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‘Unjustified’ Cost Increases Prompt Loblaw to Pull Folgers Coffee From Shelves
- Loblaw removed all Folgers coffee products from its shelves in early June 2025 due to a pricing dispute with the manufacturer in Canada.
- The dispute arose after Folgers' manufacturer, J.M. Smucker Co., proposed significant and unjustified cost increases amid sustained high green coffee prices and supply pressures.
- Loblaw claims it tried multiple times to resolve the issue but refused the cost hikes, citing concerns about passing unreasonable price increases to struggling Canadian consumers.
- Statistics Canada reported coffee and tea prices rose 13.4% year-over-year in April 2025 due to poor growing seasons, extreme weather, and a weak Canadian dollar increasing import costs.
- The removal of Folgers may cause short-term Folgers coffee shortages nationwide, while the manufacturer warns further price increases are likely amid ongoing cost pressures.
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Loblaw Pulls Folgers Coffee From Shelves Over ‘Unjustified’ Cost Increases
Shoppers at Loblaw Cos. Ltd.’s stores will soon no longer be able to get a coffee fix by purchasing Folgers-brand products after a pricing dispute prompted the grocer to pull them from its shelves. In an email sent to retailers on Wednesday, Loblaw said it decided to delist all Folgers products after talks with the coffee maker’s manufacturer couldn’t solve the impasse. “After several weeks of negotiations, we were unable to reach an agreement w…
Loblaw store customers will soon no longer be able to buy Folgers brand coffee, after a price dispute has prompted the grocer to remove it from its shelves.
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