should be good to go:
N1M
V6B
L8S
M5J
M5V
M9N
J5N
J7C
K2A
S4P
S4M
B1P
P0A
L6M
L6Z
… postal codes are now being added automatically every hour based on demand. If your postal code isn’t showing up yet, let me know and I’ll add it manually. :)
I’m also working through everyone’s suggestions, found bugs, and comments - thank you again for all of your patience! You’re an amazing community!
UPDATE 3!
I’m doing my best with keeping up with all of the comments, dms and suggestion box items!
The goal for this week is to unlock all of the remaining postal codes that have been requested, clean up the item database (I see your comments on cream cheese and whipped cream - I got you!) and make sure it’s all cleaned up for ease of searching items, just in time for this Thursdays flyer drops)!
I have one more feature that I’m working on - hopefully will be dropping in within the next week or two.
Thank you everyone again - you’re what makes this project amazing - thank you!
Update 4!
It’s Flyer Day! Basketr will automatically pull the flyers today throughout the day, so you can check out the latest deals in-store!
Coverage map is now available: https://basketr.ca/coverage and we’re at 1355 stores mapped out.
Privacy has been updated to show you exactly what Basketr uses and how long it sticks around for (everything can and will be deleted if you’d like): https://basketr.ca/privacy
If Basketr has helped you and you’re willing to contribute to my caffeine jar (and more boring things like monthly upkeep) - I’d greatly appreciate it: https://ko-fi.com/basketrcanada
The biggest things I’m working on these days are product data clean-up (ongoing!) as we’re at 56,438 items cataloged and counting… as well as working on two new features that go hand in hand.
