COVID-19 pandemic, but for Blair Lebsack, some of the most shocking increases have been for his restaurant’s less flashy ingredients.Before the pandemic, a 16-litre container of canola oil for his Edmonton restaurant RGE RD would cost $18, he said.
Now they go for anywhere between $29 to $32 for the same amount.“It adds up really quickly,” Lebsack said in an interview.High shipping rates, delays and increases in grain costs have sent food prices soaring for restaurants already hurt by pandemic restrictions and closures.