Food Costs for the Average Family of 4 Will Exceed $300 Weekly in 2023: ReportAn average family of four can expect to spend more than $300 per week on food this year, according to Sylvain Charlebois, director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab and a professor in food distribution and policy at Dalhousie University.
The estimates for 2023 food costs are detailed in the newest issue of Canada’s Food Price Report, which Charlebois co-authored.
Food prices will be even higher than they were in 2022, with a predicted five to seven percent increase this year, mostly affecting vegetables, dairy, and meat, Charlebois told The Epoch Times. An average family of four—a man and woman aged 31-50, a boy aged 14-18, and a girl aged 9-13—will spend $16,288.41 on food this year....
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