Competition Bureau to Publish a Call for Information on Grocery Pricing Policies
Canada’s competition bureau will move next week to begin gathering information on retail grocery pricing policies. The agency is tasked with protecting and promoting competition for the benefit for Canadian consumers and businesses. In June, the bureau launched an investigation of competition in the grocery sector, including potential problems in production, processing, transportation, distribution and pricing. The bureau is also investigating how items are priced on store shelves and how consumers buy them using tools such as loyalty programs. The bureau is examining algorithmic pricing, shrinkflation, and skimpflation, which refers to selling a lower quality product for the same price....
Canada’s competition bureau is initiating a process next week to gather information on retail grocery pricing policies. This move follows an earlier investigation launched in June into competition within the grocery sector. The bureau is examining various aspects, including pricing strategies, loyalty programs, algorithmic pricing, shrinkflation, and skimpflation.
- Canada’s competition bureau will begin gathering information on retail grocery pricing policies next week.
- The bureau previously launched an investigation into competition in the grocery sector in June.
- Areas of examination include production, processing, transportation, distribution, pricing, loyalty programs, algorithmic pricing, shrinkflation, and skimpflation.
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