What’s going on with sky-high food prices? - The Fifth Estate

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  • @notkyraandmikayla
    @notkyraandmikayla 10 місяців тому +1206

    It feels borderline dystopian to be watching this and settling with the fact that this could be the new “norm”. How am I living in a wealthy developed country and I worry about how I’m going to feed myself? An absolute failure of government and politicians, so much talk but what are we actually doing… I feel for my neighbours in the North, it feels tragic to watch this unfold.

    • @rabymaidahsavage258
      @rabymaidahsavage258 10 місяців тому +58

      Remember WE THE PEOPLE must look to ourselves to feed ourselves..I was raised near Smucker's Jam Company Orrville, Ohio.
      Just remember and ACT UPON WE THE PEOPLE, turn our yards into gardens instead of mowing.
      What do you think?

    • @SternDikn
      @SternDikn 10 місяців тому +56

      @@rabymaidahsavage258My guy we are Canadian. You’re American “We the people” means nothing lol

    • @Gypsyroselee1964
      @Gypsyroselee1964 10 місяців тому +29

      @@rabymaidahsavage258That’s a great idea but maybe and there are lots of people that can’t do that

    • @ufo_vid9694
      @ufo_vid9694 10 місяців тому +24

      Remember, only ten percent for the big guy and five percent for Hunter's nostrils. Bidenomics.

    • @intellectually_lazy
      @intellectually_lazy 10 місяців тому +37

      @@rabymaidahsavage258 yards, lol, good one. i live in a subsidized 1 bedroom apartment and half the people i know are homeless

  • @highwayhydroponics5823
    @highwayhydroponics5823 9 місяців тому +604

    Thank you farmers for all your hard work.

    • @MrToxx525
      @MrToxx525 9 місяців тому

      Yeah, thanks you socialist farmer who gets a bunch of tax money!

    • @glenncurley680
      @glenncurley680 9 місяців тому +11

      @BamBamSrWe own a 100 acres and lease it out to a corporate farming company.
      It's hard to get help to run the farm, so we gave up and let someone else worry about it. Sad!

    • @Mosaic_Crone
      @Mosaic_Crone 8 місяців тому

      Small farmers are non-existent anymore & big farming corporations work with Monsanto.
      Monsanto, the makers of Agent Orange & Round Up.
      Take a look at the rise of food allergies & Food Intolerance the world over & you will see a direct correlation to Monsanto entering & taking over the Agriculture & Dairy industries.

    • @brian177
      @brian177 8 місяців тому +3

      ​​@@glenncurley680You're a landowner. You are already better set than plenty of Canadians.
      Farmers like to say it's tough to make ends meet, but I have yet to meet a poor farmer.

    • @86Corvus
      @86Corvus 8 місяців тому +2

      who do you think sells the food to these companies?

  • @tarahartshorne4439
    @tarahartshorne4439 10 місяців тому +542

    I can’t believe that guy from North nurtrition “it’s up to consumers to make decisions as to whether costs are appropriate” how are consumers supposed to make informed choices about costs when there is only one grocery store in the community?

    • @johnnygoodman2003
      @johnnygoodman2003 10 місяців тому +4

      Why is it everyone complaining about trudeau is living at home with their mom and unemployeed.

    • @colleenlovesbolan
      @colleenlovesbolan 10 місяців тому

      @@johnnygoodman2003 You stoned? Trudeau is an absolute disaster! And no, the people who are complaining about him are hard working Canadians with brains.

    • @micksylvestre2887
      @micksylvestre2887 10 місяців тому +24

      @@johnnygoodman2003You have a hard time staying on track with this topic don't you? Blaming our PM when it's corporations doing it to their own consumers should be your immediate focus.

    • @johnnygoodman2003
      @johnnygoodman2003 10 місяців тому

      @@micksylvestre2887 who said I talking about any specific topic?

    • @markd9580
      @markd9580 10 місяців тому

      @@johnnygoodman2003If you defend Trudeau, you’re part of the problem.

  • @TroyQwert
    @TroyQwert 9 місяців тому +21

    I have tears of happiness in my eyes just from realizing that someone truly cares about this. Thank you! This is the way!

  • @beer1for2break3fast4
    @beer1for2break3fast4 10 місяців тому +1159

    Having grocery executives helping government to implement new pricing rules is like a chicken farmer consulting with a fox over the security of his pens.

    • @jimmyhenderson9761
      @jimmyhenderson9761 10 місяців тому +19

      just leaving the coup door open with a sign foxes' enter here.

    • @michaelandrews4783
      @michaelandrews4783 10 місяців тому +33

      Private businesses should NOT have any influence with the government of the people.

    • @michaeljjan6344
      @michaeljjan6344 10 місяців тому +12

      Hey there, I identify as a fox. What you just said was very offensive to clever foxes such as myself and that you'd compare us foxes to grocery executives is down right insulting. Are you going to apologize for this comment???

    • @BobbsVegine-eg3xz
      @BobbsVegine-eg3xz 10 місяців тому +1

      100% Foxts

    • @damonroberts7372
      @damonroberts7372 10 місяців тому +5

      100% It's called "regulatory capture".

  • @prairieboypools
    @prairieboypools 10 місяців тому +587

    I saw a video where a woman from Ontario was in South Carolina or somewhere down south and saw a bag of carrots which were grown in her neck of the woods back home selling for something like 79 cents. The same bag cost $6.99 or something at her local grocery store.
    So how does that make sense? Grown locally and sold for an arm and a leg.
    Shipped internationally and sold for peanuts.
    Clown world.

    • @reejan8109
      @reejan8109 10 місяців тому +31

      Minimum wage in South Carolina is $7.25. In Ontario it is $16.50. Growers obviously aren't getting much if carrots can be bought, transported and sold for 0.79! Does no one ever see the connection between raising wages & prices going up? Raising minimum wage hasn't helped but for a short time, it would see.

    • @elizabethabbott2982
      @elizabethabbott2982 10 місяців тому +7

      We should all move to the USA en mass!

    • @EricBoulton26
      @EricBoulton26 10 місяців тому

      @@reejan8109I can get that same bag of carrots for 99 cents at most stores in New Jersey, where the minimum wage is now $15/hr. So no, minimum wage has nothing to do with rising prices.

    • @Fenthule
      @Fenthule 10 місяців тому +71

      @@reejan8109 Your math isn't even close to mathing the way you think my guy. Why would being paid 2.3x as much make it cost 8.8x ?? If anything that's even MORE evidence of corporate greed and price gouging lmao

    • @BobbsVegine-eg3xz
      @BobbsVegine-eg3xz 10 місяців тому +10

      ​So I guess grocery stores should Triple their prices. While you get a dollar or 50 cent raise.

  • @kapilgangurde
    @kapilgangurde 10 місяців тому +719

    Controlling us with food prices is just inhuman 😢

    • @IceLynne
      @IceLynne 9 місяців тому

      Elites are pure evil but it seems no one is willing to unalive them.

    • @suzannarice8992
      @suzannarice8992 9 місяців тому +30

      And literally every aspect of life.......People just need to stop....

    • @RichUniverse_
      @RichUniverse_ 9 місяців тому +32

      What major institutions does CD support?
      2 Cell companies
      5 Banks
      4 Grocery stores
      3 life insurers
      4 home builders
      4 major realty companies
      That’s an Oligarchy system and there is no other definition
      Let’s think what might happen if the people redistributed their money

    • @SamerA3737
      @SamerA3737 9 місяців тому +7

      Whos cd my bad

    • @IceLynne
      @IceLynne 9 місяців тому +5

      @@RichUniverse_ who is "CD"?

  • @DaveVargas90012
    @DaveVargas90012 9 місяців тому +21

    I spend my money at mom and pop shops. Local family owned and operated. Stop by corporate and feeding the greed.

  • @Astr0b0y8
    @Astr0b0y8 10 місяців тому +249

    Who would have guessed giving subsidies right to retailers who's main goal is to be profitable wouldnt be handed down the line to consumers in good faith... couldnt have seen this coming... out of the blue

    • @angelachanelhuang1651
      @angelachanelhuang1651 9 місяців тому +1

      there is a law in america where high prices is illegal

    • @JackieSmite
      @JackieSmite 9 місяців тому

      this video has nothing to do with the US. @@angelachanelhuang1651

    • @WildberryAB
      @WildberryAB 9 місяців тому +3

      Exactly. It would be interesting to learn the genius behind presenting massive subsidies to retailers with even the slightest shred of confidence.

    • @jacquesbeliveau2716
      @jacquesbeliveau2716 9 місяців тому

      What do you expect from politicians who provide subsidies directly to the dealership ....totally unrealistic....but real....the only thing politicians are Good for Is to come up with vague laws with no follow up for adjustments. Ask Trudeau he will tell you. Corruption is the key word.

    • @kimgordon3695
      @kimgordon3695 9 місяців тому +1

      The system is going down with a hissing noise... Can you hear it

  • @gabwebsite
    @gabwebsite 10 місяців тому +129

    This is a fantastic documentary. Journalists should now do their job and report this to the mainstream medias. We don't need distractions , we need afforable housing and food prices. That's the base of everyone's life

    • @Dizzy123-p3t
      @Dizzy123-p3t 9 місяців тому +2

      Well said.

