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Canadians are quietly overspending on convenience
– moneysense.ca
There is no doubt that life has become expensive. Everywhere you look, prices are rising: gas, groceries, restaurants, insurance. Everyday essentials that once felt manageable now seem to demand a small emotional recovery period every time you tap your debit or credit card.
If it’s not rising prices, it’s shrinkflation—a word that sounds made up until you realize it’s part of everyday life. The other day, I couldn’t figure out why the calories on a packaged food item no longer matched my tracking app. Turns out the recipe hadn’t changed, but the package had gotten smaller.
These little moments are happening everywhere, and Canadians are feeling it. We are paying more, getting less, and trying to figure out where exactly all our money keeps disappearing to.
But amid all the obvious rising costs, there is another expense quietly draining our wallets. It’s one that feels far more justified in the moment: convenience.
The rising cost of making life easier
I have never been particularly good at paying what many now call the “convenience tax…
