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|Company=Canada Bread, Weston Foods, Walmart Canada, Giant Tiger, Sobeys, Metro
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|Description=From 2001 to 2015, many companies colluded in what can be described as a cartel, fixing bread prices in Canada
|Description=From 2001 to 2015, many companies colluded in what can be described as a cartel, fixing bread prices in Canada
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}}From 2001 to 2015<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=The Canadian Press |date=2024-07-25 |title=Loblaw, George Weston to pay $500M for bread price-fixing scheme in record antitrust settlement |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/loblaw-bread-price-settlement-1.7274820 |website=CBC}}</ref> or 2017<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Sagan |first=Aleksandra |date=2018-01-31 |title=Bakers, grocers involved in 16-year price-fixing conspiracy: Competition Bureau |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/bakers-grocers-involved-in-16-year-price-fixing-conspiracy-competition-bureau/}}</ref>, Canadian retailers, including Walmart Canada, Metro, Giant Tiger and Sobeys, colluded to fix prices of bread<ref name=":0" />. In a class action lawsuit that followed, the collusion was described as a cartel<ref>{{Cite web |last=GOVAN |first=JAMES |date=2020-03-25 |title=Originating Application – Bread Cartel – March 25, 2020 |url=https://lpclex.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Originating-Application-BREAD-Notified-25MAR2020.pdf}}</ref>
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==Background==
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==[Incident]==
==Price fixing==
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For 14 or 16 years, the price of bread and other products such as bagels and naan was artificially inflated in a collusion of the biggest retailers in Canada.<ref name=":1" />
 
===[Company]'s response===
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==Investigation==
An investigation by the Competition Bureau was launched after an informant from Loblaw Ltd tipped them off<ref name=":1" />


==Lawsuit==
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==See also==


[[Class action]]
==References==
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From 2001 to 2015[1] or 2017[2], Canadian retailers, including Walmart Canada, Metro, Giant Tiger and Sobeys, colluded to fix prices of bread[1]. In a class action lawsuit that followed, the collusion was described as a cartel[3]

Price fixing

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For 14 or 16 years, the price of bread and other products such as bagels and naan was artificially inflated in a collusion of the biggest retailers in Canada.[2]

Investigation

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An investigation by the Competition Bureau was launched after an informant from Loblaw Ltd tipped them off[2]

Lawsuit

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See also

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Class action

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 The Canadian Press (2024-07-25). "Loblaw, George Weston to pay $500M for bread price-fixing scheme in record antitrust settlement". CBC.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Sagan, Aleksandra (2018-01-31). "Bakers, grocers involved in 16-year price-fixing conspiracy: Competition Bureau".
  3. GOVAN, JAMES (2020-03-25). "Originating Application – Bread Cartel – March 25, 2020" (PDF).