Beverage twist: Fruit juice with cold brew coffee
Ocean Spray Cranberries Inc. is taking beverage innovation to a new level with the launch…
Weston Foods shuttering Cobourg, Ontario bakery
Weston Foods plans to close its Cobourg, Ont., facility in the second half of 2020. In a…
Fruiticana set to open two grocery stores in 2020
B.C. fruit and vegetable grocer Fruiticana plans to expand its 18-store empire with two…
U.S. food association FMI rebrands to reflect broader focus
U.S. food organizataion FMI has created a new identify: FMI - The Food Industry…
Costco, No Frills top halal consumer shopper destinations: Study
Canadian halal shoppers are increasingly doing their shopping at Costco and No Frills,…
Ocado to introduce driverless vehicles, robots for grocery delivery
Ocada CEO Tim Steiner says the company plans to invest in driverless technology and…
Canada to launch multi-million dollar ‘Buy Canadian’ food marketing campaign
The federal government plans to roll out a five-year, multi-million dollar "Buy Canadian"…
Rachelle Bery launches first Ontario store
Rachelle Bery is opening its natural health products store in Ontario. The opening marks…
Aurora Importing & Distributing wins Top Choice award
Aurora Importing & Distributing has been named the Top Choice Importing Company of 2020…
Empire Company banners to remove plastic bags by end of January
Empire Company grocery banners Sobeys, Safeway, FreshCo, IGA and Foodland plan to remove…
Starbucks opens pickup-only location in Toronto
Starbucks plans to open a pickup-only store in downtown Toronto in February. The store…
Instacart rolls out new grocery pickup experience
Instacart has announced a new Instacart Pickup product and the appointment of Instacart…
Nielsen builds on retail, CPG analytics with Precima buy
Nielsen Global Connect has acquired merchandising and analytics solutions business…
Walmart expands robotic workforce in the U.S. to 650 stores
Walmart plans to add shelf-scanning robots to 650 more stores in the U.S. by the end of…
Package-free pop up “bare market” opens permanent location
bare market plans to open its first permanent retail location in Toronto. bare market…
WORD ON THE STREET: Walmart and other U.S. grocers eyeing GrubHub purchase
Walmart, Kroger, Albertsons and Ahold-Delhazie have considered acquiring food delivery…
Costco December global sales rise 11%
Costco Wholesale Corp. December 2019 sales were $17.04 billion, an increase of 10.5 per…
Post Foods Canada, Tim Hortons launch Timbits flavoured cereal
Post Foods Canada and Tim Hortons have partnered to create two new breakfast cereals.…
Lassonde completes $89.3 million Sun-Rype Products acquisition
Lassonde Industries has completed its acquisition of fruit-based snack and beverage…
Save-On-Foods' Blendle Scott retires
Blendle “Scotty” Scott retired as executive vice president on December 31, 2019 after a…
Loblaw to close two distribution centres, expand Cornwall facility
Loblaw Companies Limited will be eliminating close to 800 jobs following its announcement…
T&T Supermarkets to close downtown Toronto store, launches online shopping
T&T Supermarkets is closing its Cherry Street location in downtown Toronto, but to…
PC Optimum scam tells members accounts are at risk
A text message phishing scam has targeted Loblaw Companies Limited PC Optimum members…
UNIFOR announces boycott of all Co-op retail outlets
Locked-out workers at a Regina, Sask., refinery have called for a boycott of Federated…
Pusateri’s donates $19,000 to the Daily Bread Food Bank
Pusateri’s plans to donate $19,000 to the Daily Food Bank. The grocer forged a…
Loblaw partners with Newfoundland independent to expand grocery offerings
Loblaw Companies Limited has partnered with a Newfoundland-based grocery store, Bidgood’s…
WATCH: Beyond Meat CEO says more to come in the “poultry space”
Beyond Meat Chief Executive Officer Ethan Brown says “You’ll see some exciting things…
Metro Montreal locations launch food waste app
Five Metro locations in Montreal are piloting an anti-food waste app developed by…
Retail Council of Canada Leaders in Retail breakfast series
Diane Brisebois, second from right, with Loblaw Customer Executive team from left: Garry…
Canadian produce group addresses plastic packaging in new report
The Canadian Produce Marketing Association (CPMA) has released a report to address…
Walmart Canada opens 450,000 sq ft distribution centre
Walmart Canada, in partnership with SCI, has opened its 450,000 sq ft distribution…
Empire Company Q2 2020: Solid results on top line growth
Empire Company Limited reported solid second quarter fiscal 2020 results with same-store…
Walmart Canada creates 15 business apps for employees
Walmart Canada is on a mission to innovate and part of this effort is providing its…
WATCH: How Wayne Gretzky met Tim Horton
The Autograph tells the true story of how a young Wayne Gretzky visited a newly opened…
Walmart testing autonomous grocery delivery in the U.S.
