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Bulk buying, couponing and urban farming: 3 ways of fighting high food prices

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With food prices in Canada on the rise, some Canadians and community organizations say tactics to help cut the cost of their grocery bills are all the more essential.

Those tactics are being further tested by inflation, with food prices up 3.9 per cent from where it was a year ago.

Over the past 12 months, prices for meat products spiked by almost 10 per cent, with seafood, dairy, eggs also seeing significant increases. Edible oils and fats, like olive oil, canola oil and margarine, are up 18.5 per cent.

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  • Date

    Oct 23, 2021

  • By

    James Dunne

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