After months of relative calm, grocery prices have surged again since spring, driven by tariffs, weather disruptions, and a weakening Canadian dollar. Photo by iStock /GETTY IMAGES

Almost a year ago, Canada’s Food Price Report projected that food inflation in 2025 would range between three and five per cent. We now stand squarely at four.

For consumers, it’s been a bruising year. After months of relative calm, grocery prices have surged again since the spring, driven by tariffs, weather disruptions and a weakening Canadian dollar.

Between March and September, food inflation jumped sharply across several everyday staples. Coffee and tea prices rose by nearly 15 percentage points, sugar and confectionery climbed by more than three per cent, while beef and condiments each increased by about one per cent.

Those aren’t luxury goods—they’re........

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