GastroHistoryJun 17, 2024
'When the Competition Bureau released a wide-ranging report in June 2023 that assessed the state of the Canadian grocery industry, it concluded that more competition was needed to bring prices down—and that the entry of a foreign grocer could help.' https://ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/en/news/2069848/canadas-shopping-for-a-foreign-grocer-can-an-international-retailer-succeed-here #foodstudies #grocers #Canada #inflation #EndMonopoly
Canada’s shopping for a foreign grocer. Can an international retailer succeed here? | RCI

An international supermarket could spur competition, analysts say, if one is willing to come here at all

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Show threadbignoseApr 14, 2024

@jxself
> We should stop telling people that they're wrong to want these things [that embody convenience], because a) these things are good; and b) these things can be separated from the monopoly power of these corporate bullies.

https://pluralistic.net/2024/04/12/give-me-convenience/#or-give-me-death

#SoftwareFreedom #FreeSoftware #UserRespecting #EndMonopoly

Pluralistic: No, “convenience” isn’t the problem (12 Apr 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

PGExplainingNov 12, 2022

It couldn't be that difficult to expropriate five multibillionaires and use the cash to finance emergency climate aid. Perhaps it simply had to be explicitly formulated as a realistic global political goal.

#EatTheSuperrich #PGExplaining #Klimatastrophe #Klimawandel #Klima #Entmilliardarisierung #Debillionarizasation #EndMonopoly #Megalodäre #Megalonaires #Superreichensteuer #Superreiche