[ziddoap]

>I believe it is an elaborate psyop to shift the blame of inflation away from the government and toward a boogeyman, the "evil" grocery chains

In Canada, the grocery stores were caught colluding. Recently. Is it still a "boogeyman" when they were caught in a 15 year long collusion scheme?

[arcbyte]

Yes, it's still a boogeyman. The bread price increases still amounted to only an extra 1.50 per load of bread over the 15 year period.

For reference, a dozen eggs shot up by a 1.50 since 2022 alone.

Go after the collusion yes but that's not where inflation is coming from.

[ziddoap]

>Go after the collusion yes but that's not where inflation is coming from.

The title of the article is "reduce collusion in the Canadian grocery sector", not "blame grocery for inflation".

Ctrl+f for inflation in the article doesn't even turn up a result.

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As mentioned in the government report linked in the OP[1], grocery profits have only went up 1-2 percentage points. It's totally fair and justified to attribute that to evil grocery stores, but the rhetoric coming from politicians, journalists, or voters? Or is it something less nuanced like "greed grocery stores are driving inflation"?

[1] https://competition-bureau.canada.ca/how-we-foster-competiti...

[whycome]

Recently??

[ziddoap]

Yes.

Investigation started in 2017 and there was a guilty plea and $50M fine issued in 2023.

[CodeWriter23]

What does “caught colluding” mean? If it is some of Trudeau’s stooges said so, I would not believe it for a second.

[ziddoap]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread_price-fixing_in_Canada

>If it is some of Trudeau’s stooges said so, I would not believe it for a second.

What a silly statement. But no, there were confessions and fines and everything!