Walmart in the U.S. has partnered with robotics company Nuro to pilot a program for…
Farm Boy to expand with 10 new Ontario locations
Farm Boy's rapid expansion continues with the grocery retailer announcing plans to open…
Metro sells MissFresh to Montreal's Cook it
Metro Inc. has announced it is selling MissFresh to Cook it, a Montreal ready-to-cook…
Farm Boy opens Burlington, Ont. store
Farm Boy has opened a store in Burlington, Ont., a 23,000+ sq ft location. Farm Boy has…
Cardinal Meat talks "protein" at Women in Food Industry Management event
The Women In Food Industry Management held its annual holiday gala and educational…
Summerhill Market expands with 3rd store, plans for 4th
Summerhill Market has opened its third store in Toronto’s Annex neighbourhood and plans…
Dollarama Q3: 5.3% same-store sales increase
Shoppers spent more at Dollarama stores with third quarter fiscal 2020 same-store sales…
Calgary Food & Drug Executives' Santa "Cause" supports charities
Members of the Calgary Food and Drug Executives (CFDE) celebrated the 19th Annual Santa…
Empire rolls out sensory friendly shopping at 450+ stores across Canada
More than 450 stores within the Empire Company family of brands have rolled out weekly…
Vince’s Market opens new, larger store in Sharon, Ont.
Vince’s Market has opened a 14,700 sq ft store in Sharon, Ont., the site of its original…
Hostess to acquire Voortman Cookies in $432 M deal
Hostess Brands Inc. plans to acquire Voortman Cookies Ltd. from Swander Pace Captial for…
Gay Lea Foods, Dairy Farmers of Ontario partner on holiday campaign
Gay Lea Foods Co-operative Ltd. in partnership with the Dairy Farmers of Ontario, plans…
Loblaw building new meal solutions unit
Loblaw Companies Limited is creating a new division to address shoppers’ changing grocery…
KPMG says retailers must revitalize loyalty programs
KPMG International has released a report based on a global survey examining retailer…
Quebec IGAs giving shoppers deep discounts on near-expired food
IGA grocery stores in Quebec have officially launched an app that helps shoppers save…
Uber expands grocery delivery into Canada
As Uber further expands into Canada, it has taken a majority stake in Chile-based grocery…
A mediocre Christmas? Retail sales growth continues to languish
Canadian retail sales growth isn’t picking up, according to Statistics Canada figures. On…
Save-On-Foods opens new Richmond, B.C. store
Save-On-Foods' Steveston store ribbon cutting Save-On-Foods has opened a new store in…
Loblaw launches online marketplace, expands offerings
Loblaw Companies Limited is extending the assortment and convenience of PC Express with…
Shoppers Drug Mart expands fresh offering
Diane Brisebois, president and CEO of the Retail Council of Canada with Jeff Leger…
Longo’s in Liberty Village: Innovating the grocery store experience
Longo's new Liberty Village store Longo’s has opened a new store in the popular and…
George Weston Q3 results surpass analyst expectations
Improved performance at Loblaw Companies Limited, an income tax expense decrease and…
Save-On-Foods launches "Million Dollar Touchdown" contest
Save-On-Foods has launched a contest for customers that could see one person win $1…
Metro Inc. Q4: Same-store sales for food, pharmacy up 7.4%
Metro Inc. ended its fiscal year on a positive note with profit in the fourth quarter…
Grocery Foundation kicks off Toonies for Tummies 2020 campaign
The Grocery Foundation kicked off the 2020 Tooonies for Tummies campaign today and…
Pentola d’Oro awards for Gus Longo and Loblaw's Frank Gambioli
ICCO Unico Primo Pentolo d'Oro 2019 award recipients The Italian Chamber of Commerce of…
OPMA shines light on Ontario produce industry excellence
OPMA celebrates produce industry at 28th Annual Gala and Awards ceremony The Ontario…
Walmart Canada and DLT Labs launch blockchain supply chain solution
Walmart Canada has teamed up with Toronto-based blockchain technology provider DLT Labs…
Galen Weston cuts ribbon at launch of Eataly's first Canadian location
Upscale Italian food merchant Eataly opened its massive three-floor ‘grocerant’ in…
Amazon expands store footprint with lockers, counters
