Mark Slapinski - March 03, 2026


Canadian Grocery Prices

Topics
grocery prices remain high
Hosted by
Mark Slapinski
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Episode Stats


Length

1 minute

Words per minute

194.34

Word count

316

Sentence count

9


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Grocery prices have gone up 30% since 2019, according to a report by TD Economics. Is there a reason why prices are so high? Is it because people are still willing to pay higher prices for food, or is it because there is so much competition in the grocery market that companies have little incentive to lower prices?

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00:00:00.000 Now, if you're one of the many Canadians that buys groceries for either themselves
00:00:03.840 or their families, you've probably noticed that the prices have gone out of control lately.
00:00:08.780 Grocery prices are up 30% since 2019, according to a report by TD Economics.
00:00:14.220 So no, it's not just you. This isn't just something in your head.
00:00:17.540 This is a very real concern, and a lot of Canadians are complaining about this.
00:00:21.940 Today, I'm going to explain why groceries are so darn expensive.
00:00:24.940 Now, we've been told the reason groceries are so expensive is because of inflation.
00:00:28.600 during the pandemic factories closed down and a lot of people were forced to stay home other
00:00:34.160 factors like the war in ukraine also contributed to inflation by causing a reduction in the supply
00:00:38.960 of energy products fertilizers and grains now inflation explains why prices went up in the
00:00:43.960 first place but it doesn't explain why prices are still high there's actually another reason for
00:00:49.300 that one of the reasons prices have remained so high is simply because people continue to pay them
00:00:54.580 food is obviously not a luxury it's something people need to survive and people continue to
00:01:00.480 buy food even though it's more expensive and you may not know this but there's not a lot of
00:01:04.840 competition in the canadian grocery market five companies completely dominate the grocery market
00:01:10.300 in canada loblaws metro sobeys walmart and costco dominate the grocery market in this country
00:01:15.700 responsible for 75 of all food sales in canada so due to the lack of competition in the grocery
00:01:21.620 market and the fact that people are still willing to pay the higher prices means that these companies
00:01:26.720 have little incentive to lower their prices and reduce their profits. So until there's more
00:01:31.640 competition in the grocery market where people simply decide to stop eating we're going to be
00:01:36.180 stuck with these higher prices.