Here's how prices of Halloween candy at Bulk Barn compare to Costco, Walmart and Loblaws
Some of the price differences are more than $10!
You can get Halloween candy at grocery stores like Costco, Walmart and Loblaws now, but you might not know you can get the same mini treats at Bulk Barn all year.
Whether you're buying candy and chocolate for yourself or getting snacks for a Halloween party, the prices of these items can decide where you shop.
Narcity went shopping to find out whether Halloween packs at grocery stores like Costco, Walmart and Loblaws are cheaper than choosing your own amounts at Bulk Barn.
We found similar chocolate, candy and chips at each store, including a few Kirkland Signature items at Costco, and checked prices.
Since you choose your own quantities at Bulk Barn, every product is priced by 100 grams. So, Narcity also broke down the price tags at Costco, Walmart and Loblaws into "price per" costs.
Here's a price comparison of the Halloween candy, chocolate and chips you can get at these retailers.
KitKat, Aero and Smarties
KitKat and Aero at Bulk Barn. Centre: Smarties at Bulk Barn. Right: Coffee Crisp, KitKat, Aero and Smarties at Walmart.
It costs $3.83 per 100 grams for mini KitKat, $2.36 per 100 grams for mini Aero and $2.80 per 100 grams for Smarties at Bulk Barn.
It costs $15.97 for a 977-gram box of treat-sized KitKat, Aero, Coffee Crisp and Smarties at Walmart, which is $1.63 per 100 grams.
It costs $24 for a 977-gram box of treat-sized KitKat, Aero, Coffee Crisp and Smarties at Loblaws, which breaks down to $2.45 per 100 grams.
If you buy 300 grams of each chocolate at Bulk Barn so it's similar to the quantities at Walmart and Loblaws, the cost is more than $26, and there are no mini Coffee Crisp bars.
That's a price difference of more than $10 compared to Walmart and $2 compared to Loblaws.
Reese's Pieces, peanut butter cups and Thins
Reese's Pieces at Bulk Barn. Centre: Reese's mini peanut butter cups at Bulk Barn. Right: Reese's Pieces, Reese's peanut butter cups and Reese's Thins at Loblaws.
Bulk Barn has Reese's Pieces for $3.02 per 100 grams, Reese's mini peanut butter cups for $2.89 per 100 grams and Reese's Thins for $3.44 per 100 grams.
Loblaws has a 909-gram bag of Reese's Pieces, Reese's peanut butter cups and Reese's Thins for $20, which works out to $2.20 per 100 grams.
If you get 300 grams of each Reese's chocolate at Bulk Barn to match the quantity of the Loblaws product, it costs just over $28. That means you pay $8 less at Loblaws.
Assorted candies
Gummy bears at Bulk Barn. Centre: Rockets at Bulk Barn. Right: Kirkland Signature Funhouse Treats candy at Costco.
Costco has a bag of Kirkland Signature Funhouse Treats with Chupa Chups, Rockets, Dare Realfruit, Dare Realfruit Sours, Skittles, Starburst, Haribo Bears and Airheads.
Bulk Barn has gummy bears, Rockets and Skittles.
It costs $1.57 per 100 grams for gummy bears, $2.26 per 100 grams for Rockets, and $3.22 per 100 grams for Skittles.
A two-kilogram bag of the Kirkland Signature assorted candies costs $24.99, which works out to $1.24 per 100 grams.
The assorted bag at Costco gets you more types of candy, and the total "price per" cost is less than each individual "price per" cost at Bulk Barn.
Twix, Snickers and peanut M&M's
Twix and Snickers at Bulk Barn. Centre: Peanut M&M's at Bulk Barn. Right: Mars, Twix, Snickers and peanut M&M's at Costco.
You can get peanut M&M's for $2.14 per 100 grams, mini Snickers for $3.90 per 100 grams and mini Twix for $3.90 per 100 grams at Bulk Barn.
