What’s going on with sky-high food prices? - The Fifth Estate

Major grocery CEOs are called before Parliament as Canadians struggle with the high cost of food - except the heads of stores in the North. The Fifth Estate, in partnership with APTN Investigates, looks at what’s behind the high food prices consumers face, who’s profiting and whether companies are being held accountable.
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00:00 - Market share of big grocers (Loblaws, Sobeys and Metro)
10:54 - Nutrition North: How unaffordable is food in remote northern communities? (Exploring Northmart)
26:14 - Supplier shares frustration over price gatekeeping
35:08 - Who’s holding companies accountable?
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FEBRUARY 23, 2024

[@notkyraandmikayla]

It feels borderline dystopian to be watching this and settling with the fact that this could be the new “norm”. How am I living in a wealthy developed country and I worry about how I’m going to feed myself? An absolute failure of government and politicians, so much talk but what are we actually doing… I feel for my neighbours in the North, it feels tragic to watch this unfold.

[@rabymaidahsavage258]

Remember WE THE PEOPLE must look to ourselves to feed ourselves..I was raised near Smucker's Jam Company Orrville, Ohio. Just remember and ACT UPON WE THE PEOPLE, turn our yards into gardens instead of mowing. What do you think?

[@SternDikn]

@@rabymaidahsavage258My guy we are Canadian. You’re American “We the people” means nothing lol

[@Gypsyroselee1964]

@@rabymaidahsavage258That’s a great idea but maybe and there are lots of people that can’t do that

[@ufo_vid9694]

Remember, only ten percent for the big guy and five percent for Hunter's nostrils. Bidenomics.

[@intellectually_lazy]

@@rabymaidahsavage258 yards, lol, good one. i live in a subsidized 1 bedroom apartment and half the people i know are homeless

[@beer1for2break3fast4]

Having grocery executives helping government to implement new pricing rules is like a chicken farmer consulting with a fox over the security of his pens.

[@jimmyhenderson9761]

just leaving the coup door open with a sign foxes' enter here.

[@michaelandrews4783]

Private businesses should NOT have any influence with the government of the people.

[@michaeljjan6344]

Hey there, I identify as a fox. What you just said was very offensive to clever foxes such as myself and that you'd compare us foxes to grocery executives is down right insulting. Are you going to apologize for this comment???

[@BobbsVegine-eg3xz]

100% Foxts

[@damonroberts7372]

100% It's called "regulatory capture".

[@highwayhydroponics5823]

Thank you farmers for all your hard work.

[@MrToxx525]

Yeah, thanks you socialist farmer who gets a bunch of tax money!

[@BamBamSr]

Small farmers anyway, that is if there's any left

[@glenncurley680]

@@BamBamSrWe own a 100 acres and lease it out to a corporate farming company. It's hard to get help to run the farm, so we gave up and let someone else worry about it. Sad!

[@KyaniMosaic_Crone]

Small farmers are non-existent anymore & big farming corporations work with Monsanto. Monsanto, the makers of Agent Orange & Round Up. Take a look at the rise of food allergies & Food Intolerance the world over & you will see a direct correlation to Monsanto entering & taking over the Agriculture & Dairy industries.

[@brian177]

​​@@glenncurley680You're a landowner. You are already better set than plenty of Canadians. Farmers like to say it's tough to make ends meet, but I have yet to meet a poor farmer.

[@gloriaroyer5632]

Groceries are going up way more than 20%, when you consider how everything is shrinking. Shame on our government for allowing it and the grocery stores for gouging everyone. It's not just food It's every single thing.

[@Kronaphasia]

Carbon Tax.......vote Trudeau out or any party that wants to tax carbon. Food didn't start going up until the carbon tax came in.

[@Finness894]

Aren't you listening to your government .... inflation is Less than 3%. LOL Be a "good" Canadian ... shut up ... go to work ... Pay your Taxes! Same old thing everywhere.

[@jeffreyhanna9538]

The Canadian crime syndicate/government has no shame!

[@sheilawade433]

Republicans rolled back consumer protections

[@philipinman4972]

Looks like most people think everything in a grocery store just magically appears on the shelf at no cost to anyone.

[@tarahartshorne4439]

I can’t believe that guy from North nurtrition “it’s up to consumers to make decisions as to whether costs are appropriate” how are consumers supposed to make informed choices about costs when there is only one grocery store in the community?

[@johnnygoodman2003]

Why is it everyone complaining about trudeau is living at home with their mom and unemployeed.

[@colleenlovesbolan]

@@johnnygoodman2003 You stoned? Trudeau is an absolute disaster! And no, the people who are complaining about him are hard working Canadians with brains.

[@micksylvestre2887]

@@johnnygoodman2003You have a hard time staying on track with this topic don't you? Blaming our PM when it's corporations doing it to their own consumers should be your immediate focus.

[@johnnygoodman2003]

@@micksylvestre2887 who said I talking about any specific topic?

[@markd9580]

@@johnnygoodman2003If you defend Trudeau, you’re part of the problem.

[@kapilgangurde]

Controlling us with food prices is just inhuman 😢

[@IceLynne]

Elites are pure evil but it seems no one is willing to unalive them.

[@suzannarice8992]

And literally every aspect of life.......People just need to stop....

[@UAPrich]

What major institutions does CD support? 2 Cell companies 5 Banks 4 Grocery stores 3 life insurers 4 home builders 4 major realty companies That’s an Oligarchy system and there is no other definition Let’s think what might happen if the people redistributed their money

[@sameralak3996]

Whos cd my bad

[@IceLynne]

@@UAPrich who is "CD"?

[@lololo1186]

Growing up, I'd hear stories about how fruits like oranges were considered a luxury and a special treat and I never thought we'd go back to that. Oranges are a luxury, fruit in general is a luxury. Frozen or canned fruit isn't even a cheaper option anymore.

[@fkrkf]

This. Even Costco has been shrinking

[@cindytackett7106]

One orange $1 Avocado $ 2 Lemon $1 Grapes $4 lb prices here on the Oregon Coast a small rural town. Milk $ 4 gal Eggs $ 5 doz Butter $ 7 lb Hamburger $8 lb Whole Foster Farms Chicken $14

[@CMoore8539]

@@cindytackett7106It’s extremely bad on the east coast too. It’s completely out of control!

[@blogdesign7126]

All one has to do is look at the Business practices of the agricultural commodities companies like Cargill, ADM and Bunge that set the values of food prices around the world.

[@sieglindelange4161]

We have to get rid of politicians who only work for BIG BUSINESS.

[@TheRadicalPriest]

That's ALL OF THEM!!

[@user-si8xg8bg8z]

Folks, I used to work for the food giant grocery chain, Safeway. The amount of waste, each and everyday, was absolutely astounding! Food rendered unsalabe was discarded 98% of the time, rather than marked down, or donated. We did have Salvation army pick up bread items, and baking that was over the due date, and that was the only food that as far as I knew, was put to good use. We need to use our common sense again, people are starving and going without eating. I know a lady who only eats every second day! I bet those CEO'S are not doing without!

