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Today, several large associations within the foodservice industry announced the formation of the Canadian Food Industry Collaborative Alliance to build a code of practice for retail and supply.
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The trade association representing Canada’s biggest supermarket chains is joining calls to establish a formal set of rules for grocers and their suppliers, a significant about-face that could accelerate the campaign to check the power of the most dominant players in the Canadian grocery business.
Food producers have for months been pushing the government to legislate a code of conduct that would stop bully tactics in the grocery industry after some large grocers implemented new fees and heavy fines on suppliers during the pandemic.
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OTTAWA — A group of associations representing food producers and retailers has agreed to work together to develop a food industry code of practice, a collaboration one industry insider is calling a ". . .