Manitoba’s government says it is eyeing new rules to mandate unit pricing in grocery stores in order to shine a light on producers who reduce the size of a product while keeping the price the same. The announcement follows the release of a study that analyzed grocery pricing in the province. Finance Minister Adrien Sala […]

The Manitoba government’s plan to eliminate the provincial sales tax on all food sold in grocery stores was questioned Wednesday by restaurant owners who argue they’re being put at a disadvantage. The tax cut, included in Tuesday’s provincial budget, will expand a sales-tax exemption that already covers basic groceries, such as milk, meat, produce and […]

People in Nunavut and northern Labrador have been writing to Canadian government officials this year to say grocers were charging exorbitant prices despite receiving a federal subsidy. The emails about the Nutrition North subsidy program ranged from desperate pleas to do something to lower food costs, to angry demands that retailers receiving subsidies be investigated. […]