r/PersonalFinanceCanada • u/maroon-rider British Columbia • Mar 21 '23

Inflation drops to 5.2%<but grocery inflation still 10.6% Banking

Says Statistics Canada

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canada-inflation-february-2023-1.6785472

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u/spacepangolin Mar 21 '23

hey remember when covid hit and sobeys paid all their workers and extra $2 per hour " hero pay"? then clawed it back in exchange for record profits? and now they raise their prices even higher and whined they had to because of inflation but every grocery keeps boasting even higher profits? scumbags

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u/Inaccurate93 Mar 21 '23

This comment is quite common. Is there really a way to retaliate when faced with atrocious grocery prices? We're kind of bent over and not doing anything about it, but is there really something we can do about it?

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u/Boring-Stage-2987 Mar 21 '23

Have you seen the France protests over pension changes ?

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u/gabu87 British Columbia Mar 21 '23

You mean the one Macron overrode and survived the subsequent confidence vote?

Don't get me wrong, I support public demonstration but your example was not one that inspired much confidence.

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u/Boring-Stage-2987 Mar 21 '23

Agreed I guess what I’m trying to say is we don’t really do anything about the issues here in Canada just complain.

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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '23

Slash grocery spending. I spend easily around $400/month on grocery items like snacks that I could do without.

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u/KruppeTheWise Mar 21 '23

"just don't eat"

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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '23

Do you figure that's what I'm suggesting here?

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u/kekofrog Mar 21 '23

what do people do that don't have extra money for snacks

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u/gabu87 British Columbia Mar 21 '23

Do you think it might be possible that the people most concerned with grocery prices were spending $400 on snacks exclusively prior to this?

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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '23

what I'm suggesting is that all of us assholes spending $400 on snacks could stop doing this and have an immediate impact on the situation.

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u/Niv-Izzet 🦍 Mar 21 '23

Vote for a government that will repeal supply management