Canada Bread Owner Sues Maple Leaf Over Alleged Bread Price-Fixing

A worker restocks shelves in the bakery and bread aisle at an Atlantic Superstore grocery in Halifax, Jan. 28, 2022. The Canadian Press/Kelly Clark

Canada Bread owner Grupo Bimbo is suing Maple Leaf Foods for more than $2 billion, saying it lied about the company’s involvement in an alleged bread price-fixing conspiracy.

The filing comes a week after a lawsuit against Grupo Bimbo from Maple Leaf, which was Canada Bread’s controlling shareholder until 2014.