food prices, a new national survey has found.According to the Angus Reid Institute, 46 per cent of Canadian consumers are switching to cheaper brands at the grocery store, one-third are cutting back on meat, and one in five are buying less fresh fruit and fewer vegetables.Sixty-two per cent of survey respondents also reported eating out less and a quarter said they’re drinking less alcohol.
Milk prices soar across Canada as record price increases for farmers kick in The Angus Reid Institute polled a randomized sample of 5,002 Canadian adults across the country between Jan.
7 and 12, and 1,622 people in a second online survey between Feb. 11 and 13.The institute notes that inflation and Canada’s supply chain management system are both contributing to sticker shock at the checkout.Last month, Canadian inflation surpassed five per cent for the first time since September 1991, according to Statistics Canada.