In 2021, crops withered as Western Canadian farmers faced the worst drought in 19 years. Wheat stocks dropped 38.7 per cent year over year in its wake. By April 2022, food manufacturers were paying more than double what they were in 2020, and that cost had trickled down to consumers. According to Statistics Canada, shoppers spent more on bread (+12.2 per cent), pasta (+19.6 per cent) and cereals (+13.9 per cent) than they had the year prior.