Amazon continues to transform the look and operation of its stores with features like Hub…
Premium Brands makes three seafood acquisitions
Canadian food conglomerate Premium Brands has made three seafood-related deals totalling…
WATCH: Walgreens may get scooped up in largest private equity deal in history
In what would be the largest-ever private takeover, U.S. pharmacy giant Walgreens could…
Tech startups join race against Amazon Go for cashierless shopping
AiFi is also testing its autonomous system in eight nanostores in Europe and Shanghai.…
Saskatchewan Safeway workers ratify collective agreement for FreshCo switch
Workers at four Safeway stores in Saskatoon and Regina have reached a new collective…
Loblaw third quarter profit, revenue up
Slowing traffic in its stores over the last few months didn’t keep Loblaw Companies Ltd.…
Maple Leaf converts to carbon-neutral operation
Maple Leaf Foods says it is converting its operations to carbon-neutral, effective…
Costco October sales up 6.8%
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Agropur reviews Canadian operations
Agropur Cooperative is carrying out an organizational review to increase the…
Calgary Co-op acquires Community Natural Foods
Calgary Co-op has acquired the retail business of Community Natural Foods. “With more…
Inabuggy expands GTA retail partnerships
Canadian on-demand grocery delivery service Inabuggy has expanded its retail partners in…
Organic Garage wins COTA 2019 Organic Retailer of the Year Award
Organic Garage Ltd. has been named the Canadian Organic Trade Association (COTA) Organic…
Grocery Ideas: Hershey launches interactive bake shop for consumers
Grocery retailers take note: Hershey is opening Canada's first Hershey's Kitchens in…
Pentola d’Oro 2019 award recipients announced
The Italian Chamber of Commerce of Ontario (ICCO) has announced the 2019 recipients of…
Sobeys to donate public seating made from recycled plastic bags
The Ultimate Picnic Table. Photo: Sobeys Inc. Sobeys plans to divert 720,000 plastic bags…
Federated Co-op adopts Egg Quality Assurance certification mark
Egg Farmers of Canada is partnering with Federated Co-operatives (FCL) to launch the Egg…
Sungiven Foods launches in Vancouver
Asian grocery brand Sungiven Foods is set to open the first of three new retail stores at…
Amazon to offer U.S. Prime members free grocery delivery
Amazon says it is going to make its grocery delivery service free for Prime members in…
Lassonde subsidiaries acquire Sun-Rype Products
Lassonde Industries Inc. has announced that two of its subsidiaries have entered into an…
First PC Express standalone store opens in Toronto
PC Express, the President’s Choice click-and-collect service, has opened its first…
Bulk Barn and Instacart expand delivery across Canada
Canada’s largest bulk food retailer, Bulk Barn, has partnered with Instacart to offer…
Del Fresco wins "Grow South Essex" Award
DelFresco Pure at the "Grow South Essex" Awards: (L to R) Jim Papaehthimiou, Anthony…
Calgary Co-op to eliminate single-use plastic bags from food stores
Calgary Co-op plans to phase out all single-use plastic bags from food store locations by…
Mucci Farms wins sustainable packaging award
Mucci Farms was awarded the top prize for Best Sustainable Packaging at the PMA’s Fresh…
57th Annual Canadian Independent Grocer of the Year Awards
The 2019 Arnold Rands Heritage Award: Colemans, Corner Brook, NL The 57th Annual Canadian…
Sobeys pilots Smart Cart
Sobeys is bringing the Sobeys Smart Cart, an intelligent shopping cart, to Canadian…
Fresh Del Monte Produce releases Sustainability Report
Hans Sauter, vice president, corporate QA, R&D and agricultural services for Fresh Del…
Eataly announces opening date of its Toronto store
Eataly will open its first Canadian store on November 13. The company made the…
Montana’s expands into grocery channel
Montana’s BBQ & Bar restaurant chain has joined a growing number of restaurants offering…
Uber is getting into online grocery delivery in Canada
With last week’s announcement that it is buying a majority stake in Cornershop, rideshare…
Flow Alkaline Spring Water wins at 2019 Global Bottled Water Awards
