Sentences with phrase «alleged bread price»
By getting out ahead of its competitors and grabbing immunity first, Loblaw Companies Ltd. has managed to out outwit and outplay its grocery rivals in an alleged bread price - fixing scheme, say competition lawyers watching the drama play out.
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Medline's more immediate concern was the increased pressure on sales from competitor Loblaw's «curious» $ 25 gift cards offered to consumers after revealing its participation in an alleged bread price - fixing scandal, in which it implicated Sobey's.
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Loblaw Companies Ltd. has attempted to mitigate potential damage from an investigation into an alleged industry - wide bread price - fixing scheme through its admission of guilt and offering the gift card.
La Fleche said he believes Loblaw's $ 25 gift cards, related to its participation in what it alleges is an industry - wide bread price fixing scheme, had a material impact on consumer shopping, adding that the price and promotional environment was compounded by the gift cards.
Most Canadians were surprised when Loblaw Co. and its parent company George Weston Ltd. confirmed last month that they were behind a tip - off to the Competition Bureau about an alleged industry - wide bread price - fixing scheme that lasted from 2001 to 2015.
The Competition Bureau of Canada executed raids on Nov. 1 at the head offices of some major Canadian grocery companies in a criminal investigation regarding the alleged price fixing of packaged bread in Canada over a period of 15 years.