… “Most people just don’t trust food companies,” said Sylvain Charlebois, a food professor at Dalhousie University, who will take part in Monday’s meeting. “According to one of our recent surveys, 82% of Canadians believe that greed is behind higher food prices.”
The government said there have been situations where large grocers got together “to prevent smaller competitors from establishing operations nearby,” without giving specifics. A Competition Bureau report in June found that independent grocers struggle to find real estate. It also said consolidation makes it tougher for new stores to stay in business and that many independent grocers are forced to buy products from their competitors.
A plague on both their houses. Justin is spewing hot air just to look like he’s doing something and the Grocery Barons deserve contempt. Stealing bread from the mouths of children for 14 years without jail time says it all about Canada’s Crony Capitalist economy.
