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Canadian grocery receipt guides

Plain-English explanations of what is actually printed on Canadian grocery receipts, written from real receipts. No jargon left undecoded.

• How to read a Superstore or Loblaws receipt
  Department headers, quantity prefixes, Gross/Tare/Net weigh lines, deposits, member pricing and the footer date line.
• Superstore & Loblaws tax codes explained (H, MRJ, HMRJ)
  What the letter clusters after each price mean, and how to check the HST math yourself.
• How to read a Walmart Canada receipt
  The ST#/OP#/TE#/TR# header, tax letters like D, J and Z, repeated item lines, and the month-first dates.
• Walmart Canada receipt tax codes explained (D, J, A, Z, Y, G, H)
  Why kids' clothing is taxed at 5%, why one tax line covers several letters, and why H is not the HST marker at Walmart.
• How to read a Costco receipt
  TPD discount lines, the Bottom of Basket banner, item numbers vs barcodes, and the item count door checkers verify.
• Costco receipt tax codes explained (H, G)
  Why most items carry no letter, and how the P HST and G GST footer lines reconcile against the flags.
• Grocery receipt discounts and deposit math explained
  Multi-buy deals, member pricing, YOU SAVED vs YOUR DISCOUNT, deposits and eco fees, plus a full receipt reconciled to the cent.
• Weighed items on grocery receipts (kg prices, Gross, Tare, Net)
  What Gross, Tare and Net mean, per-pound shelf tags vs per-kg receipts, MAN WT, and the rounding.
• Bottle deposits and eco fees by province
  Deposit and refund amounts across Canada, the half-back systems, and the fees that never come back.