Canadians are changing their shopping habits to deal with ongoing high grocery prices, with more than 81 percent of respondents in a new survey saying food was the household expense that has gone up the most over the past year, far ahead of housing costs, transport, entertainment, utilities, or other expenses.
The survey results are contained in the latest Canadian Food Sentiment Index from Dalhousie University’s Agri-Food Analytics Lab and were released April 28. It found that the majority of Canadians are adapting to high grocery prices by shopping differently and making decisions on what to buy primarily based on price.
“Cost continues to outweigh all other food values by a wide margin,” the report reads, adding that “affordability continues to dominate how Canadians think about food—far outweighing nutrition, taste, or sustainability.”…