Fewer meals out, more unhealthy choices: A poll looks at how inflation is impacting eating habits in B.C.
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Cutting back on dining out, limiting trips to the coffee shop and choosing cheaper, less healthy options are some of the ways a new survey finds that British Columbians are changing their eating habits amid rising food costs.
Cutting back on dining out, limiting trips to the coffee shop and choosing cheaper, less healthy options are some of the ways a new survey finds that British Columbians are changing their eating habits amid rising food costs.
The poll, conducted by Research Co., found that the overwhelming majority of those asked reported having adjusted their spending on food over the last two months. The results, released Wednesday, found just 14 per cent of people said they have made no changes.
"We have a lot of people who say, 'I'm not going to the coffee shop as often as I used to, I'm not buying lunch on a weekday, I'm not going out to dinner on a weekend,'" pollster Maria Canseco told CTV News.
Looking at the numbers, 56 per cent said they were foregoing trips to a café, 61 per cent have cut back on lunches out, and 64 per cent have limited weekend visits to restaurants. The majority cited an increase in the cost of eating out as the reason for this change.
But rising bills at the grocery store were also something reported by four out of five respondents, and Canseco said that's impacting what people throughout the province are choosing to purchase and consume.
"We have a third of B.C. residents who say, 'My diet is not healthy.' And the number one reason for that is, 61 per cent tell us that that they can't afford to be more careful when it comes to their own nourishment," he said.
"The prices are just too high for us to be as observant about nutrition as we used to."
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