EDMONTON – Albertans are being squeezed at the checkout, with grocery prices continuing to climb and families struggling to buy groceries.

“Albertans are working hard and budgeting, and yet they’re still falling behind,” said Naheed Nenshi, Leader of the Official Opposition. “Alberta’s NDP is taking real action to make food more affordable and to help keep money in your pockets.”

Alberta’s New Democrats recently released the Alberta Affordability Agenda, which includes targeted actions to bring down grocery prices and increase fairness at the checkout.

The plan includes three key actions:

• Creating an independent grocery watchdog to track food prices, review complaints, and report publicly to improve transparency.
• Ending anti-competition grocery covenants that limit where new grocery stores and small food shops can open, increasing choice and competition.
• Introduce shrinkflation laws that require clear labels when products shrink in size but stay the same price.

“Albertans deserve to know they are paying fair prices at the grocery store,” said Marlin Schmidt, MLA for Edmonton-Goldbar and longtime grocery affordability advocate. “More competition and better transparency will help bring costs down.”

“While Danielle Smith and this UCP government has been focused on the wrong priorities, like separatism and picking fights over city noise bylaws, Alberta’s New Democrats are focused on helping you feed your family,” Nenshi said.

Alberta’s New Democrats will unveil more details in the coming months and add to the Alberta Affordability Agenda. More details can be found online at www.AlbertaNDP.ca.