The heads of Canada’s three grocery oligarchs will be summoned to appear before a House of Commons committee investigating food price inflation.
MacGregor posted Feb. 13 on Twitter that the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food “unanimously passed my motion to summon the Presidents and CEOs of the three biggest grocery chains in Canada: Empire, Loblaws, and Metro to answer for their profit-driven inflation of food prices.”
Canada’s main giant grocery retailers include Empire (which owns Sobeys, Safeway, and FreshCo), Loblaw (which includes Superstore, Extra Foods, No Frills, Dominion, and others), and Metro (which has stores in Quebec, Ontario, and New Brunswick)….