Flow Alkaline Spring Water has been named Best Flavored Water (cucumber + mint) and Best…
October 16 – World Food Day
Wednesday, October 16, 2019 was World Food Day. An initiative of the Food and Agriculture…
Loblaw named a 2019 Brand of the Year by strategy magazine
The marketing magazine strategy has named Loblaw as one of its 2019 Brands of the Year.…
Walmart’s newest location focuses on innovation
FAST Lane enhancements... Walmart Canada has unveiled a number of technology enabled…
Calgary Co-Op to redevelop stores for mixed use
Calgary Co-op is investing $2.25 billion in new and refreshed facilities. The investment…
WATCH: Loblaw unites around Thanksgiving
Loblaw has launched a new ad spot in its “Food Lovers Unite” masterbrand platform. The ad…
"Big Social" national nutrition campaign launched
Community Food Centres Canada (CFCC) has launched “The Big Social,” a new national…
ShopperArmy.ca launches cancer fundraising campaign
ShopperArmy.ca, one of Canada’s newest cash back and product delivery websites, has…
FCL invests $500K to bring Saskatchewan food to Western Canadian market
Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL) is celebrating Agriculture Month in Saskatchewan by…
Carol Stewart receives 2019 FCPC Award of Distinction
Food & Consumer Products of Canada (FCPC) presents its 2019 Award of Distinction to Carol…
Empire Co. to sponsor Team Canada
Empire Co. has signed a partnership with the Canadian Olympic Committee, becoming the…
Costco quarterly sales up 5.1 per cent
Costco Wholesale has reported its financial results for the fourth quarter of fiscal…
The new issue of Grocery Business is here!
The September/October issue of Grocery Business has arrived! In this issue you can find…
Metro announces 2019 customer experience award winners
Metro Plus, Messier Mascouche, Quebec At its 2019 Annual Awards Conferences held in…
Patrick Pelliccione named to Order of the Star of Italy
Patrick Pelliccione, president of Jan K Overweel, has been awarded the Commander of the…
Loblaw checks in on simpler labels
Loblaw Companies Ltd. says a recent survey confirms that most Canadians want to see…
Save-On-Foods sets up "More Rewards" as separate division
As part of extensive changes at the senior executive level, Save-On-Foods has rolled out…
Food Basics opens Hamilton, Ontario store
Food Basics celebrated the opening of its seventh store in Hamilton, ON at the end of…
Amazon preparing to launch new grocery business
Amazon is planning to open dozens of new grocery stores separate from its Whole Foods…
Save-on-Foods announces executive changes
Save-On-Foods has named Jamie Nelson, formerly vice president of retail, as its new…
What's hot in the prepared foods and deli department
Facts, figures and trends from IDDBA's What's In Store 2019 report. Deli Department…
Amazon cuts Whole Foods prices
Amazon has made several price cuts to reduce the differential between Whole Foods prices…
Choice Properties REIT sells 30 properties for $426 M
Choice Properties Real Estate Trust (REIT) has announced that it is selling 30 Loblaw…
Metro joins Royal Agricultural Winter Fair to promote local food
“Spotlight on Local Presented by Metro,” the biggest addition to the Royal Agricultural…
Metro starts work on Ontario distribution network modernization
Metro’s Carmen Fortino, executive vice president, Ontario division head and national…
Loblaw, McCain, Danone among founders of biodiversity coalition
Loblaw Companies, McCain Foods and Danone are part of a new business-led initiative to…
CFIG honours 2019 Life Member and Spirit of the Independent award recipients
L to R: Joey Longo; Michel Manseau; Tom Barlow The Canadian Federation of Independent…
Video: Cutting Edge Innovator Award: Promoting health and wellness
Mike Rose, director, category management at Metro Ontario Inc,. was named Grocery…
Couche-Tard aims to be key player in cannabis market
Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. says it wants to be a key player in the North American…
Shoppers Drug Mart announces home delivery in 8 Canadian cities
In partnership with Instacart, Shoppers Drug Mart has launched same-day home delivery in…
Watch: Walmart Canada doubles down on fashion with new George collection
