Scanner Accuracy
Canadian retailers are committed to accurate scanner pricing. Incorrect prices can result in poor customer relations and legal sanctions. Consequently many retailers are now implementing a variety of procedures that were developed to help achieve and maintain accurate scanner pricing.
The Scanner Price Accuracy Voluntary Code ("the Code") evolved from the collaborative efforts of Retail Council of Canada (RCC), the Canadian Association of Chain Drug Stores (CACDS), the Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers (CFIG), and the Canadian Council of Grocery Distributors (CCGD). These associations are composed of national, regional and local retailers selling a wide assortment of general merchandise, as well as pharmaceutical and food products.
This diversity in the Canadian retail environment underscores the advisability of a voluntary code that can be widely used.
The Scanner Price Accuracy Voluntary Code has been endorsed by the Competition Bureau.
Click here to view a list of CACDS signatories to the Scanner Accuracy Voluntary Code.
Click here to view the Scanner Accuracy Voluntary Code Cashier Document - English
Click here to view the Scanner Accuracy Voluntary Code Cashier Document - French
Click here to view the 2008 Scanner Accuracy Voluntary Code Annual Report
