Grocery Inflation

• Cost, not nutrition, now top concern for growing number of shoppers: report

  Almost half of Canadians are increasingly focusing on price instead of nutritional value when they go to the grocery store as food inflation remains sticky, new polling shows.

  Money

  Oct 4, 2023
  
• Tired of high grocery prices? What to expect as the Black Sea grain deal ends

  Inflation at the grocery store is more than three times the overall rate of inflation in Canada. Here's what global price pressures mean for your wallet in the months ahead.

  Money

  Jul 19, 2023
  
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• Growing your own food. Experts in Ontario weigh in on if it saves you money

  As food prices soar in Canada, Global News turned to Barrie, Ont., organizations to find out if starting a vegetable garden could help put fresh food on the table.

  Canada

  Apr 28, 2023
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• Why is your grocery bill so high? Canadians blame price gouging, survey finds

  A new survey shows that Canadians believe profiteering is the main reason food prices are higher, despite grocery store CEOs testifying otherwise.

  Canada

  Apr 4, 2023
• Sask. people to receive ‘grocery rebate’ from federal government

  As food prices soar, a tax rebate in the 2023 federal budget means an average family of four in Saskatchewan could receive $467, while an individual would be eligible for $234.

  Money

  Mar 28, 2023
• Metro reports higher profit and sales in first quarter amid soaring inflation

  On an adjusted basis, Metro says it earned $1.00 per diluted share, up from an adjusted profit of 88 cents per diluted share a year earlier.

  Canada

  Jan 24, 2023
• Many Manitobans resort to grocery theft as food prices out of reach: union president

  As inflation pushes grocery prices higher and higher, more people across Manitoba are resorting to theft, says the president of the union representing grocery workers.

  Crime

  Jan 18, 2023
• Saskatchewan grocery prices on the rise for 2023

  According to Sylvain Charlebois, the director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University, food prices are expected to rise five to seven per cent in 2023.

  Canada

  Jan 6, 2023
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• Sobeys parent Empire selling gas stations in Western Canada as profit climbs

  The Sobeys parent company announced the sale of the retail fuel sites to Canadian Mobility Services Ltd. on Thursday as it reported its latest quarterly earnings.

  Canada

  Dec 15, 2022
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• Lettuce crunch: spike in prices forces restaurants to ‘pivot’

  Wholesale distributors are saying that demand for iceberg and romaine lettuce is skyrocketing past the current supply and that prices are expecting to continue upwards.

  Consumer

  Nov 18, 2022