All major industry players need to sign on to the grocery code of conduct in order for it to be successful, said Metro Inc. president and CEO Eric La Flèche.
La Flèche told MPs Monday at a House of Commons agriculture committee meeting on stabilizing food prices that Metro is willing to sign the code of conduct as it’s currently drafted. Last week, executives from Walmart Canada and Loblaw Companies Ltd. told the committee that they can’t sign the code in its current form because they’re concerned it will raise prices for consumers.
On Thursday, federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay and Quebec Agriculture Minister André
