Loblaw says it wants to eliminate commercial property controls in the grocery industry, amid a Competition Bureau investigation into the practice — and it's calling on other grocers to do the same.
Loblaw says it wants to eliminate commercial property controls in the grocery industry, amid a Competition Bureau investigation into the practice — and it's calling on other grocers to do the same."Empire would be pleased to see government eliminate real estate exclusivity clauses, across all retail businesses, including those selling food or pharmacy-related products," said Michael Medline in a statement.
The bureau revealed its investigation in February, with deputy commissioner Anthony Durocher saying property controls can be a barrier both for independent grocery stores and larger chains, as well as for foreign grocers looking to enter the Canadian market. "But there's others where they're completely unreasonable and they're not necessary, and they're not good for the industry, and they're not good for competition, and they're not good for the consumer."
Often property controls are used to restrict what other businesses are in the same shopping plaza — for example, a grocer moving in to a plaza might ask for a covenant preventing another grocer from moving in nearby. "We support the bureau looking at this issue, we advocated that they do, but we don't support a blanket ban," he said.
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