Company
Metro Inc. is a Canadian supermarket and pharmacy chain headquartered in Montreal, operating in Quebec and Ontario under banners including Metro, Food Basics, Super C, and Jean Coutu, and is the third-largest grocer in Canada.
metro.caCBC News reporting on grocery-sector market concentration identifies Metro as one of the 'Big Five' grocery companies (with Loblaw, Sobeys, Costco and Walmart) that together control roughly 80% of Canada's grocery market. Ford publicly declined to ban 'surveillance pricing' in Ontario grocery stores in April 2026, leaving the dominant chains -- including Metro -- free to continue the practice without new provincial restriction.
$225M (Beer Store early-implementation payment)
Metro is a grocery chain that gained the ability to sell beer, wine, cider and ready-to-drink cocktails under Ford's accelerated 2024 alcohol retail expansion (which cost taxpayers up to $225M in an early-implementation payment to The Beer Store). CBC News reported Metro sits on the board of directors of the Retail Council of Canada, the industry lobby group (alongside Loblaw, Sobeys, Walmart and Costco) that pushed for the expansion.