What’s going on with sky-high food prices? - The Fifth Estate

[@notkyraandmikayla]

It feels borderline dystopian to be watching this and settling with the fact that this could be the new “norm”. How am I living in a wealthy developed country and I worry about how I’m going to feed myself? An absolute failure of government and politicians, so much talk but what are we actually doing… I feel for my neighbours in the North, it feels tragic to watch this unfold.

[@rabymaidahsavage258]

Remember WE THE PEOPLE must look to ourselves to feed ourselves..I was raised near Smucker's Jam Company Orrville, Ohio. Just remember and ACT UPON WE THE PEOPLE, turn our yards into gardens instead of mowing. What do you think?

[@SternDikn]

@@rabymaidahsavage258My guy we are Canadian. You’re American “We the people” means nothing lol

[@Gypsyroselee1964]

@@rabymaidahsavage258That’s a great idea but maybe and there are lots of people that can’t do that

[@ufo_vid9694]

Remember, only ten percent for the big guy and five percent for Hunter's nostrils. Bidenomics.

[@intellectually_lazy]

@@rabymaidahsavage258 yards, lol, good one. i live in a subsidized 1 bedroom apartment and half the people i know are homeless

[@beer1for2break3fast4]

Having grocery executives helping government to implement new pricing rules is like a chicken farmer consulting with a fox over the security of his pens.

[@jimmyhenderson9761]

just leaving the coup door open with a sign foxes' enter here.

[@michaelandrews4783]

Private businesses should NOT have any influence with the government of the people.

[@michaeljjan6344]

Hey there, I identify as a fox. What you just said was very offensive to clever foxes such as myself and that you'd compare us foxes to grocery executives is down right insulting. Are you going to apologize for this comment???

[@BobbsVegine-eg3xz]

100% Foxts

[@damonroberts7372]

100% It's called "regulatory capture".

[@tarahartshorne4439]

I can’t believe that guy from North nurtrition “it’s up to consumers to make decisions as to whether costs are appropriate” how are consumers supposed to make informed choices about costs when there is only one grocery store in the community?

[@johnnygoodman2003]

Why is it everyone complaining about trudeau is living at home with their mom and unemployeed.

[@colleenlovesbolan]

@@johnnygoodman2003 You stoned? Trudeau is an absolute disaster! And no, the people who are complaining about him are hard working Canadians with brains.

[@micksylvestre2887]

@@johnnygoodman2003You have a hard time staying on track with this topic don't you? Blaming our PM when it's corporations doing it to their own consumers should be your immediate focus.

[@johnnygoodman2003]

@@micksylvestre2887 who said I talking about any specific topic?

[@markd9580]

@@johnnygoodman2003If you defend Trudeau, you’re part of the problem.

[@kaylat63]

This administration is putting many families in difficult situations. A lot of people are financially struggling to live, put a roof over their head and put food on the table. Things are getting worse these days, if you don't find means of multiplying your money you might wake up a day to realise you didn't plan well for yourself and family…

[@rougeur]

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[@face2lune]

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[@kaylat63]

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[@face2lune]

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[@kaylat63]

@@face2lune I get guidance from *Susan Tori Davis* Most likely, the internet should have her basic info..

[@prairieboypools]

I saw a video where a woman from Ontario was in South Carolina or somewhere down south and saw a bag of carrots which were grown in her neck of the woods back home selling for something like 79 cents. The same bag cost $6.99 or something at her local grocery store. So how does that make sense? Grown locally and sold for an arm and a leg. Shipped internationally and sold for peanuts. Clown world.

[@reejan8109]

Minimum wage in South Carolina is $7.25. In Ontario it is $16.50. Growers obviously aren't getting much if carrots can be bought, transported and sold for 0.79! Does no one ever see the connection between raising wages & prices going up? Raising minimum wage hasn't helped but for a short time, it would see.

[@elizabethabbott2982]

We should all move to the USA en mass!

[@EricBoulton26]

@@reejan8109I can get that same bag of carrots for 99 cents at most stores in New Jersey, where the minimum wage is now $15/hr. So no, minimum wage has nothing to do with rising prices.

[@Fenthule]

@@reejan8109 Your math isn't even close to mathing the way you think my guy. Why would being paid 2.3x as much make it cost 8.8x ?? If anything that's even MORE evidence of corporate greed and price gouging lmao

[@BobbsVegine-eg3xz]

​So I guess grocery stores should Triple their prices. While you get a dollar or 50 cent raise.

[@highwayhydroponics5823]

Thank you farmers for all your hard work.

[@MrToxx525]

Yeah, thanks you socialist farmer who gets a bunch of tax money!

[@glenncurley680]

@@BBSr-q2wWe own a 100 acres and lease it out to a corporate farming company. It's hard to get help to run the farm, so we gave up and let someone else worry about it. Sad!

[@KyaniMosaic_Crone]

Small farmers are non-existent anymore & big farming corporations work with Monsanto. Monsanto, the makers of Agent Orange & Round Up. Take a look at the rise of food allergies & Food Intolerance the world over & you will see a direct correlation to Monsanto entering & taking over the Agriculture & Dairy industries.

[@brian177]

​​@@glenncurley680You're a landowner. You are already better set than plenty of Canadians. Farmers like to say it's tough to make ends meet, but I have yet to meet a poor farmer.

[@86Corvus]

who do you think sells the food to these companies?

[@CatherineRogers-t2i]

Folks, I used to work for the food giant grocery chain, Safeway. The amount of waste, each and everyday, was absolutely astounding! Food rendered unsalabe was discarded 98% of the time, rather than marked down, or donated. We did have Salvation army pick up bread items, and baking that was over the due date, and that was the only food that as far as I knew, was put to good use. We need to use our common sense again, people are starving and going without eating. I know a lady who only eats every second day! I bet those CEO'S are not doing without!

[@5060northernmama]

If you know a lady who only eats every 2nd day, have her over for supper every 2nd day.

[@markymar4w]

Yes I agree with you. Lots of foods in the waste bin in the big grocery store so sad to see the goes to waste bin but people need them for their household 😢 please CEO don’t be so greedy 🥺

[@lisaeverhart7986]

This is due to politicians, not grocers.

[@Finness894]

Hello @@markymar4w . I can imagine the "Spin" that Main Stream Media would put on That! "Someone" would "take offence" to giving desperate people food from the Trash. Then "lawyers" would Sue and bankrupt the "Good Guy". Funny how this world works!

[@georgiafrancis9059]

neither are the people in DC

[@ishanchotaliya8904]

OMG, just a couple of cents in profit for farmers??? And 6 $ for a Brad loaf? That's just criminal

[@bigbri7519]

It's probably not true. You can't believe anything these days.

