Canada's updated annual food price report says while food inflation is expected to be slightly lower this year than previously estimated, shoppers can still expect big jumps in the price
of meat.
The mid-year forecast update by Dalhousie University projects grocery and restaurant food prices will rise between three and four per cent.
But researchers say meat prices are expected to jump seven to nine per cent by year's end, due in part to low inventories, particularly for cattle and hogs.