Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦3d ago

Did you miss yesterday's.city council votes?

"Toronto City Council has approved a pilot project that would see the City operate its own grocery stores in an effort to reduce food costs for shoppers.

Councillor Anthony Peruzza, for Humber River—Black Creek, pushed for a pilot project to open four nonprofit grocery stores across the city, aiming to make everyday groceries more affordable in low-income neighbourhoods."

https://www.blogto.com/eat_drink/2026/03/toronto-nonprofit-grocery-stores/?oly_enc_id=7565J1056034B3B
#Toronto #affordabilityCrisis #experimental

Toronto is getting City-run nonprofit grocery stores with cheaper prices

Toronto City Council has approved a pilot project that would see the City operate its own grocery stores in an effort to reduce food costs for shoppe…

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@deborahh Hmm Finland’s grocery coops very successful. With a coop, good service & competitive pricing can be secondary to massive profits. Finland has national coop support & development org. Canada?
https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2014/dec/17/finland-co-operative-economy-ed-mayo
Lessons from Finland: building a co-operative economy

Finland’s co-operative enterprises are a dominant force in the nation’s economy because they make membership meaningful, finds Ed Mayo

The Guardian
Mar 27 at 8:58pmWeb
Show threadDeborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦3d ago

@pinhman not yet. This experiment is on a municipal level. And I think Manitoba (province) is plannimg something like it.

But our major left wing party, the NDP, is promoting the idea on a federal level. They will elect a new leader tomorrow. 🤞