A worker re-stocks shelves in the bakery and bread aisle at an Atlantic Superstore grocery in Halifax, Jan. 28, 2022.Kelly Clark/The Canadian Press
Canadians who have submitted claims for compensation under the Loblaw bread-fixing settlement are starting to see money appear in their bank accounts.
In 2024, Canada’s largest grocer, Loblaw Cos. Ltd., and its parent company, George Weston Ltd., agreed to pay $500-million to settle two class-action lawsuits over their role in a scheme to fix bread prices in Canada from 2001 to 2015.
Compensation was open to Canadian residents who bought packaged bread – at any grocery store in Canada, not just those owned by Loblaw – between Jan. 1, 2001 and Dec. 31, 2021.
According to the settlement claim’s website, Canadians could receive either $49.11 or $24.11, depending on if they participated in the $25 Loblaw Card Program in 2017.
We want to hear from people who received their compensation from the settlement about what they’re spending their money on. Did you put it towards paying off a pesky credit card debt? Add it to your weekly grocery budget? Or did you, like one Globe reporter, treat yourself to an over-the-top steak sandwich?
Share your plans in the box below, or send an email to audience@globeandmail.com.
Did you receive money from the Loblaw bread-fixing settlement? Let us know what you're spending your money on
For a future story, we want to hear from people who received their compensation from the Loblaw settlement about on what they’re spending their money on. Did you put it towards paying off a pesky credit card? Add it to your weekly grocery budget? Or did you, like one Globe reporter, treat yourself to a steak sandwich? Share your plans in the box below, or send an e-mail to audience@globeandmail.com.