ValueSubtracted comments on Winnipeg's CentrePort aims to build a food, defence and industrial hub with expansion

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website [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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[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago (1 child)

...and it's only open to independent grocers,

Are there many of those still in existence?

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[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website [S] 2 points 2 days ago

No, which I suppose is the point - it's an attempt to help them compete.

No idea if it's working, maybe someone in ON does.

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[–] potatomuncher@lemmy.ca 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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