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SHIFTHEADS: Canada’s Small Towns Often Have One Grocery Store. That's Not an Accident
Grocery competition in Canada is vanishing from your town before you ever realize it's gone. The grocer down the street didn't just win your business. They bought the land next door to make sure nobody else ever could. When you drive through rural Canada and see only one option for food, that's not geography. That's strategy.
Canada's grocery store density dropped from 22.1 to 20.2 stores per 100,000 people since 2020, and fewer stores almost always means higher prices. The Competition Bureau has flagged property controls for years without a single meaningful change, because grocers lobby…
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