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Alice Hearing

Food professor earning $221,000 in inflation debate after he slams grocery shoplifters

Stealing apple in food store (Credit: shironosov—Getty Images)

A Canadian food professor has come under fire for taking aim at grocery store shoplifters amid the country's soaring rates of inflation — and some have pointed out his own above-average salary. 

Sylvain Charlebois, an academic for Dalhousie University and a food-industry commentator, riled up users on social media after he wrote an article arguing that grocery theft raises prices even more in a cost-of-living crisis. 

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