[@5060northernmama]

If you know a lady who only eats every 2nd day, have her over for supper every 2nd day.

[@markymar4w]

Yes I agree with you. Lots of foods in the waste bin in the big grocery store so sad to see the goes to waste bin but people need them for their household 😢 please CEO don’t be so greedy 🥺

[@lisaeverhart7986]

This is due to politicians, not grocers.

[@jeffreyhanna9538]

Careful, common sense is unacceptable to phonydeau/trudeau and freeloader/freeland!! I believe that trudeau and freeland would rather see the food spoil, than lower the prices!

[@Finness894]

Hello @@markymar4w . I can imagine the "Spin" that Main Stream Media would put on That! "Someone" would "take offence" to giving desperate people food from the Trash. Then "lawyers" would Sue and bankrupt the "Good Guy". Funny how this world works!

[@prairieboypools]

I saw a video where a woman from Ontario was in South Carolina or somewhere down south and saw a bag of carrots which were grown in her neck of the woods back home selling for something like 79 cents. The same bag cost $6.99 or something at her local grocery store. So how does that make sense? Grown locally and sold for an arm and a leg. Shipped internationally and sold for peanuts. Clown world.

[@reejan8109]

Minimum wage in South Carolina is $7.25. In Ontario it is $16.50. Growers obviously aren't getting much if carrots can be bought, transported and sold for 0.79! Does no one ever see the connection between raising wages & prices going up? Raising minimum wage hasn't helped but for a short time, it would see.

[@elizabethabbott2982]

We should all move to the USA en mass!

[@EricBoulton26]

@@reejan8109I can get that same bag of carrots for 99 cents at most stores in New Jersey, where the minimum wage is now $15/hr. So no, minimum wage has nothing to do with rising prices.

[@Fenthule]

@@reejan8109 Your math isn't even close to mathing the way you think my guy. Why would being paid 2.3x as much make it cost 8.8x ?? If anything that's even MORE evidence of corporate greed and price gouging lmao

[@BobbsVegine-eg3xz]

​So I guess grocery stores should Triple their prices. While you get a dollar or 50 cent raise.

[@ishanchotaliya8904]

OMG, just a couple of cents in profit for farmers??? And 6 $ for a Brad loaf? That's just criminal

[@simplyplaid]

I buy the exact same items every week ( no junk ), pre pandemic I spent $80 wk for two ppl, that bill has now gone to $220 wk and thats buying no name products. I have to choose between food and bills every month.

[@sachadee.6104]

😮 wow. It's criminal yes.

[@Astr0b0y8]

Who would have guessed giving subsidies right to retailers who's main goal is to be profitable wouldnt be handed down the line to consumers in good faith... couldnt have seen this coming... out of the blue

[@angelachanelhuang1651]

there is a law in america where high prices is illegal

[@JackieSmite]

this video has nothing to do with the US. @@angelachanelhuang1651

[@WildberryAB]

Exactly. It would be interesting to learn the genius behind presenting massive subsidies to retailers with even the slightest shred of confidence.

[@jacquesbeliveau2716]

What do you expect from politicians who provide subsidies directly to the dealership ....totally unrealistic....but real....the only thing politicians are Good for Is to come up with vague laws with no follow up for adjustments. Ask Trudeau he will tell you. Corruption is the key word.

[@kimgordon3695]

The system is going down with a hissing noise... Can you hear it

[@simpleblessings2024]

Folks, I used to work for the food giant grocery chain, Safeway. The amount of waste, each and everyday, was absolutely astounding! Food rendered unsalabe was discarded 98% of the time, rather than marked down, or donated. We did have Salvation army pick up bread items, and baking that was over the due date, and that was the only food that as far as I knew, was put to good use. We need to use our common sense again, people are starving and going without eating. I know a lady who only eats every second day! Reason being, she cannot afford to eat everyday and pay her bills too....And I bet those grocery store CEO'S are not doing without!

[@elizabethabbott2982]

Yes; just as I was thinking of; the waste is awful; I have never seen homeless like we see in Vancouver; more there than elsewhere as the winters are not quite as cold as elsewhere but it must be dreadful.

[@Givemeafinname]

And Safeway is the most expensive place to shop.

[@infiniLor]

Safeway - lol - way back in the 70s my dad was unable to get much work for a couple months and he took my brother and I to Safeway's big dumpster on certain nights of the week and we'd quietly pass stuff out to him and he'd fill the back of his truck with all sorts of perfectly good food that we'd feast on for the week. Sadly, it all came to an abrupt end one night when we were caught by an employee who randomly stepped out for a smoke. When we came back a week later, the whole area was caged up and locked. Unbelievable.

[@bigballz4u]

Eating every two days is intermittent fasting. She could be doing it for health reasons.

[@parentrap]

I have seen people being given mouldy breads from food banks!!

[@guitardave3028]

What i used to pay 60 dollars for now costs 120 plus for.....and i dont splurge on things like ice cream and prepared foods like rotisserie chicken and name brands...i used to pay 50 cents for potted meat...now its almost a dollar....im on a fixed income.. havent bought clothes in several years.. damned shame...

[@piyushgarg8497]

I thought i was alone on this. It's a shame like somehow I feel my life has degraded over the years living in this country. :(

[@mr.duckplucker5353]

I live in the States, and the problem is just as bad here. I've never seen it this bad. It's disgraceful.

[@randymorgan8375]

Your story is the same as mine!! I'm struggling at this point.. I've ran out of ways to save.. I've cut everything that could possibly be cut...

[@alt755]

Sweden is a high tax and high cost of labour and everything else ,yet the cost of food is almost half price compare to Canada , the answer is less corporations greed ,les CEOs greed , less share holders nonsense and more Government control .

[@michellesmith6558]

We’re in the same situation in Australia. These CEO’s are sooo lying.

[@user-co2li1vd5d]

yep, lying is the new black

[@debbielockhart7762]

Lying is what CEOs do best. Psychopaths do quite well in the business world. Sickening

[@martinjenkins6467]

Yeah we have the voluntary code and it Is useless. The majors still screw farmers and suppliers. At least our Government is as stupid as Canada to Give them a subsidy. Woolies would Love to Get hold of taxpayers money And screw us.

[@tobytylor919]

The northern company operates in Alaska and in the South Pacific using the same format of high prices versus scarcity.

[@user-co2li1vd5d]

@@tobytylor919 Corruption and greed, what an ugly soup that is

[@argeldelacruz9545]

Doubling prices in a month should be illegal and someone needs to go to jail.

[@MathieuLLF]

Trudeau needs to go to jail for the carbon tax

[@politicalfoolishness7491]

The politicians.

[@vincentlussier8264]

I'll bet Trudeau gets kickbacks from the food companies to look the other way!

