The names on the outside are different, but most grocery stores are owned by the same companies — yet CTV News shopped around and found they charge significantly different prices for the same items.

Why are stores owned by the same companies charging different prices?

“Prices are often important signals of how **competition **is working.”

Um, what competition if we’re talking about stores owned by the same company? Competing against itself?

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