The majority of respondents in a Canada-wide survey said they are using coupons or hunting for sales to cope with increasing food costs.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Saskatoon Food Bank and Learning Centre, Kenton DoupeLaurie O’Connor says more people in Saskatoon are struggling to get food for themselves and their families as prices in grocery stores rise out of reach.
The survey by the Canadian Hub for Applied and Social Research at the University of Saskatchewan was conducted from Sept. 6 to Oct. 17. It asked 1,001 people about strategies to cope with increasing food costs. Just over 30 per cent of respondents said they were eating less healthy food because it was cheaper. Nearly five per cent had stolen food out of necessity, and about five per cent had used a food bank or community fridge.
“Alberta and Saskatchewan have some of the highest food bank usage rates across Canada,” McCutcheon said. Quebec saw the starkest difference from the Prairies, as 95 per cent of respondents there said they could afford to eat a balanced diet. People in Quebec said they were supportive of an increase to minimum wage, a tax on sugar and an increase in carbon emission penalties. Those on the Prairies were much more likely to oppose those taxes.
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