ACORN National Action to Stop Grocery Giants from Price Gouging!
Grocery giants in Canada are on their way to set a new record - $6 billion profit in 2023 - as millions of low- and moderate-income people continue to struggle to put food on the table. In fact, food retailers are now earning more than twice as much profit as they did before the COVID-19 pandemic.
Grocery prices are increasing at the fastest rate in more than 40 years. As this happens, Canadian families are spending less by decreasing the quantity and quality of food people are turning to food banks.
The grocery industry is highly concentrated. Canada has three main grocery giants that rule the prices - Loblaws, Sobeys and Metro - each of them with more than 1,000 stores and a range of brands under their banner. This concentration is hurting competition and pushing up the prices.
We need fair food prices! Join us to demand action.
When: 10th February 2024, Saturday
Locations:
Moncton
12 noon - Sobeys - 55 Vaughan Harvey Blvd, Moncton, NB E1C 0N3
(Vaughan Harvey and Main Street)
Dartmouth
12 Noon - Sobeys - 210 Wyse Rd, Dartmouth, NS B3A 3L2
Fredericton
12 Noon - Sobeys - 1180 Prospect St, Fredericton, NB E3B 5C7
Toronto — Jane & Finch
1 PM — Meet at the southeast corner of Jane St and Finch Ave W
Toronto — Downtown
12:00PM: Meet at Matt Cohen Park 393 Bloor St W, on south east corner of Spadina and Bloor (right near Spadina Station). Then We will march to Metro at 425 Bloor St W, then deliver a letter to MP Chrystia Freeland at 344 Bloor St W
Metro Vancouver
12 Noon - Superstore - 14650 104 Ave, Surrey, BC V3R 1M3
Hamilton
SATURDAY February 17th at 12:00 PM
Location: FreshCo @ Queenston & Nash (700 Queenston Road)
RSVP https://forms.gle/5xvKMrYgCsvpsm9f9
Ottawa
11 AM - Loblaws - 100 McArthur Ave
London
12pm at the Valu-Mart at 234 Oxford St E
Waterloo
1pm at the Sobey's at 94 Bridgeport Rd E