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Who won, who lost in food price war? The prices are climbing back up, the chains are counting up losses, and Miracle Food Mart, the aggressor, lost most, analysts say [Incomplete]
Who won, who lost in food price war? The prices are climbing back up, the chains are counting up losses, and Miracle Food Mart, the aggressor, lost most, analysts say [Incomplete]

Who won, who lost in food price war? The prices are climbing back up, the chains are counting up losses, and Miracle Food Mart, the aggressor, lost most, analysts say [Incomplete]

Date2/24/1982
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Original Toronto Star caption: Who won, who lost in food price war? The prices are climbing back up, the chains are counting up losses, and Miracle Food Mart, the aggressor, lost most, analysts say [Incomplete]
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0015177F
      Joe Rinella proudly holds up some of the fresh produce that has helped lure a loyal band of customers to his Carlton Food Mart -- and enabled him to compete against the country-wide chains
      Joe Rinella proudly holds up some of the fresh produce that has helped lure a loyal band of customers to his Carlton Food Mart -- and enabled him to compete against the country-wide chains
      Spremo, Boris
      1/11/1978
      Group hysteria sparked the stock market's steep price declines two weeks ago, partly because financial analysts only talk to each other, says 42-year-old Peter Spark, newly elected president of Toronto Society of Financial Analysts
      Group hysteria sparked the stock market's steep price declines two weeks ago, partly because financial analysts only talk to each other, says 42-year-old Peter Spark, newly elected president of Toronto Society of Financial Analysts
      Ross, Fred
      6/4/1970
      Star food writer Anne Wanstall (left) who reported the falling prices during the supermarket war in November, explains why the food bill bas risen again in recent months
      Star food writer Anne Wanstall (left) who reported the falling prices during the supermarket war in November, explains why the food bill bas risen again in recent months
      Teskey, Frank
      6/21/1971
      Food prices are going up and city people will just have to get used to the idea, according to Ed Thompson, who farms 350 acres near Guelph. The farmer(...)
      Food prices are going up and city people will just have to get used to the idea, according to Ed Thompson, who farms 350 acres near Guelph. The farmer(...)
      Darrell, Dick
      5/30/1974
      The price freeze announced by six supermarket chains caught Tom Perrins, sign shop foreman for Steinberg's, unprepared so he pasted up one of the adve(...)
      The price freeze announced by six supermarket chains caught Tom Perrins, sign shop foreman for Steinberg's, unprepared so he pasted up one of the adve(...)
      Bezant, Graham
      11/21/1975
      Strategy session: David Cravit, left, of Saffer Cravit and Freedman, goes over some newspaper ads with Doug Stewart, vice-president of marketing for Miracle Food Mart, which fired the first volley in the war.
      Strategy session: David Cravit, left, of Saffer Cravit and Freedman, goes over some newspaper ads with Doug Stewart, vice-president of marketing for Miracle Food Mart, which fired the first volley in the war.
      Beaty, Keith
      12/7/1981
      Warehouse Shoe Mart's Jack Herman: 'With prices like these, who's complaining?'
      Warehouse Shoe Mart's Jack Herman: 'With prices like these, who's complaining?'
      Mahler, John
      7/20/1979
      Minding the store: Richard Davidson, Brewers' Warehousing Co. president, says permitting beer to be sold in grocery stores, as suggested by the provincial Liberals, could lead to lost jobs, as well as a rise in beer prices and increased social and ecologi
      Minding the store: Richard Davidson, Brewers' Warehousing Co. president, says permitting beer to be sold in grocery stores, as suggested by the provincial Liberals, could lead to lost jobs, as well as a rise in beer prices and increased social and ecologi
      Beaty, Keith
      1/10/1984
      Your friendly neighborhood restaurant is beginning to get squeezed by the big fast-food chains, says veteran real estate specialist Danny Givalas, above. Givalas has worked for the Johnny Longo real estate agency, on Danforth Ave. near Coxwell Ave., for 2
      Your friendly neighborhood restaurant is beginning to get squeezed by the big fast-food chains, says veteran real estate specialist Danny Givalas, above. Givalas has worked for the Johnny Longo real estate agency, on Danforth Ave. near Coxwell Ave., for 2
      Spremo, Boris
      7/10/1978
      Helping Hand: Miracle Food Mart Managers Peter Sgarbossa, left, and Aggie Fedrigo lend support to the Daily Bread Food Bank at Thorncliffe Market Place
      Helping Hand: Miracle Food Mart Managers Peter Sgarbossa, left, and Aggie Fedrigo lend support to the Daily Bread Food Bank at Thorncliffe Market Place
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      11/28/1989
      Toronto is second lowest of five cities in a survey of 35 basic food items, says Star reporter Marilyn Anderson, seen checking supermarket prices. The(...)
      Toronto is second lowest of five cities in a survey of 35 basic food items, says Star reporter Marilyn Anderson, seen checking supermarket prices. The(...)
      Anderson, Marilyn
      6/6/1978
      Miracle Food Mart
      Miracle Food Mart
      Bull, Ron
      8/24/1971