managed to drive away most of its employees and many families within weeks – just one example of the potential pitfalls. One Toronto daycare operator said she is personally aware of at least 15 other daycares in Ontario who have received unsolicited expressions of interest from buyers recently.
remains high, Canada’s largest grocer, Loblaw, is stepping up its public-relations strategy to convince people that it is not to blame for higher prices. But experts say consumers grappling with food affordability are in no mood to hear that message. As Susan Krashinsky Robertson reports, on the day that its 11-week price freeze on No Name products ended on Tuesday,for profiting off inflation, explaining that price increases were the fault of suppliers who had themselves raised prices.