It costs $23.99 for a 1.48-kilogram box of mini peanut M&M's, Snickers and Twix bars at Costco, which works out to $1.62 per 100 grams.
At Walmart, it costs $14.97 for a one-kilogram box of mini peanut M&M's, Snickers and Twix bars, which breaks down to $1.49 per 100 grams.
If you get 500 grams of each chocolate at Bulk Barn to match the quantity of the box at Costco, it costs more than $49, and there are no mini Mars bars. You pay $25 less for the Costco product.
If you buy 300 grams of the chocolates at Bulk Barn to get the same amount as the box at Walmart, it costs over $29. That's a price difference of more than $14.
Jolly Rancher gummies and licorice
Jolly Rancher gummies at Bulk Barn. Centre: Cherry licorice at Bulk Barn. Right: Jolly Rancher gummies and Twizzlers at Loblaws.
At Bulk Barn, it costs $2.05 per 100 grams for Jolly Rancher two-in-one gummies and $1.99 per 100 grams for cherry licorice.
It costs $20 for a 1.02-kilogram bag of Jolly Rancher two-in-one gummies, cherry Twizzlers and strawberry Twizzlers at Loblaws, which breaks down to $1.96 per 100 grams.
A 1.02-kilogram bag of Jolly Rancher two-in-one gummies, cherry Twizzlers and strawberry Twizzlers costs $12.97 at Walmart, which is $1.27 per 100 grams.
If you get 500 grams of both candies at Bulk Barn to match the quantity of the bags at Loblaws and Walmart, it costs just over $20.
So, the bag at Loblaws is only cheaper by a few cents, but the bag at Walmart is cheaper by more than $7.
Cheese puffs
Cheese puffs at Bulk Barn. Centre: Cheetos puffs at Walmart. Right: Cheetos puffs at Loblaws.
It costs $1.69 per 100 grams for cheese puff sticks at Bulk Barn.
It costs $12.97 for a 640-gram box with 40 snack-sized bags at Walmart, which works out to $2.02 per 100 grams.
It costs $12.99 for a 640-gram box with 40 snack-sized bags at Loblaws, which breaks down to $2.02 per 100 grams.
The "price per" cost for cheese puffs at Bulk Barn is lower than at Walmart and Loblaws, so you can get the same amount for less at the Canadian bulk retailer.
Assorted chocolates
Peanut butter cups at Bulk Barn. Centre: M&M's at Bulk Barn. Right: Kirkland Signature Treatsize Favourites chocolates at Costco.
Kirkland Signature Treatsize Favourites chocolates come with mini Reese's peanut butter cups, Oh Henry, M&M's, peanut M&M's, Snickers, Twix, and Hershey's Cookies 'n' Creme.
Bulk Barn has peanut butter cups, M&M's, peanut M&M's, mini Snickers, and mini Twix.
It costs $3.22 per 100 grams for peanut butter cups, $2.14 per 100 grams for M&M's, $2.14 per 100 grams for peanut M&M's, $3.90 per 100 grams for Snickers and $3.90 per 100 grams for Twix.
A two-kilogram bag of the Kirkland Signature assorted chocolates costs $29.99, which means you pay $1.49 per 100 grams.
The assorted bag at Costco gets you more chocolate, and the total "price per" cost is less than each of the individual "price per" costs at Bulk Barn.
Assisted living grant seeks to leverage community-level innovation
A pioneering way to deliver assisted living services could be percolating this minute in an Alberta outpost, the cabinet minister touting a new grant believes.
And a jolt of cash may be all that lies between that vision and better lives for more people in more places, said Nathan Neudorf, the minister of assisted living and social services.
"You never know where a great idea can come up," Neudorf said, as he explained the reasoning behind the $200-million Assisted Living Innovation Grant Program.
An approach developed in a small community could be “a really great idea and it’s working really well,” he said. “Can we replicate that across the province? That’s what we’re looking to do.”
