Canada's New Grocery Code is Not About Cutting Food Prices
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A food retail industry-led effort to improve relations between retailers and suppliers is set to take full effect on Thursday, but the Canada Grocery Code does not guarantee lower food prices.
The "biggest misperception out there right now is that somehow the grocery code is going to deal with food inflation or lower prices," Karen Proud, president of the Office of the Grocery Sector Code of Conduct, said. "It is very important for us to keep getting the message out that the code is not meant to do that...