[@ufo_vid9694]

Keep sending money to other countries wars and funding open border policies.

[@ufo_vid9694]

​@@politicalfoolishness7491Bidenflation

[@cmaximus1679]

🛑 🛑 I work for a school district and I know all in the US are not allowed to even give the waste to employees, “HAS TO BE THROWN OUT”! It turns my stomach!!

[@kimjones2056]

Because companies have been sued because someone didn’t store that food correctly and got sick. Change the laws.

[@cmaximus1679]

@@kimjones2056 100% Or even bread or bakeries etc So much waste it’s sad.

[@PraveenSriram]

Food companies should go completely out of business

[@randymorgan8375]

My sister is a teacher her and others dig all the milk and Juices out !! And the Cafeteria ladies help too.. And their all working together and Ignoring the stupid wasteful rules.. God bless the small schools..

[@notthereyethomestead8413]

Greed is the bottom line!! Criminal, around the globe!!

[@user-er8dl8cq2n]

How else do the grocery ceos afford their life of luxury meanwhile food banks are running out of food, nobody can afford rent, the idea of buying a home is laughable. People need to get angry!

[@rps1689]

This is what happens when governments try to build an economy from the top down; it grows monopolies, sheds domestic manufacturing, devalues the earnings of the middle class and drains broad prosperity.

[@johnmacdonald3070]

Soo true!! Well said!!! Worked all my life, retired and almost homeless!!!

[@lr3361]

The CEO’s need to donate to the food banks themselves

[@rps1689]

@@lr3361 The loop holes and the accounting schemes and gimmicks that allow them to pay less taxes has to go.

[@lorrainec8190]

Those CEOs end up in a pine box to.

[@5DNRG]

No matter what smoke & mirrors these CEOs throw at us, their accounting firms know their profit margins and the numbers don't lie regardless of how much the CEOs lie. And we are all paying the price of their ridiculous inflationary profits!

[@rps1689]

Unfortunately we have a tax regime where the biggest companies and corporations don't have to worry about capitalist disruption, as the alway get their losses and failures socialized by the tax payer plus have accounting schemes and gimmicks that can hide profits and financial gains during good times and capitalist disruption plus executive payroll is never effected because is it the same old same old, socialize the losses and privatize the gains and reward executives enormously on both occurrences.

[@Marianne_C_O_Art]

It's the same here in Australia too with $1.62B profit from just 1 major retailer. And meanwhile my husband just lost his job and we've cut back to bare necessities. It's truly mind-boggling.

[@user-co2li1vd5d]

We are in the last days, the bible prophesied these days thousands of years ago. This is the black horse and rider, bearing the scales, to show the high costs for weights and measures of food. Revelation

[@emilemasbou7950]

The bigger wholesalers have been ALLOWED to buy their competitors. This required circumventing anti trusts laws, with the agreement of politicians, in exchange for election financing (?). When so few 'competitors' remain, is it not obvious that it is easy for them to set food prices? 70 years ago, in Smiths Falls ON, one would buy eggs, butter, milk, cheese and seasonal vegetables from local farmers who were COMPETING at the local market to sell their produce. To completely snuff out competition, the bigger players got politicians to enact regulations forbidding direct transactions with farmers under the pretense of health risks. NOW, you can only buy the aforementioned products from/through the 3 Giants wholesalers. Galen Weston's lies with a straight face: He is well aware that neither Trudeau nor Poilievre will fix the food cartels because both need the cartels' money to pay for the electioneering. For a few millions $ of electioneering financing, the 3 bigger players get a license to bleed us for Billions $... The parliamentary inquiry is a farce that both Weston and the MP's act for the benefit of the electorate. How long will it take for us to break the big three monopoly and return to competition? How long will it take for us to be allowed, ANEW, to buy directly from farmers and bypass the big 3??

[@happydays1336]

I hope things look up for you. It was very difficult when my husband lost his job. When you're in the middle of it, it feels like it will go on forever, but don't despair things will get better for you.

[@JeffThePoustman]

The staggering naivete of giving a subsidy to retailers and expecting them to pass it on to consumers.

[@jadedelarge8929]

What I could not believe and I was so infuriated was to find out that the PC Optimum Program (points from shopping at No Frills, Superstores and Shoppers) started to lower the points on my weekly offers. For example, I used to get 1800 points ($1.80) when I bought a rotisserie chicken or 600 points ($0.60) when I bought an organic salad. Now I only get 800 points and 300 points respectively, instead. Disgusting!! I wrote to the company and told them what I thought and that I would NEVER buy another chicken or salad from them again. I have a plethora of supermarkets in my city to go to instead. I VOTE WITH MY WALLET!! That's the only frigging power I have. Shame on these people. SHAME!!

[@christinew5473]

Anyone who uses the optimum card is a goof. I stopped using that card years ago. Anyone who uses it is feeding Loblaws/Shoppers intelligence (unique shopping behaviors) on how to rip you off in the future.

[@jadedelarge8929]

@@christinew5473 Live and learn🙄

[@brendabrinkmanpasichnyk3500]

Saudi owns Loblaws.

[@squatch545]

@@brendabrinkmanpasichnyk3500 Prove it.

[@DSSPOA]

it works when you have multiple choices/options, not always the case though…

[@gabwebsite]

This is a fantastic documentary. Journalists should now do their job and report this to the mainstream medias. We don't need distractions , we need afforable housing and food prices. That's the base of everyone's life

[@user-fm5kn2qc9g]

Well said.

[@kylequinn1963]

This is the complete opposite of fantastic and the opposite of a documentary. This is paid propaganda for the government. The fact that this is all about the "bad evil greedy CEOs" and had absolutely zero focus on the federal government's responsibility in all of this for their absolutely garbage policies says it all. Also the federal government funds the CBC, so that tells you everything you need to know.

[@bevneesam7994]

Same here in the uk.

[@vasik9719]

Governments in Canada must change law related to food supply chains! I just paid $5.11 for FOUR potatoes and $1.67 for SIX bananas!! Really?? Where's Canadian produce? Why everything is foreign? Potato, garlic, onions, every homegrown product must have preferential treatment in the Canadian grocery stores!!

[@GoatAficionado]

Fair trade agreements prevent this

[@TI.T.O]

You can thank Brian Mulroney for that

[@emilemasbou7950]

The bigger wholesalers have been ALLOWED to buy their competitors. This required circumventing anti-trusts laws, with the agreement of politicians, in exchange for election financing (?). When so few 'competitors' remain, is it not obvious that it is easy for them to set food prices? 70 years ago, in Smiths Falls ON, one would buy eggs, butter, milk, cheese, meat and seasonal vegetables from local farmers who were COMPETING at the local market to sell their produce. To completely snuff out competition, the bigger players got politicians to enact regulations forbidding direct transactions with farmers under the pretense of health risks (and more party financing!). NOW, you can only buy the aforementioned products from/through the 3 Giants wholesalers. Galen Weston's lies with a straight face: He is well aware that neither Trudeau nor Poilievre will fix the food cartels because both need the cartels' money to pay for the electioneering. For a few millions $ of electioneering financing, the 3 bigger players get a license to bleed us for Billions $... The parliamentary inquiry is a farce that both Weston and the MP's act for the benefit of the electorate. How long will it take for us to break the big three monopoly and return to competition? How long will it take for us to be allowed, ANEW, to buy directly from farmers and bypass the big 3??

