Inflation inched up from 1.8 per cent in December to 1.9 per cent in January, but restaurant food prices went down.
Prices for food purchased from restaurants declined 5.1 per cent in January from a year earlier, more than three times as much of a decline as registered in December.
A pause in the HST helped.
Prices for food bought from stores were 1.9 per cent higher than a year ago, which was the same as overall inflation and was also up slightly from 1.8 per cent in December.
Energy costs increased by about five per cent.
