Grocery crisis: Why are food prices exploding? | Marketplace

Canadians have been facing soaring grocery prices in recent years. Marketplace asks: why are prices so high? We test how far $100 stretches at the grocery store and explore the extreme ways people are coping with rising food costs. Plus, we ask the government when food will become more affordable for all Canadians.

#Groceries #CostOfLiving #Marketplace

producer/director
JEREMY McDONALD

associate producer
TOMI RAJI

editor
FAZIELA HAFFEJEE

reporter
ROSA MARCHITELLI

additional producing
STEPHANIE KAMPF
KERRY CAMPBELL

camera
NORMAN ARNOLD
JOHN LESAVAGE
JOE FIORINO
YANJUN LI
MIKE ZIMMER
AARON ADETUYI

art director
DAVID ABRAHAMS

additional footage
INSTAGRAM

social media producers
DANNY BURKE
CAROLINE GDYCZYNSKI
HARPUNEET NIJJAR

colour correction
KYLE J. SMITH

sound mix
DANY TREMBLAY

resource coordinator
MARC CORMIER

news rollout
LAURA THOMPSON

packaging editor
BENNY KOSHY

packaging producer
LINDA SIBONY

senior producer
MELISSA MANCINI

executive producer
NELISHA VELLANI

first broadcast
OCTOBER 9, 2026

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