[@garethbell4603]

Greed and corruption at our expense

[@J-Blue0733]

The same thing is going on here where I live in Hawaii - price gouging at its finest. Also, lots of perfectly good food only one day expired being thrown out. I asked a grocery worker why it wasn't being donated, she answered "liability risks." The whole system is unethical & wasteful.

[@bobinabuddy]

Northern employee who tried to stop the madness, a good soul and thank you for telling your story

[@hollycarter4191]

She is a hero! We need more change starting from the inside these corrupt organizations!

[@DaveVargas90012]

I spend my money at mom and pop shops. Local family owned and operated. Stop by corporate and feeding the greed.

[@Althesia]

Working for Walmart will have you appalled. I will say the store I work for now is really good about donating food to the local food bank, we don’t throw out much good to eat food. However the price changes, of which there’s usually hundreds to do every day, make me sick. Just the other day I saw one for the great value largest size of olive oil go up $10! Drink powder mixes have gone up .75 twice this year, and it’s the start of March! I only live comfortably because I’m in a dual income household with no children, I don’t know how parents afford to stay alive with several kids. Food stamps has to be a must at that point.

[@chrislim7976]

Remember: These are people that colluded to fix bread prices. BREAD. Stay classy Weston family. 😂

[@brandonrequa4805]

Weston and Western Family Bread is no longer sold at our independent grocers in the US. I can go to the Franz Bakery and buy bread for $1.50. Last year I bought sourdough roll loafs for 99 cents. For every $10 purchased I got a free bread item and 1/5 of a punch card punched. With $50 spent, I can pick up 5 free bread items of the $1.50 rack. I wish Canada had Franz and Orowheat/Entemanns Bakery Outlets. You can save a fortune and provide your 82 year old single widowed neighbor with free loaves of bread 🍞 to spare 😊

[@chrislim7976]

Canada's situation doesn't promote true competition so it's often left with a few large players to serve it's relatively small population over large areas. Being next to the US doesn't help with inevitable comparisons.

[@elizabethsullivan7176]

He's hoping we've forgotten about this 🙄

[@18_rabbit]

yep, i'm a yank and that shocked me. Canuck's need to stand the fk up against this attitude!

[@chrislim7976]

@@18_rabbit Canada's small population and history of constitutional monarchy pretty much guarantees no real competition while we walk around acting smug eating donuts; we're the ones being treated like donuts.

[@paulbowkunowicz6960]

Absolute Bullshit....it should be illegal what the grocery stores are doing to us

[@lifeisactuallyveryboring.7771]

I agree

[@miny4558]

It should be illegal to give our hard earned money to illegals and people on welfare

[@PraveenSriram]

These CEOs should go to prison

[@bademoxy]

yes. CLOSE them grocery stores. the food will be delivered by Santa Claus Schwab and Bill Gates

[@pepicramer8528]

Take the funding from grocery stores and give it to the people via a food card to purchase their food subsidize the people instead of the food chains

[@bademoxy]

communism. worked so well in China and the Ukraine....

[@mmg6755]

The blight of contrived SHRINKFLATION too , on top of the runaway food prices.

[@LAOM3423]

Hats off to farmer who is sacrificing so we Canadians can bring food to our tables. Shame on the grocery companies!

[@user-co2li1vd5d]

That farmer shall be rewarded

[@kylequinn1963]

You mean shame on the federal government, who is the actual root cause for the prices. Right?

[@user-dn1cy8ln2y]

..........Corporate........Greed is the cause for such need .......$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.

[@ccmum22boyz]

Your Canadian government wants you to think it’s the grocery stores and I’m sure to some extent it is, but the government keeps making bad decisions about gasoline and energy and taxes and printing money so this is extremely misleading to the public

[@bademoxy]

@@kylequinn1963 the fed are the root cause of MONEY becoming worthless...

[@user-hy7eu2ld4i]

Thank you for this. This level of greed is not sustainable. Not from grocery stores, not from property agencies. People capable of greed will never say "ok, I have enough now." The government needs to help us by capping this greed, because most of us can't keep our heads above water any longer.

[@74KU]

Asking Govt to reign in the greedy is like leaving the fox in charge of the hen house..

[@dalewolver8739]

@@74KU Yet we keep voting for conservatives or liberals. Both are corporate owned. Stupid is what stupid does . This is all on the public and being asleep with their heads up their asses for the past 5 decades.

[@jeremycote7959]

I don't belive the guv will help becaus it woukd go against there own interest as thay make more taxe $$ from the more expensive food. Thay are aithiest so thay don't belive in compasion or helping others thay belive in $, $$ and more $$$

[@rickyayy]

Boomers love to rob the generations below.

[@sabinekatsavrias4422]

i was going to say something very simmilar...@@74KU

[@katsgardenkitchenandmore9050]

Its not just Canada that has high prices on food, but the USA has it too, its just wrong, food prices are going up but our pay doses not making it hard to feed our familys, and whats even worse is that if you work or own a company and you can't feed your family do to high prices you raise your prices on your products to aford the food and then it becomes a cycle, I just hate it I can't aford anything anymore even know I bust my but off at my job. Good thing I have my garden to feed me for now. Thank you to all the farmers who work so hard but like me see very little income from it.

[@MaryKane-qv5vz]

Tax the profits of these food companies and increase social welfare with the tax. There is no competition. Could it be the Government are hand in hand with these companies.

[@naomihansen7741]

This is heartbreaking. To see how little it matters to some people if their fellow citizens are suffering. Every day the cost of living is increasing. I hate this.

[@carmarasmussen8118]

We are all just serfs to them. The Kelloggs CEO is touting cereal for dinner since people can't afford to buy meat anymore. 😮

[@emilemasbou7950]

The bigger wholesalers have been ALLOWED to buy their competitors. This required circumventing anti trusts laws, with the agreement of politicians, in exchange for election financing (?). When so few 'competitors' remain, is it not obvious that it is easy for them to set food prices? 70 years ago, in Smiths Falls ON, one would buy eggs, butter, milk, cheese and seasonal vegetables from local farmers who were COMPETING at the local market to sell their produce. To completely snuff out competition, the bigger players got politicians to enact regulations forbidding direct transactions with farmers under the pretense of health risks. NOW, you can only buy the aforementioned products from/through the 3 Giants wholesalers. Galen Weston's lies with a straight face: He is well aware that neither Trudeau nor Poilievre will fix the food cartels because both need the cartels' money to pay for the electioneering. For a few millions $ of electioneering financing, the 3 bigger players get a license to bleed us for Billions $... The parliamentary inquiry is a farce that both Weston and the MP's act for the benefit of the electorate. How long will it take for us to break the big three monopoly and return to competition? How long will it take for us to be allowed, ANEW, to buy directly from farmers and bypass the big 3??

