The grocer said it made $346.7 million in the three months ending July 1, with food same-store sales up 9.4 per cent due to high inflation and customers choosing to shop more at the grocer’s discount banners. (The Logic)

Talking point: The company’s latest results come as some of its frontline retail workers in the Greater Toronto Area continue to strike. Employees walked off the job on July 29 after rejecting a tentative collective agreement, and are calling for stable hours, better pay, and health and sick leave benefits, according to Unifor, a union whose Local 414 chapter represents 3,700 Metro workers. Unifor said in a tweet Wednesday that “it’s time for workers to get their fair share of … Metro’s record profits.” The company is “clearly disappointed with the current labour dispute,” CEO Eric La Flèche said in a statement, and it looks forward to a resolution that will re-open the 27 impacted stores “while ensuring the long-term competitiveness of our company.”