Canadian bread price fixing: Difference between revisions
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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 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260208135642/https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/loblaw-bread-price-settlement-1.7274820 |archive-date=8 Feb 2026}}</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/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250522214903/https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/bakers-grocers-involved-in-16-year-price-fixing-conspiracy-competition-bureau/ |archive-date=22 May 2025}}</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= | }} | ||
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 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260208135642/https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/loblaw-bread-price-settlement-1.7274820 |archive-date=8 Feb 2026}}</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/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250522214903/https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/bakers-grocers-involved-in-16-year-price-fixing-conspiracy-competition-bureau/ |archive-date=22 May 2025}}</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 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250315064240/https://lpclex.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Originating-Application-BREAD-Notified-25MAR2020.pdf |archive-date=15 Mar 2025}}</ref> | |||
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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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]An investigation by the Competition Bureau was launched after an informant from Loblaw Ltd tipped them off[2]
Lawsuit
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Consumer response
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See also
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References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ 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. Archived from the original on 8 Feb 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Sagan, Aleksandra (2018-01-31). "Bakers, grocers involved in 16-year price-fixing conspiracy: Competition Bureau". Archived from the original on 22 May 2025.
- ↑ Govan, James (2020-03-25). "Originating Application – Bread Cartel – March 25, 2020" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 Mar 2025.