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'Shot themselves in the foot:' How Loblaw became target for grocery anger over food inflation

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Grant Packard, associate professor of marketing at York University, talks with Financial Post’s Larysa Harapyn about a planned consumer boycott of Loblaw Cos. Ltd. brands in May over food inflation. He discusses how the boycott will affect the company’s reputation, whether other grocery retailers will see a domino effect and more.

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