The plea proves the price-fixing scheme did exist, which could prompt admissions by others suspected of being part of it.

Comment: Show me the money

Canada Bread penalty raises questions about criminal fines

Canada Bread Company agreed to pay a $50 million fine after pleading guilty to fixing the price of bread earlier this year. This fine is the highest ever imposed for a cartel offence in Canada. Canada Bread’s plea deal is a significant development in the ongoing investigation by the Competition Bureau into an alleged conspiracy.

'The success of Canada’s economy doesn’t truly rely on a few favoured firms that are able to capture regulators and curry favour with politicians.' – Gord Gilmour.

Editorial: Checks and balances needed

There’s a deepening need in Canada to increase oversight into competition in our economy, as evidenced by the latest food-related scandal. Canada Bread, an arm of the Mexican multinational Groupo Bimbo, just agreed to pay a $50-million settlement for its part in a bread price-fixing scheme. It was a conspiracy that ran for 14 to

An air-fryer grilled cheese and ham sandwich. (Dempsters.ca)

Canada Bread fined $50 million over price-fixing

'Leniency' settlement follows breadmaker's guilty plea

A storied Canadian producer of bread and bakery products has a month to pay a $50 million fine for price-fixing in an ongoing federal probe which still has eyes on several major retailers. Ontario’s Superior Court on Wednesday sentenced Toronto-based Canada Bread Co. after the company pled guilty to four counts of fixing bread prices






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Canada Bread to shut Ben’s Bakery

The Canadian arm of Mexican baked goods giant Grupo Bimbo plans to wind down its Ben’s Bakery operations in Halifax starting this summer and close its plant in November. Canada Bread said Monday the sliced bread and English muffins made at its Halifax plant “can be produced at other bakeries in Atlantic Canada where there

(Dave Bedard photo)

Maple Leaf reduces Q4 loss, hikes dividend

Reuters — Meat processor Maple Leaf Foods reported a smaller, but still disappointing, quarterly loss on Thursday, as it worked through a plan to close older packing plants. Even so, the company will double its quarterly dividend to eight cents. CEO Michael McCain said the move reflected confidence in the business outlook. Maple Leaf, one