The problem is that you can only analyze pricing at the retail level. At the retail level, prices can legally be set in any number of ways. For example, it is t

The problem is that you can only analyze pricing at the retail level. At the retail level, prices can legally be set in any number of ways. For example, it is totally legal to walk into a competitor’s store and set your prices accordingly. That’s all this metric will show. It also won’t show supply chain issues that make the Canadian grocery industry look the way it does. As an example, buy 100 head of cattle in western Canada and get the beef into a store. Are you having any luck finding a place to process it?