"Price Guard to cap profits on the basics: Set a hard ceiling on retail margins for everyday essentials, including milk, eggs, cheese, butter, and poultry, which already have wholesale price management. This applies to corporate retailers only and prevents them from unfairly marking up food for customers and from reducing compensation for local farmers." — bcndp.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Stop them from blocking competition: Ban anti-competitive real estate deals and property controls that big grocery chains use to keep independent competitors and smaller food retailers from opening up shop in your neighbourhood and charging you higher prices." — bcndp.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13

"End their hidden price games: Mandate clear, consistent per-unit pricing on the shelf in all stores. This ensures transparent, honest pricing so corporations can't use deceptive "shrinkflation" to quietly hide price hikes on smaller packages." — bcndp.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Stop predatory surveillance pricing: Strengthen consumer protection and privacy laws to prohibit AI-powered algorithmic pricing. This ensures big corporations can't exploit your personal data and market power to unfairly manipulate and raise prices at the register." — bcndp.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Support smaller local grocery stores: Invest in local food infrastructure by partnering with Ottawa to build an independent, regional wholesale food terminal in the Lower Mainland. This would let smaller independent grocers bypass the giants' distribution chains, ensuring big supermarkets aren't the only option." — bcndp.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Create a network of public grocery stores. Starting with 20 stores and a distribution hub, with an investment of $100 million in upfront establishment costs, the Green Grocers will support BC agricultural and food sovereignty by selling fresh BC produce and staple products at affordable prices." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

"The stores will focus on providing BC farmers and planters with distribution and market access, while keeping costs on a basket of core goods 30% below market prices for consumers." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Work with groups studying public grocery stores across Canada to ensure the program is delivering the suggested benefits and provide lessons for other levels of government and other provinces." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Build public wholesaling and distribution to supply Green Grocers, schools and hospitals. With a 30% locally produced food mandate, this would meaningfully build BC’s food security, from farm to warehouse." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Seek matching funding from the National Food Security Strategy’s $1 billion Food-Link fund." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Provide a direct supply of groceries to institutional purchasers, including the BC Greens proposed universal school food program, to provide greater volumes and help lower prices." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Set a new standard for grocery transparency by making detailed information on purchasing costs and supply chains publicly available, providing greater insight into how grocery prices are set and where our food comes from." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13