    • @kylequinn1963
      @kylequinn1963 9 місяців тому

      This is the complete opposite of fantastic and the opposite of a documentary.
      This is paid propaganda for the government. The fact that this is all about the "bad evil greedy CEOs" and had absolutely zero focus on the federal government's responsibility in all of this for their absolutely garbage policies says it all.
      Also the federal government funds the CBC, so that tells you everything you need to know.

    • @bevneesam7994
      @bevneesam7994 9 місяців тому +2

      Same here in the uk.

    • @TLA123y6f
      @TLA123y6f 6 місяців тому

      yes

  • @simpleblessings2024
    @simpleblessings2024 10 місяців тому +688

    Folks, I used to work for the food giant grocery chain, Safeway. The amount of waste, each and everyday, was absolutely astounding! Food rendered unsalabe was discarded 98% of the time, rather than marked down, or donated. We did have Salvation army pick up bread items, and baking that was over the due date, and that was the only food that as far as I knew, was put to good use. We need to use our common sense again, people are starving and going without eating. I know a lady who only eats every second day! Reason being, she cannot afford to eat everyday and pay her bills too....And I bet those grocery store CEO'S are not doing without!

    • @elizabethabbott2982
      @elizabethabbott2982 10 місяців тому +21

      Yes; just as I was thinking of; the waste is awful; I have never seen homeless like we see in Vancouver; more there than elsewhere as the winters are not quite as cold as elsewhere but it must be dreadful.

    • @Givemeafinname
      @Givemeafinname 10 місяців тому +26

      And Safeway is the most expensive place to shop.

    • @infiniLor
      @infiniLor 10 місяців тому +42

      Safeway - lol - way back in the 70s my dad was unable to get much work for a couple months and he took my brother and I to Safeway's big dumpster on certain nights of the week and we'd quietly pass stuff out to him and he'd fill the back of his truck with all sorts of perfectly good food that we'd feast on for the week. Sadly, it all came to an abrupt end one night when we were caught by an employee who randomly stepped out for a smoke. When we came back a week later, the whole area was caged up and locked. Unbelievable.

    • @bigballz4u
      @bigballz4u 10 місяців тому +9

      Eating every two days is intermittent fasting. She could be doing it for health reasons.

    • @parentrap
      @parentrap 10 місяців тому +18

      I have seen people being given mouldy breads from food banks!!

  • @ishanchotaliya8904
    @ishanchotaliya8904 9 місяців тому +83

    OMG, just a couple of cents in profit for farmers??? And 6 $ for a Brad loaf? That's just criminal

    • @bigbri7519
      @bigbri7519 6 місяців тому +1

      It's probably not true. You can't believe anything these days.

    • @howlinwulf
      @howlinwulf 6 місяців тому +3

      ​@@bigbri7519the farmer who's family has had rhe same farm for 3 generations just told you the facts but it's a lie huh
      Shew dude just quit it.

    • @Rachel-h3n
      @Rachel-h3n 6 місяців тому +3

      Support the farmers, buy direct and make your own bread.

    • @bigbri7519
      @bigbri7519 6 місяців тому +1

      @@howlinwulf sure maybe but bread doesnt cost 6$ and theyre actors for the farm lobby. just cuz someone wears a white ladcoat to sell tooth paste doesnt mean theyre a dentist.

    • @blueridgebuddy5933
      @blueridgebuddy5933 5 місяців тому

      Even in the US it is the same. My dad was a farmer and he showed us what he made selling his crops VS what that product cost retail. Abysmal

  • @CatherineRogers-t2i
    @CatherineRogers-t2i 10 місяців тому +344

    Folks, I used to work for the food giant grocery chain, Safeway. The amount of waste, each and everyday, was absolutely astounding! Food rendered unsalabe was discarded 98% of the time, rather than marked down, or donated. We did have Salvation army pick up bread items, and baking that was over the due date, and that was the only food that as far as I knew, was put to good use. We need to use our common sense again, people are starving and going without eating. I know a lady who only eats every second day! I bet those CEO'S are not doing without!

    • @5060northernmama
      @5060northernmama 9 місяців тому +28

      If you know a lady who only eats every 2nd day, have her over for supper every 2nd day.

    • @markymar4w
      @markymar4w 9 місяців тому +16

      Yes I agree with you. Lots of foods in the waste bin in the big grocery store so sad to see the goes to waste bin but people need them for their household 😢 please CEO don’t be so greedy 🥺

    • @lisaeverhart7986
      @lisaeverhart7986 9 місяців тому +22

      This is due to politicians, not grocers.

    • @Finness894
      @Finness894 9 місяців тому

      Hello @@markymar4w . I can imagine the "Spin" that Main Stream Media would put on That! "Someone" would "take offence" to giving desperate people food from the Trash. Then "lawyers" would Sue and bankrupt the "Good Guy".
      Funny how this world works!

    • @georgiafrancis9059
      @georgiafrancis9059 9 місяців тому +2

      neither are the people in DC

  • @chrislim7976
    @chrislim7976 10 місяців тому +124

    Remember: These are people that colluded to fix bread prices.
    BREAD.
    Stay classy Weston family.
    😂

    • @brandonrequa4805
      @brandonrequa4805 10 місяців тому +6

      Weston and Western Family Bread is no longer sold at our independent grocers in the US. I can go to the Franz Bakery and buy bread for $1.50. Last year I bought sourdough roll loafs for 99 cents. For every $10 purchased I got a free bread item and 1/5 of a punch card punched. With $50 spent, I can pick up 5 free bread items of the $1.50 rack. I wish Canada had Franz and Orowheat/Entemanns Bakery Outlets. You can save a fortune and provide your 82 year old single widowed neighbor with free loaves of bread 🍞 to spare 😊

    • @chrislim7976
      @chrislim7976 10 місяців тому +3

      Canada's situation doesn't promote true competition so it's often left with a few large players to serve it's relatively small population over large areas.
      Being next to the US doesn't help with inevitable comparisons.

    • @elizabethsullivan7176
      @elizabethsullivan7176 9 місяців тому +2

      He's hoping we've forgotten about this 🙄

    • @18_rabbit
      @18_rabbit 9 місяців тому +5

      yep, i'm a yank and that shocked me. Canuck's need to stand the fk up against this attitude!

    • @chrislim7976
      @chrislim7976 9 місяців тому +7

      @@18_rabbit
      Canada's small population and history of constitutional monarchy pretty much guarantees no real competition while we walk around acting smug eating donuts; we're the ones being treated like donuts.

  • @5DNRG
    @5DNRG 10 місяців тому +77

    No matter what smoke & mirrors these CEOs throw at us, their accounting firms know their profit margins and the numbers don't lie regardless of how much the CEOs lie. And we are all paying the price of their ridiculous inflationary profits!

    • @rps1689
      @rps1689 10 місяців тому +4

      Unfortunately we have a tax regime where the biggest companies and corporations don't have to worry about capitalist disruption, as the alway get their losses and failures socialized by the tax payer plus have accounting schemes and gimmicks that can hide profits and financial gains during good times and capitalist disruption plus executive payroll is never effected because is it the same old same old, socialize the losses and privatize the gains and reward executives enormously on both occurrences.

  • @alt755
    @alt755 9 місяців тому +66

    Sweden is a high tax and high cost of labour and everything else ,yet the cost of food is almost half price compare to Canada , the answer is less corporations greed ,les CEOs greed , less share holders nonsense and more Government control .

    • @jessicad2282
      @jessicad2282 7 місяців тому +2

      💯

    • @TLA123y6f
      @TLA123y6f 6 місяців тому +1

      There's a reason Finland is considered the happiest country on earth. We need to merge the best of both systems. Democratic socialism.

    • @howlinwulf
      @howlinwulf 6 місяців тому

      Our government sold us out

    • @stephey808
      @stephey808 6 місяців тому

      How can more government control work ?! Especially when retailers pilfer subsidies?

    • @dennisp8520
      @dennisp8520 5 місяців тому

      Sweden is also significantly smaller in terms of geographic size and has significantly better infrastructure to transport food. The cost of transport is the area where cost is most sensitive.
      Especially when you start talking about refrigerated goods

  • @michellesmith6558
    @michellesmith6558 10 місяців тому +181

    We’re in the same situation in Australia. These CEO’s are sooo lying.

    • @debbielockhart7762
      @debbielockhart7762 9 місяців тому +19

      Lying is what CEOs do best. Psychopaths do quite well in the business world. Sickening

    • @martinjenkins6467
      @martinjenkins6467 9 місяців тому

      Yeah we have the voluntary code and it
      Is useless. The majors still screw farmers and suppliers. At least our
      Government is as stupid as Canada to
      Give them a subsidy. Woolies would
      Love to Get hold of taxpayers money
      And screw us.

    • @tobytylor919
      @tobytylor919 9 місяців тому +5

      The northern company operates in Alaska and in the South Pacific using the same format of high prices versus scarcity.

