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Grocery prices set to increase again?

Grocery prices set to increase again?

Abbysmum
Joined: Mar 2009
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Abbysmum
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Posts: 4960

Grocery prices set to increase again?
Feb 2 at 2:25 PM

I read this this morning and thought it pretty interesting
https://nationalpost.com/news/food-blackout-period-prices

It's generally not common knowledge that the grocery chains basically collude to freeze prices for a few months every winter, and then start raising them again around February. We are due for them to start going up again. I wonder how this factors into the inflation rate!
Meteor Garden
Joined: Before 2007
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Meteor Garden
Joined: Before 2007
Posts: 286

great…
Feb 2 at 9:21 PM

My pay sure hasn’t increased, it’s hard to afford everything now!
Home Slice
Joined: Aug 2007
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Home Slice
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 1306

grocery prices
Feb 6 at 9:48 AM

How about when a certain grocery store is charging $1.99 for a lime when all the others are charging .99. Double the price! I call that gouging!
Farmboy82
Joined: January
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Farmboy82
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Sobeys
Feb 6 at 12:23 PM

How about when Sobey's can pay lease and taxes on a empty building just so competition can't move in????
md1
Joined: Feb 2016
Posts: 105

md1
Joined: Feb 2016
Posts: 105

don't worry
Feb 6 at 12:57 PM

MP Champagne is all over it, He'll dix the problem

And you'll get a carbon tax rebate cheque in april to help

Thank heavens we have a responsible government leading our country
rubyred
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rubyred
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grocies
Feb 6 at 6:22 PM

? So if let's say Save On Foods wanted to come to Brandon and build a new building different area can Sobey's stop them ?
PrimeConvoy

Joined: Nov 2012
Posts: 497

PrimeConvoy
Joined: Nov 2012
Posts: 497

Well,
Feb 7 at 8:45 AM

md1 said "MP Champagne is all over it, He'll dix the problem

And you'll get a carbon tax rebate cheque in april to help

Thank heavens we have a responsible government leading our country "
Well, next time vote for a government that has the power to interfere with the operations of private business.
Opustwo
Joined: Jul 2016
Posts: 296

Opustwo
Joined: Jul 2016
Posts: 296

Simple answer is no
Feb 7 at 1:21 PM

rubyred said "? So if let's say Save On Foods wanted to come to Brandon and build a new building different area can Sobey's stop them ? "
No Sobey's can't stop them from building elsewhere, but they are stopping them from moving in across the street by continuing to pay rent on an empty building. Which can't be cheap