[@howlinwulf]

​@@bigbri7519the farmer who's family has had rhe same farm for 3 generations just told you the facts but it's a lie huh Shew dude just quit it.

[@Rachel-h3n]

Support the farmers, buy direct and make your own bread.

[@bigbri7519]

@@howlinwulf sure maybe but bread doesnt cost 6$ and theyre actors for the farm lobby. just cuz someone wears a white ladcoat to sell tooth paste doesnt mean theyre a dentist.

[@blueridgebuddy5933]

Even in the US it is the same. My dad was a farmer and he showed us what he made selling his crops VS what that product cost retail. Abysmal

[@kapilgangurde]

Controlling us with food prices is just inhuman 😢

[@IceLynne]

Elites are pure evil but it seems no one is willing to unalive them.

[@suzannarice8992]

And literally every aspect of life.......People just need to stop....

[@RichUniverse_]

What major institutions does CD support? 2 Cell companies 5 Banks 4 Grocery stores 3 life insurers 4 home builders 4 major realty companies That’s an Oligarchy system and there is no other definition Let’s think what might happen if the people redistributed their money

[@SamerA3737]

Whos cd my bad

[@IceLynne]

@@RichUniverse_ who is "CD"?

[@simpleblessings2024]

Folks, I used to work for the food giant grocery chain, Safeway. The amount of waste, each and everyday, was absolutely astounding! Food rendered unsalabe was discarded 98% of the time, rather than marked down, or donated. We did have Salvation army pick up bread items, and baking that was over the due date, and that was the only food that as far as I knew, was put to good use. We need to use our common sense again, people are starving and going without eating. I know a lady who only eats every second day! Reason being, she cannot afford to eat everyday and pay her bills too....And I bet those grocery store CEO'S are not doing without!

[@elizabethabbott2982]

Yes; just as I was thinking of; the waste is awful; I have never seen homeless like we see in Vancouver; more there than elsewhere as the winters are not quite as cold as elsewhere but it must be dreadful.

[@Givemeafinname]

And Safeway is the most expensive place to shop.

[@infiniLor]

Safeway - lol - way back in the 70s my dad was unable to get much work for a couple months and he took my brother and I to Safeway's big dumpster on certain nights of the week and we'd quietly pass stuff out to him and he'd fill the back of his truck with all sorts of perfectly good food that we'd feast on for the week. Sadly, it all came to an abrupt end one night when we were caught by an employee who randomly stepped out for a smoke. When we came back a week later, the whole area was caged up and locked. Unbelievable.

[@bigballz4u]

Eating every two days is intermittent fasting. She could be doing it for health reasons.

[@parentrap]

I have seen people being given mouldy breads from food banks!!

[@Astr0b0y8]

Who would have guessed giving subsidies right to retailers who's main goal is to be profitable wouldnt be handed down the line to consumers in good faith... couldnt have seen this coming... out of the blue

[@angelachanelhuang1651]

there is a law in america where high prices is illegal

[@JackieSmite]

this video has nothing to do with the US. @@angelachanelhuang1651

[@WildberryAB]

Exactly. It would be interesting to learn the genius behind presenting massive subsidies to retailers with even the slightest shred of confidence.

[@jacquesbeliveau2716]

What do you expect from politicians who provide subsidies directly to the dealership ....totally unrealistic....but real....the only thing politicians are Good for Is to come up with vague laws with no follow up for adjustments. Ask Trudeau he will tell you. Corruption is the key word.

[@kimgordon3695]

The system is going down with a hissing noise... Can you hear it

[@TroyQwert]

I have tears of happiness in my eyes just from realizing that someone truly cares about this. Thank you! This is the way!

[@Trev-h1j]

How else do the grocery ceos afford their life of luxury meanwhile food banks are running out of food, nobody can afford rent, the idea of buying a home is laughable. People need to get angry!

[@rps1689]

This is what happens when governments try to build an economy from the top down; it grows monopolies, sheds domestic manufacturing, devalues the earnings of the middle class and drains broad prosperity.

[@johnmacdonald3070]

Soo true!! Well said!!! Worked all my life, retired and almost homeless!!!

[@lr3361]

The CEO’s need to donate to the food banks themselves

[@rps1689]

@@lr3361 The loop holes and the accounting schemes and gimmicks that allow them to pay less taxes has to go.

[@lorrainec8190]

Those CEOs end up in a pine box to.

[@gloriaroyer5632]

Groceries are going up way more than 20%, when you consider how everything is shrinking. Shame on our government for allowing it and the grocery stores for gouging everyone. It's not just food It's every single thing.

[@Kronaphasia]

Carbon Tax.......vote Trudeau out or any party that wants to tax carbon. Food didn't start going up until the carbon tax came in.

[@Finness894]

Aren't you listening to your government .... inflation is Less than 3%. LOL Be a "good" Canadian ... shut up ... go to work ... Pay your Taxes! Same old thing everywhere.

[@sheilawade433]

Republicans rolled back consumer protections

[@philburt781]

Looks like most people think everything in a grocery store just magically appears on the shelf at no cost to anyone.

[@careymeaway2024]

the politicians caused the high prices..

[@jadedelarge8929]

What I could not believe and I was so infuriated was to find out that the PC Optimum Program (points from shopping at No Frills, Superstores and Shoppers) started to lower the points on my weekly offers. For example, I used to get 1800 points ($1.80) when I bought a rotisserie chicken or 600 points ($0.60) when I bought an organic salad. Now I only get 800 points and 300 points respectively, instead. Disgusting!! I wrote to the company and told them what I thought and that I would NEVER buy another chicken or salad from them again. I have a plethora of supermarkets in my city to go to instead. I VOTE WITH MY WALLET!! That's the only frigging power I have. Shame on these people. SHAME!!

[@christinew5473]

Anyone who uses the optimum card is a goof. I stopped using that card years ago. Anyone who uses it is feeding Loblaws/Shoppers intelligence (unique shopping behaviors) on how to rip you off in the future.

[@jadedelarge8929]

@@christinew5473 Live and learn🙄

[@brendabrinkmanpasichnyk3500]

Saudi owns Loblaws.

[@squatch545]

@@brendabrinkmanpasichnyk3500 Prove it.

[@DSSPOA]

it works when you have multiple choices/options, not always the case though…

[@alt755]

Sweden is a high tax and high cost of labour and everything else ,yet the cost of food is almost half price compare to Canada , the answer is less corporations greed ,les CEOs greed , less share holders nonsense and more Government control .

[@jessicad2282]

💯

[@TLA123y6f]

There's a reason Finland is considered the happiest country on earth. We need to merge the best of both systems. Democratic socialism.

[@howlinwulf]

Our government sold us out

[@stephey808]

How can more government control work ?! Especially when retailers pilfer subsidies?