[@linato1855]

I bought a package of yeast that prior to and during the pandemic I was paying $4.99 for. Today at the same big box store I paid $7.99. The pandemic seems to have given companies licence to price gouge everything with no consequences.

[@design2c436]

Switch to sourdough? Buy a grain mill and grind your own flour? Buy direct from farmers? This seems a global issue. With prices doubling in about 2 years where will we be in another 2 years?

[@darlingdear2687]

two words - carbon tax

[@Kronaphasia]

Carbon tax increased every year too.

[@cristybryant4877]

At some point in time (hopefully soon) we all need to stand together and tell these people we won't take it anymore. With the amount of profits larg corporations are making year over year while we eat scraps is criminal. Canadians need to band together again and fight these criminal empires

[@bademoxy]

the criminal enterprise which destroyed the purchasing power of your earnings ? GOVERNMENT.

[@TroyQwert]

I have tears of happiness in my eyes just from realizing that someone truly cares about this. Thank you! This is the way!

[@thereginacarpenter2230]

Just a single silk tie that each and everyone of them is wearing would feed me for a week!

[@oldschool8432]

You must be eating lavishly because a single silk tie can easily go for over $2k an more an that would feed my family of 4 for at least 5 months the way we have to eat. An get this 3 of us work full time. None of us have car payments an we don't party either. At my job I pay for my wife an I health insurance is $128 a week an still have co-pay on doctors an medicines

[@kimgordon3695]

Taxes are the fleecing

[@user-yb5bg8im5g]

''don't get jealous. get even''. not that hard to start a victory garden.

[@thereginacarpenter2230]

@user-yb5bg8im5g funny..I have a feeling there's gonna be an uprising soon. Prepare yourself

[@debbielockhart7762]

​@@user-yb5bg8im5gAssuming you have any yard, and have any time after working so many hours to try and survive.

[@sunsetfoxx]

It’s called corporate greed and man-made crissis.

[@DjWellDressedMan]

Answer = CAPITALISM

[@jacquielapierredufresne5468]

Absolutely greed and a man made crisis…….MUCH LIKE crisis in housing shortages……..caused by greedy developers causing a crisis and now making S much as the 👿🐷 can off the backs of the public and government doing nothing

[@chrisT16161]

It’s government greed.

[@DiscDriver]

There’s no such thing as corporate greed. It’s human greed, and we all have it. Might contribute but it’s not the whole story.

[@MathieuLLF]

It's the carbon tax

[@chrisfournier6144]

900 grams of dried red chili beans in May - two for $5.50. Two days ago? One for $4.29. Loblaws independent. Every aisle has dozens of similar examples.

[@pallbearer1212]

Hey Canada Don't let the Government control your food prices. 1986, President Ronald Reagan said, “The most terrifying words in the English language are ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’”

[@giovannaparente917]

GREED GREED GREED!! That is the reason for the high prices.

[@elizabethsullivan7176]

Welcome to Capitalism. 😔

[@endtimesareuponus8930]

You're greedy too !!

[@TrentButcher]

Specifically government greed, welcome to socialism.

[@miny4558]

This is the democrat party need to give out hard earned money to illegals and welfare people who don’t work

[@riseevolution]

not only greed a game to destroy lifes

[@merrilynnmitten3911]

Maybe the government shouldn’t be giving the money to the retailers

[@Wamble86]

Maybe........

[@polska905]

A 12 pack of club soda is 30.99... What a racket... WOW!

[@markymar4w]

Thank you farmers for all your hard work ❤

[@MrToxx525]

Yeah, thanks you socialist farmer who gets a bunch of tax money! It's a subsidised industry get real!!

[@alanmott-smith9358]

"What’s going on with sky-high food prices?" GREED.

[@eilishveuger9739]

It's not a mystery when the richest people in this country have gotten richer while normal people can't afford bread

[@johnaldave5822]

Yes. Absolutely. It's the one underlying cause of a lot of our problems, and its sad that no program, journal, article is digging deep into how to tackle it instead of hitting around the bush and just call it out as it is. It's not inflation, its not the pandemic, its GREED, plain and simple.

[@Tomyum19]

Its actually the carbon tax and production costs.

[@rickvervoort9536]

@@Tomyum19 And wages, don't forget the minimum wage went up drastically.

[@toomuchinformation9795]

No ... according to the background music, its far more mysterious, suspenseful and sexy

[@papasitoman]

Canada has some of the most expensive rent in the world, food, internet, phone, dentistry, and other services not covered by healthcare, and more. Plus, when one DOES go out for food or fun, one is expected to tip at least 20%! We are literally in a housing crisis and now we cab barely pay for food. Enough!

[@michaelwaterman8925]

Gave up tipping years ago after seeing Australia because it's none of my business how the waiter is paid.

[@user-co2li1vd5d]

Thats because you have a cuban ethnicity dictator in government

[@germangirl8133]

I agree. Sad to say but we dont go out anymore. I live in Alberta and when I go to Bottle Depot and get my money from the machine, it also asks if I want to give a tip. I always say NO

[@robertcook9264]

Same in San francisco. But an orange is still not 7$ most of the grocers in SF are small and local though.

[@user-co2li1vd5d]

Australia is pretty expensive also, but i think we make higher wages. We are paying over 2.00 for 1 litre of gas, and around 30$ a kg for beef/lamb. But i recall when i was in BC that butter and cheese were really pricey and that was in 2015..apparently the dairy farmers are only allowed to pruduce a certain amount to keep prices high. Some of the governing bodies there seem to behave like criminals.

[@That_AMC_Guy]

Loblaws: 3rd Quarter Profits: $621 MILLION Dollars and let's not forget that's on the backs of the LOWEST paid Grocery Employees in the country.

[@virsapiensfortisest922]

May God bless the woman who took photos, documented things, and spoke up. So many people turn a blind eye.

[@dalewolver8739]

Well it's hockey season. Can't miss the game and pay attention to what's happening in the world.

[@TheRusschannel]

You CANT give subsidies to Corps, you must give it directly to the consumer....

[@user-tf2je9gn7o]

Or the producer

[@cmauro7912]

Great idea. Italy gives citizens who are gluten intolerant a stipend to buy their gluten-free products. Directly to the consumer. Those who have cancers, intestinal issues, allergies, or other dietary restrictions have always had to spend more to get organics or alternatives to wheat. Being punished for their genetic predisposition or unfortunate illnesses.

[@jessicafrench2538]

Tax cuts for the rich!

