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submitted 1 year ago by lautan@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca

"Their frustration is understandable, but this kind of expectation betrays a misunderstanding of what's actually driving food prices higher in this country."

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[-] applepie@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Do you think their profit margin is shrinking here?

[-] eezeebee@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don't think the person you're replying to is defending Loblaws, just saying we need to look at the right numbers to correctly call bullshit.

Here,

The company's quarterly profit was $459 million, marking a 9.8 per cent increase.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/loblaw-q1-revenue-boycott-1.7190272

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