CHART - Despite the annual pace of inflation cooling last month, Statistics Canada says shoppers continue to see the cost of groceries rise at a faster rate. The agency reported Tuesday that prices for food purchased from stores increased 3.8 per cent on a year-over-year basis in April, up from a 3.2 per cent year-over-year increase in March. It marked the third straight month that grocery price increases have outpaced the overall inflation rate, which was 1.7 per cent in April. This accompanies StatCan-Inflation-Food ; THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Vokey