The provincial government is releasing the results of a study it says was designed to address grocery prices and strengthen the food system, as well as some of the recommendations contained in that study.
Finance Minister Adrian Sala announced the release of what the province described as a first-of-its-kind-in-Canada study which will identify other actions the province can take to lower grocery prices in addition to the upcoming removal of PST from groceries across the province.
“We’re taking action to help lower your grocery bill with a comprehensive plan that’s going to help families across the province,” Sala said. “We’re using every lever available to us, tackling predatory pricing, eliminating property controls that stifle competition, and taking the provincial sales tax (PST) off all groceries starting July 1.”
Among the measures recommended by the study are reintroducing nutritious food basket costing, new investments for Harvest Manitoba’s Food Transformation Centre, and adopting unit pricing in order to combat “shrinkflation”.
The study also includes a recommendation for a new grocery store in downtown Winnipeg.
