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And, uh, right now, let's get into this, as the sky-high cost of groceries is something countless Canadian families struggle with, and amid high costs is also high waste.

Global's Marnie Blunt has more on the organizations working to address food insecurity and food waste.

It's a different type of corner store, offering low-cost, low-barrier groceries in a high-cost world.

So anybody in need of low-cost groceries can shop here.

There is no...

It's barrier-free.

It is like your regular corner store.

You can walk in from wherever you're from and buy low-cost groceries.

Charm, an initiative by the Chalmers Neighborhood Renewal Corporation, opened this week to address a need in Winnipeg's Elmwood neighborhood and to address the broader need of food insecurity.

It's a big demand, especially in the neighborhood of Elmwood, since it's always been a desert for grocery stores for a long time.

Uh, so with having now a grocery store, a low-cost grocery store in Elmwood, I think it's gonna be very successful.

[packet crinkling] Brandi Beaubier also works to address food insecurity each day.

It's usually food that is being thrown away for an aesthetic reason or a technicality.

Beaubier runs Community Helpers Unite, an Indigenous-led nonprofit organization that takes surplus food from suppliers and distributes it to other organization helping those in need, including Charm.

She says they are seeing an influx of high-value items close to their best before date.

Dairy's a big one, 'cause dairy's so expensive.

[laughs] Um, dairy and also, like, meat, proteins, things like that, um, where we'll get things in that are, like, two days before their ex- their best before date, and then we will freeze them.

A 2024 report from Second Harvest shows over 46% of all food in Canada is wasted each year.

41% of that, or $58 billion worth, is avoidable.

Best before dates account for 23% of avoidable food waste.

Increased waste amid increased demand, as 9 in 10 nonprofits also reported an increase in demand for food from the year prior.

[freezer opening] A reason why people like Beaubier will continue to work to ensure less food is wasted.

It's terrifying to see how much food is going to waste still, but we're all working on it really hard.

And working hard to ensure fewer families are going hungry.

Marnie Blount, Global News.

And, uh, right now, let's get into this, as the sky-high cost of groceries is something countless Canadian families struggle with, and amid high costs is also high waste.

Global's Marnie Blunt has more on the organizations working to address food insecurity and food waste.

It's a different type of corner store, offering low-cost, low-barrier groceries in a high-cost world.

So anybody in need of low-cost groceries can shop here.

There is no...

It's barrier-free.

It is like your regular corner store.

You can walk in from wherever you're from and buy low-cost groceries.

Charm, an initiative by the Chalmers Neighborhood Renewal Corporation, opened this week to address a need in Winnipeg's Elmwood neighborhood and to address the broader need of food insecurity.

It's a big demand, especially in the neighborhood of Elmwood, since it's always been a desert for grocery stores for a long time.

Uh, so with having now a grocery store, a low-cost grocery store in Elmwood, I think it's gonna be very successful.

[packet crinkling] Brandi Beaubier also works to address food insecurity each day.

It's usually food that is being thrown away for an aesthetic reason or a technicality.

Beaubier runs Community Helpers Unite, an Indigenous-led nonprofit organization that takes surplus food from suppliers and distributes it to other organization helping those in need, including Charm.

She says they are seeing an influx of high-value items close to their best before date.

Dairy's a big one, 'cause dairy's so expensive.

[laughs] Um, dairy and also, like, meat, proteins, things like that, um, where we'll get things in that are, like, two days before their ex- their best before date, and then we will freeze them.

A 2024 report from Second Harvest shows over 46% of all food in Canada is wasted each year.

41% of that, or $58 billion worth, is avoidable.

Best before dates account for 23% of avoidable food waste.

Increased waste amid increased demand, as 9 in 10 nonprofits also reported an increase in demand for food from the year prior.

[freezer opening] A reason why people like Beaubier will continue to work to ensure less food is wasted.

It's terrifying to see how much food is going to waste still, but we're all working on it really hard.

And working hard to ensure fewer families are going hungry.

Marnie Blount, Global News.