The Grocers’ Code of Conduct will come into force on January 1, 2026. Within the agri-food industry, expectations are high. Among consumers, they are more restrained—and rightly so.
It's funny that what is described in this excellent article can also be broadly applied to other sectors of the Canadian Economy which sadly and under Government control and interference has always appeared to favour the few well connected over the many who attempt to make the economy work.
Oddly enough most of those beneficiaries of Government largess have always been those who were well connected one way or another to the Government of the day.
The Liberals of course having been in power most of the time perfected taking care of their friends to an exact and completely corrupted science.
Described well in this article with respect to the Grocery industry controlled by a select few well connected types.
You can probably name more than a couple of them without even a Google or (other more reliable) search.
Governments always want to practice the "LOOK SQUIRREL" approach to things that they have been complicit in making a mess of (which is almost everything) but don't be fooled.
This comes down to Government Failure the biggest failures of which sadly currently are still in control of what used to be Canada.
All Canadians are paying the price.
Many have been aware of that price for quite some time which apparently though seems to exclude the "Elbows Up" crowd who appear to continue to hate this country and what it could be.
carnage and his cronies know nothing of tough times right now, buying at thrift stores, going without certain foods....they are the corrupt elite, where any thing and any food is within reach. I have boycotted Loblaws and Sobey's for years, because they exploit and make exorbitant profits from just plain living our lives...by feeding ourselves!!! Galen Weston is among that elite group too.
I never blame the grocers (or the oil companies, gas stations, etc.). I blame government printing dollars for all of it. Government wants to blame the companies.
It is not just the printing press run wild, it is poor or no government policy. Starting with supply management. There is absolutely no valid reason why BC gas prices are based on the Seattle spot price. WE have oil, we used to have refineries. Now we have about a refinery and a half, with the refinery recently sold to a US company.
it's just a game for our gas prices...in one day the price can change 5 times, which has nothing to do with government taxes, but the shenanigans of the oil and gas industry
There is lying here by omission. For one thing the food price is mainly the direct result from government increase of co2 taxation, right from the farm on up to the retail customer. And it's not just food. This increase situation goes on right across every industry. from vehicles to farm machinery to toilet paper. There is no limit to what is being effected by the co2 tax grabbing.
..good call..Libs use that omission ploy with most of their propaganda..and Big Grocery is in cahoots with them...remember a cpl years ago, Big Grocery got called to a public "inquiry" by the Libs..Galen Weston (Loblaws) and a cpl other CEOs told Canadians that for every $25 we spend on groceries, they make $1 profit!!..and they all looked like they were having a hard time fighting the urge to bust out laughing as they said it..the ONLY reason for this inflation is GREED...
We buy most of our groceries from a Loblaw division store. As they have usually the best price in the area. Can't afford to go to Safeway, IGA, Save-on stores. their prices are insanely high.
Yup..👍..and we go there lots!!..they are great prices..just limited selection, but wud love to see them expand..(pssst..don't tell Carney..he'll find some way to screw it up!!) .😎...can't wait to see him fall..
The premise of this article may hold some merit. I am not an aggie expert. However it seems to me, that our foodstuffs do Not simply shift unhindered from our valued farmers to the grocers without being affected by bad, intentional federal government policy, which substantially drives up the cost. Trucking is the main means of transport and the lieberals make sure, that every step of that process is taxed by overt and covert taxes. Industrial green taxes take their bite, as do green fuel taxes. On top of the fuel taxes, the tax itself is taxed at the pumps, when paid for. Then there are the abyssmally, bad driving habits of many of the new, iffy rig drivers, which must drive up insurance costs for trucking companies, the cost of which will be passed along to the ultimate consumer. How about the amount of food, which must be dumped and could otherwise reduce costs through competition, as a result of lieberal-supported quotas for their mega-farm contributors' profits? I'm sure, this is just a start of a comprehensive list, which could be made.
The Canadian government works hard to make Canadians sick ... They make it difficult and expensive for small organic farms to exist... They promote the use of glyphosate as a dessicant ... they have created a dairy board which gives us the most expensive dairy in the world in order to outlaw raw milk and whatever other healthy milk products that they can ... Canadians need to drop this evil
I never understood how organic is more expensive than a product, say creamer, that has milk and a zillion other additives....additives are cheaper than the real thing????
