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Most Canadians skipping meals, can't afford food anymore

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With housing costs sky high, car payments, gas, insurance, utilities, and food at record highs, it's not wonder people aren't being able to keep up. Lots of people are cutting back on eating out (it's $70 for a meal for two at a restaurant, and $30 for a fast food joint).

The price of beef is insane, as well as salmon, cheese, eggs, milk, fruits,vegetables.
 
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Prices in general are stupid but worst I've ever seen especially for groceries. Worse yet is the quality of some vegetables and fruits compared to a few years ago. I've made a few adjustments in what I buy, one being that I've decided to eat more chicken than beef. Sadly because of the attack on Iran, with gas prices going up, no doubt groceries chains will jack up their food prices sighting increased fuel costs from their supplier even though they're making double digit profits.

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So I cook at home all the time. Use as little processed food as possible. And am still eating pretty healthy. We recently adjusted our diet to more fish due to cholesterol concerns.

I'm finding good alternatives like Polloch, and Basa fish. Going to Costco for Salmon and Trout. You can get portions down to the 2-5 buck range by doing that. I hit the fish monger for once a week treats in the 10 buck/portion range. After that chicken and turkey for the most part. I watch for sales, will make a whole bird and freeze it off, make soups etc.

Cripes just avoid restaurants. We hit for one a week take out, cheap Chinese, Sushi maybe once a month, good local pizza place. It adds up really quickly.

Doing this our bills are pretty good. I keep a pantry, stock up on sale items.
 

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Prices in general are stupid but worst I've ever seen especially for groceries. Worse yet is the quality of some vegetables and fruits compared to a few years ago. I've made a few adjustments in what I buy, one being that I've decided to eat more chicken than beef. Sadly because of the attack on Iran, with gas prices going up, no doubt groceries chains will jack up their food prices sighting increased fuel costs from their supplier even though they're making double digit profits.

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This time of year is always bad for Veg and Fruit. I have these great food savers that I use for them. Removed the drawers outright from my fridge and use them instead. Doubles shelf life.
 

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Canadians have to pay for the food, the clothing, the housing, the spending money, the medication, the healthcare, and now the daycare of someone who just arrived in our country and who never paid a dime into the system.
Meanwhile: Approximately 1/4 of Canadians live in food-insecure households. Food banks are overwhelmed. Child poverty is on the rise. Over 74000 people have died on a healthcare wait list since 2018.
Failed asylum seekers are getting better healthcare than many Canadians.
Almost 6 million Canadians are without a family doctor. Homeless shelter use is steadily on the rise.
Canada has the most tent cities in history. Canada has over 4000 recognized organized crime groups. The youth unemployment rate is double the national average.
Fentanyl and synthetic opioids are causing thousands of overdose deaths annually.
The violent crime rate remains higher than pre-2020 levels and has surpassed the mid-2000s.

Last year, Liberal senators hit taxpayers with $116,100 in hospitality expenses, a whopping 67% jump from the year before! All federal politicians get a significant raise on April 1st.

And Mark Carney has asked Canadians to make even more sacrifices and is polling at 49%???
 
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So I cook at home all the time. Use as little processed food as possible. And am still eating pretty healthy. We recently adjusted our diet to more fish due to cholesterol concerns.

I'm finding good alternatives like Polloch, and Basa fish. Going to Costco for Salmon and Trout. You can get portions down to the 2-5 buck range by doing that. I hit the fish monger for once a week treats in the 10 buck/portion range. After that chicken and turkey for the most part. I watch for sales, will make a whole bird and freeze it off, make soups etc.

Cripes just avoid restaurants. We hit for one a week take out, cheap Chinese, Sushi maybe once a month, good local pizza place. It adds up really quickly.

Doing this our bills are pretty good. I keep a pantry, stock up on sale items.
Exactly

Not eating at restaurants as much is not “skipping meals” Go to a grocery store and eat at home FFS. I saw some interviews with people saying they can’t afford to eat properly anymore while they were on their way into a restaurant. What is wrong with these morons?

Eating out used to be a treat, now some people do it every day and then complain about the price of food. And don’t get me started on the fucking delivery apps, that's another layer of stupidity if you have any sense and are trying to keep your food costs reasonable.

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DesRicardo

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Exactly

Not eating at restaurants as much is not “skipping meals” Go to a grocery store and eat at home FFS. I saw some interviews with people saying they can’t afford to eat properly anymore while they were on their way into a restaurant. What is wrong with these morons?

