Grocery shopping cost 3.8 per cent more this April than a year ago, reports Statistics Canada.
It is the third month in a row that grocery costs have risen more than the overall inflation rate which was 1.7 per cent for April.
Beef prices represent the biggest sticker shock, up by 16.2 per cent from last year, Fresh vegetable prices are 3.8 per cent higher, coffee and tea 13.4 per cent and sugar 8.6 per cent.
Fuel prices went down by 18.1 per cent because of lower oil costs and an end to the carbon tax.
