Press & Research Citations
Verified Canadian and international media coverage citing GroceryPulse data or methodology, including direct text citations and graphics that visibly credit GroceryPulse.ca. Standalone social-media posts are excluded from these totals. If you're a journalist covering Canadian grocery prices and want a custom data pull, write to press@grocerypulse.ca.
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Research leadership: Sung Ha Hwang
GroceryPulse was co-founded by Sung Ha Hwang, its Research Director and a former applied-AI software engineer at Meta. He leads the platform's methodology, data infrastructure, quality systems, and research publication.
Institutional research partner: Dalhousie University's Agri-Food Analytics Lab
GroceryPulse's weekly grocery price panel is shared with the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University, led by Dr. Sylvain Charlebois ("The Food Professor"). Several of the citations below draw on GroceryPulse data through the Lab's national grocery-price analysis and commentary.
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- IntraFishJuly 31, 2026EnglishDirect citationAtlantic salmon prices surge at Canada grocery stores
Global seafood-industry coverage leading on the 25.8% July increase in Atlantic salmon prices and directly identifying GroceryPulse.ca as the Agri-Food Analytics Lab's partner, with nearly 8,000 observations across 22 banners and 13 Canadian cities.
- Salmon BusinessJuly 31, 2026EnglishDirect citationCanada: Atlantic salmon prices jump 25.8% in July retail survey
Seafood-trade coverage of the July retail survey, directly crediting GroceryPulse.ca with collecting almost 8,000 listed-price observations from 22 supermarket chains in 13 Canadian cities and explaining its role as an early price indicator.
- CTV News AtlanticJuly 28, 2026EnglishDirect citationTwo Atlantic Canadian cities see largest dip in grocery prices for July: report
CTV News coverage of July grocery-price movements, identifying the analysis as the Agri-Food Analytics Lab's latest GroceryPulse report and reporting that the national 50-item basket rose 0.3% while 30 of the 50 products tracked declined.
- Canadian GrocerJuly 28, 2026EnglishDirect citationGrocery prices soften for most categories in July, meat and fish remain elevated: report
Canadian grocery-trade reporting that directly links to GroceryPulse.ca and identifies the partnership behind the Lab's 50-product analysis of 8,000 prices across 22 grocery banners and 13 cities.
- Grocery Business MagazineJuly 27, 2026EnglishDirect citationProtein price spikes offset broad grocery relief in July
Canadian grocery-industry coverage identifying GroceryPulse.ca as the Agri-Food Analytics Lab's data partner, based on nearly 8,000 observations across 22 banners and 13 cities, and explaining how GroceryPulse provides an early reading ahead of the monthly Consumer Price Index.
Same article also published by: Retail Insider.
- TVA NouvellesJuly 25, 2026FrenchChart creditVotre bacon est 18% plus cher qu'il y a un mois
TVA Nouvelles coverage of GroceryPulse's June-to-July price-change analysis, reporting an 18.3% national rise in bacon and embedding the July 22 Food Professor chart. The chart footer identifies GroceryPulse.ca as the source; the article text attributes the figures to Dalhousie University's Agri-Food Analytics Lab.
- Italian BerryJuly 24, 2026EnglishDirect citationStrawberries out of season: the new habit among families
International produce-industry coverage citing GroceryPulse's Canadian strawberry-price data: the June average of $5.73 for a 454-gram pack, collected for Dalhousie University's Agri-Food Analytics Lab.
- National PostJuly 2, 2026EnglishDirect citationCanadians shocked to see strawberries selling for more than $10 a basket. Why the high price?
National Post "Cook This" feature on surging strawberry prices citing grocerypulse.ca: "Dalhousie University's Agri-Food Analytics Lab found that overall strawberries have become more expensive over the past month, with the average retail price for a 454-gram package sitting at $5.73 in June. In its analysis of grocerypulse.ca data, the lab looked at averages of regular retail prices across the country." Syndicated across the Postmedia network.
Same article also published by: Yahoo News Canada, Financial Post, Ottawa Citizen, Calgary Herald, Edmonton Journal, Vancouver Sun, The Province, Windsor Star, London Free Press, Kingston Whig-Standard, Toronto Sun, Ottawa Sun, Calgary Sun, Edmonton Sun, The Sudbury Star, Brantford Expositor, FarmersForum.com.
- CBC NewsJune 28, 2026EnglishDirect citationFresh strawberries were a summer luxury. When did they become an all-season toddler snack?
National berry-price coverage citing grocerypulse.ca: "The average June price in grocery stores for a 454-gram package of strawberries was $5.73, according to grocerypulse.ca data collected for Dalhousie University's Agri-Food Analytics Lab in Halifax."
Same article also published by: Atin Ito, CBC News (Lite), Yahoo News Canada.
- InsideHalton (Metroland)June 26, 2026EnglishDirect citationWhy your Canada Day burgers will cost more this year
Metroland regional grocery column reporting Canada Day barbecue prices "according to the Agri-Food Analytics Lab's national data sets, with the support of GroceryPulse.ca," syndicated across the Toronto Star / Metroland community-newspaper network.
