Grocery prices in the news

CBC looks at rising food prices and surveys the question of the moment: are supply problems and rising costs a legitimate explanation, or are big grocery chains gouging egregious profits out of a punchy public? The observation that the chains are scooping in bigger profits than ever suggests that, while they may be paying more at wholesale, they’re also gouging extra percentages from their customers.

La Presse has an odd piece about how small independent stores are defending the chains, a spokesman saying that everyone is facing rising supply costs. But then shouldn’t chains be able to make use of economies of scale?