Loblaw Companies Limited
Location
ONTARIO
Founded
1919-02-07
Website
Risk Signals
683 news mentions monitored
Industry Context
This company is tracked across risk categories, including those related to its sector (e.g., Food Preparations, Not Elsewhere Classified, Pulp Mills, Groceries, General Line, Grocery Stores, National Commercial Banks, Offices of Bank Holding Companies), including supply chain integrity, ESG practices, labor disputes, and regulatory compliance.
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2024-10-30 (orilliamatters.com)
Loblaw, Empire call for end to property controls amid Competition Bureau probe
Loblaw says it wants to eliminate commercial property controls in the grocery industry, amid a Competition Bureau investigation into the practice — and it's calling on other grocers to do the same.
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2024-06-12 (canadianmanufacturing.com)
The Competition Bureau advances investigation into Sobeys Inc. and Loblaw Companies Ltd.
This information will help determine whether Sobeys and Loblaw are imposing anti-competitive restrictions on the use of real estate, known as property controls, that impact competition in the retail sale of food products.
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2023-07-25 (rabble.ca)
Bread price-fixing is a small part of the problem
A historic years-long Investigation into a price-fixing scheme on bread has led to a $50 million fine, but it won't solve systemic issues.
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2023-06-27 (thestar.com)
Competition Bureau to release report on grocery industry Tuesday morning
The bureau launched its study in October with the aim of exploring how governments can act to promote greater competition in the retail food sector.
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2021-06-14 (thetyee.ca)
Grocery Giants Discussed Fixing More Than Bread Prices, Court Files Suggest | The Tyee
Documents reveal feds raided Maple Leaf Foods and raise questions about co-ordinated meat pricing.
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2018-05-03 (infotel.ca)
Loblaw launching online marketplace that will include new brands and products
Loblaw Companies Ltd. launched a "curated marketplace" online Thursday that will include brands and products the company hasn't stocked before in a move aimed at setting the retailer up to compete with Amazon for Canadian market share.
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2018-03-06 (cbc.ca)
Bugs in the grocery aisle; Loblaw adds cricket powder to its PC line | News
One of the country's biggest retailers is betting bugs are the next big thing in Canadian cuisine as Loblaw says it is adding cricket powder to its lineup of President's Choice products.
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2018-01-31 (actualitealimentaire.com)
Loblaw, Walmart, Sobeys, Metro, Giant Tiger allegedly involved in alleged bread price-fixing scheme: Court documents
The court documents provide more details on how the scheme allegedly worked: the agreed-upon price increases were on average, about 10 cents per product per year, with seven cents going to the suppliers and three cents to the retailers.
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2017-12-19 (infotel.ca)
Loblaw parent company alerted competition watchdog to bread price-fixing
Canada's Competition Act prohibits agreements that "prevent or unduly lessen competition or to unreasonably enhance the price of a product,'' according to the bureau.
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