Alex Trecartin🇨🇦Feb 16

Grocery prices are unsustainable. Feels like double in five years. 😕

Loblaws, Sobeys, and Metro slap on "local" stickers, but where's the actual effort to open up local and regional supply chains and support Canadian food sovereignty?

The largest grocery chains in Canada aren't acting very "Canadian" at all.

We deserve better, and our farmers deserve better!

#canada #costofliving #grocery #foodsecurity #canpoli #foodsovereignty #inflation #shoplocal #loblaws #MetroInc #sobeys #greedflation

Peter V. Tretter ✅ 🇨🇦Apr 20, 2024

Feds targeting 12 foreign grocery chains for Canadian expansion

https://ap236.com/MIhvbl #Greedflation #Groceries #Inflation #Loblaw #Sobeys #MetroInc#Profits #cdnpoli @cdnpoli

Feds targeting 12 foreign grocery chains for Canadian expansion

The current list stands at 12 and is mainly based in Europe, except for one from the U.S. grocery outlet Holdings.

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Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 7, 2023

Addendum 2

After month-long strike Canadian union grocery workers ratify contract that improves wages, enhances benefits, sets major precedent for sector
https://jacobin.com/2023/09/metro-grocery-store-unifor-strike-part-time-work-wages

* Unifor announced 3,700 members of Local 414 ratified new contract
* ending a month-long strike at 27 Metro grocery stores in Greater Toronto Area

#Canada #Unifor #MetroInc #TradeUnion #grocers #unions #corporations #CorporateGreed #DefundCorporations #inflation #FoodSecurity #profiteering #WorkersRights

Striking Canadian Grocery Workers Went Toe to Toe With Fat Cat Bosses

After launching a monthlong strike this summer, union grocery workers in Toronto have ratified a contract that improves wages, enhances benefits, and sets a major precedent for the sector.

Journey 2 Diversity Jul 11, 2020
Grocers defend pandemic pay cut decisions as independently made despite emails, calls - CityNews Toronto https://j2dw.co/3ecfE5y #J2DW #MetroInc #COVID19 #EmpireCompany #Loblaw #COVIDCanada #Sobeys #Loblaws #EmployeePay #Coronavirus #PandemicPay #Barrie #snrtg
Grocers defend pandemic pay cut decisions as independently made despite emails, calls - CityNews Toronto

Executives from three of Canada’s largest grocery chains were in communication before launching and ending temporary wage increases for grocery store workers during COVID-19, but maintain their decisions were not co-ordinated. Metro Inc. was aware of Loblaw Companies Ltd.’s decision to stop its so-called pandemic pay program before it made a similar decision, chief executive …

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