CHARLEBOIS: Food inflation cools, but Canada's grocery pain is far from over

Sylvain Charlebois writes, "For the first time in months, Canadians received a small piece of encouraging news at the grocery store."

By: Sylvain Charlebois

Sylvain Charlebois is director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University, co-host of The Food Professor Podcast and visiting scholar at McGill University.

For the first time in months, Canadians received a small piece of encouraging news at the grocery store. Food inflation eased in April to 3.5%, down from 4.0% the pre…