Food bought in supermarkets cost 3.4 per cent more this October than last year, but that’s better than the four per cent increase in September.
For the ninth month in a row, food prices rose faster than the overall inflation rate which was 2.2 per cent for October.
Statistics Canada said chicken prices were 6.2 per cent higher this October, processed food prices were up by 3.2 per cent but fresh vegetables down by 1.4 per cent.
