{"id":15207528,"date":"2026-07-13T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/fish-and-chips-prices-are-going-up-this-summer-heres-why\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T09:33:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T13:33:24","slug":"fish-and-chips-prices-are-going-up-this-summer-heres-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/fish-and-chips-prices-are-going-up-this-summer-heres-why\/","title":{"rendered":"Fish and chips prices are going up this summer. Here\u2019s why"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/ais\/b7caa0d5-bdb3-4da7-87a1-0629a4c0a101,1783624221133\/full\/max\/0\/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%28245%2C24%2C1576%2C886%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29\" alt=\"A server grabs a plate of fish and chips\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" title=\"The cost of haddock is on the rise. Fisheries and Oceans Canada cut the haddock fishing quota \u2014 by up to 57 per cent in some areas \u2014 in order to protect stocks, making popular dishes like fish and chips more costly to produce.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Pleasant Street Diner in Dartmouth, N.S., serves about 1,000 pounds of fresh haddock per week. But early this month, their supplier increased the price of the historically affordable fish by 40 per cent, or about $5 per pound. Overnight, their weekly haddock expenses went up $5,000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"inmi-source\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/nova-scotia\/soaring-haddock-costs-force-restaurants-to-hike-prices-9.7264663?cmp=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">News Edmonton \u2013 CBC<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pleasant Street Diner in Dartmouth, N.S., serves about 1,000 pounds of fresh haddock per week. But early this month, their supplier increased the price of the historically affordable fish by 40 per cent, or about $5 per pound. 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