Grocery code: How Ottawa has tried to get Loblaw, Walmart on board


by Global News

Global News— It was evident to the federal government as early as last fall that Loblaw and Walmart might be holdouts to the grocery code of conduct, documents show.

CP24—Loblaw CEO 'cautiously optimistic' about grocery code of conduct. Loblaw Cos. Ltd.'s new chief executive said he's “cautiously optimistic” that the company will be able to come to an agreement on the grocery code of conduct. “Where it's going to land, I'm of course not sure, but I'm more optimistic now than before that we can land an agreement on the code,” Per Bank told a conference call discussing Loblaw's first-quarter earnings Wednesday. The grocer has been one of two major holdouts on the code, which is intended to promote fair dealings in the...

CNBC—Walmart launches new grocery brand, as it tries to hang on to inflation-fueled growth. The nation's largest grocer sees room to build on its inflation-fueled grocery gains.

dailym.ai—Migrant teen who has tried '100 times' to get into Britain on a small boat from France says 'I'll keep trying again and again. Abdul Usman, who claims to be a 17-year-old from Sudan, has been living in a tent 'jungle' for seven months at Loon-Plage, near Dunkirk. He insisted that nothing would deter him from reaching Britain.