Michelle Charles says she has worked six days a week at the Metro grocery store in Brantford, Ont. for the last 19 years.
Earlier this year, while Metro made record profits, Charles said, to make ends meet, she had to sell her home, where she lived for 27 years.
“I can’t afford to shop at Metro,” she said. “It’s ridiculous that I had to sell the house…honestly, I needed about $200 or more a week, and I probably could have kept the house.”
In 2022, Metro’s net earnings were $922 million, the highest profits the company has ever recorded in its history.
Charles, a single mom of
