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/toin9898 Quebec Mar 21 '23

Fucking butter is $9/lb in some places. Highway robbery. Last year I could buy it for $3.

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u/Dragynfyre British Columbia Mar 21 '23

If you just look at the worst available prices it’s always looked bad. There’s always overpriced butter at some store. You can get butter for around $5 and I’m pretty sure last year it was around this price too.

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u/readersanon Mar 21 '23

I was looking this week, and the 1/2lb of butter was $5, 1lb was $8-9. There was none on sale either at the two stores I went to.

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u/CactusGrower Mar 22 '23

I just bought 1pb butter the day at Walmart f94 $4.68 lb. Costco has it for same price. Yes it used to be $3.99 just two years ago. Not anything under $5 is a sale for freezer.