The shift to discount among consumers has been an ongoing trend in Canada, prompting the country's largest grocery retailers to convert many conventional stores into discount banners. Loblaw, for ...

Metro Inc.'s chief executive says despite increasing competition in the discount grocery space, he thinks the retailer is well positioned to continue meeting demand for lower prices while also setting ...

Discount-food selling makes up 40.5 per cent of the estimated $100-billion-plus food-retail market in Canada, up one percentage point in the 52 weeks ended Sept. 30, according to researcher Nielsen.