World food prices hit 10-year peak

Re:World food prices hit 10-year peak – FAO by FractalParadigm on Monday October 11, 2021 @12:42AM (#28824727)

Anecdotally, our regular grocery bill increased from ~$150 to >$250 ($CAD) per week*. And that's with cutbacks on meats and snacks.

At this point our only saving grace is the rent increase freeze my province enacted due to COVID. I'm "saving" ~$100/month because of that.

* edit: this is over the past ~18 months we've seen this increase

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Re:World food prices hit 10-year peak – FAO by King-Aaron on Monday October 11, 2021 @01:11AM (#28824898)

Very similar here in Australia. I recall ten years ago that a hundred dollars would fill a trolley - now the same money gets you about one to one and a half bags of groceries.

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Re:World food prices hit 10-year peak – FAO by AussieWog93 on Monday October 11, 2021 @01:41AM (#28825092)

I haven't noticed the same change, but to be fair we buy all home brand goods.

Aside from mince, I can't think of any grocery product that has had a substantial price increase in the last couple of years.

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Re:World food prices hit 10-year peak – FAO by andruby on Monday October 11, 2021 @05:55AM (#28826591)

Without wanting to distract from your point. Are you / your family spending more time at home and / or changed your buying behavior?

I noticed that we spend more on groceries too, but mostly because we've both been working from home more, and we've also compensated the lack of going out for dinner with slightly more expensive shopping.

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