Eligible businesses or groups need to gather their thoughts and materials soon to apply.
The deadline is 4 p.m. on Nov. 6 for proposals under an initial tranche of $50 million. Single-year projects will be considered for between $50,000 and $2 million, multi-year ones of up to three years for between $250,000 and $5 million.
Explained Neudorf: “What we need is a really good idea with some applicable information. Where is it going to be applied? How is it going to be applied? Why are you asking for the amount of money you're asking for?”
But he noted that proposals “can't be completely out of left field” and must be channeled through eligible organizations.
“Show us you can do it. We will evaluate it,” said Neudorf, who represents Lethbridge-East under the UCP banner. ”We think there are a lot of ideas out there.”
An information webinar happens this coming Tuesday, Oct. 27, from 2 to 3 p.m. And questions will be taken until 4 p.m. on Nov. 4.
Eligible projects might use technology like virtual and remote support services to help Albertans stay independent within their homes, the province suggests.
Novel approaches for supporting continuing care workers are fair game. So are community-based services that help support those receiving and giving care.
The program will also fund research into new approaches to improve care in ways that will work elsewhere, the government said in announcing the grant earlier this month.
A successful proposal “can look like a number of things, but at the end of the day, it's about Albertans having a better life for longer, wherever that might be for them,” said the minister.
Eligible organizations include non-profit, community and in certain cases for-profit groups involved in continuing, home and community care. Indigenous communities and organizations in Alberta, along with Alberta municipalities, are eligible.
Post-secondary and research institutions can make proposals that tap into the grant, too.
For-profit groups need to demonstrate innovation, education, system improvement or evidence generation in their proposals. Proposed spending must go beyond routine business.
Even if the province doesn’t get its money back in eventual savings, the program could prove successful, Neudorf said. The win would be that more Albertans who need care — many of them in the province’s ballooning contingent of senior citizens — receive it where and when it’s needed.
For rural and remote Alberta, that often means keeping older generations close or within their home communities for longer. Everyone benefits when seniors are nearby, the minister said.
“If kids just have to go down the road to see their grandparents, that’s great. They might stop in literally every day after school instead of only on certain weekends when they can make the trek to the big city,” Neudorf said.
Seniors connect communities and young people to a shared past, he said, and often put their experience and knowledge to work as volunteers.
Assisted living keeps jobs and care in rural Alberta, and “keeps the heartbeat alive, which is families and organizations."
For more information, visit alberta.ca and search for the Assisted Living Innovation Grant Program.
Copyright 2026, The Macleod Gazette. All rights reserved.
George Lee, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Macleod Gazette.
Winnipeg police suspend use of Crime Stoppers after data breach
Winnipeg police say they've suspended the use of Crime Stoppers in light of a massive data breach of the crime-reporting system.
The pause comes after CBC reported that 1.5 million tips submitted to Canadian Crime Stoppers programs over the last 25 years were stolen earlier this year.
Winnipeg police say they have been made aware that some data related to the city was included in the breach.
They are reviewing the additional safeguards and security measures being implemented by Crime Stoppers.
Other police forces in Canada have also suspended use of the service, including several in the Toronto region.
Crime Stoppers is a community-based intermediary that allows people to anonymously report information about crimes to police.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 23, 2026.
Copyright 2026, The Canadian Press. All rights reserved.

Mon honnête expérience: j'ai mangé 100% vegan pendant une semaine
Il y a deux ans, après avoir visionné plusieurs documentaires (voir titres plus bas) relatant de la terrible vie des animaux d'élevage, j'ai complètement coupé la viande de mon assiette. J'ai commencé avec un défi d'un mois, et je ne suis jamais revenue à mes anciennes habitudes alimentaires.
Ce défi pourrait aussi t'intéresser: J'ai mangé comme cette star d'Instagram cette semaine et voici ce qui s'est passé.