Because in order to label something organic there is a large fee involved that goes to the government ... im pretty sure it's a million dollar fee to have even a small chicken farm labeled organic , presumably for testing the farm and product ... Of course there is no fee for injecting your chickens with antibiotics or feeding them high levels of pesticides and herbicides ... And these poisonous products are subsidized by tax dollars ... I think a farmer pays the government $40,000.00 for every dairy cow he owns and in return the government agrees to buy all of the milk that he can produce , ( with our tax dollars of course) whether it's pesticide infused or steroid infused or whatever ...That's why Canada "donates" a lot of milk products to third world countries as foreign aid ... So of course this encourages the farmer to use steroids and antibiotics which are often steroids ,, like bovine growth "hormone" which has been shown to be toxic ... This has created a "dairy cartel" complete with dairy farmers willing to literally commit terrorism against any small farmer whom they deem to be operating "illegally" in defense of their huge money making operations Also it has been demonstrated that there have been more deaths from pasteurized milk over the last 75 years than there have been from raw milk ... In fact I doubt that there has ever been a death from drinking raw milk from a healthy cow ... whereas pasteurized milk turns poisonous when sour and can possibly be used by mistake as an ingredient ...
I’m not impressed with more government regulation. We need less, not more. I worked in retail over 40 years ago for a bit and learned of this practice of paying for shelf space. So it’s been around for a long time.
This is just another bait and switch from the government so it seems like they are doing something to reduce costs. Meanwhile, the real reason for food inflation is the carbon tax at each step from farm to table. When our government addresses this, then maybe change will happen. But at the rate of spending from all our governments (federal, provincial and civic) this is unlikely to happen.
Suffice it to say ~ using 'the system" to favor or disfavor one segment of every industry over another for political instead of consumer-beneficial commercial purposes will always inevitably create destabilization of supply. Taxpayers and consumers always pay the price and end up where Canada, a supposedly advanced western democracy, is now ~ with millions of Canadians who can't afford to eat!
I have long known that manufacturers wanting shelf space at our few grocery chains must pay for it. For years I was a drinker of Diet Pepsi and shopped at Loblaws. It got so that when shopping I could only find a minor amount of space allocated to Pepsi and stacks of Coke piled everywhere with Pepsi having been sold out.
Since I don't like Loblaws telling me what I can drink (unhealthy as it may be) I shopped elsewhere.
Welcome to the Soviet Socialist Government of Canada, masters at centralized control of food. How did that work out for Russians in the early 20th century or Chairman Mao's control of food. Millions died of starvation was the result. Canada's implementation of "marketing boards" and now, another bureaucratic nightmare to control the food market, where costs for staples like fuel and carbon taxes are piled on with a government that insanely prints money, talking about a debt ceiling of more than two trillion dollars and we're supposed to believe that removing control of "shelf space" may reduce prices? When you see terms like "fair and equitable" grab your wallet and shop directly from small independent local farmers.
We had an existing abattoir in our area bought by a private company looking to expand it's operations. As with all government bureaucracies the existing licence was not good enough for the new owners to carry on, they had to reapply. After 4 years of paperwork, abuse, being ignored they never did get their abattoir licence and shut down their meat market. Liberals do not want small business they want their big donors to do extremely well to keep the money rolling in.
It's funny that what is described in this excellent article can also be broadly applied to other sectors of the Canadian Economy which sadly and under Government control and interference has always appeared to favour the few well connected over the many who attempt to make the economy work.
Oddly enough most of those beneficiaries of Government largess have always been those who were well connected one way or another to the Government of the day.
The Liberals of course having been in power most of the time perfected taking care of their friends to an exact and completely corrupted science.
Described well in this article with respect to the Grocery industry controlled by a select few well connected types.
You can probably name more than a couple of them without even a Google or (other more reliable) search.
Governments always want to practice the "LOOK SQUIRREL" approach to things that they have been complicit in making a mess of (which is almost everything) but don't be fooled.
