FOG BLOG RETAIL LOG: MILK PRICES SOAR ACROSS CANADA, PRICES AT THE STORE HERE NOW BEING FELT:

Milk prices soar across Canada as record price increases for farmers kick in...Canadians are paying more for milk this week.

Steep price increases, which took effect at many grocery stores on Tuesday, are as high as 15 per cent in some provinces and coincide with a spike in the price farmers are paid for the milk they produce.

This dramatic price hike will affect everyone who consumes milk, but it will hurt low-income and food-insecure families most, consumer advocates say.

”If families start being unable to provide milk to their kids or they start rationing it or diluting it, you’re going to start to see an increase in health concerns,” said Arianna Scott, CEO of Alberta Food Banks.

Global News reporters in multiple provinces compared the price they paid for a four-litre bag or jug of milk this week with the price they paid in January.

In Toronto, the price jumped to $5.39 from $4.69 at two grocery stores: NoFrills and Loblaws, which are both owned by Loblaw Companies.

That’s a 14.9 per cent increase. At Longo’s, the price increased to $5.49 from $4.79.

In Halifax, the price at Atlantic Superstore, also owned by Loblaws, went to $6.29 from $5.79. That’s an 8.6 per cent increase.