[@rh7163]

Then wait for the backlash as illegal drugs become the problem along with more addictions with more money to pay for it all.

[@deborahhopkinson5243]

Or, don't steal it from the consumer using taxes in the first place.

[@marblegarden8456]

Anyone can see that the cost of food is much higher than the inflation amount we are being fed. Prices are like 20-30% higher, and volume is shrinking too. I’m also seeing quality decrease. For instance we’ve always had frozen chicken fingers as a staple, and suddenly the price doubled and the “chicken mulch” has noticeably more filler.

[@gordorr9259]

My trust in food production is at an all time low....most of what we're being sold is garbage.

[@TheOneinthewoods]

Many many food items have DOUBLED in price

[@norco4life518]

It’s specially noticed at the low income level, which I slipped into over the last 2 years.. I was making what was considered “middle class”, but over the course of the last two years I’ve been hungry while keeping my kids fed, relying mostly on food I’ve hunted and fished for.. it’s worse in rural areas.. To be clear, I made a whopping $0.70 raise since then, however with the increased costs I’m still now in the lower class/poverty level. It’s not right.

[@user-yb5bg8im5g]

because the iflation numbers are a lie.

[@LifeAdviceSite]

I used to feed my three kids for $50 a week pre-pandemic. Now I can’t for less than $150… Also - chicken mulch is a great term. I’m incorporating that into my vernacular. 👍

[@jasonking7729]

I'm old enough to have seen this happen before. Inflation can go to zero, and goods and services will stay higher than before.

[@bademoxy]

Venezuelan inflation went to 1500% after socialists got voted in (thanks to Dominion Voting Systems, btw).

[@delprice3007]

In the US ranchers earn today around 35% of the retail price of beef, when a few decades ago it was 60%. Beef is also imported and marketed as product of USA. Corporatist monopolies destroy

[@Trigger200284]

As a modest earner in Atlantic Canada, i think more and more every day about leaving this country because we are getting screwed from every corner like wages, housing, food, education, fuel. we are being absolutely CRUSHED with debt from all sides...

[@grizzlybear4]

Don't move to the US.... it is awful here.

[@mylesmerola4750]

Were you going to go? I hate to tell you this but all western nations are dealing with the exact same problems

[@JT.Pilgrim]

@@mylesmerola4750yup!

[@boardammo1593]

Country?

[@arcticgoddess]

Move to Northern Canada. You will make six figures in basic jobs and get crazy northern living tax cuts. Housing still sucks and winter is Nov to April, but you can live a far better than modest life and affird to travel to warm places in winter. 🥶

[@barbarasiders288]

My whole life I shop the sales and markdowns and have a garden. I'm 67. This doubly of prices in last couple years is nothing more then price gouging. Money money money is the god

[@mrcomenttoe2009]

Everybody pray and hope for goodness to overcome evil all over the globe

[@mikegutierrez6227]

Amen

[@mikegutierrez6227]

Jesus is The only Way to The Father.....🤗

[@mtimes]

Or take some real action. Think of all the suffering in the world that is untouched by prayer...

[@mikegutierrez6227]

@@mtimes another party pooper over here

[@johngore3364]

Broccoli is a good example here in town. Northern will sell a tray for $9- $11. Meanwhile, Family Foods just across town sells them for $2.80- $3.50.

[@brandonrequa4805]

Fresh 🥦 on sale for $1.89 where I live and 10 oz frozen is $2.29. Birds Eye steamfresh brand is only $1.09 for 10-14 oz. Not sure if 🥦 is included, but those are normally $1.52-$1.72.

[@sandinyabumcrack]

It is time ALSO for consumers to start taking back control by planting fruit trees, growing vegetables and buying from local producers! Start buying at the gate from the producer! Not only are you nourishing your family for less you are also avoiding over processed foods! You also make the choice wether you use chemicals on your produce! This issue will ALWAYS be there with demand! REDUCE YOUR DEMAND!

[@ryanhopwood1148]

No. Most of Canada has freezing winter conditions that put food in dormancy.

[@JackieSmite]

how about we nationalize the food chain?

[@pamfullerton5334]

@@ryanhopwood1148I live in Canada and I have a garden. We have four seasons here too. I have changed my grocery practices, cook from scratch and grow vegetables to preserve.

[@laurabisutti2253]

Looks like we need to organize a national grocery co-op that returns excess profits to the members instead of CEO's and investors. Food is a necessity not a luxury.

[@emilemasbou7950]

Perhaps rotating boycotts would signal the big 3 that enough is enough. The bigger wholesalers have been ALLOWED to buy their competitors. This required circumventing anti trusts laws, with the agreement of politicians, in exchange for election financing (?). When so few 'competitors' remain, is it not obvious that it is easy for them to set food prices? 70 years ago, in Smiths Falls ON, one would buy eggs, butter, milk, cheese and seasonal vegetables from local farmers who were COMPETING at the local market to sell their produce. To completely snuff out competition, the bigger players got politicians to enact regulations forbidding direct transactions with farmers under the pretense of health risks. NOW, you can only buy the aforementioned products from/through the 3 Giants wholesalers. Galen Weston's lies with a straight face: He is well aware that neither Trudeau nor Poilievre will fix the food cartels because both need the cartels' money to pay for the electioneering. For a few millions $ of electioneering financing, the 3 bigger players get a license to bleed us for Billions $... The parliamentary inquiry is a farce that both Weston and the MP's act for the benefit of the electorate. How long will it take for us to break the big three monopoly and return to competition? How long will it take for us to be allowed, ANEW, to buy directly from farmers and bypass the big 3??

[@user-co2li1vd5d]

Australia is apparently having a "inquiry" into the high food prices also. But since it was announced weeks ago, there hasnt been anything about it. It makes me hope and pray that the government department heading this inquiry arent corrupt as well, though that would be surprising.

[@OcarinaSapphr-]

I watched an article on KZbin about it, & one of the farmer-suppliers to Coles, a cherry grower- is getting out of the business - like the wheat grower, he had to accept whatever price the supermarket offers- & one of his last batches (which was pre-selected by him, with the purpose to meet Coles' "rigorous standards") was completely rejected...

[@emilemasbou7950]

The bigger wholesalers have been ALLOWED to buy their competitors. This required circumventing anti trusts laws, with the agreement of politicians, in exchange for election financing (?). When so few 'competitors' remain, is it not obvious that it is easy for them to set food prices? 70 years ago, in Smiths Falls ON, one would buy eggs, butter, milk, cheese and seasonal vegetables from local farmers who were COMPETING at the local market to sell their produce. To completely snuff out competition, the bigger players got politicians to enact regulations forbidding direct transactions with farmers under the pretense of health risks. NOW, you can only buy the aforementioned products from/through the 3 Giants wholesalers. Galen Weston's lies with a straight face: He is well aware that neither Trudeau nor Poilievre will fix the food cartels because both need the cartels' money to pay for the electioneering. For a few millions $ of electioneering financing, the 3 bigger players get a license to bleed us for Billions $... The parliamentary inquiry is a farce that both Weston and the MP's act for the benefit of the electorate. How long will it take for us to break the big three monopoly and return to competition? How long will it take for us to be allowed, ANEW, to buy directly from farmers and bypass the big 3??