    • @piyushgarg8497
      @piyushgarg8497 9 місяців тому

      Yes, it is aslo the same but, atleast your guys minimum wages are one of the highest amongst commonwealth nations, while in Canada some of us are not even are earning 100$ a day beascue our wages are so low yet are taxed so high but yes we have freehealth while sitting 8 hours in an emergency to get myself checked. :(

    • @dannydetonator
      @dannydetonator 9 місяців тому +10

      As someone in direct touch with the business owners, i have to concur. Though not myself from North America, psychology of people are always similar, if details may vary.
      Most of them say or do anything to make themselves look good and honest while maximising the long term profits and minimising the risks of being caught out. Risk against profit is the game. Consumers and workers/producers are just tools. The most shady employers stright ap call their employees "livestock" too. You get good at it with time and experience.
      That's why i decided not to try to get in the hardcore business world even if it meant staying poor. Conscience and morals are not for sale.

  • @Trev-h1j
    @Trev-h1j 9 місяців тому +296

    How else do the grocery ceos afford their life of luxury meanwhile food banks are running out of food, nobody can afford rent, the idea of buying a home is laughable. People need to get angry!

    • @rps1689
      @rps1689 9 місяців тому +40

      This is what happens when governments try to build an economy from the top down; it grows monopolies, sheds domestic manufacturing, devalues the earnings of the middle class and drains broad prosperity.

    • @johnmacdonald3070
      @johnmacdonald3070 9 місяців тому +17

      Soo true!!
      Well said!!!
      Worked all my life, retired and almost homeless!!!

    • @rps1689
      @rps1689 9 місяців тому +14

      @lr3361 The loop holes and the accounting schemes and gimmicks that allow them to pay less taxes has to go.

    • @lorrainec8190
      @lorrainec8190 9 місяців тому +5

      Those CEOs end up in a pine box to.

    • @18_rabbit
      @18_rabbit 9 місяців тому +10

      @@rps1689 here in the US there was no strategy, it's been intentionally reactionary laisezFaire econ by Reagan admin and ever since. We need more strategy indeed and we need job training

  • @patriciagallace5065
    @patriciagallace5065 10 місяців тому +248

    The ceo of woolworths in Australia 🇦🇺- one of the two large grocery chains, was forced to resign. A huge investigation into price fixing on groceries just ordered by the PM regarding price gouging. Profits hundreds of percent. It’s outrageous. What’s the Canadian PM doing? Nothing

    • @tokyofall99
      @tokyofall99 10 місяців тому +26

      He’s absolutely useless … and I regretfully voted for him. Never again!

    • @Fenthule
      @Fenthule 10 місяців тому

      Yea but PP is just as crazy as the US republicans. Singh is the only logical vote in my mind.

    • @trinleywangmo
      @trinleywangmo 10 місяців тому +26

      It's everywhere, in the USA, Mexico, Germany, UK, France. I can't think of a western country that isn't suffering from this greed/monopolization of our food production.

    • @tylermeek2800
      @tylermeek2800 10 місяців тому

      ​@@tokyofall99yeah because you wouldn't back a federal government who comes out and says regulations over corporate profits will happen if the house agrees. Federal overreach on human rights and people's greed are the issue here. I know I would rather pay the government a controlled rent rate for a home and controlled food price because it would mean the public would build profits pay off debt remove power from the private and have finance to assure equality of life. Allowing private sectors to begin with thanks to CONservatives is why we are here

    • @mottahead6464
      @mottahead6464 10 місяців тому +8

      @@trinleywangmo First the real state market, now food . Let's brace ourselves for a future with higher costs of living with less and less jobs due to A. I. and mechanization.

  • @delprice3007
    @delprice3007 9 місяців тому +10

    In the US ranchers earn today around 35% of the retail price of beef, when a few decades ago it was 60%. Beef is also imported and marketed as product of USA. Corporatist monopolies destroy

  • @LAOM3423
    @LAOM3423 10 місяців тому +155

    Hats off to farmer who is sacrificing so we Canadians can bring food to our tables. Shame on the grocery companies!

    • @kylequinn1963
      @kylequinn1963 9 місяців тому +4

      You mean shame on the federal government, who is the actual root cause for the prices. Right?

    • @CassidyPresley-o2k
      @CassidyPresley-o2k 8 місяців тому +1

      ..........Corporate........Greed is the cause for such need .......$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.

    • @ccmum22boyz
      @ccmum22boyz 8 місяців тому

      Your Canadian government wants you to think it’s the grocery stores and I’m sure to some extent it is, but the government keeps making bad decisions about gasoline and energy and taxes and printing money so this is extremely misleading to the public

    • @bademoxy
      @bademoxy 8 місяців тому

      @@kylequinn1963 the fed are the root cause of MONEY becoming worthless...

  • @bobinabuddy
    @bobinabuddy 10 місяців тому +65

    Northern employee who tried to stop the madness, a good soul and thank you for telling your story

    • @hollycarter4191
      @hollycarter4191 9 місяців тому +2

      She is a hero! We need more change starting from the inside these corrupt organizations!

  • @jadedelarge8929
    @jadedelarge8929 10 місяців тому +242

    What I could not believe and I was so infuriated was to find out that the PC Optimum Program (points from shopping at No Frills, Superstores and Shoppers) started to lower the points on my weekly offers. For example, I used to get 1800 points ($1.80) when I bought a rotisserie chicken or 600 points ($0.60) when I bought an organic salad. Now I only get 800 points and 300 points respectively, instead. Disgusting!!
    I wrote to the company and told them what I thought and that I would NEVER buy another chicken or salad from them again.
    I have a plethora of supermarkets in my city to go to instead.
    I VOTE WITH MY WALLET!! That's the only frigging power I have.
    Shame on these people. SHAME!!

    • @christinew5473
      @christinew5473 10 місяців тому +16

      Anyone who uses the optimum card is a goof. I stopped using that card years ago. Anyone who uses it is feeding Loblaws/Shoppers intelligence (unique shopping behaviors) on how to rip you off in the future.

    • @jadedelarge8929
      @jadedelarge8929 10 місяців тому

      @@christinew5473 Live and learn🙄

    • @brendabrinkmanpasichnyk3500
      @brendabrinkmanpasichnyk3500 10 місяців тому +3

      Saudi owns Loblaws.

    • @squatch545
      @squatch545 10 місяців тому

      @@brendabrinkmanpasichnyk3500 Prove it.

    • @DSSPOA
      @DSSPOA 10 місяців тому +9

      it works when you have multiple choices/options, not always the case though…

  • @RobertaFrase
    @RobertaFrase 9 місяців тому +10

    When you charge 5 dollars for a slice of pie. Or ten dollars for a salad!! Something is wrong.

  • @argeldelacruz9545
    @argeldelacruz9545 10 місяців тому +461

    Doubling prices in a month should be illegal and someone needs to go to jail.

    • @MathieuLLF
      @MathieuLLF 10 місяців тому +50

      Trudeau needs to go to jail for the carbon tax

    • @politicalfoolishness7491
      @politicalfoolishness7491 10 місяців тому +25

      The politicians.

    • @vincentlussier8264
      @vincentlussier8264 10 місяців тому +21

      I'll bet Trudeau gets kickbacks from the food companies to look the other way!

    • @ufo_vid9694
      @ufo_vid9694 10 місяців тому +24

      Keep sending money to other countries wars and funding open border policies.

    • @ufo_vid9694
      @ufo_vid9694 10 місяців тому

      ​@@politicalfoolishness7491Bidenflation

  • @kenp4464
    @kenp4464 10 місяців тому +79

    Not only the cost, but the amount of food in the same sized container/packaging is less.

    • @Phantom-darkness
      @Phantom-darkness 10 місяців тому +6

      And the quality of the product fell dramatically.

    • @grandmaG67
      @grandmaG67 9 місяців тому

      It's called shrink flation

    • @debbielockhart7762
      @debbielockhart7762 9 місяців тому

      Shrinkflation has been going on for decades.

  • @gloriaroyer5632
    @gloriaroyer5632 9 місяців тому +448

    Groceries are going up way more than 20%, when you consider how everything is shrinking. Shame on our government for allowing it and the grocery stores for gouging everyone. It's not just food It's every single thing.

    • @Kronaphasia
      @Kronaphasia 9 місяців тому +32

      Carbon Tax.......vote Trudeau out or any party that wants to tax carbon. Food didn't start going up until the carbon tax came in.

    • @Finness894
      @Finness894 9 місяців тому +18

      Aren't you listening to your government .... inflation is Less than 3%. LOL
      Be a "good" Canadian ... shut up ... go to work ... Pay your Taxes! Same old thing everywhere.

    • @sheilawade433
      @sheilawade433 9 місяців тому +6

      Republicans rolled back consumer protections

    • @philburt781
      @philburt781 9 місяців тому +8

      Looks like most people think everything in a grocery store just magically appears on the shelf at no cost to anyone.

    • @careymeaway2024
      @careymeaway2024 9 місяців тому +14

      the politicians caused the high prices..

  • @1ManBandChrisWilson
    @1ManBandChrisWilson 8 місяців тому +8

    Yes thank you farmers for all your hard work.

