Metro Inc.

• Metro doubles down on shift towards more discount grocery stores

  Metro Inc., the company behind Metro, Food Basics and Super C grocery store banners, says it plans to transition more Metro stores into Food Basics to offer more value.

  Consumer

  Aug 12
  
• Pharmacy sales helped boost Metro earnings in Q3, but profit fell

  Metro Inc. said grocery sales were up last quarter but profits were down as the company has warned about headwinds to its earnings amid the launch of new distribution centres.

  Canada

  Aug 14, 2024
  
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• Toronto area Metro workers ratify second tentative agreement after month long strike

  More than 3,700 workers had been on strike since July 29 after rejecting the first tentative agreement recommended by their bargaining committee.

  Canada

  Aug 31, 2023
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• Metro and Unifor return to bargaining table after court restricts union pickets

  The Montreal-based grocer says deliveries will resume and stores will be resupplied as soon as possible.

  Canada

  Aug 29, 2023
• Metro grocery seeks injunction against striking workers preventing deliveries to stores

  Metro Inc. says it's seeking an injunction against striking employees who are picketing its warehouses and preventing deliveries to stores in Ontario.

  Canada

  Aug 25, 2023
• Metro asks Labour Ministry for help reaching deal with striking GTA workers, Unifor

  The move comes two and a half weeks in to the job action by Metro workers represented by Unifor at 27 stores across the Greater Toronto Area.

  Canada

  Aug 17, 2023
• Metro joins grocer inflation pledges, says no supplier cost hikes over holidays

  The Montreal-based grocer says this is a long-standing practice at Metro to avoid retail price changes during the busiest time of the year.

  Consumer

  Oct 18, 2022
• Workers at Metro distribution centre off job in second grocery strike in 2 months

  Unifor says more than 900 full-time workers at Metro Inc.'s Toronto-area distribution centre are on strike after voting to reject a tentative agreement with the grocer.

  Canada

  Apr 4, 2022
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• Unifor reaches deal with Metro averting looming strike at grocery distribution centre

   Unifor says it has reached a tentative agreement with Metro Inc. covering more than 900 full-time workers at a Toronto-area distribution centre.

  Canada

  Apr 1, 2022
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• Dollarama workers call for resumption of pay raise amid COVID-19 pandemic

  Dollarama workers in Montreal are demanding higher pay and better working conditions after the retailer ended its temporary pay boost.

  Canada

  Aug 20, 2020