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Parents told us how the ever-present juggle of budgets and the realities of family life strained relationships and increased their mental load.
Ingredients, manufacturing, transportation and marketing factor into higher prices for allergen-free products.
The hidden side of the supermarket giants’ quest for profits is an increasingly elaborate system for monitoring and managing shoppers and workers.
Two important inflation indicators are trending in different directions. What gives?
If history had taken another path, bar codes would look dramatically different today.
The cost of feeding a table full of people may be too much for the average Canadian to bear this holiday season.
The food theft crisis is framed as a threat to paying customers. This furthers the divide between those who can still afford groceries and those who cannot.
The share of low-income US families who sometimes or often didn’t have enough food to eat fell from 24.5% to 22.5% between late April and late July of 2020, a research team found.
Once a cornerstone for many food retailers, brand loyalty is eroding as consumers prioritize cost savings over long-term brand relationships.
New research about the Nutrition North Canada program shows that the subsidy is not being fully passed on to consumers.
Why is the $50 million going to the government and not to those who overpaid for bread? The answer is complicated.
Many people are experiencing the sticker shock of higher prices at grocery stores. But the amount we pay for food often does not reflect the real social, environmental and human costs of production.
A team of economists looked at what happened after Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program work requirements were reinstated in Virginia in 2013.
Coronation Quiche may be fit for a king. But with a few tweaks, can be made to suit your budget. Hint: store-bought pastry is cheaper.
Initiatives like the federal government’s new grocery rebate are only a small step towards ending food insecurity in Canada. A broader guaranteed basic income is long overdue.
The federal government should make the grocery rebate permanent by adding it to the GST/HST credit.
Food insecurity is a problem of income inadequacy. The 2023 federal budget’s “grocery rebate” has the right idea, but falls short.
UK retailers had a happier Christmas than expected, but consumers are changing how they shop due to the rising cost of living.
Inflation is driving up food prices and could have a severe impact on the health of Canadians. When the cost of food increases, it restricts the availability of nutritious foods for low-income people.
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Director, Agri-Food Analytics Lab, Professor in Food Distribution and Policy, Dalhousie University
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Associate Professor of Law, University of Richmond
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PhD Candidate, ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society, RMIT University
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Associate Dean - School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University
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Associate Research Scientist, Michigan State University
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Professor of Retail Studies and Deputy Principal, University of Stirling
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Professor of Community Health and Wellbeing, The University of Queensland
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Reader in Consumer Psychology, Anglia Ruskin University
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Research Fellow, Centre for Childhood Nutrition Research, Queensland University of Technology
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Assistant Professor at the School of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University
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Senior Research Consultant, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Sociology, Western University
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Director of AgBioResearch and Assistant Vice President of Research and Innovation, Michigan State University
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Professor of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto
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Professor of Practice, Associate Dean, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
