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Here's how much food prices jumped in June in Canada

A woman shops for produce in Vancouver, on Wednesday, July 20, 2022. Statistics Canada's latest consumer price index price index data shows food inflation continued to dip in March. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Despite a slowdown in Canada's annual inflation rate, Canadians continue to pay significantly more at the grocery store as food prices remain stubbornly high. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck) (The Canadian Press)

Despite a slowdown in Canada's annual inflation rate, Canadians continue to pay significantly more at the grocery store as food prices remain stubbornly high.

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) slowed to 2.8 per cent year-over-year in June, but food prices jumped 9.1 per cent annually, slightly more than the 9 per cent annual increase reported in May. Statistics Canada says grocery prices "remain one of the largest contributors to the all-items CPI."

Overall food prices, which include food purchased from restaurants as well as grocery stores, climbed 8.3 per cent annually in June, in line with May's increase. Restaurant food prices were up 6.6 per cent in June. Excluding food prices, headline inflation was up 1.7 per cent.

Here's a breakdown of the year-over-year price increases in June for food from Canadian grocery stores. The figures in brackets are the year-over-year price increases recorded in May.

Meat: +6.9 per cent (+6.3 per cent)

Dairy products: +7.4 per cent (+7.5 per cent)

Cheese: +5.0 per cent (+6.0 per cent)

Eggs: +8.9 per cent (+8.2 per cent)

Fresh milk: +6.5 per cent (+6.6 per cent)

Bakery products: +12.9 per cent (+15.0 per cent)

Fresh fruit: +10.4 per cent (+5.7 per cent)

Apples: +6.6 per cent (+10.6 per cent)

Oranges: +16.5 per cent (+14.7 per cent)

Fresh vegetables: +8.6 per cent (+8.9 per cent)

Lettuce: +6.0 per cent (+15.9 per cent)

Tomatoes: +12.6 per cent (+10.3 per cent)

Potatoes: +9.3 per cent (+7.6 per cent)

Pasta products: +8.3 per cent (+18.5 per cent)

Frozen food preparations: +12.1 per cent (+15.3 per cent)

Fresh or frozen poultry: +8.1 per cent (+9.8 per cent)

Processed meat: +6.3 per cent (+5.4 per cent)

Coffee and tea: +7.3 per cent (+8.5 per cent)

Edible fats and oils: +19.4 per cent (+20.3 per cent)

Condiments, spices and vinegars: +9.4 per cent (+9.5 per cent)

Alicja Siekierska is a senior reporter at Yahoo Finance Canada. Follow her on Twitter @alicjawithaj.

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