Oxford Public Health says last year it cost nearly $200 to nutritiously feed a family of four. The local Health Unit has captured just how much groceries have risen in the last year. In shopping for the 2011 "Nutritious Food Basket", Public Health found it cost 12.3 per cent more to feed the average family in 2011 than 2010. The final price of that grocery bill was $189.59, for one week. Dietician Abby Bryan-Pullam offers a couple of tips on trying to lower that bill without compromising its nutritional value. "Buying "no name" brands versus name brand foods, generally are the same nutrition quality. Buying frozen vegetables and fruit when they're not in season is generally a way that you can get cheaper vegetables and fruit, because they are just as nutritious." The Health Unit has a number of initiatives to try to help families with the nutritional dilemma including healthy snacks in schools, and the creation of a Food Charter, that we'll hear more about later this year.
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