After a customer paid for a haircut with beef and potatoes, a family-run barber shop in southwestern Ontario began accepting other food offers in exchange for a fresh cut — which may not be that unusual given the high cost of things these days.
In fact, Toronto-based financial planner Shannon Lee Simmons says there’s a growing interest in bartering, driven by a tough economy.
“Bartering is an amazing way to offset the costs in your life,” said Simmons.
It did the trick for Justin Newhook, a 36-year-old factory worker in Stratford, Ont. He recently went for a haircut at the new barbershop in town, and was pleasantly surprised
