Press Coverage
Selected Canadian and Quebec media coverage citing GroceryPulse data or methodology. If you're a journalist covering Canadian grocery prices and want a custom data pull, write to press@grocerypulse.ca.
Research partner: Dalhousie University's Agri-Food Analytics Lab
GroceryPulse's weekly grocery price panel is shared with the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University, led by Dr. Sylvain Charlebois ("The Food Professor"). Several of the citations below draw on GroceryPulse data through the Lab's national grocery-price analysis and commentary.
- National PostJuly 2, 2026EnglishCanadians shocked to see strawberries selling for more than $10 a basket. Why the high price?
National Post "Cook This" feature on surging strawberry prices citing grocerypulse.ca: "Dalhousie University's Agri-Food Analytics Lab found that overall strawberries have become more expensive over the past month, with the average retail price for a 454-gram package sitting at $5.73 in June. In its analysis of grocerypulse.ca data, the lab looked at averages of regular retail prices across the country." Syndicated across the Postmedia network.
Same article also published by: Yahoo News Canada, Financial Post, Ottawa Citizen, Calgary Herald, Edmonton Journal, Vancouver Sun, The Province, Windsor Star, London Free Press, Kingston Whig-Standard, Toronto Sun, Ottawa Sun, Calgary Sun, Edmonton Sun, The Sudbury Star, Brantford Expositor, FarmersForum.com.
- CBC NewsJune 28, 2026EnglishFresh strawberries were a summer luxury. When did they become an all-season toddler snack?
National berry-price coverage citing grocerypulse.ca: "The average June price in grocery stores for a 454-gram package of strawberries was $5.73, according to grocerypulse.ca data collected for Dalhousie University's Agri-Food Analytics Lab in Halifax."
Same article also published by: Atin Ito, CBC News (Lite), Yahoo News Canada.
- InsideHalton (Metroland)June 26, 2026EnglishWhy your Canada Day burgers will cost more this year
Metroland regional grocery column reporting Canada Day barbecue prices "according to the Agri-Food Analytics Lab's national data sets, with the support of GroceryPulse.ca," syndicated across the Toronto Star / Metroland community-newspaper network.
Same article also published by: Simcoe.com, Mississauga.com, Hamilton Spectator, Waterloo Region Record, DurhamRegion.com, Niagara Falls Review, Peterborough Examiner, Brampton Guardian, Guelph Mercury Tribune, Welland Tribune, MuskokaRegion.com, St. Catharines Standard, YorkRegion.com, Orangeville.com, New Hamburg Independent, InsideOttawaValley.com.
- CBC NewsJune 22, 2026EnglishTomatoes cost how much now? Why inflation has come for Canada's produce section
National produce-inflation coverage citing grocerypulse.ca: "As of June 21, the average price in Canadian grocery stores was more like $6.61 per kilogram, according to grocerypulse.ca data collected for Dalhousie University's Agri-Food Analytics Lab in Halifax."
Same article also published by: CBC News (Lite).
- Journal de QuébecMay 30, 2026FrenchLa crème glacée moins chère au Québec qu'ailleurs au pays
Coverage of regional ice cream price differences sourced from GroceryPulse panel data: "Selon des données répertoriées par la plateforme Grocerypulse, Montréal et Québec sont respectivement la deuxième et la troisième ville au pays où le populaire dessert glacé est le moins cher."
Same article also published by: TVA Nouvelles, Journal de Montréal, 24 heures, TVA Sports, QUB.
- Brandon SunMay 1, 2026EnglishA welcome step toward increasing competition
Opinion piece on Canadian grocery competition citing GroceryPulse pricing observations.
- Winnipeg Free PressApril 29, 2026EnglishFreshCo to step into former Sobeys space on Burrows Avenue
Business piece on FreshCo's Winnipeg expansion, contextualised with GroceryPulse data on discount-banner pricing.
- InfobrefApril 27, 2026FrenchMetro offrirait les prix d'épicerie les plus bas
« Le site Grocery Pulse analyse les prix dans les épiceries de plusieurs grandes villes canadiennes en comparant le prix d'un panier de 50 produits. »
- Immigrer.comApril 27, 2026FrenchLe panier d'épicerie le moins cher au Canada serait à Montréal
« Selon une analyse récente du site Grocery Pulse, Montréal serait la ville canadienne où le panier d'épicerie moyen coûte le moins cher parmi 12 grandes villes du pays. »
- TVA Nouvelles (YouTube)April 27, 2026FrenchLe panier d'épicerie le moins cher au Canada... est à Montréal!
« La métropole québécoise se trouve au premier rang du classement des 12 principales villes canadiennes, selon le site Grocery Pulse, qui se spécialise dans les statistiques relatives au coût des aliments dans les différents commerces d'alimentation. »
- TVA NouvellesApril 25, 2026FrenchLe panier d'épicerie le moins cher au Canada est à Montréal
National coverage of the GroceryPulse finding that Montréal had the cheapest 50-item grocery basket in Canada.
Same article also published by: Journal de Montréal, Le Journal de Québec, 24 heures, TVA Sports, QUB.
About GroceryPulse (boilerplate)
GroceryPulse tracks a 50-item grocery basket weekly across 22 banners in 13 Canadian cities and publishes a chained Jevons price index (CGPI).
GroceryPulse is an independent Canadian grocery price data project. Prices are collected weekly (Thursdays, with an automatic Friday catch-up for any city below 90% store coverage) from roughly 160 active stores; the series begins 2026-03-30. The published index is a chained matched-model weighted Jevons (methodology v2, adopted 2026-06-12): each series links week to week over the items priced in both weeks, so week-over-week changes are same-composition by construction. Price observations are append-only; the index is recomputed from the full observation history under versioned normalization code, methodology changes are dated and documented, and superseded series remain available. Accuracy is checked two ways: weekly automated re-scrape checks confirm reproducibility and mapping liveness (they re-run the same pipeline, so they are not independent accuracy evidence), and independent browser-based spot audits read prices off the retailer page like a shopper — a stratified monthly audit program whose results will be published on the methodology page as the sample accumulates. Walmart and Costco are not covered. Data and methodology are publicly documented and free to cite with attribution.