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Manitoba government unveils findings of grocery price study
On Monday, Finance Minister Adrien Sala unveiled a report and three new measures government is taking, including restoring a food basket tool to regularly measure the cost of food per region and introducing legislation to mandate unit pricing in grocery stores.
With information from Chelsea HOWGATE, the study published by the provincial government examines the evolution of food prices between the years 2020 and 2025. Overall, the cost of food products increases by 4.5% over this five-year period, but some commodities have seen higher increases. For example, egg and meat prices have increased by 6% and 5.2% respectively. However, based on average household spending of four people, the study indicates th…
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