What is the grocery code of conduct, and how could it impact food prices for Canadians?

Canada’s grocery code of conduct is a set of rules and guidelines that seek to improve fair dealings in the industry, especially between big grocers and their suppliers. These suppliers include both farmers, as well as producers of various kinds of processed foods.

Loblaw Cos. Ltd., one of two large grocers that had held out on agreeing to comply with the code of conduct, announced Thursday that they were ready to abide by the rules set out in the code if other retailers such as Walmart also came on board.

What is the grocery sector code of conduct?

In recent years, suppliers have complained about unfair “compliance fines” slapped

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