[@dennisp8520]

Sweden is also significantly smaller in terms of geographic size and has significantly better infrastructure to transport food. The cost of transport is the area where cost is most sensitive. Especially when you start talking about refrigerated goods

[@chrislim7976]

Remember: These are people that colluded to fix bread prices. BREAD. Stay classy Weston family. 😂

[@brandonrequa4805]

Weston and Western Family Bread is no longer sold at our independent grocers in the US. I can go to the Franz Bakery and buy bread for $1.50. Last year I bought sourdough roll loafs for 99 cents. For every $10 purchased I got a free bread item and 1/5 of a punch card punched. With $50 spent, I can pick up 5 free bread items of the $1.50 rack. I wish Canada had Franz and Orowheat/Entemanns Bakery Outlets. You can save a fortune and provide your 82 year old single widowed neighbor with free loaves of bread 🍞 to spare 😊

[@chrislim7976]

Canada's situation doesn't promote true competition so it's often left with a few large players to serve it's relatively small population over large areas. Being next to the US doesn't help with inevitable comparisons.

[@elizabethsullivan7176]

He's hoping we've forgotten about this 🙄

[@18_rabbit]

yep, i'm a yank and that shocked me. Canuck's need to stand the fk up against this attitude!

[@chrislim7976]

@@18_rabbit Canada's small population and history of constitutional monarchy pretty much guarantees no real competition while we walk around acting smug eating donuts; we're the ones being treated like donuts.

[@linato1855]

I bought a package of yeast that prior to and during the pandemic I was paying $4.99 for. Today at the same big box store I paid $7.99. The pandemic seems to have given companies licence to price gouge everything with no consequences.

[@design2c436]

Switch to sourdough? Buy a grain mill and grind your own flour? Buy direct from farmers? This seems a global issue. With prices doubling in about 2 years where will we be in another 2 years?

[@darlingdear2687]

two words - carbon tax

[@Kronaphasia]

Carbon tax increased every year too.

[@stephey808]

💯 it gave government a reason to cut services too

[@gabwebsite]

This is a fantastic documentary. Journalists should now do their job and report this to the mainstream medias. We don't need distractions , we need afforable housing and food prices. That's the base of everyone's life

[@Dizzy123-p3t]

Well said.

[@kylequinn1963]

This is the complete opposite of fantastic and the opposite of a documentary. This is paid propaganda for the government. The fact that this is all about the "bad evil greedy CEOs" and had absolutely zero focus on the federal government's responsibility in all of this for their absolutely garbage policies says it all. Also the federal government funds the CBC, so that tells you everything you need to know.

[@bevneesam7994]

Same here in the uk.

[@TLA123y6f]

yes

[@RobertaFrase]

When you charge 5 dollars for a slice of pie. Or ten dollars for a salad!! Something is wrong.

[@argeldelacruz9545]

Doubling prices in a month should be illegal and someone needs to go to jail.

[@MathieuLLF]

Trudeau needs to go to jail for the carbon tax

[@politicalfoolishness7491]

The politicians.

[@vincentlussier8264]

I'll bet Trudeau gets kickbacks from the food companies to look the other way!

[@ufo_vid9694]

Keep sending money to other countries wars and funding open border policies.

[@ufo_vid9694]

​@@politicalfoolishness7491Bidenflation

[@patriciagallace5065]

The ceo of woolworths in Australia 🇦🇺- one of the two large grocery chains, was forced to resign. A huge investigation into price fixing on groceries just ordered by the PM regarding price gouging. Profits hundreds of percent. It’s outrageous. What’s the Canadian PM doing? Nothing

[@calvinhuynh4723]

He’s absolutely useless … and I regretfully voted for him. Never again!

[@Fenthule]

Yea but PP is just as crazy as the US republicans. Singh is the only logical vote in my mind.

[@trinleywangmo]

It's everywhere, in the USA, Mexico, Germany, UK, France. I can't think of a western country that isn't suffering from this greed/monopolization of our food production.

[@tylermeek2800]

​@@calvinhuynh4723yeah because you wouldn't back a federal government who comes out and says regulations over corporate profits will happen if the house agrees. Federal overreach on human rights and people's greed are the issue here. I know I would rather pay the government a controlled rent rate for a home and controlled food price because it would mean the public would build profits pay off debt remove power from the private and have finance to assure equality of life. Allowing private sectors to begin with thanks to CONservatives is why we are here

[@mottahead6464]

@@trinleywangmo First the real state market, now food . Let's brace ourselves for a future with higher costs of living with less and less jobs due to A. I. and mechanization.

[@LAOM3423]

Hats off to farmer who is sacrificing so we Canadians can bring food to our tables. Shame on the grocery companies!

[@HalleluYAH-b5d]

That farmer shall be rewarded

[@kylequinn1963]

You mean shame on the federal government, who is the actual root cause for the prices. Right?

[@CassidyPresley-o2k]

..........Corporate........Greed is the cause for such need .......$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.

[@ccmum22boyz]

Your Canadian government wants you to think it’s the grocery stores and I’m sure to some extent it is, but the government keeps making bad decisions about gasoline and energy and taxes and printing money so this is extremely misleading to the public

[@bademoxy]

@@kylequinn1963 the fed are the root cause of MONEY becoming worthless...

[@cmaximus1679]

🛑 🛑 I work for a school district and I know all in the US are not allowed to even give the waste to employees, “HAS TO BE THROWN OUT”! It turns my stomach!!

[@kimjones2056]

Because companies have been sued because someone didn’t store that food correctly and got sick. Change the laws.

[@cmaximus1679]

@@kimjones2056 100% Or even bread or bakeries etc So much waste it’s sad.

[@PraveenSrJ01]

Food companies should go completely out of business

[@randymorgan8375]

My sister is a teacher her and others dig all the milk and Juices out !! And the Cafeteria ladies help too.. And their all working together and Ignoring the stupid wasteful rules.. God bless the small schools..

[@J-Blue0733]

The same thing is going on here where I live in Hawaii - price gouging at its finest. Also, lots of perfectly good food only one day expired being thrown out. I asked a grocery worker why it wasn't being donated, she answered "liability risks." The whole system is unethical & wasteful.

[@5DNRG]

No matter what smoke & mirrors these CEOs throw at us, their accounting firms know their profit margins and the numbers don't lie regardless of how much the CEOs lie. And we are all paying the price of their ridiculous inflationary profits!

[@rps1689]

Unfortunately we have a tax regime where the biggest companies and corporations don't have to worry about capitalist disruption, as the alway get their losses and failures socialized by the tax payer plus have accounting schemes and gimmicks that can hide profits and financial gains during good times and capitalist disruption plus executive payroll is never effected because is it the same old same old, socialize the losses and privatize the gains and reward executives enormously on both occurrences.