Same article also published by: Simcoe.com, Mississauga.com, Hamilton Spectator, Waterloo Region Record, DurhamRegion.com, Niagara Falls Review, Peterborough Examiner, Brampton Guardian, Guelph Mercury Tribune, Welland Tribune, MuskokaRegion.com, St. Catharines Standard, YorkRegion.com, Orangeville.com, New Hamburg Independent, InsideOttawaValley.com.
- Agronom.InfoJune 24, 2026EnglishDirect citationCanada tomato prices jump 45.2% on supply problems linked to Mexico
International agricultural coverage reporting GroceryPulse's June 21 national tomato average of C$6.61 per kilogram and identifying the data as collected for Dalhousie University's Agri-Food Analytics Lab.
- CBC NewsJune 22, 2026EnglishDirect citationTomatoes cost how much now? Why inflation has come for Canada's produce section
National produce-inflation coverage citing grocerypulse.ca: "As of June 21, the average price in Canadian grocery stores was more like $6.61 per kilogram, according to grocerypulse.ca data collected for Dalhousie University's Agri-Food Analytics Lab in Halifax."
Same article also published by: CBC News (Lite), Yahoo News.
- Journal de QuébecMay 30, 2026FrenchDirect citationLa crème glacée moins chère au Québec qu'ailleurs au pays
Coverage of regional ice cream price differences sourced from GroceryPulse panel data: "Selon des données répertoriées par la plateforme Grocerypulse, Montréal et Québec sont respectivement la deuxième et la troisième ville au pays où le populaire dessert glacé est le moins cher."
Same article also published by: TVA Nouvelles, Journal de Montréal, 24 heures, QUB.
- Brandon SunMay 1, 2026EnglishDirect citationA welcome step toward increasing competition
Opinion piece on Canadian grocery competition citing GroceryPulse pricing observations.
- Winnipeg Free PressApril 29, 2026EnglishDirect citationFreshCo to step into former Sobeys space on Burrows Avenue
Business piece on FreshCo's Winnipeg expansion, contextualised with GroceryPulse data on discount-banner pricing.
- InfobrefApril 27, 2026FrenchDirect citationMetro offrirait les prix d'épicerie les plus bas
« Le site Grocery Pulse analyse les prix dans les épiceries de plusieurs grandes villes canadiennes en comparant le prix d'un panier de 50 produits. »
- Immigrer.comApril 27, 2026FrenchDirect citationLe panier d'épicerie le moins cher au Canada serait à Montréal
« Selon une analyse récente du site Grocery Pulse, Montréal serait la ville canadienne où le panier d'épicerie moyen coûte le moins cher parmi 12 grandes villes du pays. »
- TVA Nouvelles (YouTube)April 27, 2026FrenchDirect citationLe panier d'épicerie le moins cher au Canada... est à Montréal!
« La métropole québécoise se trouve au premier rang du classement des 12 principales villes canadiennes, selon le site Grocery Pulse, qui se spécialise dans les statistiques relatives au coût des aliments dans les différents commerces d'alimentation. »
- TVA NouvellesApril 25, 2026FrenchDirect citationLe panier d'épicerie le moins cher au Canada est à Montréal
National coverage of the GroceryPulse finding that Montréal had the cheapest 50-item grocery basket in Canada.
Same article also published by: Journal de Montréal, Le Journal de Québec, 24 heures, QUB.
About GroceryPulse (boilerplate)
GroceryPulse is an independent Canadian grocery price intelligence platform co-founded by Sung Ha Hwang, its Research Director and a former applied-AI software engineer at Meta. He leads GroceryPulse's methodology, data infrastructure, quality systems, and research publication.
GroceryPulse tracks a 50-item grocery basket weekly across 22 banners in 13 Canadian cities and publishes the Canadian Grocery Price Index (CGPI). Prices are collected weekly (Thursdays, with an automatic Friday catch-up for any city below 90% store coverage) from roughly 160 active stores; the published series begins June 2026. The published headline index is a chained matched-model weighted Jevons (methodology v2, adopted 2026-06-12): each headline series links week to week over the items priced in both weeks, so week-over-week changes are same-composition by construction. The nine category sub-indices are measured direct against a fixed June 2026 base week (= 100, restated 2026-08-10), so category levels are comparable with each other as change since June 2026. Price observations are append-only; the index is recomputed from the full observation history under versioned normalization code, methodology changes are dated and documented, and superseded series remain available. Accuracy is checked two ways: weekly automated re-scrape checks confirm reproducibility and mapping liveness (they re-run the same pipeline, so they are not independent accuracy evidence), and independent browser-based spot audits read prices off the retailer page like a shopper — a stratified monthly audit program whose results will be published on the methodology page as the sample accumulates. Walmart and Costco are not covered. Data and methodology are publicly documented and free to cite with attribution.