Walmart Canada has launched its new 2019 Fall Apparel Collection with a series of public…
Longo’s opens new Toronto-area store
Longo’s has opened its newest store in the suburban Toronto community of Newmarket.…
Dollarama profit up 2% in Q2 2020
Discount store operator Dollarama Inc. recorded a two per cent rise in profit for the…
WATCH: Sobeys introduces sensory friendly shopping in Ontario
Sobeys stores across Ontario are adopting twice-a-week “sensory-friendly shopping” hours.…
Indigo Natural Products merges with New Age Marketing
Indigo Marketing Inc. and New Age Marketing and Brand Management Ltd. have concluded the…
Vince’s Market introduces BPA and BPS-free cash register receipts
Photo: Vince's Market Vince’s Market has switched to using cash register rolls that are…
Jim Slomka marks a remarkable 40 years in CPG
Well known CPG veteran Jim Slomka celebrated his impressive 40-year career in the…
Rabba presents $15,000 to Mississauga Food Bank
Rabba Fine Foods held its 24th annual golf tournament on September 9 at the Brampton Golf…
Empire first quarter earnings up nearly 34%, profits up 9.8%
Empire Company Ltd. reported adjusted net earnings of $133.9 million for the first…
Metro opens new store in North York, ON
L to R: Nick Giorgio, store manager; Paul Green, district manager, Naomi Tebeka, Chasdei…
Giant Tiger launches loyalty program
GT VIP, Giant Tiger’s first loyalty program, has been launched across Ontario. GT VIP was…
Highbury Canco, Kraft Heinz Canada renew agreement
Highbury Canco has renewed its agreement with Kraft Heinz Canada to produce a range of…
WATCH: No Name name checks itself in new campaign
Loblaw’s No Name discount private label brand has launched a short commercial that plays…
Couche-Tard announces Q1 2020 results
For the first quarter of fiscal 2020, Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. has reported net…
WATCH: Bank of Canada balks on rate cutting
The Bank of Canada is continuing to resist pressure to ease monetary policy by cutting…
Rabba celebrates C-Store Day with fundraiser and visit from MPPs
L-R: Rabba manager Ramez Guirguis, Rabba president Rick Rabba, Parliamentary assistant to…
Food Basics celebrates newest Ontario store opening
Food Basics has opened its newest store in Port Hope, ON The new location features more…
Inabuggy launches delivery service in Edmonton
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IDDBA What’s In Store: trendspotting
Facts, figures and trends from IDDBA’s What’s In Store 2019 report. Snacking is meal…
IGA customers can now bring reusable containers
Starting later this month, shoppers at IGA stores will be able to bring reusable…
Gatineau, Quebec food co-op may have to close
Marché de l’Outaouais in Gatineau, Que. faces the possibility of closing down thanks to…
Asian grocer Sungiven expands into Canada
Sungiven Foods Canada Inc., a subsidiary of Xiamen Sungiven Foods of Xiamen, China, has…
Longo’s launches Pronto Eats
Grocery Business stopped into Longo’s newest store format, Pronto Eats, at the Hudson’s…
New chips feature a favourite Manitoba flavour
A dipping sauce that is unique to Manitoba has inspired a new chip flavour from Federated…
Grocers urged to ban receipts containing BPA or BPS chemicals
A group of health, labour and environmental organizations has issued a call to Canadian…
After a 37-year career, Stephen Peers retires
Veteran CPG executive Stephen Peers has retired after more than 37 years in the industry.…
Longo's to introduce Pronto Eats store concept at Toronto’s Hudson's Bay Centre
On Monday, August 26 Longo’s will launch Pronto Eats, its latest store concept, inside…
Metro Ontario joins SkipTheDishes to deliver meals
Metro Ontario has joined forces with food delivery company SkipTheDishes to begin…
From the Magazine: Exit Interview with Paul Del Duca
From our July/August 2019 issue: Exit Interview with Paul Del Duca, the recently retired…
Produce Manager News: Canadian greenhouse grower Mastronardi launches indoor farm project
Mastronardi Produce Ltd., based in Kingsville Ont., has teamed with global entrepreneur…
Produce Manager News: Mucci Farms expanding with Orangeline acquisition
