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Loblaw says food prices to remain elevated in its own inflation report

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Loblaw Co. Ltd. says a confluence of factors including a weak loonie mean grocery prices will continue to rise faster than overall inflation.

Canada ’s largest grocer released a report on food inflation the night before Statistics Canada releases its scheduled monthly Consumer Price Index report.

In November , overall inflation declined to 1.9 per cent while grocery prices outpaced the headline number at 2.6 per cent .

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