This comes down to Government Failure the biggest failures of which sadly currently are still in control of what used to be Canada.
All Canadians are paying the price.
Many have been aware of that price for quite some time which apparently though seems to exclude the "Elbows Up" crowd who appear to continue to hate this country and what it could be.
Yep, it is who You know , not what You know . Such is the world We live in.
It has always been this way. This is the way that society has evolved. Even in primeval times it was this way and still is in societies.
carnage and his cronies know nothing of tough times right now, buying at thrift stores, going without certain foods....they are the corrupt elite, where any thing and any food is within reach. I have boycotted Loblaws and Sobey's for years, because they exploit and make exorbitant profits from just plain living our lives...by feeding ourselves!!! Galen Weston is among that elite group too.
I never blame the grocers (or the oil companies, gas stations, etc.). I blame government printing dollars for all of it. Government wants to blame the companies.
It is not just the printing press run wild, it is poor or no government policy. Starting with supply management. There is absolutely no valid reason why BC gas prices are based on the Seattle spot price. WE have oil, we used to have refineries. Now we have about a refinery and a half, with the refinery recently sold to a US company.
it's just a game for our gas prices...in one day the price can change 5 times, which has nothing to do with government taxes, but the shenanigans of the oil and gas industry
There is lying here by omission. For one thing the food price is mainly the direct result from government increase of co2 taxation, right from the farm on up to the retail customer. And it's not just food. This increase situation goes on right across every industry. from vehicles to farm machinery to toilet paper. There is no limit to what is being effected by the co2 tax grabbing.
..good call..Libs use that omission ploy with most of their propaganda..and Big Grocery is in cahoots with them...remember a cpl years ago, Big Grocery got called to a public "inquiry" by the Libs..Galen Weston (Loblaws) and a cpl other CEOs told Canadians that for every $25 we spend on groceries, they make $1 profit!!..and they all looked like they were having a hard time fighting the urge to bust out laughing as they said it..the ONLY reason for this inflation is GREED...
We buy most of our groceries from a Loblaw division store. As they have usually the best price in the area. Can't afford to go to Safeway, IGA, Save-on stores. their prices are insanely high.
do you have Giant Tiger?...they have many of the name brands and 20% cheaper
Yup..👍..and we go there lots!!..they are great prices..just limited selection, but wud love to see them expand..(pssst..don't tell Carney..he'll find some way to screw it up!!) .😎...can't wait to see him fall..
Most of GT’s profits come from fashion and hardlines with groceries used as a draw. They won’t likely expand grocery sections for that reason.
Thanks for that, Randy...I wasn't aware....👍...🤠
Yes, but in the next town 50km away.
..sorry Logan..didn't mean to butt in on your conversation with Susan..my bad..
Huh? Your not butting in. You're just joining the conversation. 👍
yup..like Metro and Sobeys in Ontario..(shudda never left Alberta..🙄 )..
The premise of this article may hold some merit. I am not an aggie expert. However it seems to me, that our foodstuffs do Not simply shift unhindered from our valued farmers to the grocers without being affected by bad, intentional federal government policy, which substantially drives up the cost. Trucking is the main means of transport and the lieberals make sure, that every step of that process is taxed by overt and covert taxes. Industrial green taxes take their bite, as do green fuel taxes. On top of the fuel taxes, the tax itself is taxed at the pumps, when paid for. Then there are the abyssmally, bad driving habits of many of the new, iffy rig drivers, which must drive up insurance costs for trucking companies, the cost of which will be passed along to the ultimate consumer. How about the amount of food, which must be dumped and could otherwise reduce costs through competition, as a result of lieberal-supported quotas for their mega-farm contributors' profits? I'm sure, this is just a start of a comprehensive list, which could be made.
The Canadian government works hard to make Canadians sick ... They make it difficult and expensive for small organic farms to exist... They promote the use of glyphosate as a dessicant ... they have created a dairy board which gives us the most expensive dairy in the world in order to outlaw raw milk and whatever other healthy milk products that they can ... Canadians need to drop this evil
I never understood how organic is more expensive than a product, say creamer, that has milk and a zillion other additives....additives are cheaper than the real thing????
