NU food prices protest

 Events were organised across Nunavut on Saturday June 9 to protest high food prices, including this group marching outside North Mart. There are sites popping up where people are posting pictures of exorbitantly priced goods.

I don't think that frozen corn dogs and cans of soda are really necessary items and am inclined to agree with some people that suggest "junk" food prices could subsidize "healthy" food. But who decides, and how, which food fits in which group?

$70 netted me this bag of groceries (to support the protest I shopped at Baffin Canners not North Mart)

• 4 chicken breasts $22
• 2 packs of Parma ham (agreed not exactly a necessity) $8.36
• A packet of bacon $6.94
• Small tub of sour cream $2.41
• Mozzarella cheese $8.48
• 500ml Whipping cream $5.23
• Butter $7.10
• 2l milk $5.63
• Cherry tomatoes $4.27

In the past couple of weeks I excitedly bought some fruits that seemed brilliantly cheap, but maybe I am getting too used to prices here. $3 for a ripe avocado, $7 for a delicious pineapple, $4 for a mango.