Feds Should Boost Grocery Competition at Home, Not Seek Outsider: Experts

Produce is shown at a west-end Toronto Sobeys grocery store, on June 26, 2023. The Canadian Press/Graeme Roy

Instead of enticing a foreign grocer to come to Canada, some experts say Ottawa should look at ways to support smaller and regional grocery companies to boost competition.

Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne said this week that he’s been reaching out to foreign grocery companies in the hopes they will come to Canada and help strengthen competition in the industry.