The Evan Bray Show - Dr. Sylvain Charlebois - August 18th, 2025

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More than half of Americans are saying they're stressed about the cost of food. People across Canada and the U.S. seem to be responding to high food prices with changes in their purchasing and consumption habits. Brent Loucks welcomes Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, food distribution and policy professor at Dalhousie University and senior director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab, co-host of The Food Professor Podcast, to discuss the current trends in the grocery economy.
18 Aug 2025 11AM English South Africa News Commentary

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