If you've recently balked at the butter, coughed at the coffee or choked in the chocolate aisle, you're not alone.
Food costs have been soaring for more than a year, with grocery inflation generally trending upward since April 2024, according to Statistics Canada. Shoppers paid four per cent more at the grocery store in September compared with the same period last year.
But some items have dinged our wallets more than others. Beef, coffee and confectionary are among some of the worst offenders, but what else is contributing to your grocery bills?
Let's break out some of the most expensive grocery items and explain why they cost so much.
Coffee is No. 1
You know what they say about the ones you love the most, right? Well, coffee has been hurting us with skyrocketing prices for months now.
The price of coffee increased 28.6 per cent over the past year — more than any other food item tracked by Statistics Canada's consumer price index. And it gets worse when you separate out "real" coffee from the instant stuff. Roasted or ground coffee prices rose 41 per cent in September compared with September last year.
Statistics Canada's retail data showed that the average monthly price of 340
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