Canadian bread price fixing - Revision history

Mr Pollo: Under the exception that it was going on since 2015, falling under "large-scale consumer abuse"

2026-03-14T18:06:35Z

Under the exception that it was going on since 2015, falling under "large-scale consumer abuse"

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2026-02-25T18:11:35Z

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2026-02-23T03:45:28Z

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	\|Description=From 2001 to 2015, many companies colluded in what can be described as a cartel, fixing bread prices in Canada		\|Description=From 2001 to 2015, many companies colluded in what can be described as a cartel, fixing bread prices in Canada
	}}From 2001 to 2015<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|last=The Canadian Press \|date=2024-07-25 \|title=Loblaw, George Weston to pay $500M for bread price-fixing scheme in record antitrust settlement \|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/loblaw-bread-price-settlement-1.7274820 \|website=CBC}}</ref> or 2017<ref name=":1">{{Cite web \|last=Sagan \|first=Aleksandra \|date=2018-01-31 \|title=Bakers, grocers involved in 16-year price-fixing conspiracy: Competition Bureau \|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/bakers-grocers-involved-in-16-year-price-fixing-conspiracy-competition-bureau/}}</ref>, Canadian retailers, including Walmart Canada, Metro, Giant Tiger and Sobeys, colluded to fix prices of bread<ref name=":0" />. In a class action lawsuit that followed, the collusion was described as a cartel<ref>{{Cite web \|last=GOVAN \|first=JAMES \|date=2020-03-25 \|title=Originating Application – Bread Cartel – March 25, 2020 \|url=https://lpclex.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Originating-Application-BREAD-Notified-25MAR2020.pdf}}</ref>		}}From 2001 to 2015<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|last=The Canadian Press \|date=2024-07-25 \|title=Loblaw, George Weston to pay $500M for bread price-fixing scheme in record antitrust settlement \|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/loblaw-bread-price-settlement-1.7274820 \|website=CBC \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260208135642/https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/loblaw-bread-price-settlement-1.7274820 \|archive-date=8 Feb 2026}}</ref> or 2017<ref name=":1">{{Cite web \|last=Sagan \|first=Aleksandra \|date=2018-01-31 \|title=Bakers, grocers involved in 16-year price-fixing conspiracy: Competition Bureau \|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/bakers-grocers-involved-in-16-year-price-fixing-conspiracy-competition-bureau/ \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250522214903/https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/bakers-grocers-involved-in-16-year-price-fixing-conspiracy-competition-bureau/ \|archive-date=22 May 2025}}</ref>, Canadian retailers, including Walmart Canada, Metro, Giant Tiger and Sobeys, colluded to fix prices of bread<ref name=":0" />. In a class action lawsuit that followed, the collusion was described as a cartel<ref>{{Cite web \|last=GOVAN \|first=JAMES \|date=2020-03-25 \|title=Originating Application – Bread Cartel – March 25, 2020 \|url=https://lpclex.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Originating-Application-BREAD-Notified-25MAR2020.pdf \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250315064240/https://lpclex.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Originating-Application-BREAD-Notified-25MAR2020.pdf \|archive-date=15 Mar 2025}}</ref>

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Mr Pollo at 20:59, 21 October 2025

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Mr Pollo at 20:53, 21 October 2025