[@paulbowkunowicz6960]

Absolute Bullshit....it should be illegal what the grocery stores are doing to us

[@lifeisactuallyveryboring.7771]

I agree

[@miny4558]

It should be illegal to give our hard earned money to illegals and people on welfare

[@PraveenSrJ01]

These CEOs should go to prison

[@bademoxy]

yes. CLOSE them grocery stores. the food will be delivered by Santa Claus Schwab and Bill Gates

[@cryptocovered4729]

@@PraveenSrJ01 Who's going to put em there? The politicians that pander to them?

[@DaveVargas90012]

I spend my money at mom and pop shops. Local family owned and operated. Stop by corporate and feeding the greed.

[@bobinabuddy]

Northern employee who tried to stop the madness, a good soul and thank you for telling your story

[@hollycarter4191]

She is a hero! We need more change starting from the inside these corrupt organizations!

[@papasitoman]

Canada has some of the most expensive rent in the world, food, internet, phone, dentistry, and other services not covered by healthcare, and more. Plus, when one DOES go out for food or fun, one is expected to tip at least 20%! We are literally in a housing crisis and now we cab barely pay for food. Enough!

[@michaelwaterman8925]

Gave up tipping years ago after seeing Australia because it's none of my business how the waiter is paid.

[@HalleluYAH-b5d]

Thats because you have a cuban ethnicity dictator in government

[@germangirl8133]

I agree. Sad to say but we dont go out anymore. I live in Alberta and when I go to Bottle Depot and get my money from the machine, it also asks if I want to give a tip. I always say NO

[@robertcook9264]

Same in San francisco. But an orange is still not 7$ most of the grocers in SF are small and local though.

[@HalleluYAH-b5d]

Australia is pretty expensive also, but i think we make higher wages. We are paying over 2.00 for 1 litre of gas, and around 30$ a kg for beef/lamb. But i recall when i was in BC that butter and cheese were really pricey and that was in 2015..apparently the dairy farmers are only allowed to pruduce a certain amount to keep prices high. Some of the governing bodies there seem to behave like criminals.

[@naomihansen7741]

This is heartbreaking. To see how little it matters to some people if their fellow citizens are suffering. Every day the cost of living is increasing. I hate this.

[@carmarasmussen8118]

We are all just serfs to them. The Kelloggs CEO is touting cereal for dinner since people can't afford to buy meat anymore. 😮

[@jasonking7729]

I'm old enough to have seen this happen before. Inflation can go to zero, and goods and services will stay higher than before.

[@bademoxy]

Venezuelan inflation went to 1500% after socialists got voted in (thanks to Dominion Voting Systems, btw).

[@zuzanazuscinova5209]

You need deflation

[@DavidMohan-p4u]

Thank you for this. This level of greed is not sustainable. Not from grocery stores, not from property agencies. People capable of greed will never say "ok, I have enough now." The government needs to help us by capping this greed, because most of us can't keep our heads above water any longer.

[@74KU]

Asking Govt to reign in the greedy is like leaving the fox in charge of the hen house..

[@dalewolver8739]

@@74KU Yet we keep voting for conservatives or liberals. Both are corporate owned. Stupid is what stupid does . This is all on the public and being asleep with their heads up their asses for the past 5 decades.

[@jeremycote7959]

I don't belive the guv will help becaus it woukd go against there own interest as thay make more taxe $$ from the more expensive food. Thay are aithiest so thay don't belive in compasion or helping others thay belive in $, $$ and more $$$

[@rickyayy]

Boomers love to rob the generations below.

[@sabinekatsavrias4422]

i was going to say something very simmilar...@@74KU

[@michellesmith6558]

We’re in the same situation in Australia. These CEO’s are sooo lying.

[@HalleluYAH-b5d]

yep, lying is the new black

[@debbielockhart7762]

Lying is what CEOs do best. Psychopaths do quite well in the business world. Sickening

[@martinjenkins6467]

Yeah we have the voluntary code and it Is useless. The majors still screw farmers and suppliers. At least our Government is as stupid as Canada to Give them a subsidy. Woolies would Love to Get hold of taxpayers money And screw us.

[@tobytylor919]

The northern company operates in Alaska and in the South Pacific using the same format of high prices versus scarcity.

[@HalleluYAH-b5d]

@@tobytylor919 Corruption and greed, what an ugly soup that is

[@lololo1186]

Growing up, I'd hear stories about how fruits like oranges were considered a luxury and a special treat and I never thought we'd go back to that. Oranges are a luxury, fruit in general is a luxury. Frozen or canned fruit isn't even a cheaper option anymore.

[@Backinblackbunny009]

This. Even Costco has been shrinking

[@TwinSister1957]

One orange $1 Avocado $ 2 Lemon $1 Grapes $4 lb prices here on the Oregon Coast a small rural town. Milk $ 4 gal Eggs $ 5 doz Butter $ 7 lb Hamburger $8 lb Whole Foster Farms Chicken $14

[@CMoore8539]

@@TwinSister1957It’s extremely bad on the east coast too. It’s completely out of control!

[@blogdesign7126]

All one has to do is look at the Business practices of the agricultural commodities companies like Cargill, ADM and Bunge that set the values of food prices around the world.

[@deborahharrison815]

Thank you to the farmers of Canada and the world! We indeed depend on you!

[@Trigger200284]

As a modest earner in Atlantic Canada, i think more and more every day about leaving this country because we are getting screwed from every corner like wages, housing, food, education, fuel. we are being absolutely CRUSHED with debt from all sides...

[@grizzlybear4]

Don't move to the US.... it is awful here.

[@mylesmerola4750]

Were you going to go? I hate to tell you this but all western nations are dealing with the exact same problems

[@JT.Pilgrim]

@@mylesmerola4750yup!

[@boardammo1593]

Country?

[@arcticgoddess]

Move to Northern Canada. You will make six figures in basic jobs and get crazy northern living tax cuts. Housing still sucks and winter is Nov to April, but you can live a far better than modest life and affird to travel to warm places in winter. 🥶

[@BunnyWatson-k1w]

I work for a retailer chain. I see low wages for workers, part-time work, and poor work conditions. There is also a lot of waste. Overproduction in some departments with much leftover food being thrown out. And the consumer ends up paying for wasted food in their high food prices.

[@rickvervoort9536]

Low wages? The minimum wage was raised almost double since Justin was coronated into power FFS!

[@riverdeep399]

​@@rickvervoort9536 Adjust that for inflation and comparable living costs, i.e. bills. 🙄

[@rickvervoort9536]

@@riverdeep399 Caused by what? Hint: government GREED (aka: taxation)

[@IDHP]

feel free to quit and find another job

[@LunaShimmyDiva]

I was told deli counter uses store’s food as it nears expiration date. Can OP pls comment?

