Competition Bureau investigating restrictive real estate clauses in Canadian grocery sector
The Competition Bureau says it's investigating the use of property clauses, which limit how real estate can be used by competitors, in the Canadian grocery sector.
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![A customer shops at Metro grocery store in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on Oct. 26 2022. Food prices are rising faster than inflation, according to Statistics Canada's latest Consumer Price Index report, but experts say the government doesn't have many good options to bring prices down in the short term. A customer in a brown jacket looks at meat in a grocery store aisle.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.6760036.1677275819!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpeg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/food-prices-montreal.jpeg)
The Competition Bureau says it's investigating the use of property clauses, which limit how real estate can be used by competitors, in the Canadian grocery sector.