Greater Toronto Area · free, no sign-up
The cheapest shelf isn’t the cheapest trip.
Other apps tell you the cheapest item. Shelfbee tells you the cheapest trip — shelf price plus the gas and time it’d cost you to get there. A 50¢ saving 25 km away never gets sold to you as a saving.
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How it works
Three steps, ten seconds.
Drop your postal code
The only input we ever require. Sign-in, dietary preferences, and retailer preferences are optional; the comparison works at minute zero.
Search the way you talk
“Pampers size 3,” “2L 2% milk,” “whatever’s cheap for breakfast.” Natural-language queries match canonical products across stores so you can compare apples to apples.
See what’s worth the trip
Results are ranked by real cost, with the cheapest store flagged on each product card. Build a shopping list and the trip planner finds the one- or two-stop route that minimises your total spend.
Why Shelfbee
Different question, different answer.
We’re not trying to be Flipp or Instacart. Each comparison app answers a different question; Shelfbee answers the one those don’t.
| Shelfbee | Flipp | Instacart | Retailer apps | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SKU-level price comparison across retailers | Within delivery range | |||
| Real-cost ranking (price + distance + time) | ||||
| Multi-store trip optimisation | ||||
| Flyer browsing | Own flyer only | |||
| Per-category retailer preferences | ||||
| Works without sign-up | ||||
| Free, ad-light | Ad-heavy | Delivery margin |
FAQ
Quick answers.
Do I need to sign up?
No. Search, real-cost ranking, and the shopping list work without an account. Signing up unlocks personalisation — retailer preferences, dietary stamps, watchlists, price-drop alerts — but the core comparison is always free.
How fresh are the prices?
Tracked stores are scraped every Friday after the Thursday flyer drop. When you search a specific item we also fire a live on-demand check against Loblaws-platform retailers in your radius, so the freshest available price surfaces. Each offer card shows its own last-refreshed timestamp.
Which retailers are covered?
Six tracked head-on: Walmart, No Frills, Food Basics, Shoppers, Costco, and Real Canadian Superstore — plus Loblaws, Fortinos, and Your Independent Grocer through the Loblaws-platform chain. Flipp flyer data folds in another ~20 retailers (Longos, Highland Farms, Dollarama, Sobeys, Metro, etc.) as supplementary live results.