Food inflation dips into Super Bowl spreads

As food prices stay hot, the chicken wings, pizza, party subs and snacks for your Super Bowl spread will come with a heftier price tag this year, whether you're ordering in, going out, or cooking at home.

With December grocery prices up 11 per cent from a year earlier and higher interest rates eating into budgets, some businesses are preparing for a quieter Super Bowl Sunday.

Erin Gamelin, who owns Stout Irish Pub and Louis Cipher Brew Works in Toronto, said she won't be doing a Super Bowl menu or printing special tent cards for tables this year. 

With the impact of inflation and interest rates, customers are going out less and she isn't expecting the crowds she used to get, instead predicting people will make their own food at home.