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Podcast: Closer Look
Episode: Your grocery bill is going to keep climbing
Description: Don’t expect the new year to ring in lower grocery bills.The latest edition of Canada’s Food Price Report, produced annually by several universities, projects that an average family of four will pay close to $1,000 more for food in 2026 than this year — for a total bill of $17,571.79.The report pegs the rate of food inflation at somewhere between four and six per cent, with items such as meat, baked goods and vegetables seeing the biggest price jumps.What’s driving the ever-rising prices? What can shoppers do to find som...