Calgarians grapple with high food prices even as overall inflation rate slows
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Food prices continue to take a big bite out of household budgets, even as the overall cost of living goes down in Alberta and across the country.
Food prices continue to take a big bite out of household budgets, even as the overall cost of living goes down in Alberta and across the country.
Hilary Martin, who has two young sons, says discount days at the grocery store are crucial.
"Days like today at Save-On, where they have the $1.49, are really important even in this weather, to get out and buy what you can on sale because one grocery stop is $100 easy," she said.
According to Statistics Canada's latest inflation report, food prices went up 11.4 per cent in January, compared to a year ago.
Lettuce alone has gone up 35.3 per cent since last year. Meanwhile, fresh vegetables as a whole went up 14.7 per cent.
