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Poll result: Majority of Richmond News readers on the lookout for sales

Study shows Canadians are eating out less
Valerie Leung
Valerie Leung
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A full shopping cart at a Whole Foods Market store. Photo by Ben Shumin via Flickr

Increasing prices in Canada has changed many people's shopping habits including when it comes to buying food.

A new study from the Angus Reid Institute found that 62 per cent of Canadians are eating out less, and many Canadians are being strategic about what items they put in their carts.   

Richmond News polled 357 Richmond News readers and asked the question: Has your food buying habits changed with increased costs at stores?

The poll ran from 2/23/2022 to 2/28/2022. Of the 357 votes, we can determine that 95 are from within the community. The full results are as follows:

Buying only the necessities and cooking at home 37.89 % local, 36.13 % total    
On the lookout for items that are only on sale 34.74 % local, 38.38 % total    
Nothing has changed, I buy what I want 27.37 % local, 25.49 % total    
  Local   Total

Results are based on an online study of adult Richmond News readers that are located in Vancouver. The margin of error - which measures sample variability - is +/- 5.18%, 19 times out of 20.

Richmond News uses a variety of techniques to capture data, detect and prevent fraudulent votes, detect and prevent robots, and filter out non-local and duplicate votes.

-with files from Carol Eugene Park, Glacier Media