[@laurabisutti2253]

Looks like we need to organize a national grocery co-op that returns excess profits to the members instead of CEO's and investors. Food is a necessity not a luxury.

[@chelleb3055]

Please, I beg everyone, learn to grow food. No matter where you live, you can be growing SOMETHING. Every little bit helps and someday we all may need each other to have these skills.

[@subhuman3408]

Did forgot about cost of raw materials to do that?

[@pleidieswilson6627]

SHOPPERS DRUG NART HAS BEEN RIPPING US ALL OF FOR AT LEAST 10 YEARS!

[@markthomas3730]

ALOT LONGER THAN THAT...TRY 30+ YEARS

[@margaretreefer1145]

get stuff on sale. Sometimes up to 75 percent off. 😅

[@mozar5175]

I only buy items that are at a reduced price at Shopper Drugmart. Everything is so expensive.

[@gunthertobias3909]

Filthy organization from top to bottom

[@gunthertobias3909]

LOBLAWS! Makes me sick to my guts . Happy I am not there anymore. Always been corrupt that sick Weston crew !

[@giovannaparente917]

GREED GREED GREED!! That is the reason for the high prices.

[@elizabethsullivan7176]

Welcome to Capitalism. 😔

[@endtimesareuponus8930]

You're greedy too !!

[@TrentButcher]

Specifically government greed, welcome to socialism.

[@miny4558]

This is the democrat party need to give out hard earned money to illegals and welfare people who don’t work

[@riseevolution]

not only greed a game to destroy lifes

[@RussellD11]

You CANT give subsidies to Corps, you must give it directly to the consumer....

[@CherylThompson-o2w]

Or the producer

[@cmauro7912]

Great idea. Italy gives citizens who are gluten intolerant a stipend to buy their gluten-free products. Directly to the consumer. Those who have cancers, intestinal issues, allergies, or other dietary restrictions have always had to spend more to get organics or alternatives to wheat. Being punished for their genetic predisposition or unfortunate illnesses.

[@rh7163]

Then wait for the backlash as illegal drugs become the problem along with more addictions with more money to pay for it all.

[@deborahhopkinson5243]

Or, don't steal it from the consumer using taxes in the first place.

[@bademoxy]

give NOTHING away. There's no such thing as "free stuff".

[@rdlewis3616]

During my lifetime, 74 years, the U.S. gave up on trying to break up monopolies with the exception of ATT in the 1980s. Time to start breaking them again!

[@marblegarden8456]

Anyone can see that the cost of food is much higher than the inflation amount we are being fed. Prices are like 20-30% higher, and volume is shrinking too. I’m also seeing quality decrease. For instance we’ve always had frozen chicken fingers as a staple, and suddenly the price doubled and the “chicken mulch” has noticeably more filler.

[@gordorr9259]

My trust in food production is at an all time low....most of what we're being sold is garbage.

[@TheOneinthewoods]

Many many food items have DOUBLED in price

[@norco4life518]

It’s specially noticed at the low income level, which I slipped into over the last 2 years.. I was making what was considered “middle class”, but over the course of the last two years I’ve been hungry while keeping my kids fed, relying mostly on food I’ve hunted and fished for.. it’s worse in rural areas.. To be clear, I made a whopping $0.70 raise since then, however with the increased costs I’m still now in the lower class/poverty level. It’s not right.

[@john-o1g9p]

because the iflation numbers are a lie.

[@LifeAdviceSite]

I used to feed my three kids for $50 a week pre-pandemic. Now I can’t for less than $150… Also - chicken mulch is a great term. I’m incorporating that into my vernacular. 👍

[@merrilynnmitten3911]

Maybe the government shouldn’t be giving the money to the retailers

[@Wamble86]

Maybe........

[@CanuckBacon]

Why aren't more people talking about this??? Corporations have been price fixing for YEARS and the government hasn't stepped in to stop the corruption

[@rps1689]

Because too many think monopolistic outfits are "normal" and a fact or way of life. That price gouging is somehow "capitalism" and necessary. The days of enforcing antitrust and illegal price gouging is long gone.

[@Rob.450]

That's because the government is corrupt as well.

[@kimgordon3695]

The govt is profitting from the corruption (in EVERY ARENA)

[@kimgordon3695]

21:00

[@kimgordon3695]

$36-$56 for bulk drinking h2o

[@delprice3007]

In the US ranchers earn today around 35% of the retail price of beef, when a few decades ago it was 60%. Beef is also imported and marketed as product of USA. Corporatist monopolies destroy

[@Michael-pg7rv]

The government needs to dissolve these large grocers. There needs to be a market share cap. A single parent company should not be allowed to own more than 10% of the market as an example.

[@sandinyabumcrack]

It is time ALSO for consumers to start taking back control by planting fruit trees, growing vegetables and buying from local producers! Start buying at the gate from the producer! Not only are you nourishing your family for less you are also avoiding over processed foods! You also make the choice wether you use chemicals on your produce! This issue will ALWAYS be there with demand! REDUCE YOUR DEMAND!

[@ryanhopwood1148]

No. Most of Canada has freezing winter conditions that put food in dormancy.

[@JackieSmite]

how about we nationalize the food chain?

[@pamfullerton5334]

@@ryanhopwood1148I live in Canada and I have a garden. We have four seasons here too. I have changed my grocery practices, cook from scratch and grow vegetables to preserve.

[@Meeksballs]

You know how much money it cost to fill a giant yacht. Poor executives😢

[@DevilOnlyKnitsLace]

Yup! Those executives are all: Help the poor... Poor me.

[@BobbsVegine-eg3xz]

Or maintain 10 Bedroom mansions with only 3 family members.

[@micksylvestre2887]

@@DevilOnlyKnitsLace Crying all the way to the bank.

[@10mudpuppy]

You know how much a yacht woman costs !

[@katsgardenkitchenandmore9050]

Its not just Canada that has high prices on food, but the USA has it too, its just wrong, food prices are going up but our pay doses not making it hard to feed our familys, and whats even worse is that if you work or own a company and you can't feed your family do to high prices you raise your prices on your products to aford the food and then it becomes a cycle, I just hate it I can't aford anything anymore even know I bust my but off at my job. Good thing I have my garden to feed me for now. Thank you to all the farmers who work so hard but like me see very little income from it.

[@notthereyethomestead8413]

Greed is the bottom line!! Criminal, around the globe!!

[@MegaGasek]

I once was told that the food about to expire that supermarkets throw out could not be given to people because the supermarkets could be sued. It is really appalling the way our society is going... So many people in need, the resources are right there and yet it is preferable to waste it all.

