Competition Bureau Seeks to Block Nortera Deal for Green Giant and Le Sieur Brands

The Competition Bureau is seeking to block Nortera Foods’ proposed deal to buy the Green Giant and Le Sieur brands of canned and frozen vegetables in Canada from U.S.-based B&G Foods. Nortera is already Canada’s dominant processor of certain canned and frozen vegetables under the Del Monte and Arctic Gardens brands, the bureau said. It has also been the exclusive producer of Green Giant and Le Sieur in Canada for 30 years and announced in October 2025 a deal to buy the brands. The agency said the deal to combine Nortera with its only major national brand competitor in an already highly concentrated market would lead to higher prices, fewer choices and less competition in the wholesale grocery supply.