  • @linato1855
    @linato1855 10 місяців тому +84

    I bought a package of yeast that prior to and during the pandemic I was paying $4.99 for. Today at the same big box store I paid $7.99. The pandemic seems to have given companies licence to price gouge everything with no consequences.

    • @darlingdear2687
      @darlingdear2687 9 місяців тому +4

      two words - carbon tax

    • @Kronaphasia
      @Kronaphasia 9 місяців тому +2

      Carbon tax increased every year too.

    • @stephey808
      @stephey808 6 місяців тому

      💯 it gave government a reason to cut services too

  • @J-Blue0733
    @J-Blue0733 10 місяців тому +107

    The same thing is going on here where I live in Hawaii - price gouging at its finest. Also, lots of perfectly good food only one day expired being thrown out. I asked a grocery worker why it wasn't being donated, she answered "liability risks." The whole system is unethical & wasteful.

  • @katsgardenkitchenandmore9050
    @katsgardenkitchenandmore9050 9 місяців тому +12

    Its not just Canada that has high prices on food, but the USA has it too, its just wrong, food prices are going up but our pay doses not making it hard to feed our familys, and whats even worse is that if you work or own a company and you can't feed your family do to high prices you raise your prices on your products to aford the food and then it becomes a cycle, I just hate it I can't aford anything anymore even know I bust my but off at my job. Good thing I have my garden to feed me for now. Thank you to all the farmers who work so hard but like me see very little income from it.

  • @papasitoman
    @papasitoman 10 місяців тому +82

    Canada has some of the most expensive rent in the world, food, internet, phone, dentistry, and other services not covered by healthcare, and more. Plus, when one DOES go out for food or fun, one is expected to tip at least 20%! We are literally in a housing crisis and now we cab barely pay for food. Enough!

    • @michaelwaterman8925
      @michaelwaterman8925 10 місяців тому +11

      Gave up tipping years ago after seeing Australia because it's none of my business how the waiter is paid.

    • @germangirl8133
      @germangirl8133 9 місяців тому +10

      I agree. Sad to say but we dont go out anymore. I live in Alberta and when I go to Bottle Depot and get my money from the machine, it also asks if I want to give a tip. I always say NO

    • @robertcook9264
      @robertcook9264 9 місяців тому

      Same in San francisco. But an orange is still not 7$ most of the grocers in SF are small and local though.

    • @kapilgangurde
      @kapilgangurde 9 місяців тому

      Yet only 4 conglomerate in Canada makes filthy money by squeezing common citizens blood

    • @tobytylor919
      @tobytylor919 9 місяців тому +1

      It was explained to me a long time ago when we had a food crisis in the early nineties..
      It is the British way. Ask any pirate.
      Why are you a pirate?

  • @marblegarden8456
    @marblegarden8456 10 місяців тому +70

    Anyone can see that the cost of food is much higher than the inflation amount we are being fed. Prices are like 20-30% higher, and volume is shrinking too. I’m also seeing quality decrease. For instance we’ve always had frozen chicken fingers as a staple, and suddenly the price doubled and the “chicken mulch” has noticeably more filler.

    • @gordorr9259
      @gordorr9259 10 місяців тому +11

      My trust in food production is at an all time low....most of what we're being sold is garbage.

    • @TheOneinthewoods
      @TheOneinthewoods 9 місяців тому +8

      Many many food items have DOUBLED in price

    • @norco4life518
      @norco4life518 9 місяців тому +16

      It’s specially noticed at the low income level, which I slipped into over the last 2 years.. I was making what was considered “middle class”, but over the course of the last two years I’ve been hungry while keeping my kids fed, relying mostly on food I’ve hunted and fished for.. it’s worse in rural areas..
      To be clear, I made a whopping $0.70 raise since then, however with the increased costs I’m still now in the lower class/poverty level. It’s not right.

    • @john-o1g9p
      @john-o1g9p 9 місяців тому

      because the iflation numbers are a lie.

    • @LifeAdviceSite
      @LifeAdviceSite 9 місяців тому +5

      I used to feed my three kids for $50 a week pre-pandemic. Now I can’t for less than $150…
      Also - chicken mulch is a great term. I’m incorporating that into my vernacular. 👍

  • @giovannaparente917
    @giovannaparente917 10 місяців тому +153

    GREED GREED GREED!! That is the reason for the high prices.

    • @elizabethsullivan7176
      @elizabethsullivan7176 9 місяців тому +6

      Welcome to Capitalism. 😔

    • @TrentButcher
      @TrentButcher 9 місяців тому

      Specifically government greed, welcome to socialism.

    • @miny4558
      @miny4558 9 місяців тому

      This is the democrat party need to give out hard earned money to illegals and welfare people who don’t work

    • @riseevolution
      @riseevolution 9 місяців тому +2

      not only greed a game to destroy lifes

    • @louisecampbell2628
      @louisecampbell2628 8 місяців тому

      YEP!!!

  • @jasonking7729
    @jasonking7729 9 місяців тому +16

    I'm old enough to have seen this happen before. Inflation can go to zero, and goods and services will stay higher than before.

    • @bademoxy
      @bademoxy 8 місяців тому +2

      Venezuelan inflation went to 1500% after socialists got voted in (thanks to Dominion Voting Systems, btw).

    • @zuzanazuscinova5209
      @zuzanazuscinova5209 4 місяці тому

      You need deflation

  • @RussellD11
    @RussellD11 10 місяців тому +68

    You CANT give subsidies to Corps, you must give it directly to the consumer....

    • @CherylThompson-o2w
      @CherylThompson-o2w 9 місяців тому +10

      Or the producer

    • @GlimpseIntoTheirNatures
      @GlimpseIntoTheirNatures 9 місяців тому +6

      Great idea. Italy gives citizens who are gluten intolerant a stipend to buy their gluten-free products. Directly to the consumer. Those who have cancers, intestinal issues, allergies, or other dietary restrictions have always had to spend more to get organics or alternatives to wheat. Being punished for their genetic predisposition or unfortunate illnesses.

    • @rh7163
      @rh7163 9 місяців тому +1

      Then wait for the backlash as illegal drugs become the problem along with more addictions with more money to pay for it all.

    • @deborahhopkinson5243
      @deborahhopkinson5243 9 місяців тому +1

      Or, don't steal it from the consumer using taxes in the first place.

    • @bademoxy
      @bademoxy 8 місяців тому

      give NOTHING away. There's no such thing as "free stuff".

  • @jaimieseejaimiedo
    @jaimieseejaimiedo 10 місяців тому +32

    This is what pisses me off about ppl who look down on ppl who are on welfare/disability...yet these companies are getting handouts with our taxes and no one shakes a finger at these big businesses getting welfare

    • @ralphkoster2687
      @ralphkoster2687 9 місяців тому +2

      7:59 we the people need to march on the grocers

    • @kimgordon3695
      @kimgordon3695 9 місяців тому

      It's not WELFARE IT IS #PIRACY

  • @naomihansen7741
    @naomihansen7741 10 місяців тому +95

    This is heartbreaking. To see how little it matters to some people if their fellow citizens are suffering. Every day the cost of living is increasing. I hate this.

    • @carmarasmussen8118
      @carmarasmussen8118 10 місяців тому +8

      We are all just serfs to them. The Kelloggs CEO is touting cereal for dinner since people can't afford to buy meat anymore. 😮

  • @deborahharrison815
    @deborahharrison815 9 місяців тому +11

    Thank you to the farmers of Canada and the world! We indeed depend on you!

  • @joept333
    @joept333 10 місяців тому +96

    Was just at walmart in bc yesterday. 3 chunky soup was 6 dollars last year. Checked yesterday and it was 3 for 10 dollars! Absolutely ridiculous for 3 cans of chunky soup. Inflation is up 6-7% at its peak but yet food prices jump 60-70%! No justification at all

    • @joept333
      @joept333 10 місяців тому +18

      @brianearle6062 regardless, the fact is that 60-70% jump in food prices is unacceptable. I could said the kraft peanut butter as well.

    • @debbieframpton3857
      @debbieframpton3857 10 місяців тому +1

      I've never seen soup that high here in the states

    • @MariamMariam-ue7vz
      @MariamMariam-ue7vz 10 місяців тому +2

      I don’t remember $2 chunky soup, except for huge sales.

    • @joept333
      @joept333 10 місяців тому +2

      @MariamMariam-ue7vz depends where you live but that's why I stated bc, or more specifically the lower mainland. That's the deal I usually see at superstore

    • @BrittMFH
      @BrittMFH 10 місяців тому +1

      ​@brianearle6062I love chunky soups. Except I have to add extra salt.

  • @Trigger200284
    @Trigger200284 10 місяців тому +263

    As a modest earner in Atlantic Canada, i think more and more every day about leaving this country because we are getting screwed from every corner like wages, housing, food, education, fuel. we are being absolutely CRUSHED with debt from all sides...

    • @grizzlybear4
      @grizzlybear4 10 місяців тому +29

      Don't move to the US.... it is awful here.

