While everyone continues to freak out about the insane gas prices, and rightfully so, I鈥檝e got a bone to pick with another essential item that costs way too much; groceries.

Groceries have become out of control with the prices in my opinion. This is something that isn鈥檛 just in this area either, when I was living in Toronto it was just as bad, if not worse. If you want to cook nice food for yourself, even if you look for the best deals on items, it鈥檚 going to cost you probably around $25 to $30 per meal in most cases.

Unless you鈥檙e cooking Kraft Dinner, but you get my point. Eating a healthy and home-cooked diet is becoming increasingly difficult to afford.

Obviously a lot of blame for the high prices has to fall on the state of the national and global economy, which is still recovering after the COVID-19 recession. That鈥檚 also why the solution isn鈥檛 as simple as a large scale raising of wages to accommodate for the rising cost of living.

A lot of companies are just starting to get back on their feet, and I鈥檓 sure wouldn鈥檛 be thrilled about the idea of raising wages by lets say three per cent across the board.

To be honest, I鈥檓 not an economist, so I really don鈥檛 have a solution for the problem. All I know is that cost of living continues to get worse and worse, and I fear the people who feel it the most are the younger generation.

It鈥檚 getting harder and harder for young people who often have student debt and work on entry level salaries, to be able to save any money or plan for their futures because, well, most of their paycheque is going to living expenses.

It鈥檚 a growing problem that I really have no answer for.

Now, full disclosure, I鈥檓 in no way the smartest person on earth with saving money, and I鈥檓 sure in my own case there are ways to be cutting grocery costs that I鈥檓 not doing. This isn鈥檛 just a personal opinion though, I鈥檝e talked to a couple people around town that feel the same way; that the cost of food has gotten really bad.

Here鈥檚 hoping that as we move farther and farther away from the disaster of 2020, it comes back down to earth a little bit.