Protein craze is helping boost meat prices, whether you’re bulking or not

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Statscan's Industrial Product Price Index for September showed that the cost of meat, fish and dairy products rose over 11 per cent from the same period last year.

The summer BBQ season is behind us but chances are you’re still doing a double take when you buy beef or chicken as your main protein.

On Monday, Statistics Canada released its Industrial Product Price Index for September, tracking price changes for major commodities across the country. It showed that the cost of meat, fish and dairy products soared 11.34 per cent from the same period last year, up sharply from a modest 1.7 per cent rise a year earlier.

Beef is a major driver of that rise and has been getting plenty of attention with prices at checkout, rising more than 15 per cent year-over-year in August. But