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The bread price-fixing scandal in Canada refers to a group of competing bread producers, retailers and supermarket chains reached a secret agreement among themselves to artificially inflate the price of bread at the wholesale and retail levels from late 2001 to 2015 [1] (some sources stated that the price fixing continued into 2017 [2]).
In June 2023, Canada Bread pleaded guilty to four counts of price fixing with its grocery competitors to increase the price of bread products over a 16-year period and was fined $50 million. According to the Competition Bureau , the fine was the highest ever price-fixing fine in Canadian history.
The predicted overall food price increase of between 3% and 5% in 2021 was the highest "ever predicted by an annual food price report". [19] It meant that an average family in Canada would pay $695 more for food in 2021 than in 2020.
The cost of a big SUV would go up even more because it has so many different electronic components, he says, estimating that a $50,000 U.S. made car could see its prices increase by $5,000 because ...
And more increases appear to be coming down the pike for the pulped-paper-packed protein: Wholesale prices for chicken eggs soared by nearly 55% last month, and wholesale food prices rose by 3.1% ...
That seasonal price impact could add another 30 cents per gallon, putting the total increase in gasoline prices at $1 per gallon if the tariffs remain in place at the onset of spring, Fitzgerald said.
In January 2018, Loblaws was implicated in price-fixing the cost of bread in Canada, taking part from 2001 until 2015. [96] The company admitted its involvement in the scheme. [94] In response to the price-fixing, in January 2018, all consumers were offered the chance to receive a $25 gift card for bread.
President Trump’s plan to impose a 25% tariff on Mexican and Canadian goods could drive up food prices for the average shopper. We’ve charted why. Why tariffs on Mexico and Canada could drive ...