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Winnipeg's CentrePort aims to build a food, defence and industrial hub with expansion (www.cbc.ca)
submitted 2 days ago by [M] to c/manitoba@lemmy.ca
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[–] 4 points 2 days ago (5 children)

"The federal government plans four food terminals and 20 to 40 smaller food hubs across Canada, with the goal of reducing prices by being less reliant on big grocery retailers' supply chains."

I'll be curious how well this works, it strikes me as Carney's response to Avi suggesting crown-corp grocers.

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 2 days ago (3 children)

    It definitely seems to want to split the difference by using independent wholesalers.

    The Ontario Food Terminal has been in operation since 1954, and I think that's the model...and it's only open to independent grocers, who then resell the products.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 days ago

    I hope they do something about the meat processors' cartel as well. It's like 3 or 4 companies controlling 80% or more of the entire supply.

    They keep the barrier to entry high enough that farmer cooperatives and small investors can't even dream of entering the market unless they have tens of millions on hand.

    They also need to allow individual farmers sell more than the current limits on eggs and animals processed on farm.

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