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[Reminder] Did you buy packaged bread from Loblaws between 2001 and 2021? Don't forget to claim compensation after the long awaited national settlement (paid via etransfer, no receipts required) (www.canadianbreadsettlement.ca)

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CBC News article for context

Any eligible Canadian resident who purchased packaged bread for their personal use — including bagged bread, buns, rolls, bagels, naan, English muffins, wraps, pita and tortillas — between 2001 and 2021 can claim compensation from the national settlement reached with Loblaw Companies Limited, and parent company George Weston Ltd.

Forms can be found online at CanadianBreadSettlement.ca for those living anywhere in Canada outside of Quebec as of Dec. 31, 2021, and at QuebecBreadSettlement.ca for those living within that province on that date. Claims have to be submitted by Dec. 12, 2025, both websites note.

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While the price-fixing allegations targeted other major grocers, including Sobeys, Walmart, Giant Tiger and Metro, only Loblaw and its parent company have agreed to a settlement. The others have denied the allegations.

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[-] khar21@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago

How on earth am I supposed to know the bread I bought 5+ years ago?

[-] rozodru@pie.andmc.ca 5 points 1 day ago

have you bought bread within the past 20 years? yes? at some point in those past 20 years did you buy bread from one of the many owned Loblaw chains? probably, so you're eligible.

Pretty much every Canadian did. So the payout from $500mil across like 20 years worth of Canadians...I imagine it's going to be less than the $25 gift card they gave previously. but meh, free money is free money.

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Did you buy bread products in the twenty year period from Loblaws? That should be easier to answer. It's not like they're asking for you to have kept paperwork.

If you bought groceries from any of their stores there's a good chance you did.

[-] Reannlegge@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago

Have you purchased bread from the chain? Maybe (no the answer is yes).

[-] khar21@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

It asks specifically what bread I bought, and I don't remember.

[-] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

It asks for the most recent bread purchase. Technically, it doesnt even have to be from the Loblaws family, although I don't know if putting anything else would disqualify you. It also doesn't say prior to 2022, so what you bought in the last week would also be correct. That makes it easier to answer, I suppose.