Canucks reveal they’re suffering the same inflation dilemma as Americans when it comes to rising grocery costs.
Similar to the United States, America’s neighbors to the north are seeing grocery prices at supermarkets shoot through the roof, prompting Canadians to document their grievances on social media.
In one shocking video, a woman complains over the $220 cost of a few days worth of groceries purchased.
#WATCH: Canadian woman says she paid $220 for 3 bags of groceries. pic.twitter.com/sqEGDTuxHs
— 6ixBuzzTV (@6ixbuzztv) June 25, 2024
In another video, a woman claims she’ll be “out on the streets” panhandling for money if prices keep rising.
“If something is not done with the prices that keep going up in Canada”
“I will be on the streets”
“I will be on the streets next week panhandling for some change”
“It’s comical how our wages aren’t going up, but the PRICE of everything around us is SKYROCKETING”
“Groceries… pic.twitter.com/KoZbD0P01H
— Wall Street Silver (@WallStreetSilv) April 2, 2024
“There is no more cost of living, there is only cost of surviving,” a frustrated Canadian says in another video critical of inflation.
“The cost of living in Canada is sick”
“There is no more cost of living, there is only cost of surviving”
“I don’t know what to do, I’m working 3 jobs, I’m a single mother”
“I can’t afford to live here anymore”
“Groceries are astronomically priced right now”
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— Wall Street Silver (@WallStreetSilv) February 21, 2024
Check out clips below of other Canadians venting at the steep supermarket price hikes.
“I just went to the grocery store … first mistake”
Food inflation in Canada is out of control.?
— Wall Street Silver (@WallStreetSilv) October 17, 2023
“What is going on with the prices of food in Canada?!”
“I am completely freaked out for what’s to come in Canada with the food prices”
“I was about to walk into the grocery store and this woman stops me and she said do you have extra change for food?”
“I said I’m so sorry I… pic.twitter.com/a4caXQsl5w
— Wall Street Silver (@WallStreetSilv) March 28, 2024
Sixty Dollars worth of groceries at Costco. Canada is fucked. pic.twitter.com/BzbZnskv75
— Christy ????? (@Christy4Change) July 4, 2023
Prices have gotten so out of control under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s regime that some Canadians have taken to crossing the border to purchase groceries in the US, arguing it’s a cheaper option.
Meanwhile in the US, as Americans also suffer exorbitant food costs, Biden Treasury Secretary and former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, a millionaire, claimed in a recent interview she hasn’t noticed “sticker shock” at the grocery store.
REPORTER: “Have you been to the grocery store lately?”
YELLEN: “I sure have. I go every week.”
REPORTER: “It’s sticker shock, isn’t it?!”
YELLEN: “No!”
*Her net worth is $20 million pic.twitter.com/NcuEXhY9M0
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) June 26, 2024
