Jake Edmiston

Police report an alarming rise in tractor-trailer cargo theft that’s putting consumers at risk of eating stolen, potentially tainted food.

Some of the biggest national food brands are also churning out the cheaper alternatives you’ll find on grocery store shelves. But why would they compete with themselves?

Federal Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne said he’d consider it a good thing if Canada’s major grocery chains were upset about his talks with foreign players. “That’s good if they’re concerned,”

Rick Rabba of Rabba Fine Foods said smaller players in food retail can’t press suppliers for discounts in the same way the top chains can.

Sobey’s owner says it will cancel 1,700 price increases that had already been scheduled to go into effect between now and January as it expands annual price freeze.