Mucci Farms CEO Bert Mucci (left) and Orangeline Farms founder Duffy Kniaziew Mucci Farms…
Kitchener Sobeys among winners of 2018 Ontario Foodland Retailer Awards
Ontario’s Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs has honoured the winners of the…
Walmart Canada and Instacart expand on-demand grocery delivery
Walmart Canada and Instacart have expanded on-demand grocery delivery from 200 Walmart…
Heinz Ketchup and Ed Sheeran trade tattoos
UK singer/songwriter Ed Sheeran, who starred in a recent ad for Heinz Ketchup and…
Metro ramps up tech investment
For the third quarter of fiscal 2019, Metro Inc. has reported sales of $5.23 billion, up…
Longo’s recognized with Foodland Ontario Award
The Longo’s location in Mount Pleasant – Brampton, ON has won Foodland Ontario’s…
Attention brokers, distributors and retailers: USDA trade mission
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is sponsoring a trade mission to…
PHOTO OF THE WEEK: FreshCo's Ontario makeover
Have you noticed your FreshCo is changing? The retailer is launching an aggressive…
Couche-Tard closes cannabis deal
Alimentation Couche-Tard has announced the closing of a strategic investment deal in…
Canadian Tire snaps up 65 Party City stores
In a $174.4 million transaction, Canadian Tire has acquired Party City’s Canadian…
Calgary Co-op selects Save-On-Foods as its food distributor
In a memo to vendors, Calgary Co-op (CCL) has announced that it will begin buying food…
Costco Canada’s July sales up +4%
Costco reported net sales of $11.43 billion for the retail month of July. For the 48-week…
Grocers listening as virtual assistants herald voice commerce
Voice recognition may be the next big thing in retail, and it is being driven by the…
Horizon Distributors announces restructuring of Horizon Group
Horizon Distributors Ltd. has announced that the Horizon Group of Companies is being…
Greater Victoria grocers join forces to end hunger
Five grocery store operators in Victoria, BC, have joined up to fight hunger, raising…
Continuing Ontario expansion, Farm Boy announces Newmarket location
Farm Boy has announced its next location in Newmarket, Ontario. The new store will be in…
Calgary Co-op to eliminate plastic bags from liquor, convenience stores
A compostable shopping bag program at Calgary Co-op has been so successful the retailer…
Just Eat bought by Takeaway.com, creating food delivery giant
Britain's Just Eat and Takeaway.com of the Netherlands plan to join up to create a…
Lassonde to represent Diamond Estates with Canadian grocery and convenience stores
Lassonde Industries Inc. has acquired 36.9 million common shares in the capital of…
Amazon could be planning grocery business beyond Whole Foods
Amazon may be considering opening a new grocery business that extends beyond its Whole…
PHOTO OF THE WEEK: Meeting a hockey legend
This week, Montreal Canadiens legend Guy Lafleur dropped by scenic Niagara-on-the-Lake ON…
Sobeys to eliminate plastic bags by end of January 2020
Sobeys Inc. has announced that it will remove plastic grocery bags from all of its…
Sobeys supports employee with autism who wrote book
Sobeys is partnering with Michael Jacques, an employee with autism and intellectual…
Farm Boy announces new Ontario location
Farm Boy announced this week that it will be opening a store in Newmarket, ON next…
Empire announces four Saskatchewan FreshCo locations
Empire Co. has announced the next four locations for the expansion of its FreshCo…
WATCH: Online grocery shopping in Quebec is growing
Food subscriptions and online grocery shopping are becoming more popular in Quebec.…
Specialty grocery store part of plans for Winnipeg food hall
True North Real Estate Development (TNRED) says a first-of-its-kind epicurean grocery…
World’s first underground automated grocery delivery centre
A parking garage in Tel Aviv, Israel, is the site of the world’s first underground…
Food Basics opens newest location in Ontario
Food Basics has opened its newest location in Tecumseh, ON, near Windsor. At more than…
Shoppers Drug Mart leads Loblaw sales higher in second quarter
Loblaw Companies Ltd. has reported its financial results for the second quarter of 2019.…
