Canadian residents who purchased packaged bread between 2001 and 2021 could be eligible to a slice of the $500-million settlement paid out by the Loblaw/Weston Group for their involvement in the bread price-fixing national class action suit.

On Thursday, Strosberg Wingfield Sasso LLP and Orr Taylor LLP announced the claims process had started after an Ontario judge approved the national class action settlement with Loblaw Cos. Ltd. (“Loblaw”) and its parent company George Weston Ltd. (“Weston”) earlier this year.

In the class-action lawsuit, the companies were accused of engaging in an industry-wide scheme to fix the price of packaged bread sold in Canada between 2001 and 2021.

Of the $500 million cash settlement to be paid out, $96 million has already been paid through Loblaw’s gift ca

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