The bureau, whose task is to protect and promote competition for the benefit for Canadian consumers and businesses, says the move is part of its ongoing examination of Canada\u2019s food supply chain<\/a> and will build on recommendations from its 2023 retail grocery market study<\/a>.<\/p>\n The bureau is expected to publish a call for information on the morning of Sept. 28, asking for input on pricing policies used in retail grocery.<\/p>\n It says the information will help support its broader work examining competition throughout the food supply chain.<\/p>\n The agency\u2019s 2023 study concluded that stronger competition could help improve outcomes for consumers, including through lower prices and greater innovation.<\/p>\n The move comes as the bureau continues to examine competition in the grocery sector, including areas such as production, processing, transportation and distribution.<\/p>\n Its work also oversees how products are priced on store shelves and how consumers interact with pricing through tools such as loyalty programs.<\/p>\n The bureau has also been examining practices including algorithmic pricing, shrinkflation or lowering a product\u2019s quality while maintaining or raising its price, and skimpflation which happens when a product\u2019s quality is reduced while its price remains unchanged.<\/p>\n Related Stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Updated:\u00a0September 25, 2026 at 4:41p.m. EDT Published:\u00a0September 25, 2026 at 2:39p.m. EDT Canadians could soon see closer scrutiny…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":909584,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[60322,45,49,48,46,47,6578,2882],"class_list":["post-909583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-beverage","tag-business","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-economy","tag-national","tag-retail","tag-transport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/909583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=909583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/909583\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/909584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=909583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=909583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=909583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/XSU4HE4OM275JEHMQTEI426EOE.jpg\")
A store employee fills a produce shelf at a FreshCo grocery store in Brampton, Ont., Friday, June 5, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Chris Young A store employee fills a produce shelf at a FreshCo grocery store in Brampton, Ont., Friday, June 5, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Chris Young Seeking data on pricing<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BLEW3NIKJBEUTFMWDGD2SRLVDM.JPG\")
A customer shops for processed meat products at a FreshCo grocery store in Brampton, Ont., Friday, June 5, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Chris Young A customer shops for processed meat products at a FreshCo grocery store in Brampton, Ont., Friday, June 5, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Chris Young Broader look at grocery competition<\/p>\n