Politics Insider: Grocery prices expected to keep rising, experts say

Hello, welcome to Politics Insider. Let’s look at what happened today. Economists and academics expect the trend of rising prices at the grocery store will follow consumers into 2026 even as Statistics Canada reported the overall inflation rate held steady in November. The agency said today that annual inflation rose 2.2 per cent in November, unchanged from the previous month and a tick below economists’ expectations. Grocery prices were up 4.7 per cent year-over-year in November – a jump from 3.4 per cent in October and the highest level recorded since December, 2023. Rising prices for fresh berries were driving…