Sylvain Charlebois: Canada Desperately Needs ‘Real’ Discount Grocery Stores

A woman shops for produce at a grocery store in Toronto, in a file photo. Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press

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This may come as a surprise to some Canadians, but our country doesn’t really have a real discount grocery chain. With higher food prices and a growing number of consumers seeking refuge from record-setting food inflation at the grocery store, real discount grocery stores would come in very handy. But the option is simply not there.