{"id":18064,"date":"2016-02-21T13:05:38","date_gmt":"2016-02-21T18:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=18064"},"modified":"2016-02-21T13:05:38","modified_gmt":"2016-02-21T18:05:38","slug":"fruit-and-vegetable-prices-hike-overall-food-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=18064","title":{"rendered":"Fruit and vegetable prices hike overall food costs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Fruit and vegetable prices hike overall food costs<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n

Food prices increased by four per cent over the year, largely because of the low loonie<\/p>\n

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According to the Consumer Price Index, food prices increased by four per cent from Jan. 2015 to Jan. 2016. But fresh vegetables alone were up 18 per cent. For example, just in December, the price of tomatoes shot up by 30 per cent. (Paul Chiasson\/Canadian Press)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Fruit and veggie lovers\u00a0have seen their\u00a0pocketbooks pinched over this past year\u00a0as the\u00a0precious produce spiked in price,\u00a0prompting an\u00a0overall increase in food costs.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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“Well, obviously\u00a0the weak\u00a0loonie\u00a0has had an impact on produce and fruit prices,” said\u00a0Sylvain Charlebois, professor of marketing and\u00a0consumer studies at\u00a0the\u00a0University of Guelph Food Institute. “They’ve\u00a0gone\u00a0up\u00a0significanty.”<\/p>\n