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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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Object NumberTSPA_0015177F
Miracle Food Mart
Miracle Food Mart
Bull, Ron
8/24/1971
Bad news: Signs at J. Michael's and Kristy Allan stores in the Eaton Centre yesterday signal catastrophe, analysts say
Bad news: Signs at J. Michael's and Kristy Allan stores in the Eaton Centre yesterday signal catastrophe, analysts say
Slaughter, Mike
12/10/1991
Johnvince: The jelly bellies are good and the shopping is easy at Johnvince, a wholesale-retail food mart in Downsview
Johnvince: The jelly bellies are good and the shopping is easy at Johnvince, a wholesale-retail food mart in Downsview
Bull, Ron
4/23/1980
Boots stores: These familiar drug stores will soon have a new name, as yet undecided, and Oshawa Group says the chain's employees will stay
Boots stores: These familiar drug stores will soon have a new name, as yet undecided, and Oshawa Group says the chain's employees will stay
McConnell, Colin
10/11/1988
Mrs. John Macdonald and son Gregory, 3, in miracle mart, Sign indicating single portions of meat are on sale is seen in background
Mrs. John Macdonald and son Gregory, 3, in miracle mart, Sign indicating single portions of meat are on sale is seen in background
Bull, Ron
3/2/1973
Pharmaceuticals Galore: A manufactureres' association official says Bill C-22 has kept prices down because producers know they'll have to contend eventually with a price monitoring board
Pharmaceuticals Galore: A manufactureres' association official says Bill C-22 has kept prices down because producers know they'll have to contend eventually with a price monitoring board
Beaty, Keith
2/9/1982
Out of luck since Dominion Stores shake-up are Joe Calderone, left, and Harold Pym, who began with the chain in 1952
Out of luck since Dominion Stores shake-up are Joe Calderone, left, and Harold Pym, who began with the chain in 1952
Griffin, Doug
3/25/1987
Erwin Zimmerman, manager of a Toronto health food store displays some of the many products bought by consumers who are rejecting modern foods processe(...)
Erwin Zimmerman, manager of a Toronto health food store displays some of the many products bought by consumers who are rejecting modern foods processe(...)
Ross, Fred
8/9/1972
John Cahall with some of Health Foods He Sells, People who are worried about chemical food additives shop in such stores
John Cahall with some of Health Foods He Sells, People who are worried about chemical food additives shop in such stores
Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
11/14/1972
Consumers are finding the prices are just too good to ignore
Consumers are finding the prices are just too good to ignore
Power, Peter
12/17/1992
Cross-border shopping, coupled with recession, put pressure on multinational manufacturers to bring Canadian prices of consumer electronics in line with those in the U.S.
Cross-border shopping, coupled with recession, put pressure on multinational manufacturers to bring Canadian prices of consumer electronics in line with those in the U.S.
Power, Peter
12/17/1992
Push-button prices
Push-button prices
Gardner, Scott
8/23/1989