Because in order to label something organic there is a large fee involved that goes to the government ... im pretty sure it's a million dollar fee to have even a small chicken farm labeled organic , presumably for testing the farm and product ... Of course there is no fee for injecting your chickens with antibiotics or feeding them high levels of pesticides and herbicides ... And these poisonous products are subsidized by tax dollars ... I think a farmer pays the government $40,000.00 for every dairy cow he owns and in return the government agrees to buy all of the milk that he can produce , ( with our tax dollars of course) whether it's pesticide infused or steroid infused or whatever ...That's why Canada "donates" a lot of milk products to third world countries as foreign aid ... So of course this encourages the farmer to use steroids and antibiotics which are often steroids ,, like bovine growth "hormone" which has been shown to be toxic ... This has created a "dairy cartel" complete with dairy farmers willing to literally commit terrorism against any small farmer whom they deem to be operating "illegally" in defense of their huge money making operations Also it has been demonstrated that there have been more deaths from pasteurized milk over the last 75 years than there have been from raw milk ... In fact I doubt that there has ever been a death from drinking raw milk from a healthy cow ... whereas pasteurized milk turns poisonous when sour and can possibly be used by mistake as an ingredient ...
I've lost faith in the Canadian government ... understatement of the year
An industry-designed, voluntary code of conduct?
With no oversight? Or even worse, government oversight? No metrics?
Does the jackal share his prey with the fox?
Don't hold your breath.
yup....smoke and mirrors....again
Quite possibly better than a government imposed one that would eat up any potential savings in administration costs.
Mmmmmaybe ... still not going to hold my breath, though 😁.
I’m not impressed with more government regulation. We need less, not more. I worked in retail over 40 years ago for a bit and learned of this practice of paying for shelf space. So it’s been around for a long time.
This is just another bait and switch from the government so it seems like they are doing something to reduce costs. Meanwhile, the real reason for food inflation is the carbon tax at each step from farm to table. When our government addresses this, then maybe change will happen. But at the rate of spending from all our governments (federal, provincial and civic) this is unlikely to happen.
Good luck with that. Do you really think the trucking business will reduce its prices because the carbon tax has been dropped? Me thinketh not.
Suffice it to say ~ using 'the system" to favor or disfavor one segment of every industry over another for political instead of consumer-beneficial commercial purposes will always inevitably create destabilization of supply. Taxpayers and consumers always pay the price and end up where Canada, a supposedly advanced western democracy, is now ~ with millions of Canadians who can't afford to eat!
I have long known that manufacturers wanting shelf space at our few grocery chains must pay for it. For years I was a drinker of Diet Pepsi and shopped at Loblaws. It got so that when shopping I could only find a minor amount of space allocated to Pepsi and stacks of Coke piled everywhere with Pepsi having been sold out.
Since I don't like Loblaws telling me what I can drink (unhealthy as it may be) I shopped elsewhere.
Welcome to the Soviet Socialist Government of Canada, masters at centralized control of food. How did that work out for Russians in the early 20th century or Chairman Mao's control of food. Millions died of starvation was the result. Canada's implementation of "marketing boards" and now, another bureaucratic nightmare to control the food market, where costs for staples like fuel and carbon taxes are piled on with a government that insanely prints money, talking about a debt ceiling of more than two trillion dollars and we're supposed to believe that removing control of "shelf space" may reduce prices? When you see terms like "fair and equitable" grab your wallet and shop directly from small independent local farmers.
Tried that. The Farmer's Market is way too expensive.
Another Liberal Government, Made Who Knows Where to pacify us while the "Grocers" and their suppliers pick our pockets till nothing is left to pick!
Government cannot regulate competition! Only the market can regulate that. Another communistic socialist rule comes to Canada
Code of conduct means nothing.
Prices and availability does.
It's a joke.
We had an existing abattoir in our area bought by a private company looking to expand it's operations. As with all government bureaucracies the existing licence was not good enough for the new owners to carry on, they had to reapply. After 4 years of paperwork, abuse, being ignored they never did get their abattoir licence and shut down their meat market. Liberals do not want small business they want their big donors to do extremely well to keep the money rolling in.