I love a bargain. Living across the street from a grocery store means I can check daily basis for the best deals.

I was delighted earlier this week to discover a display case full of beef roasts, all with bright pink stickers saying they were fifty per cent off.

I was excited, until I saw the original price.

Beef at $121.24 a kilo is way out of my price range

I’m sure it was tasty, but so is lesser-priced meat.

Food prices have gone crazy in recent years. Anyone who does the family grocery shopping knows that. It’s partly the aftermath of supply chains breaking down during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the higher processing costs with extra safety measures that are still in place.

It’s also due to higher wage costs, and, in Canada anyway, the carbon tax.

I have to wonder though, who can afford beef at $121.24 a kilo? Judging from the number of roasts marked down because they were approaching their “best by” date, not very many.