[@cynthiaamoako8418]

Same message was given to me when I asked the same question at Walmart and Freshco.

[@jacquidawn1]

Unfortunately, it only takes a few to ruin it for everyone. A couple weeks ago I read a fb post ranting about going to the food bank and receiving food that had either gone past the expiry date or was close to. Common sense says that food doesn’t all automatically become inedible at the stroke of midnight on the stamped expiration date; it depends on the packaging, and how it was stored, and the quality of the product at the time of packaging…etc. Its pretty easy to tell if something is edible or not once opened. I wouldn’t doubt there has been lawsuits brought against grocery stores in the past by ungrateful food bank recipient’s.

[@kulentarian55]

We stand with ukaraine ! Forget about food prices ! Forget about our homeless , our crime rate soaring our open borders , We canadians have to help ukraine now ! Other countries first befor us ! We are unselfish !

[@TheGhost2612000]

You could have someone sign a waiver removing any liability from the grocery store. So, I call bullshit on that, but I have heard that too.

[@Msnfreedom]

@@kulentarian55we have. Canadians first. If we can’t afford to eat what makes you think we can afford to give to Ukraine???? Give your head a shake

[@barbarasiders288]

My whole life I shop the sales and markdowns and have a garden. I'm 67. This doubly of prices in last couple years is nothing more then price gouging. Money money money is the god

[@jennaleclaire2654]

It would be nice to have a garden. I would love grape vines, fruit trees, and lots of veggies. I can only grow so much on a north facing apartment balcony, though. And the average one bedroom apartment here is $2200. Average house prices are out of reach for many.

[@NicNakBraun]

*It doesn't have to be this way* Taxed to death from the government. Canada should be rich and taking care of our own.

[@donnaparadis5067]

Pure and simple Greed on these big giants. It's all about lining their pockets. ABSOLUTELY CRIMINAL

[@stevemarshall3986]

Don't forget the government and their carbon tax increasing the cost of everything. Trucks deliver to the grocery stores and increased costs to farmers will also increase food cost. Not just corporate greed

[@guenthermichaels5303]

Absolute nonsense.

[@ufo_vid9694]

Green new deal. EV tractors, no pesticides, costly regulations etc.

[@intellectually_lazy]

@@stevemarshall3986 bah! carbon tax'll never solve anything, we need to bring back the trains rockefeler and the gang stole from us

[@michaelandrews4783]

@@stevemarshall3986stop with the bull propganda

[@guitardave3028]

What i used to pay 60 dollars for now costs 120 plus for.....and i dont splurge on things like ice cream and prepared foods like rotisserie chicken and name brands...i used to pay 50 cents for potted meat...now its almost a dollar....im on a fixed income.. havent bought clothes in several years.. damned shame...

[@piyushgarg8497]

I thought i was alone on this. It's a shame like somehow I feel my life has degraded over the years living in this country. :(

[@mr.duckplucker5353]

I live in the States, and the problem is just as bad here. I've never seen it this bad. It's disgraceful.

[@randymorgan8375]

Your story is the same as mine!! I'm struggling at this point.. I've ran out of ways to save.. I've cut everything that could possibly be cut...

[@Rachel-h3n]

Check out Townsend channel for how to make potted meat yourself ❤ Clara's kitchen KZbin channel has some useful ideas. Sarah loves food KZbin channel has a video on sprouting lentils.

[@stevenkrupka3670]

Everyone is on a "fixed" income, thats irrelevant, the principle proceeds the rule. Here goes, overcharging, price gouging, mininmizing size, proportions, regulations to charge more, etc etc. Trust in the LORD Jesus, really there is no other way, HE will take care of your needs ,HE owns it all!

[@sieglindelange4161]

We have to get rid of politicians who only work for BIG BUSINESS.

[@TheRadicalPriest]

That's ALL OF THEM!!

[@TheJimmyidol]

And foreign organizations.

[@TLA123y6f]

Citizen United was a huge reason we are where we're at today

[@stud6414]

​@@TLA123y6fthis is a "news" produced in Canada for Canadians. Everything ain't about you and what you're told to believe from your trusted "news" outlets. AND nobody cares about your citizens united court decision. The enemy is your Media and American businesses especially multinationals like Google are all on team Blue.

[@1ManBandChrisWilson]

Yes thank you farmers for all your hard work.

[@sunsetfoxx]

It’s called corporate greed and man-made crissis.

[@DjWellDressedMan]

Answer = CAPITALISM

[@chrisT16161]

It’s government greed.

[@DiscDriver]

There’s no such thing as corporate greed. It’s human greed, and we all have it. Might contribute but it’s not the whole story.

[@MathieuLLF]

It's the carbon tax

[@highwayhydroponics5823]

It's called lazy people not growing there own food.

[@sylvi4444]

The big grocers need to be taken down a few notches and not be allowed to get that big. Total greed!

[@jeffkrete9015]

Government should break up the big companies and also hit them with big corporate tax increases tied to corporate profits. Saying margins have not gone up is ridiculous and insulting. If profits are way up and food prices are way up you have your answer. My father spent his career in Ontario as a government inspector enforcing the Occupational Health and Safety Act. He once told me “Without question, if not for the laws, regulations and enforcement these companies will certainly take advantage of the workers and their safety”. It’s kind of the same here. Exponential growth in corporate profits above everything else is baked in. Human greed is simply astounding no matter where you look….and Covid proved it.

[@sherryhudson6879]

Well said❤

[@mikeb5372]

The actual truth is that your father is full of BS and as a result so are you

[@rscott2247]

I take the better prices at Costco & Superstore, thank you.

[@riseevolution]

you trust government? its governments behind this

[@TLA123y6f]

Our previous president (still can hardly believe that) also gave tax cuts to the wealthy and big corps

[@ralimba1778]

Hold those grocers accountable for pocketing the food subsidy money.

[@ninemoonplanet]

I stopped buying at Shoppers completely. I have moved my shopping away from Walmart, the big corporations, and found local small operators actually can be better quality, even slightly cheaper. Loblaws at No Frills for example, $2.00 for a noname box of crackers before, during and after the pandemic, 3 weeks ago, $4.00 for exactly the same. %100 markup. 😠 Packaged meat products coming IN from the US were $10.00, now $14.00. SAME supplier.

[@curiousgirl.4134]

I think people need to start opening up smaller shops again and boycott the corporate owned businesses. Bakeries, fruit vendors, butcher shops all in an open market.

[@charliec1396]

Another example how corporate giants are bleeding the working class. I try to visit local farms often. Most disappointing is that our politicians are letting them do it . $$$$$$$$$

[@alanmott-smith9358]

"What’s going on with sky-high food prices?" GREED.

