Last month, Canada's inflation rate climbed to 3.7 per cent, its highest point in a decade. While overall food prices only increased by 1.7 per cent, specific items in that category saw higher jumps: meat prices climbed by 3.1 per cent, while dairy rose by 3.5. Zeid said he doesn't think the costs of food at his five stores have risen enough to catch most people's attention just yet. Almost all of Harvest Manitoba's clients — 90 per cent of those surveyed — said they've had to make compromises when grocery shopping because of rising food prices. "What kind of institutional system of change do we need to sort of eliminate that need in the first place?"

Source: CBC News August 29, 2021 11:00 UTC