    • @mylesmerola4750
      @mylesmerola4750 10 місяців тому +54

      Were you going to go? I hate to tell you this but all western nations are dealing with the exact same problems

    • @JT.Pilgrim
      @JT.Pilgrim 10 місяців тому

      @@mylesmerola4750yup!

    • @boardammo1593
      @boardammo1593 10 місяців тому +2

      Country?

    • @arcticgoddess
      @arcticgoddess 10 місяців тому +18

      Move to Northern Canada. You will make six figures in basic jobs and get crazy northern living tax cuts. Housing still sucks and winter is Nov to April, but you can live a far better than modest life and affird to travel to warm places in winter. 🥶

  • @BunnyWatson-k1w
    @BunnyWatson-k1w 10 місяців тому +165

    I work for a retailer chain. I see low wages for workers, part-time work, and poor work conditions. There is also a lot of waste. Overproduction in some departments with much leftover food being thrown out. And the consumer ends up paying for wasted food in their high food prices.

    • @rickvervoort9536
      @rickvervoort9536 10 місяців тому +3

      Low wages? The minimum wage was raised almost double since Justin was coronated into power FFS!

    • @riverdeep399
      @riverdeep399 10 місяців тому +16

      ​@@rickvervoort9536 Adjust that for inflation and comparable living costs, i.e. bills. 🙄

    • @rickvervoort9536
      @rickvervoort9536 10 місяців тому +4

      @@riverdeep399 Caused by what? Hint: government GREED (aka: taxation)

    • @IDHP
      @IDHP 10 місяців тому +2

      feel free to quit and find another job

    • @LunaShimmyDiva
      @LunaShimmyDiva 10 місяців тому

      I was told deli counter uses store’s food as it nears expiration date. Can OP pls comment?

  • @kaylat63
    @kaylat63 5 місяців тому +74

    This administration is putting many families in difficult situations. A lot of people are financially struggling to live, put a roof over their head and put food on the table. Things are getting worse these days, if you don't find means of multiplying your money you might wake up a day to realise you didn't plan well for yourself and family…

    • @rougeur
      @rougeur 5 місяців тому

      I agree with you and I have understood a lot in the past few years that there are lots of opportunities in the financial market. The only thing is to know where to invest"

    • @face2lune
      @face2lune 5 місяців тому +1

      I invested 10k in Robinhood about a year ago and it steadily went down, now my portfolio is down to $800. I don't know what to do and i am in between jobs

    • @kaylat63
      @kaylat63 5 місяців тому

      @@face2lune Understanding your financial needs and making effective decisions is very essential. If I could advise you, you should seek the help of a financial advisor. For the record, working with one has been the best for my finances...

    • @face2lune
      @face2lune 5 місяців тому

      @@kaylat63 Mind if I ask you to recommend this particular coach you are using their service? Seems you've figured it all out.

    • @kaylat63
      @kaylat63 5 місяців тому

      @@face2lune I get guidance from *Susan Tori Davis* Most likely, the internet should have her basic info..

  • @lololo1186
    @lololo1186 9 місяців тому +128

    Growing up, I'd hear stories about how fruits like oranges were considered a luxury and a special treat and I never thought we'd go back to that. Oranges are a luxury, fruit in general is a luxury. Frozen or canned fruit isn't even a cheaper option anymore.

    • @Backinblackbunny009
      @Backinblackbunny009 9 місяців тому +6

      This. Even Costco has been shrinking

    • @TwinSister1957
      @TwinSister1957 8 місяців тому +6

      One orange $1 Avocado $ 2 Lemon $1 Grapes $4 lb prices here on the Oregon Coast a small rural town.
      Milk $ 4 gal Eggs $ 5 doz Butter $ 7 lb Hamburger $8 lb Whole Foster Farms Chicken $14

    • @CMoore8539
      @CMoore8539 7 місяців тому

      @@TwinSister1957It’s extremely bad on the east coast too. It’s completely out of control!

    • @blogdesign7126
      @blogdesign7126 7 місяців тому

      All one has to do is look at the Business practices of the agricultural commodities companies like Cargill, ADM and Bunge that set the values of food prices around the world.

  • @Laura-dw4yo
    @Laura-dw4yo 10 місяців тому +139

    Thank you for this. This level of greed is not sustainable. Not from grocery stores, not from property agencies. People capable of greed will never say "ok, I have enough now." The government needs to help us by capping this greed, because most of us can't keep our heads above water any longer.

    • @gardencity3558
      @gardencity3558 10 місяців тому +4

      Help you how? By raising cabon taxes?

    • @elizabethabbott2982
      @elizabethabbott2982 10 місяців тому +9

      We need the kind of government that will actually care and not take lavish trips on our dime.

    • @truecynic1270
      @truecynic1270 10 місяців тому

      It's reality that the government is being paid off by the greedy. And both don't care if you starve too death because it means MORE for THEM and their yachts, their KIDS and their own material comforts

    • @michaelsheehan7316
      @michaelsheehan7316 10 місяців тому +2

      @@TrixeTime Billionaire simps🤡😂🤣

    • @blainekresse91
      @blainekresse91 10 місяців тому

      The canadian government and big business is behind all of this artificial inflation. You can control humanity if you keep them poor, hungry and sick. Look at what happened over the last 3 years. It's all designed to usher in a central bank digital currency, universal basic income, 15 minute cities and communism. If people in canada don't see this by now you are the f#$%ing problem.

  • @merrilynnmitten3911
    @merrilynnmitten3911 10 місяців тому +79

    Maybe the government shouldn’t be giving the money to the retailers

    • @Wamble86
      @Wamble86 9 місяців тому

      Maybe........

  • @herahagstoz6934
    @herahagstoz6934 9 місяців тому +7

    This is going on in the US too. Buying groceries is at least $150 - $200 more expensive per time I grocery shop for the same amou of people and probably 15% less food. I’d say it’s fine up anywhere from 30% - 60% in the last 3 years with varying degrees. Especially in dairy and other staple foods. Like meat and pantry stuff. Buying fresh food is extremely expensive and sometimes just as expensive as buying to go or delivery. I’m in NorCal

    • @Backinblackbunny009
      @Backinblackbunny009 9 місяців тому +2

      In Vegas I saw organic butter from Costco go from 3 lbs at 7.99 in 2019 to 2lbs at 9.99 and now it's 11.99. This is ridiculous

    • @Bella-gj6wc
      @Bella-gj6wc 9 місяців тому

      @@Backinblackbunny009 make your own.

  • @Pkeats817
    @Pkeats817 10 місяців тому +54

    Potato chip bags now have way more air than chips, despite the price hike.

    • @miketess3358
      @miketess3358 9 місяців тому +5

      Ikr. Potato chips for at least $4. Nuts.

    • @sew_gal7340
      @sew_gal7340 9 місяців тому +3

      The bags need not be so large and have so much waste. Theres nothing in there but air anyway!

    • @arxsyn
      @arxsyn 9 місяців тому

      Any way you slice it, You need the air in there to keep the delicate product inside from getting crushed

    • @touringthecitywalking9209
      @touringthecitywalking9209 9 місяців тому +3

      Anyway, chips are unhealthy for us, lol!

    • @74KU
      @74KU 9 місяців тому

      @@arxsyn you should research shrinkflation..

  • @sandinyabumcrack
    @sandinyabumcrack 10 місяців тому +38

    It is time ALSO for consumers to start taking back control by planting fruit trees, growing vegetables and buying from local producers! Start buying at the gate from the producer! Not only are you nourishing your family for less you are also avoiding over processed foods! You also make the choice wether you use chemicals on your produce! This issue will ALWAYS be there with demand! REDUCE YOUR DEMAND!

    • @ryanhopwood1148
      @ryanhopwood1148 9 місяців тому +1

      No. Most of Canada has freezing winter conditions that put food in dormancy.

    • @JackieSmite
      @JackieSmite 9 місяців тому

      how about we nationalize the food chain?

    • @pamfullerton5334
      @pamfullerton5334 9 місяців тому +1

      @@ryanhopwood1148I live in Canada and I have a garden. We have four seasons here too. I have changed my grocery practices, cook from scratch and grow vegetables to preserve.

  • @barbarasiders288
    @barbarasiders288 10 місяців тому +37

    My whole life I shop the sales and markdowns and have a garden. I'm 67. This doubly of prices in last couple years is nothing more then price gouging. Money money money is the god

    • @jennaleclaire2654
      @jennaleclaire2654 7 місяців тому

      It would be nice to have a garden. I would love grape vines, fruit trees, and lots of veggies. I can only grow so much on a north facing apartment balcony, though. And the average one bedroom apartment here is $2200. Average house prices are out of reach for many.

  • @NicNakBraun
    @NicNakBraun 9 місяців тому +7

    *It doesn't have to be this way* Taxed to death from the government. Canada should be rich and taking care of our own.

  • @thereginacarpenter2230
    @thereginacarpenter2230 10 місяців тому +82

    Just a single silk tie that each and everyone of them is wearing would feed me for a week!

