MPs say rising food prices are impacting their own bottom lines as they grill grocery CEOs

One MP said he uses an app to price match groceries between stores, while others say they are growing as much of their own food as possible.

Empire Companies CEO Michael Medline, left, shares a few words with Loblaw Companies CEO Galen Weston ahead of the House Agriculture Committee meeting on March 8, when they defended rising profits amidst an inflation crisis.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY CHELSEA NASH

March 9, 2023

As they prepared to question Canada’s top grocery CEOs on the Hill, Members of Parliament on the House Agriculture Committee say they are personally feeling the pinch of rising food prices.

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