Due to the collapse of the Canadian economy, Prices in major cities are now at the same levels Nunavut prices used to be at. Food of all kinds are being re-classed as 'luxuries' and will soon be out of reach of normal canadians.
Of course this is quite terrible for canadians, but for us it is quite the treat to see them react to this new in-store price reality.
To the left. A price from Nunavut in 2016.
To the right: A current Price from a City in Southern Ontario.
We can all agree cream of anything is more luxurious than chunky anything.
This is due to a lot of things since 2016. We had a federal "carbox tax" come into effect that no doubt raised the price of transporting goods via train, air, and truck.
Another factor to consider is scummy grocery store collusion. A couple of years ago the major grocery chains were caught, due to a big investigation, colluding with bread suppliers to keep the price of bread artificially high. As a gesture of apology the grocery chains provided anyone who would sign up with a free $25 gift card for their store. The point here is this probably just scratched the surface of the scummy tactics these monopolistic grocery stores go to to keep prices higher.
They will use every opportunity to raise prices whether the circumstance actually raises their costs or not (such as corona). After a while of the high price, they will reduce it slightly. Yet, the slightly reduced price will still be 10-20% higher than what it was in the beginning. On my regular grocery trips I've seen situations like this all the time.
Another thing they will do is keep the price the same for the product but the product will come in a reduced weight/volume format. E.g. for years 500g of bacon was around $5. In the last few years bacon is still $5 but if you notice the weight it now comes in, it's 375g. Only once in a blue moon when no ones buying bacon do they put their 500g packs at $5 "on sale."
Do not even get me started on meat, especially beef. I live in a province that produces industrial levels of beef. Yet, it's easily like $50-$60/kg for mid-grade cuts of beef. Absolutely outrageous compared just to 10 years ago.
Evan Flores
OP is crying in his tea kettle now because the horror has reached an end.
>anglomutts buy pre-fabricated canned garbage at ludicrous prices >based euro immigrants buy natural ingredients and cook for themselves at a fraction of the cost and 1000x the flavour We live in a society
I'll take "what is the USD CDN exchange rate?" for 200$ Alex
Nolan Nelson
Prices in London Ontario, not exactly a small city in Canada and only 2 hours from Toronto/Windsor(US border) and these are some average prices (not on sale):
Small (2 person) chicken - $10-20 (20-30 if from a butcher) Ribeye steak - $14-23 per steak Filet mignon (1 inch thick) - $12-20 Outside/Inside Round Beef Roast (2-3lbs) - $20-30 Eye of Round Roast (shittiest roast from cow's leg) - $25-35 Flank steak - $30-50 Prime Rib (2-3lbs) - $30-50 Fresh Duck (not frozen, 2-4lbs) - $30-50 Leg of ONTARIO lamb - $50-100 Leg of AUSTRALIAN lamb (shipped across the ocean) - $30-40 Venison backstrap (whole) - $60-100 Thick cut bacon - $10 per package Fresh Whole Salmon filet - $25-35 (10) fresh sea scallops - $30-35 Free range eggs - $6-10 per carton Duck Breast - $8-10 each Beef burgers (made in store, 2 per pack) - $8 Vac-pack of ribs (2 racks) - $36 Celery - Currently $4.99 a head, goes up to $7.99 during off season 24 of beer - $44.95-$60 Bottle of shitty wine - $11.95-$16.95 26oz Bottle of shitty whiskey - $40-50
