06:19 AM EDT, 07/09/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Kruger Products, a company in which KP Tissue ( KPTSF ) owns a minority stake, overnight Monday said that beginning Sept. 2 it will raise the price of its consumer branded and private label tissue products sold in Canada.

The company said the price increase, which will be in the high single digits, is required to offset significant and rapidly escalating commodity costs and inflation.