Eating out used to be a treat, now some people do it every day and then complain about the price of food. And don’t get me started on the fucking delivery apps, that's another layer of stupidity if you have any sense and are trying to keep your food costs reasonable.

Old man rant ended.
Well, not exactly.

It's not about eating out. Grocery prices are up too. $60 worth of groceries doesn't even last me a week.

Unless you are eating bananas and canned tuna around the clock, the savings a minimal.
 

Butler1000

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Well, not exactly.

It's not about eating out. Grocery prices are up too. $60 worth of groceries doesn't even last me a week.

Unless you are eating bananas and canned tuna around the clock, the savings a minimal.
My 2 person household, probably, with regular grocery, Costco every three months, and a few special stores about the same, spends about 100 avg per week. But we eat well. Good fish, good cuts of meat. Treats.

Eating at home will save you at a 3-1 ratio. That is the usual food cost markup in most restaurants. My meals generally cost $5-10 in ingredients.
 
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I spend about $60 a week on groceries and eat very well. I buy red meat from a butcher never from a supermarket, I shop at Asian markets where the produce is much less expensive, I eat a lot of beans and legumes and keep a large variety of spices because with spices you can have the same thing and taste totally different two or three days in a row if you like. Times are tough right now in Canada however having lived in different parts of South America and seeing how people in really poor countries live and eat I got a real good education on how to eat pretty well without too much sacrifice
 

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Very creative way to rationalize poverty!(y)🤦‍♂️
I honestly agree with glam to a point. I've only been eating one meal a day for nearly a decade. My metabolism is like molasses so if I eat three meals a day I pack on the pounds pretty fast. It's a good strategy for me to keep the weight off and I'm positive it will work for many others. That said, poverty of this magnitude is something that "first world country" like Canada should never have to deal with
 
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I honestly agree with glam to a point. I've only been eating one meal a day for nearly a decade. My metabolism is like molasses so if I eat three meals a day I pack on the pounds pretty fast. It's a good strategy for me to keep the weight off and I'm positive it will work for many others. That said, poverty of this magnitude is something that "first world country" like Canada should never have to deal with
There is a HUGE difference between choosing omad and being forced to do so because of the liberal economy. I'm all for ending obesity but not by enforced poverty
 

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Canadians have to pay for the food, the clothing, the housing, the spending money, the medication, the healthcare, and now the daycare of someone who just arrived in our country and who never paid a dime into the system.
They don't have to, they choose to. They can stop this at any time by voting against it. Like you said, Carney is polling at 49%.
 

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My 2 person household, probably, with regular grocery, Costco every three months, and a few special stores about the same, spends about 100 avg per week. But we eat well. Good fish, good cuts of meat. Treats.

Eating at home will save you at a 3-1 ratio. That is the usual food cost markup in most restaurants. My meals generally cost $5-10 in ingredients.
At some point, when you keep cutting you hit bone. Ultimately wages are not keeping up with inflation and in order to have a healthy (literal and figuratively) society, the issue needs to be address. Talking to use like we are living through a great depression is not a solution.

"You know, if you cut up a potato and pour milk on it, it's taste just like meat." OK boomer. :rolleyes:

and you're position that everyone is eating out is not fully true. Restaurants are seeing a decline in business as well.
 
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Well, not exactly.

It's not about eating out. Grocery prices are up too. $60 worth of groceries doesn't even last me a week.

Unless you are eating bananas and canned tuna around the clock, the savings a minimal.
You’re right it’s not all about eating out. I have every sympathy in the world for someone who’s struggling to buy groceries, I’ve been there. Grocery inflation is massive and a huge problem.

My issue is with people who complain about it but who’s only idea of buying food seems to be having someone cook it and serve it to you. Not cooking for yourself while complaining that you can’t afford groceries is a lifestyle choice, and it's stupid.
 
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They don't have to, they choose to. They can stop this at any time by voting against it. Like you said, Carney is polling at 49%.
Let's not pretend that voting matters. We need not examine how SkidMark came into office. He wasn't elected, he was selected. It's all politricks and if you think we can vote our way out of this mess you'd be wrong about that. Look at all of the shenanigans JT pulled to keep himself in office. The system is designed to favor who ever is in power. Canada is a fucking global joke and we are going to be paying for this for a long time....
 
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You’re right it’s not all about eating out. I have every sympathy in the world for someone who’s struggling to buy groceries, I’ve been there. Grocery inflation is massive and a huge problem.

My issue is with people who complain about it but who’s only idea of buying food seems to be having someone cook it and serve it to you. Not cooking for yourself while complaining that you can’t afford groceries is a lifestyle choice, and it's stupid.
 
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