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Four companies control two-thirds of Canada’s grocery market. In the US, the top four account for about a third. (opendatacanada.ca)
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Loblaw, Sobeys, Metro and Costco sell about 67 cents of every dollar Canadians spend on groceries, by a USDA estimate. The four biggest US food retailers sell about 35 cents.

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[–] 4 points 4 hours ago (1 child)

Wow four whole supermarket chains? That's double Australia, where we have just two.

I'd wager it's more or less the same structural reasons as Canada though.

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