Following the melting of the No Name price freeze, Loblaw had a bit of its own public meltdown. Meanwhile, the country’s largest newspaper chain continues its own perpetual self-dissolution, leaving damp puddles where once stood proud big-city dailies.

Host: Jonathan Goldsbie

Credits: Aviva Lessard (Producer), Tristan Capacchione (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor)

Guest: Vass Bednar

Further reading: 

• Loblaws fights back on Twitter as social media storm erupts over soaring Canadian food prices – Toronto Star
• Supermarkets are hiking prices faster than necessary — and profiting from inflation, Star investigation suggests  – Toronto Star
• Canadian Media Spreads Police PR After Killing Of Tyre Nichols – Passage
• Richard Warnica’s Twitter Thread
• Consultation Paper on Modernizing the Consumer Protection Act
• Getting Royally Screwed – Regs 2 Riches

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