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It’s peach season in British Columbia and a pile of the delicious Okanagan Valley-grown fruit is stacked outside a market on Vancouver’s Davie Street. Grab three to snack on this week and, at $8.80 per kilogram, you’re looking at $4.39 for your fresh fruit fix. The price of fresh fruit was …
Read More »Why this grocery store manager is using social media to share his love of Calgary history
Irwin Poon leads a double life. By day, he manages the meat department at a northwest Calgary Sobeys. By night, he’s an amateur public historian who uses a fast-growing Facebook group to share snippets of the city’s past. “I love history,” said Poon, 57, administrator of Historic Calgary. “I think of something …
Read More »How the rising cost of food adds up in your grocery cart
It’s been happening for months. You get to the bottom of your grocery cart at the check-out, go to pay and then feel the sting of yet another higher-than-usual total. Food prices rose 9.7 per cent in May compared to the previous year, matching the rise in April. Just about everything is …
Read More »Shrinkflation is happening on grocery store shelves. What it is, and how to avoid
When Kathleen Cassidy goes grocery shopping these days, she’s noticed that while so many prices are going up, others stay the same — but there’s less inside. Take laundry detergent pods, for example. “I used to get 40 of those, now I only get 38. It is kind of difficult for …
Read More »Kitchenful combines meal planning with a grocery concierge service – TechCrunch
Meet Kitchenful, a new German startup backed by Y Combinator that wants to make it easier to cook at home by taking care of menu ideas and grocery shopping. The service is currently available in early access in Germany with a focus on Berlin and Munich. When you sign up …
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