Canada's grocery sector needs better competition to help keep food prices down and encourage new entrants, watchdog finds.
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几个大媒体都报道了，
Lack of competition is driving up grocery prices, federal watchdog says
Canada's grocery business is controlled by large players and needs government assistance to encourage new entrants to bring down prices, a report from the Competition Bureau says.
The report, published Tuesday, is the result of a probe that Canada's top
competition watchdog launched last year, when concern over food prices hit a fever pitch.
The bureau spent months examining many aspects of Canada's grocery business, which is dominated by three domestic giants — Loblaws, Metro and Sobeys owner Empire — along with foreign players like Walmart and Costco.
Together, those 5 companies combine for more than three-quarters of all the food sales in Canada.
这么多公司都是一个老板。Foodbasics 不是他们一伙的？
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