▲ 93 ▼ Four companies control two-thirds of Canada’s grocery market. In the US, the top four account for about a third. (opendatacanada.ca) submitted 10 hours ago by Yee02@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca 13 comments fedilink hide all child comments 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.
[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 points 2 hours ago (1 child) costco is surprising its so big in canada. permalink fedilink source hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago We don't really have a good wholesale alternative. I think Loblaws has one but not many locations (at least in western Canada). I respect Costco's labour policies a whole lot more than any of those other ones anyway. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago We don't really have a good wholesale alternative. I think Loblaws has one but not many locations (at least in western Canada). I respect Costco's labour policies a whole lot more than any of those other ones anyway. permalink fedilink source parent