A comparison of food prices at five major grocery store chains in Quebec has revealed Maxi is the retailer with the lowest-priced items.

That’s according to a six-month-long analysis by Les Coops de l’information – a grouping of six French newspapers that includes Le Soleil and Le Droit.

Investigative journalists there compared the prices of 30 items from Maxi, Walmart, Super C, IGA and Metro – from specific locations in Gatineau and Quebec City.

Buying those 30 items, week after week for six months, would cost shoppers: • Maxi: $3,756 • Walmart: $3,808 • Super C: $3,899 • IGA: $4,355 • Metro: $4,479

Rising food costs

Food is the dominant household financial concern for Canadians, among rising costs at the grocery store and shrinking packaging.

Statistics Canada says prices

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