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Retail Council joins call for code of grocery conduct, paving way for new rules on the big chains

Food producers have been pushing the government to legislate a code of conduct that would stop bully tactics in the grocery industry

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Michael Medline: There is room for principle-based dealings in Canadian retail grocery

Opinion: Code of conduct is win-win solution that helps keep jobs, head offices, innovation and manufacturing in Canada

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Sobeys' parent company teams up with manufacturers to draft code of conduct for embattled grocery sector

The pitch for more restraints on big grocers — coming from one of the biggest grocers — is likely to have major impacts on how Canadians get their food

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Sobeys owner joins food manufacturers urging Ottawa to adopt rules to govern grocers’ dealings with suppliers

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Empire, industry group propose grocery code to address ‘unfair practices’ in market

Canada’s second-largest grocery retailer and an industry group representing food manufacturers agreed on Thursday to a draft grocery code of practice they say takes aim at unfairness in the market.

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Sylvain Charlebois: With proposed grocer code, Sobeys and suppliers take a shot at fixing a broken system

The code means no more unilateral decisions, no more last-minute ploys, just straight, honest business

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Canada’s agriculture ministers set deadline for grocery code of conduct

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