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2025-10-19T19:42:44Z

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Plankton: See also

2025-10-19T19:42:13Z

See also

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	}}From 2001 to 2015<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|last=The Canadian Press \|date=2024-07-25 \|title=Loblaw, George Weston to pay $500M for bread price-fixing scheme in record antitrust settlement \|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/loblaw-bread-price-settlement-1.7274820 \|website=CBC}}</ref> or 2017<ref name=":1">{{Cite web \|last=Sagan \|first=Aleksandra \|date=2018-01-31 \|title=Bakers, grocers involved in 16-year price-fixing conspiracy: Competition Bureau \|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/bakers-grocers-involved-in-16-year-price-fixing-conspiracy-competition-bureau/}}</ref>, Canadian retailers, including Walmart Canada, Metro, Giant Tiger and Sobeys, colluded to fix prices of bread<ref name=":0" />. In a class action lawsuit that followed, the collusion was described as a cartel<ref>{{Cite web \|last=GOVAN \|first=JAMES \|date=2020-03-25 \|title=Originating Application – Bread Cartel – March 25, 2020 \|url=https://lpclex.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Originating-Application-BREAD-Notified-25MAR2020.pdf}}</ref>		}}From 2001 to 2015<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|last=The Canadian Press \|date=2024-07-25 \|title=Loblaw, George Weston to pay $500M for bread price-fixing scheme in record antitrust settlement \|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/loblaw-bread-price-settlement-1.7274820 \|website=CBC}}</ref> or 2017<ref name=":1">{{Cite web \|last=Sagan \|first=Aleksandra \|date=2018-01-31 \|title=Bakers, grocers involved in 16-year price-fixing conspiracy: Competition Bureau \|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/bakers-grocers-involved-in-16-year-price-fixing-conspiracy-competition-bureau/}}</ref>, Canadian retailers, including Walmart Canada, Metro, Giant Tiger and Sobeys, colluded to fix prices of bread<ref name=":0" />. In a class action lawsuit that followed, the collusion was described as a cartel<ref>{{Cite web \|last=GOVAN \|first=JAMES \|date=2020-03-25 \|title=Originating Application – Bread Cartel – March 25, 2020 \|url=https://lpclex.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Originating-Application-BREAD-Notified-25MAR2020.pdf}}</ref>

	== Price fixing ==		==Price fixing==
	For 14 or 16 years, the price of bread and other products such as bagels and naan was artificially inflated in a collusion of the biggest retailers in Canada.<ref name=":1" />		For 14 or 16 years, the price of bread and other products such as bagels and naan was artificially inflated in a collusion of the biggest retailers in Canada.<ref name=":1" />

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Plankton: price fixing and investigation init. am working on this

2025-10-19T18:08:19Z

price fixing and investigation init. am working on this

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	\|Description=From 2001 to 2015, many companies colluded in what can be described as a cartel, fixing bread prices in Canada		\|Description=From 2001 to 2015, many companies colluded in what can be described as a cartel, fixing bread prices in Canada
	}}		}}From 2001 to 2015<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|last=The Canadian Press \|date=2024-07-25 \|title=Loblaw, George Weston to pay $500M for bread price-fixing scheme in record antitrust settlement \|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/loblaw-bread-price-settlement-1.7274820 \|website=CBC}}</ref> or 2017<ref name=":1">{{Cite web \|last=Sagan \|first=Aleksandra \|date=2018-01-31 \|title=Bakers, grocers involved in 16-year price-fixing conspiracy: Competition Bureau \|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/bakers-grocers-involved-in-16-year-price-fixing-conspiracy-competition-bureau/}}</ref>, Canadian retailers, including Walmart Canada, Metro, Giant Tiger and Sobeys, colluded to fix prices of bread<ref name=":0" />. In a class action lawsuit that followed, the collusion was described as a cartel<ref>{{Cite web \|last=GOVAN \|first=JAMES \|date=2020-03-25 \|title=Originating Application – Bread Cartel – March 25, 2020 \|url=https://lpclex.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Originating-Application-BREAD-Notified-25MAR2020.pdf}}</ref>
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	==~~[Incident]~~==		== Price fixing ==
	~~{{Ph-I-I}}~~		For 14 or 16 years, the price of bread and other products such as bagels and naan was artificially inflated in a collusion of the biggest retailers in Canada.<ref name=":1" />

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			==Investigation==
			An investigation by the Competition Bureau was launched after an informant from Loblaw Ltd tipped them off<ref name=":1" />

	==Lawsuit==		==Lawsuit==

Plankton: init, am actively working on this

2025-10-19T17:45:33Z

init, am actively working on this

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