The price on many items, food related or not, has risen dramatically higher than usual annual price increases. Unfortunately, similar to other countries, inflation has risen as a result of the pandemic.
Suggest some of the reasons are:
- Shortage of local produce deliveries due to travel restrictions.
- huge increase in import costs, probably because of other country restrictions…stay at home etc.
IMHO, I think inflation has to get worse in the near future, only to improve as countries open up, which could be a few years away.