Hello?? Food prices?
I swear Canada has lost the plot.
I’m a single guy trying to eat reasonably healthy, and somehow a homemade salad is pushing $10 before I even add protein. Not a restaurant salad. Not delivery. Not some luxury imported meal kit. Just cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, peppers, onions, and feta.
Then you add more basics and a grocery top-up looks like a financial crime scene.
And before someone says “just budget better,” I am budgeting. That’s the problem. I’m literally doing the math on vegetables. I’m breaking tomatoes into grams, peppers into meals, feta into cost-per-salad like I’m running a hedge fund for Greek salad.
Healthy food should not feel like a premium subscription.
I make decent money, so I can absorb it. But how the hell are minimum-wage workers supposed to live like this? How are families supposed to keep fresh food in the house when a regular cart of normal items casually hits $70, $100, $160? This isn’t avocado toast or fancy coffee. This is milk, vegetables, bread, dairy, and basic meals at home.
Hello? Food prices? Wtf.