This year, Easter traditions take a back seat to value When economic pressure begins to alter holiday meals, it signals a deeper shift in consumer reality Sobeys owner Empire to remove some buy Canadian signage The grocer is scaling back on-shelf local identifiers, citing better-informed consumers Annual inflation cools to 1.8% in February, StatCan says Inflation on food purchased from stores cooled to 4.1% in February, down from 4.8% the month before