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Grocery price increases outpace overall inflation for third straight month: StatCan
- Statistics Canada reported that grocery prices increased by 3.8% year-over-year in April 2025 across Canada.
- This rise followed a 3.2% increase in March and occurred despite the overall inflation rate cooling to 1.7% in April.
- Key contributors to the grocery price growth included fresh vegetables at 3.7%, fresh or frozen beef at 16.2%, and coffee and tea at 13.4%.
- Per Bank, the CEO of Loblaw, indicated that the number of grocery products affected by tariffs surpassed 1,000 last week and is expected to increase to over 3,000 soon as existing inventory depleted before tariffs sell through.
- For the third month in a row, the rise in grocery costs has exceeded the general inflation rate, reflecting ongoing impacts from tariffs and escalating food prices.
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