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Why are veggies so expensive? Consumers crunched by climbing cucumber costs

Bad news if you recently decided to eat more greens because meat is so expensive.

It’s the produce section of your local grocery store that may trigger a double-take these days. Fresh veggies cost 7.8 per cent more year over year in March, according to Statistics Canada’s most recent inflation numbers. After prices increased 0.5 per cent in February, March’s increase is the largest since August 2023.

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