Agriculture committee  Okay. I'll take it back.

Agriculture committee  I firmly believe that customers show their trust. Every day, we do hundreds of thousands of transactions. We have a growing customer base, a growing loyal base. I think we've demonstrated to customers that we provide value, quality and a healthy, secure environment, and we provid

Agriculture committee  Yes, I believe we have the trust of consumers, and we fight every day to gain that trust and keep that trust.

Agriculture committee  Throughout fiscal year 2022, it went up every quarter. You have the official CPI numbers published by the government, but what we measure is what the customer is paying at the till. The customer doesn't buy a static index. The customer will take action, switch products and get pr

Agriculture committee  Are you saying going forward, or are you saying...?

Agriculture committee  That was for fiscal year 2022.

Agriculture committee  It varied. It was the high single digits to double digits, and sometimes the same supplier came several times during the year. It's across the range. As I said, we had a backlog of price request increases because of the pause we asked for. Now we have several thousand still to b

Agriculture committee  It varies. It deals with payment terms. It deals with participating in promotion campaigns. It's across a range. I don't want to throw a number out.

Agriculture committee  Yes, they are negotiated for sure. Sometimes we don't agree during negotiations or discussions, as our views may differ. However, we sit at the negotiating table and work to resolve our differences.

Agriculture committee  We told suppliers that we weren't going to accept higher prices during the holiday season, because our teams are busy with marketing and customer service. It's a very busy time of year, so we want to ensure stability in terms of cost and retail price. That's what I meant.

Agriculture committee  I've been with Metro for 10 years, and I can say that we've been doing it for several years.

Agriculture committee  Mr. Charlebois is entitled to his opinion. As for mine, I can tell you that it's a very competitive market and that we have to consider several players, including some big U.S. players: Walmart, Costco and others online, like Amazon. Food products are sold in many stores, includ

Agriculture committee  I think there are as many players for suppliers as there are for customers. We're not the biggest player, and we try to compete through tight negotiations. We don't always have the big end of the stick, as we say where I come from.

Agriculture committee  We support the code of conduct. Since the FTP agricultural working group was formed, we actively participated in the drafting of the code of conduct, so we believe that our relationship with suppliers is good. We support the code of conduct, and as I said, we've been an active pa

Agriculture committee  No, I think we nuanced it. What we said is that we don't accept price increases.... We don't want to process price increases from suppliers during the busy holiday period.