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Growing food bank lines are a sign that society has lost its way, a Groceries and Essentials Benefit would help the most vulnerable citizens (www.thestar.com)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Nine million Canadians worry about where their next meal will come from.

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

We need to break up the grocery conglomerates. Nowhere else in the world is the food system so heavily monopolized and vertically integrated. Go tell an American about Cara Foods/Recipe Unltd[1] — they won’t believe you!

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recipe_Unlimited

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

They operate a bunch of mediocre chain restaurants, not grocery stores - unless I'm missing something?