    • @oldschool8432
      @oldschool8432 9 місяців тому +7

      You must be eating lavishly because a single silk tie can easily go for over $2k an more an that would feed my family of 4 for at least 5 months the way we have to eat. An get this 3 of us work full time. None of us have car payments an we don't party either. At my job I pay for my wife an I health insurance is $128 a week an still have co-pay on doctors an medicines

    • @kimgordon3695
      @kimgordon3695 9 місяців тому +2

      Taxes are the fleecing

    • @john-o1g9p
      @john-o1g9p 9 місяців тому +1

      ''don't get jealous. get even''. not that hard to start a victory garden.

    • @thereginacarpenter2230
      @thereginacarpenter2230 9 місяців тому +1

      @user-yb5bg8im5g funny..I have a feeling there's gonna be an uprising soon. Prepare yourself

    • @debbielockhart7762
      @debbielockhart7762 9 місяців тому

      ​@@john-o1g9pAssuming you have any yard, and have any time after working so many hours to try and survive.

  • @pleidieswilson6627
    @pleidieswilson6627 10 місяців тому +121

    SHOPPERS DRUG NART HAS BEEN RIPPING US ALL OF FOR AT LEAST 10 YEARS!

    • @markthomas3730
      @markthomas3730 10 місяців тому +16

      ALOT LONGER THAN THAT...TRY 30+ YEARS

    • @margaretreefer1145
      @margaretreefer1145 10 місяців тому +3

      get stuff on sale. Sometimes up to 75 percent off. 😅

    • @mozar5175
      @mozar5175 10 місяців тому

      I only buy items that are at a reduced price at Shopper Drugmart. Everything is so expensive.

    • @gunthertobias3909
      @gunthertobias3909 10 місяців тому

      Filthy organization from top to bottom

    • @gunthertobias3909
      @gunthertobias3909 10 місяців тому

      LOBLAWS! Makes me sick to my guts . Happy I am not there anymore. Always been corrupt that sick Weston crew !

  • @paulbowkunowicz6960
    @paulbowkunowicz6960 10 місяців тому +78

    Absolute Bullshit....it should be illegal what the grocery stores are doing to us

    • @lifeisactuallyveryboring.7771
      @lifeisactuallyveryboring.7771 10 місяців тому +7

      I agree

    • @miny4558
      @miny4558 9 місяців тому

      It should be illegal to give our hard earned money to illegals and people on welfare

    • @PraveenSrJ01
      @PraveenSrJ01 8 місяців тому +4

      These CEOs should go to prison

    • @bademoxy
      @bademoxy 8 місяців тому

      yes. CLOSE them grocery stores. the food will be delivered by Santa Claus Schwab and Bill Gates

    • @cryptocovered4729
      @cryptocovered4729 7 місяців тому +1

      @@PraveenSrJ01 Who's going to put em there? The politicians that pander to them?

  • @Granola_Girl_Cheer
    @Granola_Girl_Cheer 8 місяців тому +3

    I just spent $145 on groceries. I'm one person. I bought nothing but frozen, store brand, food and necessities. I even used coupons. Back in 2019 and 2020 I was spending $50 on two weeks' worth of groceries. It's ridiculous. How are we supposed to survive this? I'm not even buying enough to properly sustain myself. I only eat one to two meals a day, small meals. It doesn't help that no one is actually hiring and that my job, like many others, keeps cutting hours despite their company profits soaring. The tell us we're doing poorly in sales, but we're breaking sale records for past years. Our managers are getting bonuses while I fight to get twenty hours a week. What happened to full time jobs?? And no, I do not work at a kid job. My job's minimum age requirement is 18. If you are only going to hire adults, then you need to pay them like adults. The economy and our governments are failing us.

  • @CanuckBacon
    @CanuckBacon 9 місяців тому +237

    Why aren't more people talking about this??? Corporations have been price fixing for YEARS and the government hasn't stepped in to stop the corruption

    • @rps1689
      @rps1689 9 місяців тому +24

      Because too many think monopolistic outfits are "normal" and a fact or way of life. That price gouging is somehow "capitalism" and necessary.
      The days of enforcing antitrust and illegal price gouging is long gone.

    • @Rob.450
      @Rob.450 9 місяців тому

      That's because the government is corrupt as well.

    • @kimgordon3695
      @kimgordon3695 9 місяців тому

      The govt is profitting from the corruption (in EVERY ARENA)

    • @kimgordon3695
      @kimgordon3695 9 місяців тому +1

      21:00

    • @kimgordon3695
      @kimgordon3695 9 місяців тому +6

      $36-$56 for bulk drinking h2o

  • @susanandrews2294
    @susanandrews2294 10 місяців тому +39

    Someone explain to me why I live in an area with many dairy farms, yet milk is dumped, and the price of 4l of 2% milk is around $6? I raid the seconds grocery shelf, but even that price has gone up. I am learning to love the more interesting cuts of meat, buy as few packaged goods as necessary, and cook everything and usually freeze a good portion of it too. I also support a small local mom-n-pop grocery store over the big chains in town. I won't even go into a store owned by Galen Weston; their prices are extortionate.
    In terms of a solution, how about the gov't doing some forensic accounting? Where are all these *leakages*?

    • @miketess3358
      @miketess3358 9 місяців тому +1

      It's criminal. Absolutely criminal.

    • @5060northernmama
      @5060northernmama 9 місяців тому

      Where is milk dumped? While I don't like to see waste, it's better to be dumping the milk than not having enough. It'is likely millk is dumped when it exceeds the demand. While it sounds like a LOT, you won't get lower prices necessarily if you try to save the excess milk. It can result in a glut on the market, and much more actual spoilage of finished product, which is much more serious than if you just pour out the excess at first.

    • @susanandrews2294
      @susanandrews2294 9 місяців тому

      ​@rthernmama Though you seem to already have ample knowledge of the situation, 'll let this gentleman tell you all about milk dumping. ua-cam.com/video/qw9pUE7hcXs/v-deo.html And like he points out, why can't it also be made into other dairy products, like cheese? Or yogurt? Or4 even vodka? Like Vodkow (do your own research). Why am I paying basically $6 for 4l of so-called *local* 2% milk? I should be paying no more than $3 for 4l.

    • @vociferon-heraldofthewinte7763
      @vociferon-heraldofthewinte7763 9 місяців тому

      Milk and egg prices are set by marketing boards. Essentially monopolistic cartels.

  • @laurabisutti2253
    @laurabisutti2253 10 місяців тому +25

    Looks like we need to organize a national grocery co-op that returns excess profits to the members instead of CEO's and investors. Food is a necessity not a luxury.

  • @rdlewis3616
    @rdlewis3616 7 місяців тому +5

    During my lifetime, 74 years, the U.S. gave up on trying to break up monopolies with the exception of ATT in the 1980s. Time to start breaking them again!

  • @sunsetfoxx
    @sunsetfoxx 10 місяців тому +393

    It’s called corporate greed and man-made crissis.

    • @DjWellDressedMan
      @DjWellDressedMan 10 місяців тому +16

      Answer = CAPITALISM

    • @chrisT16161
      @chrisT16161 10 місяців тому +12

      It’s government greed.

    • @DiscDriver
      @DiscDriver 10 місяців тому +4

      There’s no such thing as corporate greed. It’s human greed, and we all have it. Might contribute but it’s not the whole story.

    • @MathieuLLF
      @MathieuLLF 10 місяців тому +7

      It's the carbon tax

    • @highwayhydroponics5823
      @highwayhydroponics5823 10 місяців тому

      It's called lazy people not growing there own food.

  • @ann-mariehum4273
    @ann-mariehum4273 10 місяців тому +38

    Wow! Food prices are absolutely ridiculous, I feel bad for those up north. I worked at Safeway bakery for a few months and the amount of bakery items tossed each morning was atrocious. Not donated, just thrown away. It’s too bad it couldn’t have been sold cheaper, given to the homeless or somehow shipped up north. I know shipping may not realistic but it’s sad it couldn’t be done.

  • @jeffkrete9015
    @jeffkrete9015 10 місяців тому +48

    Government should break up the big companies and also hit them with big corporate tax increases tied to corporate profits. Saying margins have not gone up is ridiculous and insulting. If profits are way up and food prices are way up you have your answer. My father spent his career in Ontario as a government inspector enforcing the Occupational Health and Safety Act. He once told me “Without question, if not for the laws, regulations and enforcement these companies will certainly take advantage of the workers and their safety”. It’s kind of the same here. Exponential growth in corporate profits above everything else is baked in. Human greed is simply astounding no matter where you look….and Covid proved it.

    • @sherryhudson6879
      @sherryhudson6879 10 місяців тому +4

      Well said❤

    • @mikeb5372
      @mikeb5372 9 місяців тому

      The actual truth is that your father is full of BS and as a result so are you

    • @rscott2247
      @rscott2247 9 місяців тому

      I take the better prices at Costco & Superstore, thank you.

    • @riseevolution
      @riseevolution 9 місяців тому

      you trust government? its governments behind this

    • @TLA123y6f
      @TLA123y6f 7 місяців тому

      Our previous president (still can hardly believe that) also gave tax cuts to the wealthy and big corps

  • @chelleb3055
    @chelleb3055 9 місяців тому +30

    Please, I beg everyone, learn to grow food. No matter where you live, you can be growing SOMETHING. Every little bit helps and someday we all may need each other to have these skills.

