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Canadians are spending more money on these key grocery store items
Statistics Canada released the latest inflation numbers, giving shoppers a look at just how expensive their grocery bill could get during the holidays.The government agency revealed the November 2025 Consumer Price Index (CPI) last Friday. According to the data, inflation rose 2.2 per cent on a year-over-year basis last month, matching the increase in October.While prices for services, travel, and accommodations, and rent rose at a slower pace in November compared to October, StatsCan stated that higher prices for goods offset the slowdown.The report suggested that this was "driven by price increases for groceries as well as a smaller decline for gasoline prices."StatsCan found that food prices at grocery stores rose 4.7 per cent in November compared to the same time last year. This is a 1.3 per cent increase in inflation from October."The increase in November was the largest since December 2023 (+4.7 per cent). The main contributors to the acceleration in November 20...
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