[@eilishveuger9739]

It's not a mystery when the richest people in this country have gotten richer while normal people can't afford bread

[@johnaldave5822]

Yes. Absolutely. It's the one underlying cause of a lot of our problems, and its sad that no program, journal, article is digging deep into how to tackle it instead of hitting around the bush and just call it out as it is. It's not inflation, its not the pandemic, its GREED, plain and simple.

[@Tomyum19]

Its actually the carbon tax and production costs.

[@rickvervoort9536]

@@Tomyum19 And wages, don't forget the minimum wage went up drastically.

[@toomuchinformation9795]

No ... according to the background music, its far more mysterious, suspenseful and sexy

[@rosiekapun207]

Yeah, when cough syrup costs $40 no wonder these companies have record profits.

[@otahu26]

Canada NEEDS Now more then ever an Anti Monopoly law.

[@Finness894]

But that would interfere with american corporations making a win-fall in Canada at Canadian's expense!!!

[@flexizet]

Let other brands from outside of Canada come in. Maybe from the EU, US, or anything, but not only 3 owners for all the shops in Canada. It's ridiculous. Subsidies shouldn't go to the pockets of markets but directly to people. Lower the taxes or start giving people pocket money - but this might backfire, causing inflation to rise.

[@441meatloaf]

@@flexizet Its the same issue with Telecommunications Rogers, Bell and Telus owns canada.

[@18_rabbit]

@@flexizet no inflation goes down when products have more distrubition channels.

[@classicrocklover5615]

America has anti-monopoly laws, but no one is enforcing them!

[@thereginacarpenter2230]

Just a single silk tie that each and everyone of them is wearing would feed me for a week!

[@oldschool8432]

You must be eating lavishly because a single silk tie can easily go for over $2k an more an that would feed my family of 4 for at least 5 months the way we have to eat. An get this 3 of us work full time. None of us have car payments an we don't party either. At my job I pay for my wife an I health insurance is $128 a week an still have co-pay on doctors an medicines

[@kimgordon3695]

Taxes are the fleecing

[@john-o1g9p]

''don't get jealous. get even''. not that hard to start a victory garden.

[@thereginacarpenter2230]

@user-yb5bg8im5g funny..I have a feeling there's gonna be an uprising soon. Prepare yourself

[@debbielockhart7762]

​@@john-o1g9pAssuming you have any yard, and have any time after working so many hours to try and survive.

[@teuth]

we have been conditioned to accept higher prices just for being canadian our whole lives

[@joebloggs6131]

And you'll surely apologise for that because you're Canadian.

[@anthonyesparsen7776]

this is very sad to see that the actual farmers are not getting very much back for their crop sells

[@lilstead2499]

Don't distribute the subsidy to the grocers, give it directly to the consumer! Subsidize freezers for consumers, not for grocers!

[@TLA123y6f]

That doesn't seem like it would be rocket science.

[@ann-mariehum4273]

Wow! Food prices are absolutely ridiculous, I feel bad for those up north. I worked at Safeway bakery for a few months and the amount of bakery items tossed each morning was atrocious. Not donated, just thrown away. It’s too bad it couldn’t have been sold cheaper, given to the homeless or somehow shipped up north. I know shipping may not realistic but it’s sad it couldn’t be done.

[@angelachanelhuang1651]

I would vote for TRUMP or KENNEDY

[@thelmabrown-carty9782]

I am a pensioner that couldn't afford eating healthy, food was expensive my rent was high and from what I got for pension could not sustain me to survive in Canada. I didn't have any other income, and as a single person who was living pay check to pay check I had no other choice but to leave Canada where I can a least grow food that I could not afford to buy. It's a shame to know that the country I have grown to love and want to spend of my days I have to give up on. Thanks for sharing this segment

[@contessaanthrope5775]

but where did you go? you use the term pensioner...are you british?

[@debbieframpton3857]

I'm a single senior living in the states no problem living off my Social Security but I am fortunate to have a paid for home low real estate taxes and utilities. I receive no help from the government

[@highwayhydroponics5823]

How high does it need to go for people to wake up and grow there own food.

[@reejan8109]

@@highwayhydroponics5823 Growing your own food is going to become more & more difficult, especially in BC, now that government is letting every single family lot become a multi density lot.....where's the garden space??

[@PatrickFDolan]

​@@contessaanthrope5775The word pension is not limited to England. She said Canada. Don't you read before you comment?

[@rubyred6167]

Its sick to see this happen here. This is not the Canadian way

[@teeniequeenie8369]

I once talked to the manager at metro where I live about getting a certain item into the store and I remember him telling me that I would be shocked at how little authority he had over his own store..

[@jodidavis6595]

What a shame

[@JeffThePoustman]

The staggering naivete of giving a subsidy to retailers and expecting them to pass it on to consumers.

[@susanandrews2294]

Someone explain to me why I live in an area with many dairy farms, yet milk is dumped, and the price of 4l of 2% milk is around $6? I raid the seconds grocery shelf, but even that price has gone up. I am learning to love the more interesting cuts of meat, buy as few packaged goods as necessary, and cook everything and usually freeze a good portion of it too. I also support a small local mom-n-pop grocery store over the big chains in town. I won't even go into a store owned by Galen Weston; their prices are extortionate. In terms of a solution, how about the gov't doing some forensic accounting? Where are all these *leakages*?

[@miketess3358]

It's criminal. Absolutely criminal.

[@5060northernmama]

Where is milk dumped? While I don't like to see waste, it's better to be dumping the milk than not having enough. It'is likely millk is dumped when it exceeds the demand. While it sounds like a LOT, you won't get lower prices necessarily if you try to save the excess milk. It can result in a glut on the market, and much more actual spoilage of finished product, which is much more serious than if you just pour out the excess at first.

[@susanandrews2294]

​@rthernmama Though you seem to already have ample knowledge of the situation, 'll let this gentleman tell you all about milk dumping. kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6icoYh7bM2WjtU And like he points out, why can't it also be made into other dairy products, like cheese? Or yogurt? Or4 even vodka? Like Vodkow (do your own research). Why am I paying basically $6 for 4l of so-called *local* 2% milk? I should be paying no more than $3 for 4l.

[@vociferon-heraldofthewinte7763]

Milk and egg prices are set by marketing boards. Essentially monopolistic cartels.

[@gophersk]

My grandparents had to start a cooperative in England in 1920 to help the coal miners. I suspect people need to work in a cooperative environment to avoid huge company brutality.

[@Elizabeth-mp6tr]

This makes me sick.....I went to buy Almonds the other day and a small bag was $17.99 now instead of $9.99 before Covid

[@iliax-se3nn]

Same - in the last 3 years my brand of coffee has gone from 7.99, - 9.99., - 11.99,-13.99 now - don't buy it anymore, can't justify it.

