Sizzling bacon prices cause headaches for restaurant owners
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There's enough bacon sizzling on the grill at this well-known Fredericton diner to feed the weekday mid-morning breakfast rush.
The Cabin is a small place that has been around for about 80 years, and it's a bit of an institution in the provincial capital.
David Halfyard has owned it for the last 22 years. Its bacon reputation is at least partly responsible for the diner's success.
"I know a little bit about bacon," he laughed.
But, over the course of the pandemic, the cost of his key menu item has skyrocketed.
"It's reached a crisis point," Halfyard said, adding that he's been riding out the increases, waiting for them to dip.
According to Halfyard, a five kilogram box of bacon has gone from between 28 and 32 dollars to as high as 63 dollars over the course of the pandemic.
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