Help Protect and Empower Grocery Shoppers
A special initiative is underway to strengthen representation of the consumer interest in the marketplace for groceries.
The Council is responding to the elevated level of concern being expressed nationally about:
- food price inflation,
- marketplace practices and misconduct, and
- how you can best be supported to make the choices important to you or your family about what goes in your grocery basket.
The Council wants to learn your thoughts about the conduct of grocery producers and sellers.
Join the Council’s Public Interest Network to share your experiences and views about grocery shopping.
To further participate and follow the Council’s work you can also:
- Bookmark and read the Council’s news blog (or subscribe to it using RSS
- ‘Favourite’ the Council’s free Apple News channel: Consumers Council of Canada News
- Share detailed personal experiences.
Recent Developments
Finding alternatives to major grocery retailers a challenge
Time-pressed consumers find it difficult to identify, find and shop with retailers offering alternatives to Canada’s major grocery store groups, while wishing to do so, a Consumers Council of Canada study found. Nearly half of consumers think independent retailers...
The Policy Challenges of Personalized Pricing
In most retail environments, the price is on or at the product. In a growing number of online marketplaces, the price may be in your profile. The practice known as surveillance pricing or algorithmic personalized pricing uses personal data for each potential buyer...
Manitoba Takes Sobeys to Municipal Board for Lease Relief
Unable to get one of Canada’s largest grocery chains to give up property controls included in its leases, Manitoba is taking four cases to the province’s municipal board. Each of those cases involves the lease of a Sobeys grocery store that the province says violates...