The price of food keeps rising. And for the last few years, we’ve had a national debate about whether or not that’s the fault of the mega grocery chains.

But the CEOs of Loblaws, Metro and Sobeys claim that it’s not their fault. We should be looking further up the food chain for the real culprits.

They might have a point. Everywhere you look in the food industry, you’ll find rapacious corporate oligopolies. The grocery chains might have fixed the price of bread. But there’s credible accusations that other companies are fixing the price of meat, potatoes and much more.

Featured in this episode: Jeff Yorga, Keldon Bester, Denise Hearn

To learn more

The Big Fix: How Companies Capture Markets and Harm Canadians by Denise Hearn & Vass Bednar

From Plow to Pantry: Monopoly in the Canadian Food System by Andrew Nixon & Keldon Bester

“Alleged 'potato cartel' accused of conspiring to raise price of frozen fries, tater tots across U.S.” by Rhianna Schmunk in CBC News

“Sask. cattle producers call for meat pricing investigation, transparency” by Kendall Latimer in CBC News

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