[@Elizabeth-mp6tr]

@@iliax-se3nn Thank you. I can't watch the rest of this video. It makes me sick.

[@McNighthawk750]

Greed and corruption with zero accountability- food store chain, Government, oil companies.

[@kellygarland63]

A frozen fish our household buys has tripled in cost. Tripled. 😬

[@obtuseangler768]

Depends where it's from. Other countries can slap on export taxes or raise wages and there isn't much we can do. Protect marine environments reducing the fishable water. Also a lot of things coming from underdeveloped nations have been priced irresponsibly low for generations. 3x is too much though, it doesn't matter what it is

[@randymorgan8375]

Its absolutely horrible here in the states!! It killing us financially. Every single Item is way higher I can't even afford to buy plants to make my yard nice looking. 45 dollars for a hanging basket of Petunias..4 years ago was less then 14 dollars. FJB...

[@ahbeng888]

Sounds familiar to us Australians who are watching similar parliamentary inquiries on our own grocery retailers. Except we only have two major supermarket chains for the entire country.

[@mentalicus]

Why don't we start by not allowing any more mergers in this industry? Competition Bureau is obviously not doing what it should.

[@Finness894]

American corporations own our politicians. All of them. That's why nothing is done.

[@TI.T.O]

Just like the S.I.U is staffed with retired police officers the same goes with the bureau. Goons

[@chrisjames7447]

i came for the unbiased smart journalism, but i stayed for the angry comments

[@brandonrequa4805]

You can learn lots of valuable information from both. Unfortunately, you won't get much of either from the Government subsidized media.

[@TreatzTMA]

You win today’s internet 😂

[@MaryKane-qv5vz]

Tax the profits of these food companies and increase social welfare with the tax. There is no competition. Could it be the Government are hand in hand with these companies.

[@dmcnamara9859]

Companies just raise prices to offset increase of income taxes. Very least,don't allow very large corporations to have monopolies in metro or rural areas. Be like breaking up ma bell in USA,which lowered phone bills for a while until the smaller broken up phone companies lobbied for government mandated outrageous phone bills again. It's very easy to buy politicians,most are degenarate scumbags; work in government to get rich and stay rich by screwing the people that put them in office.

[@mmg6755]

The blight of contrived SHRINKFLATION too , on top of the runaway food prices.

[@Marianne_C_O_Art]

It's the same here in Australia too with $1.62B profit from just 1 major retailer. And meanwhile my husband just lost his job and we've cut back to bare necessities. It's truly mind-boggling.

[@HalleluYAH-b5d]

We are in the last days, the bible prophesied these days thousands of years ago. This is the black horse and rider, bearing the scales, to show the high costs for weights and measures of food. Revelation

[@happydays1336]

I hope things look up for you. It was very difficult when my husband lost his job. When you're in the middle of it, it feels like it will go on forever, but don't despair things will get better for you.

[@Rachel-h3n]

Also please check if you are able to get discounts on car insurance...not driving to work as much etc... Drivers licence, electricity, phone, council rates if you own your home etc Don't wait until things are really bad, it's ok to reach out for what your taxes have helped fund. ❤

[@pepicramer8528]

Take the funding from grocery stores and give it to the people via a food card to purchase their food subsidize the people instead of the food chains

[@bademoxy]

communism. worked so well in China and the Ukraine....

[@dowzarek]

fuel tax. carbon tax. gst. energy cost. importing too much. Buy local and it all ends

[@kevc6115]

We have the same issue here in Ireland. Government and grocers tell us prices have increased on average 30-35%. The truth, however, is very different. I'm on a low fixed income and have seen prices increase, in some case over 100% but on average around 65-70%.

[@donnamarshall1980]

I was at Foodland yesterday to buy some wieners and was shocked at the price of 10.99 for 5 all beef ? wieners. This is ridiculous. Used to be the cheapest garbage meat you could buy.

[@flowergirlabc123]

Let it sit there and turn green! Rot! That's nuts!

[@MacchiatoSwirlGirl]

Yep! Sometimes as low as $2

[@TLA123y6f]

Love the question mark 😅😄

[@DeBa-122]

I’ve been questioning for a few years why the price of bananas hasn’t gone up 🤔

[@NicNakBraun]

It's our national food now in the Banana Republic

[@jordynoleymom]

It’s smoke and mirrors. You walk into a grocery store and most are set up with produce near the front and bananas are a popular product. You see the big display, you see the price is constant, you feel safe. You are tricked into thinking the rest of the items throughout the store are stable priced as well. I worked in my first grocery store in 1994 and the price for bananas was about .69/lb. The store I work at currently sold bananas last summer at .80/lb and this is a summer resort grocery where one would expect to pay a little more. The store I shop at during the winter, I think bananas are still .77/lb. So basically in thirty years bananas haven’t changed much! It’s gotten to the point that I hate going into a grocery store. I send my husband so I don’t feel as angry. I trust him to do the shopping and be smart with prices because he also worked at that same grocery store I started at in 1994. I am not looking forward to seeing what we have to increase our prices on certain items this year at the lake. First truck arrives next week!

[@NicNakBraun]

@@jordynoleymom you need help

[@rajlowkie6616]

I live in what is call the northern hemisphere, most food don't grow well here, when we import food from the tropics it costs lots to transport .

[@simplyplaid]

I buy the exact same items every week ( no junk ), pre pandemic I spent $80 wk for two ppl, that bill has now gone to $220 wk and thats buying no name products. I have to choose between food and bills every month.

[@sachadee.6104]

😮 wow. It's criminal yes.

[@MitchelPie]

Get a better career

[@christopherbrooks6355]

Ur government has eroded the value of ur money

[@simplyplaid]

@@MitchelPie Well thats a great idea ! I should have thought of that before getting my degree in business accounting , working in the field for 40 years and retiring.

[@goclunker]

@@MitchelPieyou're pathetic

[@carloscuevas-kw9sy]

I haven’t buy anything at loblaws supermarkets in almost a year, I can’t stand their CEO such a greedy guy, good thing we don’t see him in commercials anymore, he should be embarrassed.

[@TLA123y6f]

Embarrassed? These people don't have a soul

[@sarahsnowe]

These CEOs remind me of the tobacco execs swearing before the American congressional committee that cigarettes are not addictive.

[@rps1689]

A person like Galen Weston and those CEOs of Sobeys and Metro wouldn’t survive in the capitalist era before supply side economics. A capitalist with some scruples exploits innovations and markets, unlike them that exploits suppliers, customers and workers. George Weston could have only dreamed of how easy Galen has it in this era of corporate welfare and would highly likely call him a sponger.

[@jodywood5909]

Having an entire show about food prices without once mentioning fuel cost effects on every level of food supply is both impressive and irresponsible.