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

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.

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.

Thank you farmers for all your hard work.

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.

Controlling us with food prices is just inhuman 😢

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.

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.

🛑 🛑 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!!

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?

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!

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.

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 .

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!

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

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

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...

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

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!

Canada NEEDS Now more then ever an Anti Monopoly law.

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.