Grocery store sticker shock hits consumers as drought takes toll on crops

Canadians have started to pay more for groceries as severe drought drives up prices for agricultural commodities, and experts say more price hikes are likely this fall.

At the Bon Ton Meat Market in Calgary, owner Greg Keller said the spike in retail beef prices over the last two months has been "unbelievable."

"Some items have increased 10 to 15 per cent, some items have increased 20 per cent," Keller said. "I've never seen such volatile markets, and I've been doing this a long time."

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