Nunavut food prices soar amid U.S. drought, plunging loonie

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Nunavut food prices soar amid U.S. drought, plunging loonie – CBC

by ahnationtalk on January 27, 20161757 Views

Northerners shocked by $28 grapes, $13 cauliflower, amid national price hike

People in Canada’s North are used to paying more for food, but the somewhat-delayed effect of the national price hike has some Nunavut consumers swapping stories of $28 bags of grapes, $10 pints of berries and $10 iceberg lettuce.

More than a month after Ottawa consumers decried the $8-a-head cauliflower crisis, grocery stores in Nunavut are feeling the full effect of a plunging loonie and adverse weather conditions in California.