Help Protect and Empower Grocery Shoppers
A special initiative is underway to strengthen representation of the consumer interest in the marketplace for groceries.
The Council is responding to the elevated level of concern being expressed nationally about:
- food price inflation,
- marketplace practices and misconduct, and
- how you can best be supported to make the choices important to you or your family about what goes in your grocery basket.
The Council wants to learn your thoughts about the conduct of grocery producers and sellers.
Join the Council’s Public Interest Network to share your experiences and views about grocery shopping.
To further participate and follow the Council’s work you can also:
- Bookmark and read the Council’s news blog (or subscribe to it using RSS
- ‘Favourite’ the Council’s free Apple News channel: Consumers Council of Canada News
- Share detailed personal experiences.
Recent Developments
When is a Sale a Sale?
A shiny red sales sticker in the grocery store can woo shoppers of any age with the promise of a good bargain. But what if that marked down price isn’t really a deal? Under Canada's Competition Act, a company that advertises a sale price in relation to a regular...
More Tricks of the Grocery Trade
It may look like a steal of a deal. But unless it’s all you’re buying, chances are the grocery store is still one up on you. From loss leaders, to the size of grocery carts, we asked three experts in consumer behaviour to help explain why grocers make some of the...
More Groceries to Qualify as “Product of Canada”
Canada’s food safety authority made a subtle language change to its guidelines earlier this year to make it easier for foods to identify as Canadian. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has largely adapted the Competition Bureau’s definitions of the terms...