Loblaw removes Folgers coffee from stores over ‘unjustified’ price hikes
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Loblaw said it decided to delist all Folgers products after talks with the coffee maker's manufacturer couldn't solve the impasse.
Shoppers at Loblaw Cos. Ltd.’s stores will soon no longer be able to get a coffee fix by purchasing Folgers-brand products after a pricing dispute prompted the grocer to pull them from its shelves.
In an email sent to retailers on Wednesday, Loblaw said it decided to delist all Folgers products after talks with the coffee maker’s manufacturer couldn’t solve the impasse.
“After several weeks of negotiations, we were unable to reach an agreement with the manufacturers of Folgers coffee regarding their significant and unjustified proposed price increases,” said the email signed by Loblaw category director Suren Theivakadacham and obtained by The Canadian Press.
“We are doing this because we are on the side of customers, and doing what we can to keep prices low … This decision to delist Folgers coffee reflects our commitment to providing value for customers by not accepting unreasonable cost increases that would hurt Canadians.”
The email contained an attached list of alternative coffee products the grocer offers as stores prepare to update their shelves.
The move comes as coffee prices continue to rise in Canada.
Last month, Statistics Canada reported the price of coffee and tea was up 13.4 per cent in April on a year-over-year basis — outpacing both the 3.8 per cent increase in the cost of groceries that month, as well as Canada’s overall inflation rate of 1.7 per cent.
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