ontario pork news

Last year ended and this year started off with an exceptionally large amount of media coverage on rising food prices. Speculation was rampant regarding how high inflation would charge in 2016. One of the main catalysts of the concern was the rapidly depreciating Canadian dollar. The highlight (or nadir, depending on your view) of the coverage was the famed $8 cauliflower.

The pork sector goes in to 2016 on very solid footing with regard to both supply and demand from a retailer/foodservice perspective.  In addition, the product is very cost/price  competitive with regard to the two main competing meats, beef and chicken and it has performed very well from a margin perspective for merchandisers.