Property controls: Investigating a tool grocery chains use that can keep prices higher | Marketplace

Why are grocery prices so high, soaring well past the rate of inflation? One factor may be property controls, a powerful tool used by big grocers to block competition and control local markets across Canada. CBC’s Marketplace breaks down how it works, how it affects your wallet and how you can fight back — including by lowering your own grocery bill. #FoodPrices #Groceries #costofliving producer/director JENNY COWLEY KATIE PEDERSEN associate producer TOMI RAJI reporter CHRIS GLOVER editor JESSICA RUTHERFORD BENNY KOSHY camera JOHN LESAVAGE DAVE MacINTOSH NORMAN ARNOLD RUDI PAWLYCHYN MARC ROBICHAUD PATRICK LOUISEIZE MIKE ZIMMER art director DAVID ABRAHAMS special thanks LOUIS RIEL ARTS & TECHNOLOGY CENTRE social media producers CAROLINE GDYCZYNSKI KIT KOLBEGGER colour correction KYLE J. SMITH sound mix DANY TREMBLAY resource coordinator MARC CORMIER news rollout LAURA THOMPSON packaging editor BENNY KOSHY packaging producer MARY-ANN VENDITTI senior producer HEATHER EVANS executive producer NELISHA VELLANI first broadcast JANUARY 23, 2026 »»» Subscribe to CBC News to watch more videos: http://bit.ly/1RreYWS For breaking news, video, audio and in-depth coverage: https://www.cbc.ca/news Follow CBC News on TikTok:   / cbcnews   Subscribe to CBC News on Snapchat: https://bit.ly/3leaWsr Subscribe to CBC News on WhatsApp: https://www.whatsapp.com/channel/0029... Download the CBC News app for iOS: http://apple.co/25mpsUz Download the CBC News app for Android: http://bit.ly/1XxuozZ »»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»» For more than 80 years, CBC News has been the source Canadians turn to, to keep them informed about their communities, their country and their world. Through regional and national programming on multiple platforms, including CBC Television, CBC News Network, CBC Radio, CBCNews.ca, mobile and on-demand, CBC News and its internationally recognized team of award-winning journalists deliver the breaking stories, the issues, the analyses and the personalities that matter to Canadians.