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What we can learn from 70s bargain hunters&nbsp;&nbsp;

Food price inflation hasn't been this bad since we wore bell bottoms and cheered on the Montreal Expos.

Danielle Nerman talks to a woman who remembers budget meals of wieners and beans, and explains how agricultural technology and a globalized food system gave us the last four decades of historically cheap food.&nbsp;

Online returns cost retailers millions of dollars. Now&nbsp;some companies are pushing back.

In the UK, retailers like Zara and&nbsp;Uniqlo are starting to charge customers to return online purchases. Here in Canada, an online fashion website&nbsp;has come up with its own solution —&nbsp;customers&nbsp;ship their returned item to the next customer who wants it.

Think of it as "returning it forward."&nbsp;

People have been pumping the tires for hydrogen for a long time. But now, some believe it is closer than ever to fulfilling its promise.

Paul Haavardsrud talks to the Mayor of Stephenville, Newfoundland — where residents&nbsp;are buzzing about the billions that could be spent in their community. But only if someone figures out how to ship hydrogen across the Atlantic. No biggie.&nbsp;&nbsp;

It was the decade of disco and soaring inflation, with food hitting its highest year over year increase of 20.18 per cent in Canada in July 1978. 

Why we're shopping like it's 1979

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