It's no secret that inflation has taken a toll on grocery prices over the last year. To help you prepare, here are the 5 food items that saw the highest increase in prices last month, according to Statistics Canada:
From February to March, butter saw the highest increase in prices across the province. Whenever butter comes on sale, make sure to grab the most you can before it's gone!
Sugar and confectionery comes in second place for the highest increase. Think sugar, cake mixes, candy, basically anything with loads of sugar (it seems that Montreal had quite the sweet tooth last month...)
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In third place comes preserved vegetables and vegetable preparations. Most often than not, this includes frozen vegetables such as peas and carrots used to make recipes.
Processed meat & non-alcoholic beverages tie for fourth place with the highest price increases last month.
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Source: The Inflation Cookbook
