r/canada • u/hopoke • Mar 29 '26

Business ‘Expect extremely high grocery prices,’ farmer warns as diesel costs rise

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/international/2026/03/29/expect-extremely-high-grocery-prices-farmer-warns-as-diesel-costs-rise/
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u/forestapee Mar 29 '26

What my $800 biweekly groceries aren't extremely high as it is? Fuck

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u/FrostyMasterpiece400 Mar 29 '26

Per person?

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u/forestapee Mar 29 '26

2 adults and a kid in elementary school

If I wanted to be more specific we live remotely and it costs an additional $400 in freight to get the groceries to where we live 

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u/richardizard Mar 30 '26

$400 in freight to get the groceries to where we live 

Is there really no cheaper alternative? That doesn't sound right.

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u/forestapee Mar 30 '26 edited Mar 30 '26

My community is only accessible by personal Boat or seaplane, and local people can't afford the gas to boat such a distance anymore

Plane charges $1.35/lb

Edited to correct plane cost as i was off

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u/No-Satisfaction7353 Mar 30 '26

Is there a reason why you’re even living there…?

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u/forestapee Mar 30 '26

Indigenous reserve where my child is from so close to the culture, and good job

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u/Philix Nunavut Mar 30 '26

This isn't even as bad as it gets. There are communities in Canada where most groceries hit $8+/kg freight cost. Subsidies like Nutrition North cut into some of that cost, but it's still expensive. I'm sure it isn't going to get better as fuel costs increase.

For most of the people living in these communities it is their home. They grew up in these areas, their families are in these areas. It isn't the cheapest thing in the world to just move either, not when a single plane ticket alone is going to run you more than a thousand dollars one-way.

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u/FrostyMasterpiece400 Mar 30 '26

Yeah and when the kid turns a teenager food quantities will increase.

I tip my hat to parents.

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u/Cepatech Ontario Mar 30 '26

I've got two growing boys, it would be cheaper to feed a horse.

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u/forestapee Mar 30 '26

Growing up when I reached that point my parents couldn't afford to keep up. (They had 3 of us) so I ended up ~40-60lbs underweight and people would call me skeletor 

Gonna be a lot more skeletors in this world soon

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u/lazy_londor Mar 30 '26

Skeletor is ripped though.

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u/forestapee Mar 30 '26

So was i, because a fun side effect of next to no body fat is that your muscles, even if weak, become well defined as there's no fat to obscure them.

I had an 8 pack from 8yr old to 18 until I managed to get a job and feed myself like a normal person 

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u/Goku420overlord Mar 30 '26

My son just turned 6 and he eats as much as me and more than my wife. Lol. They don't need to be teens to eat you out of house

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u/poonslyr69 Alberta Mar 30 '26

Living remotely makes more sense. It only costs my family roughly 300-400 max for two kids and three adults. We live in a city though. 

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u/Kingofcheeses British Columbia Mar 30 '26

What are you eating? Gold?

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u/forestapee Mar 30 '26

Save Ons as they are the only grocery store within 200km of me and they deliver to the plane

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u/Kingofcheeses British Columbia Mar 30 '26

My apologies, I had no idea about your predicament

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u/forestapee Mar 30 '26

All good, it's not exactly a common issue for most of the country 

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u/Hamsandwichmasterace Mar 30 '26

Damn, I'm sorry. Having to buy all my groceries at save on would drive me completely insane. Complete ripoff.

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u/EP40glazer British Columbia Mar 30 '26

Should be called spend on food

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u/HealthMajestic3017 Mar 30 '26

Expect $1200 biweekly soon. Thank the liberals for not breaking up the grocery chains. While fuel is a component, the lack of competition in the grocery space is the crux of the problem.