If you bought packaged bread in Canada sometime between 2001 and 2021, you may be entitled to a slice of a new, $500-million class-action lawsuit against Loblaw and Weston. Here’s what to know.

What was the bread price-fixing scandal?

In 2018, the Competition Bureau of Canada released court documents alleging that senior officials at Canada’s two largest bread makers, Canada Bread and Weston Bakeries, had made a secret agreement to artificially inflate the price of bread in this country. The bureau alleged that at least $1.50 was added to the price of a loaf of bread over at least 16 years.

Grocers alleged to be involved in the scheme included Loblaw Companies Ltd., Walmart Canada Corp., Sobeys Inc., Metro Inc. and Giant Tiger Stores Ltd.

In May, Loblaw and its parent company, George W

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