Shrinking Canadian dollar

Some might find this amusing: Daughter and Fiance just landed in Sarasota Fla for 2 week vacation. They just went shopping at Walmart for foods only and called to say "OMG mum, don't even do the exchange rate - we just spent US$225 on shopping, more than what we pay in Canadian dollars now". Interesting, as I recall a few years ago we used to find the food cheaper in the US than in Canada, and then past couple or three years I've been commenting how expensive it's been getting down there, but equally prices had gone up generally in Canada as well. The same block of cheese we pay C$6.99 for she said she just paid US$9 for as an example.

I'm sure different areas different prices, but interesting to hear that even if we were on par still,l it's costing more for food shopping down there right now compared to Calgary AB area. Again YMMV depending how you shop.