    • @subhuman3408
      @subhuman3408 4 місяці тому

      Did forgot about cost of raw materials to do that?

  • @MegaGasek
    @MegaGasek 10 місяців тому +205

    I once was told that the food about to expire that supermarkets throw out could not be given to people because the supermarkets could be sued. It is really appalling the way our society is going... So many people in need, the resources are right there and yet it is preferable to waste it all.

    • @cynthiaamoako8418
      @cynthiaamoako8418 10 місяців тому +15

      Same message was given to me when I asked the same question at Walmart and Freshco.

    • @jacquidawn1
      @jacquidawn1 10 місяців тому +31

      Unfortunately, it only takes a few to ruin it for everyone. A couple weeks ago I read a fb post ranting about going to the food bank and receiving food that had either gone past the expiry date or was close to. Common sense says that food doesn’t all automatically become inedible at the stroke of midnight on the stamped expiration date; it depends on the packaging, and how it was stored, and the quality of the product at the time of packaging…etc. Its pretty easy to tell if something is edible or not once opened.
      I wouldn’t doubt there has been lawsuits brought against grocery stores in the past by ungrateful food bank recipient’s.

    • @kulentarian55
      @kulentarian55 10 місяців тому +10

      We stand with ukaraine ! Forget about food prices ! Forget about our homeless , our crime rate soaring our open borders , We canadians have to help ukraine now ! Other countries first befor us ! We are unselfish !

    • @TheGhost2612000
      @TheGhost2612000 10 місяців тому +13

      You could have someone sign a waiver removing any liability from the grocery store. So, I call bullshit on that, but I have heard that too.

    • @Msnfreedom
      @Msnfreedom 10 місяців тому +17

      @@kulentarian55we have. Canadians first. If we can’t afford to eat what makes you think we can afford to give to Ukraine???? Give your head a shake

  • @donnaparadis5067
    @donnaparadis5067 10 місяців тому +197

    Pure and simple Greed on these big giants. It's all about lining their pockets. ABSOLUTELY CRIMINAL

    • @stevemarshall3986
      @stevemarshall3986 10 місяців тому +5

      Don't forget the government and their carbon tax increasing the cost of everything. Trucks deliver to the grocery stores and increased costs to farmers will also increase food cost. Not just corporate greed

    • @guenthermichaels5303
      @guenthermichaels5303 10 місяців тому +2

      Absolute nonsense.

    • @ufo_vid9694
      @ufo_vid9694 10 місяців тому +2

      Green new deal. EV tractors, no pesticides, costly regulations etc.

    • @intellectually_lazy
      @intellectually_lazy 10 місяців тому

      @@stevemarshall3986 bah! carbon tax'll never solve anything, we need to bring back the trains rockefeler and the gang stole from us

    • @michaelandrews4783
      @michaelandrews4783 10 місяців тому

      @@stevemarshall3986stop with the bull propganda

  • @lilstead2499
    @lilstead2499 10 місяців тому +27

    Don't distribute the subsidy to the grocers, give it directly to the consumer! Subsidize freezers for consumers, not for grocers!

    • @TLA123y6f
      @TLA123y6f 7 місяців тому

      That doesn't seem like it would be rocket science.

  • @rosiekapun207
    @rosiekapun207 9 місяців тому +9

    Yeah, when cough syrup costs $40 no wonder these companies have record profits.

  • @sylvi4444
    @sylvi4444 10 місяців тому +21

    The big grocers need to be taken down a few notches and not be allowed to get that big. Total greed!

  • @cherylcharlton
    @cherylcharlton 10 місяців тому +25

    Please correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't it France that has a law all stores and eateries have to donate their excess food at the end of business day or something to that effect,and more countries,including Canada, should adopt to help the hungry and homeless.

    • @yanellal.3413
      @yanellal.3413 9 місяців тому +2

      I hope this is true but I remember being in Paris, a little over 5 years ago and seeing an employee throwing food out in the garbage bins. The worst part was there was a woman trying to take it and the employee wrestled it out of her hands. People were screaming at the employee in French..it was heart breaking.

    • @johnwest9577
      @johnwest9577 9 місяців тому +4

      There are usually health laws against sharing leftovers. Crazy. In America I know of a lady who worked in a restaurant and at quitting time she would tie up left-overs in a bag and volunteer to take out the garbage - just so she could put the bag of ok food on top in the dumpster. Why? Because she knew in her heart that later hungry poor folks would come and "dumpster dive". She did this for a long time until her manager saw her doing it. 😢 Sad.

    • @Truenorth747
      @Truenorth747 9 місяців тому +1

      @@johnwest9577the dark truth is that for every person getting free food at the dumpster, the store loses that purchase. Which means, if 10 people got some free food, those 10 people would not spend money for those items at the store. So for the greedy vultures, it's more profitable to throw it out, then donate it. A true scum.

    • @gwenz2543
      @gwenz2543 9 місяців тому

      @@Truenorth747 this. The health regulation thing is a common misconception

  • @ahbeng888
    @ahbeng888 10 місяців тому +24

    Sounds familiar to us Australians who are watching similar parliamentary inquiries on our own grocery retailers. Except we only have two major supermarket chains for the entire country.

  • @gophersk
    @gophersk 9 місяців тому +8

    My grandparents had to start a cooperative in England in 1920 to help the coal miners. I suspect people need to work in a cooperative environment to avoid huge company brutality.

  • @charliec1396
    @charliec1396 9 місяців тому +30

    Another example how corporate giants are bleeding the working class. I try to visit local farms often. Most disappointing is that our politicians are letting them do it . $$$$$$$$$

  • @Elizabeth-mp6tr
    @Elizabeth-mp6tr 10 місяців тому +32

    This makes me sick.....I went to buy Almonds the other day and a small bag was $17.99 now instead of $9.99 before Covid

    • @iliax-se3nn
      @iliax-se3nn 10 місяців тому +1

      Same - in the last 3 years my brand of coffee has gone from 7.99, - 9.99., - 11.99,-13.99 now - don't buy it anymore, can't justify it.

    • @Elizabeth-mp6tr
      @Elizabeth-mp6tr 10 місяців тому

      @@iliax-se3nn Thank you. I can't watch the rest of this video. It makes me sick.

  • @otahu26
    @otahu26 9 місяців тому +166

    Canada NEEDS Now more then ever an Anti Monopoly law.

    • @Finness894
      @Finness894 9 місяців тому +6

      But that would interfere with american corporations making a win-fall in Canada at Canadian's expense!!!

    • @flexizet
      @flexizet 9 місяців тому +6

      Let other brands from outside of Canada come in. Maybe from the EU, US, or anything, but not only 3 owners for all the shops in Canada. It's ridiculous. Subsidies shouldn't go to the pockets of markets but directly to people. Lower the taxes or start giving people pocket money - but this might backfire, causing inflation to rise.

    • @441meatloaf
      @441meatloaf 9 місяців тому +10

      @@flexizet Its the same issue with Telecommunications Rogers, Bell and Telus owns canada.

    • @18_rabbit
      @18_rabbit 9 місяців тому +1

      @@flexizet no inflation goes down when products have more distrubition channels.

    • @classicrocklover5615
      @classicrocklover5615 9 місяців тому

      America has anti-monopoly laws, but no one is enforcing them!

  • @anthonyesparsen7776
    @anthonyesparsen7776 9 місяців тому +11

    this is very sad to see that the actual farmers are not getting very much back for their crop sells

  • @teeniequeenie8369
    @teeniequeenie8369 10 місяців тому +61

    I once talked to the manager at metro where I live about getting a certain item into the store and I remember him telling me that I would be shocked at how little authority he had over his own store..

  • @ninemoonplanet
    @ninemoonplanet 9 місяців тому +58

    I stopped buying at Shoppers completely. I have moved my shopping away from Walmart, the big corporations, and found local small operators actually can be better quality, even slightly cheaper.
    Loblaws at No Frills for example, $2.00 for a noname box of crackers before, during and after the pandemic, 3 weeks ago, $4.00 for exactly the same. %100 markup. 😠
    Packaged meat products coming IN from the US were $10.00, now $14.00. SAME supplier.

    • @curiousgirl.4134
      @curiousgirl.4134 9 місяців тому +7

      I think people need to start opening up smaller shops again and boycott the corporate owned businesses. Bakeries, fruit vendors, butcher shops all in an open market.

  • @kevc6115
    @kevc6115 10 місяців тому +13

    We have the same issue here in Ireland. Government and grocers tell us prices have increased on average 30-35%. The truth, however, is very different. I'm on a low fixed income and have seen prices increase, in some case over 100% but on average around 65-70%.

  • @rajlowkie6616
    @rajlowkie6616 9 місяців тому +4

    I live in what is call the northern hemisphere, most food don't grow well here, when we import food from the tropics it costs lots to transport .

