Loblaw rejects ‘hundreds of millions’ of dollars in supplier price increase requests Supplier cost increases rise in value compared to 2025, retailer says Liquidation grocery stores are booming as appetite for food deals soars Inflation is pushing many shoppers to hunt for deep discounts on groceries This year, Easter traditions take a back seat to value When economic pressure begins to alter holiday meals, it signals a deeper shift in consumer reality Sobeys owner Empire to remove some buy Canadian signage The grocer is scaling back on-shelf local identifiers, citing better-informed consumers Annual inflation cools to 1.8% in February, StatCan says Inflation on food purchased from stores cooled to 4.1% in February, down from 4.8% the month before