Depuis que je suis pesco-végétarienne (je mange encore du poisson), je m'intéresse grandement au végétalisme. Après avoir visionné des centaines de vidéos YouTube sur le sujet et lu le livre Comment ne pas mourir, j'ai décidé de plonger et de vivre une semaine sans aucun produit animalier.
Voici ce qui s'est passé et ce que j'ai mangé:
Lundi & Mardi
Mon début de semaine s'est très bien déroulé: j'avais plus d'énergie que jamais! Mon alimentation n'était pas si différente que d'habitude puisque j'ai tendance à préférer des repas vegan pendant la semaine de toute façon.
J'ai bu un smoothie (protéines vegan, graines de chia, son d'avoine, framboises, lait d'amande, avocat, huile MCT) pour déjeuner, mangé des crudités en collation matinale, une salade de pois chiches, riz & pesto pour dîner, des noix en après-midi, puis un sauté de légumes et tofu pour souper.
Mardi soir, j'avais un pique-nique entre amies et j'ai simplement évité les salades de patates et de macaronis (contenant mayonnaise et oeufs) et les fromages. Après le souper, je suis la seule qui n'a souffert d'aucun problème digestif. Je me sentais rassasiée, mais aucunement pleine et lourde.
J'ai trouvé ça beaucoup plus simple que prévu, et contrairement à la pensée populaire, ce n'était pas difficile à gérer.
Mercredi & Jeudi
Mercredi après-midi, j'ai eu un gros coup de barre: je me suis sentie complètement épuisée. Je ne me suis pas trop inquiétée, parce que ça pouvait être lié à autre chose: j'ai recommencé à m'entraîner à peu près au même moment, j'étais dans ma semaine et hyper stressée par mes recherches d'appartement. J'ai fait attention pour manger assez (au moins 1800 calories), car les aliments végétaux sont souvent faibles en calories.
Jeudi, j'avais un 5 à 7 entre amis. C'est à ce moment que je me suis sentie en privation pour la première fois. Il y avait plusieurs bouchées, et je me suis abstenue de manger celles avec du poisson, alors que ça avait l'air délicieux. Nous sommes ensuite allés au resto et il n'y avait qu'une seule option vegan sur le menu.
Vendredi
J'ai passé la journée à penser à des sushis et à du fromage brie. Donc à l'heure du souper, j'ai non seulement mangé 8 sushis, mais beaucoup trop de fromage, et plusieurs pointes de pizza. YOLO.
Défi raté.
Expérience globale:
J'ai réalisé que le mode de vie sans viande est parfait pour moi, car je n'ai jamais été une fan de toute façon. Mais le fromage et le poisson vont toujours faire partie de mon assiette.
Je crois que les gens ont peur du véganisme, parce que ça semble restreignant. Je crois que ce qui l'est, c'est de se sentir "au régime'' et en privation. Nous devrions plutôt voir cela comme un mode de vie, et trouver un équilibre qui nous convient niveau valeurs, digestion et énergie.
Personnellement, le 80/20 fonctionne bien pour moi! Je mange du poisson et du fromage quelques fois par semaine, et le reste du temps, je remplis mon assiette de légumes et je trouve des façons originales et le fun de manger des légumineuses.
Honnêtement, je recommande de réduire la consommation de viandes et dérivés peu à peu, jusqu'à ce tu trouves un ratio qui te rend heureux et bien dans ton corps! Et bien entendu, de choisir des produits éthiques et de t'informer sur le rapport entre la santé et l'alimentation. Bien entendu, tu peux ben manger comme tu veux: aucun jugement, tout diffère d'une personne à l'autre.
Si tu manques d'inspiration et que tu penses que la bouffe vegan c'est juste du tofu et de la luzerne, je te recommande ces 2 chaînes YouTube: Tess Begg & thrivingonplants.
Documentaires intéressants sur le sujet sur Netflix Canada:
Food, inc.
That Sugar Film
Forks over Knifes
Hungry for Change
Fed Up
Vegucated
Food Matters
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