  • @thelmabrown-carty9782
    @thelmabrown-carty9782 10 місяців тому +67

    I am a pensioner that couldn't afford eating healthy, food was expensive my rent was high and from what I got for pension could not sustain me to survive in Canada. I didn't have any other income, and as a single person who was living pay check to pay check I had no other choice but to leave Canada where I can a least grow food that I could not afford to buy. It's a shame to know that the country I have grown to love and want to spend of my days I have to give up on. Thanks for sharing this segment

    • @contessaanthrope5775
      @contessaanthrope5775 10 місяців тому +7

      but where did you go? you use the term pensioner...are you british?

    • @debbieframpton3857
      @debbieframpton3857 10 місяців тому +4

      I'm a single senior living in the states no problem living off my Social Security but I am fortunate to have a paid for home low real estate taxes and utilities. I receive no help from the government

    • @highwayhydroponics5823
      @highwayhydroponics5823 10 місяців тому +2

      How high does it need to go for people to wake up and grow there own food.

    • @reejan8109
      @reejan8109 10 місяців тому +9

      @@highwayhydroponics5823 Growing your own food is going to become more & more difficult, especially in BC, now that government is letting every single family lot become a multi density lot.....where's the garden space??

    • @PatrickFDolan
      @PatrickFDolan 10 місяців тому

      ​@@contessaanthrope5775The word pension is not limited to England. She said Canada. Don't you read before you comment?

  • @guitardave3028
    @guitardave3028 9 місяців тому +103

    What i used to pay 60 dollars for now costs 120 plus for.....and i dont splurge on things like ice cream and prepared foods like rotisserie chicken and name brands...i used to pay 50 cents for potted meat...now its almost a dollar....im on a fixed income.. havent bought clothes in several years.. damned shame...

    • @piyushgarg8497
      @piyushgarg8497 9 місяців тому +17

      I thought i was alone on this. It's a shame like somehow I feel my life has degraded over the years living in this country. :(

    • @mr.duckplucker5353
      @mr.duckplucker5353 9 місяців тому +17

      I live in the States, and the problem is just as bad here. I've never seen it this bad. It's disgraceful.

    • @randymorgan8375
      @randymorgan8375 7 місяців тому +7

      Your story is the same as mine!! I'm struggling at this point.. I've ran out of ways to save.. I've cut everything that could possibly be cut...

    • @Rachel-h3n
      @Rachel-h3n 6 місяців тому

      Check out Townsend channel for how to make potted meat yourself ❤
      Clara's kitchen UA-cam channel has some useful ideas.
      Sarah loves food UA-cam channel has a video on sprouting lentils.

    • @stevenkrupka3670
      @stevenkrupka3670 4 місяці тому

      Everyone is on a "fixed" income, thats irrelevant, the principle proceeds the rule.
      Here goes, overcharging, price gouging, mininmizing size, proportions, regulations to charge more,
      etc etc.
      Trust in the LORD Jesus, really there is no other way, HE will take care of your needs ,HE owns it all!

  • @teuth
    @teuth 10 місяців тому +40

    we have been conditioned to accept higher prices just for being canadian our whole lives

    • @joebloggs6131
      @joebloggs6131 10 місяців тому +2

      And you'll surely apologise for that because you're Canadian.

  • @rubyred6167
    @rubyred6167 9 місяців тому +8

    Its sick to see this happen here. This is not the Canadian way

  • @Michael-pg7rv
    @Michael-pg7rv 9 місяців тому +21

    The government needs to dissolve these large grocers. There needs to be a market share cap. A single parent company should not be allowed to own more than 10% of the market as an example.

  • @DearDesignCoach
    @DearDesignCoach 9 місяців тому +19

    Thank you for this thorough review of what's going on, very accurate. One more thing to look into are the private brands, which take more and more shelf spaces, provide bigger margins and reduces national brands' negotiation power.
    It's not normal to see sky high profits continue after Covid, and to see farmers and producers struggle. It's time the government takes control. It's an essential service, just like hospitals.

  • @ERC641
    @ERC641 10 місяців тому +23

    Ive live in Yellowknife NT 14 years now. Goods and services were always hig, but the last year and a half its completely ridiculous. The main issue with Northern communities is everything is based off monopolies. There is no competition to force business to improve their goods and services and to lower price

    • @jb7720
      @jb7720 10 місяців тому

      The part at 19-20 minutes talking about the northern subsidies, this is something the civilians need to investigate, not sure how accessible your twon or city council is but it's definitely something that can be looked into since it's taxpayers money.

  • @randymorgan8375
    @randymorgan8375 7 місяців тому +2

    Its absolutely horrible here in the states!! It killing us financially. Every single Item is way higher I can't even afford to buy plants to make my yard nice looking. 45 dollars for a hanging basket of Petunias..4 years ago was less then 14 dollars. FJB...

  • @eunicehenderson9095
    @eunicehenderson9095 10 місяців тому +16

    Same in the USA - I wonder if these companies are beholding to stock holders to consistently beat their quarterly numbers. Not to mention that corporations are taking over all the farms and ranches.

    • @Backinblackbunny009
      @Backinblackbunny009 9 місяців тому

      That's just Capitalism. Go read the grapes of wrath. The people have forgotten

  • @notthereyethomestead8413
    @notthereyethomestead8413 9 місяців тому +28

    Greed is the bottom line!!
    Criminal, around the globe!!

  • @McNighthawk750
    @McNighthawk750 10 місяців тому +14

    Greed and corruption with zero accountability- food store chain, Government, oil companies.

  • @ralimba1778
    @ralimba1778 6 місяців тому +3

    Hold those grocers accountable for pocketing the food subsidy money.

  • @kellygarland63
    @kellygarland63 10 місяців тому +28

    A frozen fish our household buys has tripled in cost. Tripled. 😬

    • @obtuseangler768
      @obtuseangler768 10 місяців тому

      Depends where it's from.
      Other countries can slap on export taxes or raise wages and there isn't much we can do. Protect marine environments reducing the fishable water.
      Also a lot of things coming from underdeveloped nations have been priced irresponsibly low for generations.
      3x is too much though, it doesn't matter what it is

  • @chrisjames7447
    @chrisjames7447 10 місяців тому +16

    i came for the unbiased smart journalism, but i stayed for the angry comments

    • @brandonrequa4805
      @brandonrequa4805 10 місяців тому +1

      You can learn lots of valuable information from both. Unfortunately, you won't get much of either from the Government subsidized media.

    • @TreatzTMA
      @TreatzTMA 10 місяців тому +1

      You win today’s internet 😂

  • @Wawiya
    @Wawiya 9 місяців тому +16

    Govt will ask foreign companies..why foreign? Im sure there's alot of business owners from Canada that could start grocery stores up there The govt needs to regulate them more and break up monopolies so every business has an equal footing big or small

  • @marylindagail
    @marylindagail 9 місяців тому +4

    Loblaws puts the prices up in their stores EVERYDAY. 5 small bags of staples cost me $300 and I still have a month to go on a gov't pension. West Coast Senior Cdn here.

    • @rps1689
      @rps1689 9 місяців тому

      Loblaws are notorious for price gouging.

  • @deborahcheung8636
    @deborahcheung8636 10 місяців тому +48

    RECORD. PROFITS.

    • @sum1337
      @sum1337 10 місяців тому

      NO ! RECORD *NET* PROFITS!

  • @catejordan7244
    @catejordan7244 10 місяців тому +23

    This is why I shop at a smaller chain even though it is a bit more expensive, and am growing and preserving more and more of my own food

    • @BazookaTooth707
      @BazookaTooth707 10 місяців тому +4

      Even the small chains are price gouging, at least where I live.

    • @iliax-se3nn
      @iliax-se3nn 10 місяців тому

      @aTooth707 Same - it's a split, some are, some aren't.

  • @alanmott-smith9358
    @alanmott-smith9358 10 місяців тому +449

    "What’s going on with sky-high food prices?" GREED.

    • @eilishveuger9739
      @eilishveuger9739 10 місяців тому +38

      It's not a mystery when the richest people in this country have gotten richer while normal people can't afford bread

    • @johnaldave5822
      @johnaldave5822 10 місяців тому

      Yes. Absolutely. It's the one underlying cause of a lot of our problems, and its sad that no program, journal, article is digging deep into how to tackle it instead of hitting around the bush and just call it out as it is. It's not inflation, its not the pandemic, its GREED, plain and simple.

    • @rickvervoort9536
      @rickvervoort9536 10 місяців тому +12

      @Tomyum19 And wages, don't forget the minimum wage went up drastically.

    • @toomuchinformation9795
      @toomuchinformation9795 10 місяців тому +8

      No ... according to the background music, its far more mysterious, suspenseful and sexy

    • @muzikgod
      @muzikgod 10 місяців тому +12

      @Tomyum19 It's not, you must be a Conservative.

  • @robhausman9621
    @robhausman9621 6 місяців тому +3

    Inflation only happens in one place. The central government who prints the fiat money backed by nothing.

  • @EssensOrAccidens
    @EssensOrAccidens 9 місяців тому +18

    The staggering naivete of giving a subsidy to retailers and expecting them to pass it on to consumers.