[@user-lf2lf6wy4z]

Regulators getting paid to not regulate per chance?

[@rosiekapun207]

Yeah, when cough syrup costs $40 no wonder these companies have record profits.

[@Meeksballs]

You know how much money it cost to fill a giant yacht. Poor executives😢

[@DevilOnlyKnitsLace]

Yup! Those executives are all: Help the poor... Poor me.

[@BobbsVegine-eg3xz]

Or maintain 10 Bedroom mansions with only 3 family members.

[@micksylvestre2887]

@@DevilOnlyKnitsLace Crying all the way to the bank.

[@10mudpuppy]

You know how much a yacht woman costs !

[@CanuckBacon]

Why aren't more people talking about this??? Corporations have been price fixing for YEARS and the government hasn't stepped in to stop the corruption

[@rps1689]

Because too many think monopolistic outfits are "normal" and a fact or way of life. That price gouging is somehow "capitalism" and necessary. The days of enforcing antitrust and illegal price gouging is long gone.

[@Rob.450]

That's because the government is corrupt as well.

[@kimgordon3695]

The govt is profitting from the corruption (in EVERY ARENA)

[@kimgordon3695]

21:00

[@kimgordon3695]

$36-$56 for bulk drinking h2o

[@lesslycarthan956]

You're about to get straight from a farm boy.i grew up on a vegetable farm our greatest crop was corn. We had carrots onions tomatoes bell peppers string beans 4 different cabbages. Rhubarb apples strawberries and various herbs and roses. Our biggest trade and seller corn. The hard 10hr work days 6 days a week during plant season and September harvest yield 12 ears of corn for $1 This was 1978 in the 80s when I turned 16 I told my family we are behind the times I learned the stock market. We made better money selling preserves and pies from our fruit and holiday roses. My parents were in their 60s and I was like the only child interested in the family tradition I stayed till my parent's passed and the property was lost to the city so for my personal survival I live in a hotel room I don't allow many in it looks like genesis from the search for Spock

[@Guitarooster52]

Finally something worth watching from the CBC. Good journalism.

[@lilstead2499]

Don't distribute the subsidy to the grocers, give it directly to the consumer! Subsidize freezers for consumers, not for grocers!

[@user-lf2lf6wy4z]

That doesn't seem like it would be rocket science.

[@jeffkrete9015]

Government should break up the big companies and also hit them with big corporate tax increases tied to corporate profits. Saying margins have not gone up is ridiculous and insulting. If profits are way up and food prices are way up you have your answer. My father spent his career in Ontario as a government inspector enforcing the Occupational Health and Safety Act. He once told me “Without question, if not for the laws, regulations and enforcement these companies will certainly take advantage of the workers and their safety”. It’s kind of the same here. Exponential growth in corporate profits above everything else is baked in. Human greed is simply astounding no matter where you look….and Covid proved it.

[@sherryhudson6879]

Well said❤

[@mikeb5372]

The actual truth is that your father is full of BS and as a result so are you

[@rscott2247]

I take the better prices at Costco & Superstore, thank you.

[@riseevolution]

you trust government? its governments behind this

[@emilemasbou7950]

The bigger wholesalers have been ALLOWED to buy their competitors. This required circumventing anti trusts laws, with the agreement of politicians, in exchange for election financing (?). When so few 'competitors' remain, is it not obvious that it is easy for them to set food prices? 70 years ago, in Smiths Falls ON, one would buy eggs, butter, milk, cheese and seasonal vegetables from local farmers who were COMPETING at the local market to sell their produce. To completely snuff out competition, the bigger players got politicians to enact regulations forbidding direct transactions with farmers under the pretense of health risks. NOW, you can only buy the aforementioned products from/through the 3 Giants wholesalers. Galen Weston's lies with a straight face: He is well aware that neither Trudeau nor Poilievre will fix the food cartels because both need the cartels' money to pay for the electioneering. For a few millions $ of electioneering financing, the 3 bigger players get a license to bleed us for Billions $... The parliamentary inquiry is a farce that both Weston and the MP's act for the benefit of the electorate. How long will it take for us to break the big three monopoly and return to competition? How long will it take for us to be allowed, ANEW, to buy directly from farmers and bypass the big 3??

[@stevenmiddleton61]

I’m shocked this was aired by a government controlled network.

[@tracyelliott775]

I love how you guys investigate stuff unlike most “ journalist” in the US

[@rps1689]

The fourth estate in the US is pretty much non existent and the dumbing down the media has caused for decades is obvious - conditioning many folk to have short attention spans then feeds them simple ideas and solutions for complex problems.

[@charliec1396]

Another example how corporate giants are bleeding the working class. I try to visit local farms often. Most disappointing is that our politicians are letting them do it . $$$$$$$$$

[@ann-mariehum4273]

Wow! Food prices are absolutely ridiculous, I feel bad for those up north. I worked at Safeway bakery for a few months and the amount of bakery items tossed each morning was atrocious. Not donated, just thrown away. It’s too bad it couldn’t have been sold cheaper, given to the homeless or somehow shipped up north. I know shipping may not realistic but it’s sad it couldn’t be done.

[@angelachanelhuang1651]

I would vote for TRUMP or KENNEDY

[@rubyred6167]

Its sick to see this happen here. This is not the Canadian way

[@douglasthompson9482]

Quite honestly….it is corporate greed. That being said….do not support any of these stores. Create your own garden, become self reliant. That will work eventually. I am self reliant on many things.

[@sylvi4444]

The big grocers need to be taken down a few notches and not be allowed to get that big. Total greed!

[@emilemasbou7950]

The bigger wholesalers have been ALLOWED to buy their competitors. This required circumventing anti trusts laws, with the agreement of politicians, in exchange for election financing (?). When so few 'competitors' remain, is it not obvious that it is easy for them to set food prices? 70 years ago, in Smiths Falls ON, one would buy eggs, butter, milk, cheese and seasonal vegetables from local farmers who were COMPETING at the local market to sell their produce. To completely snuff out competition, the bigger players got politicians to enact regulations forbidding direct transactions with farmers under the pretense of health risks. NOW, you can only buy the aforementioned products from/through the 3 Giants wholesalers. Galen Weston's lies with a straight face: He is well aware that neither Trudeau nor Poilievre will fix the food cartels because both need the cartels' money to pay for the electioneering. For a few millions $ of electioneering financing, the 3 bigger players get a license to bleed us for Billions $... The parliamentary inquiry is a farce that both Weston and the MP's act for the benefit of the electorate. How long will it take for us to break the big three monopoly and return to competition? How long will it take for us to be allowed, ANEW, to buy directly from farmers and bypass the big 3??

[@ninemoonplanet]

I stopped buying at Shoppers completely. I have moved my shopping away from Walmart, the big corporations, and found local small operators actually can be better quality, even slightly cheaper. Loblaws at No Frills for example, $2.00 for a noname box of crackers before, during and after the pandemic, 3 weeks ago, $4.00 for exactly the same. %100 markup. 😠 Packaged meat products coming IN from the US were $10.00, now $14.00. SAME supplier.

[@curiousgirl.4134]

I think people need to start opening up smaller shops again and boycott the corporate owned businesses. Bakeries, fruit vendors, butcher shops all in an open market.

[@anthonyesparsen7776]

this is very sad to see that the actual farmers are not getting very much back for their crop sells

[@cristybryant4877]

The last 2 times I have been to the local Wal-Mart I watched families walk out the door with unpaid for food both times. The first situation, I watched a middle aged couple try to walk out the doors with a shopping cart full of stuff while their KIDS helped them. It's pretty darn sad when food is so expensive that parents are teaching their kids how to be shoplifters.

[@pattyofurniture]

No you didn't.

[@cristybryant4877]

@@pattyofurniture yeah, pretty sad hey 😕

[@fkrkf]

No you didn't

[@kellygarland63]

A frozen fish our household buys has tripled in cost. Tripled. 😬

[@obtuseangler768]

Depends where it's from. Other countries can slap on export taxes or raise wages and there isn't much we can do. Protect marine environments reducing the fishable water. Also a lot of things coming from underdeveloped nations have been priced irresponsibly low for generations. 3x is too much though, it doesn't matter what it is

[@Elizabeth-mp6tr]

This makes me sick.....I went to buy Almonds the other day and a small bag was $17.99 now instead of $9.99 before Covid

[@iliax-se3nn]

Same - in the last 3 years my brand of coffee has gone from 7.99, - 9.99., - 11.99,-13.99 now - don't buy it anymore, can't justify it.

[@Elizabeth-mp6tr]

@@iliax-se3nn Thank you. I can't watch the rest of this video. It makes me sick.

[@deborahharrison815]

Thank you to the farmers of Canada and the world! We indeed depend on you!

[@Michael-pg7rv]

The government needs to dissolve these large grocers. There needs to be a market share cap. A single parent company should not be allowed to own more than 10% of the market as an example.

[@otahu26]

Canada NEEDS Now more then ever an Anti Monopoly law.

[@Finness894]

But that would interfere with american corporations making a win-fall in Canada at Canadian's expense!!!

[@jeffreyhanna9538]

Or maybe the Canadian citizens need a monopoly on power instead of greedy corrupt politicians and their puppet masters 🤔!!

[@jeffreyhanna9538]

​@@Finness894corporations that profit at the expense of the people, need to be bankrupt and their greedy goons sent to gitmo!!

[@jeffreyhanna9538]

The citizens of Canada need a monopoly on power to control greedy corporations and government dictators.

[@flexizet]

Let other brands from outside of Canada come in. Maybe from the EU, US, or anything, but not only 3 owners for all the shops in Canada. It's ridiculous. Subsidies shouldn't go to the pockets of markets but directly to people. Lower the taxes or start giving people pocket money - but this might backfire, causing inflation to rise.

[@susanandrews2294]

Someone explain to me why I live in an area with many dairy farms, yet milk is dumped, and the price of 4l of 2% milk is around $6? I raid the seconds grocery shelf, but even that price has gone up. I am learning to love the more interesting cuts of meat, buy as few packaged goods as necessary, and cook everything and usually freeze a good portion of it too. I also support a small local mom-n-pop grocery store over the big chains in town. I won't even go into a store owned by Galen Weston; their prices are extortionate. In terms of a solution, how about the gov't doing some forensic accounting? Where are all these *leakages*?

[@miketess3358]

It's criminal. Absolutely criminal.

[@5060northernmama]

Where is milk dumped? While I don't like to see waste, it's better to be dumping the milk than not having enough. It'is likely millk is dumped when it exceeds the demand. While it sounds like a LOT, you won't get lower prices necessarily if you try to save the excess milk. It can result in a glut on the market, and much more actual spoilage of finished product, which is much more serious than if you just pour out the excess at first.

[@susanandrews2294]

​@rthernmama Though you seem to already have ample knowledge of the situation, 'll let this gentleman tell you all about milk dumping. kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6icoYh7bM2WjtU And like he points out, why can't it also be made into other dairy products, like cheese? Or yogurt? Or4 even vodka? Like Vodkow (do your own research). Why am I paying basically $6 for 4l of so-called *local* 2% milk? I should be paying no more than $3 for 4l.

[@vociferon-heraldofthewinte7763]

Milk and egg prices are set by marketing boards. Essentially monopolistic cartels.

[@1ManBandChrisWilson]

Yes thank you farmers for all your hard work.

[@mrcomenttoe2009]

It's all about greed and about the oil companies it's all supposed to be about the cost of Transportation as well everybody Buy Local and support local companies if you can

[@mentalicus]

Why don't we start by not allowing any more mergers in this industry? Competition Bureau is obviously not doing what it should.

[@Finness894]

American corporations own our politicians. All of them. That's why nothing is done.

[@TI.T.O]

Just like the S.I.U is staffed with retired police officers the same goes with the bureau. Goons

[@ahbeng888]

Sounds familiar to us Australians who are watching similar parliamentary inquiries on our own grocery retailers. Except we only have two major supermarket chains for the entire country.

[@cmauro7912]

I started to grow greens on my balcony. I brought in one plant in winter to see if it stays alive. It takes experience to learn how to keep it healthy. What if all Northerners would be given a full in the house garden to offset. Collard greens are super strong and have less phosphate, so it's better for kidneys.

[@mtimes]

So... there's this thing called winter....

[@rps1689]

Cabbage and Kale do well in the winter depending where you live in Canada.

[@cmauro7912]

@@mtimes There are these things called grow lights, I live in T.O. and it might not be Thunder Bay, but plants don't like it outised. I brought them indoors. Make room for Mother Nature

[@chelleb3055]

Please, I beg everyone, learn to grow food. No matter where you live, you can be growing SOMETHING. Every little bit helps and someday we all may need each other to have these skills.

[@valerielewis7870]

Just give the people who live there a check directly. Don't give it to the grocer.

[@teeniequeenie8369]

I once talked to the manager at metro where I live about getting a certain item into the store and I remember him telling me that I would be shocked at how little authority he had over his own store..

[@jodidavis6595]

What a shame

[@melodycuenca3210]

the knowledge of this injustice makes me 😫 sick

[@noconsentgiven]

This is one effect of IT. These companies know what people are willing to pay for any particular item. You are paying what a computer is saying you will pay.