Metro Ontario workers get higher wages, more jobs in new contract
Metro Ontario Inc. workers will be getting wage increases and adding 45 additional full…
WATCH: Fresh food prices soar in June
Statistics Canada reports that while overall price increases fell to two per cent in…
Danone hosts Celebrity Pancake Challenge for Breakfast Club
At this year’s Calgary Stampede, Danone Canada hosted a special Celebrity Pancake…
FreshCo opens two Vancouver Chalo! stores
Sobeys brand FreshCo has opened two new Chalo! FreshCo stores in Metro Vancouver. The…
Metro pilots discount program to combat food waste
Metro has launched a program to sell products nearing their expiry date at a 30 per cent…
WATCH: Food4Kids thanks Grocery Foundation
Ontario children’s food charity Food4 has created a video thanking the Grocery Foundation…
Imported wine good to go in B.C. grocery stores
The provincial government in B.C. has changed the rules to allow licensed grocery stores…
Most Canadians support a ban on single-use plastics: poll
A new Nanos Research survey has found that Canadians are heavily in favour of a ban on…
Hope Blooms plants seeds of change in Toronto
Loblaw has announced an extension of its partnership with social enterprise Hope Blooms.…
Shawn Mendes and manager invest in Flow
Canadian singer-songwriter Shawn Mendes and his manager Andrew Gertler have announced a…
Cara Keating promoted to president, PepsiCo Foods Canada
Cara Keating, currently vice president of customer development at PepsiCo Foods Canada,…
Couche-Tard raises $70,000 for flooding victims
Pascal Mathieu, vice president, Québec, Canadian Red Cross and Sophie Provencher, VP of…
McCain backs plant-based chicken nugget startup
McCain Foods is investing US$7 million in a new startup that is bringing to market what…
Farm Boy to keep Ottawa’s Rideau Bakery alive
Farm Boy has announced that it has agreed to purchase the assets of Ottawa’s Rideau…
Pop-up zero waste grocery concept secures first permanent space
bare market, a new pop-up zero-waste grocery concept, is set to open its first permanent…
WATCH: Giant Tiger continues Canadian store expansion
L-R New Giant Tiger president Paul Wood; Gloucester-Southgate Councillor Diane Deans;…
New president named at Giant Tiger
Paul Wood (left) and Thomas Haig Paul Wood has been named to succeed Thomas Haig as…
Francois J. Coutu celebrates retirement
From left: Francois Lavigne, Carlton Cards; Francois J. Coutu of Jean Coutu with a…
Alimentation Couche-Tard Q4 and FY2019 results
Net profit for Alimentation Couche-Tard in fiscal year 2019 increased 10 per cent to…
La Coop fédérée to acquire F. Ménard pork and milling assets
Management of La Coop fédérée, its Olymel and Sollio Agriculture divisions and…
Vince’s Market 2019 scholarship recipients
From left: scholarship recipients Samantha McGuire and Jackson Enright with Vince’s…
CPMA Half Your Plate partners with hockey Olympians
The CPMA has announced a new partnership with Olympic hockey gold medallists Rebecca…
Safeway launches new CFL sponsorship
Safeway has announced a new sponsorship of the Canadian Football League (CFL) in Western…
Kraft Heinz closes sale of Canadian natural cheese business
Kraft Heinz Co. has announced the closing of the previously announced sale of its…
Dollarama acquires 50.1% interest in Latin American value retailer
Dollarama has entered into a definitive stock purchase agreement to acquire a 50.1 per…
Empire profit, sales up; Project Sunrise set to beat targets
Empire Co. has posted its results for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2019. Gross profit…
Costco opens largest warehouse club in Canada
Left to right: Pierre Riel, senior vice president and general manager, Costco Wholesale…
Milestones: Dave Cardy celebrates anniversary
Dave Cardy, chairman and CEO of A.S. May, has celebrated 40 years of service with the…
Milestones: Jim Bryson retires from Metro
Jim Bryson's retirement party at Astoria Restaurant Jim Bryson, a director of…
Jan K. Overweel hosts Tuscan cheese making seminar
Stefano Sarti, Il Forteto sales director, discussing the art of making Tuscan pecorino…
Networking in Niagara with the OPMA
Nicole and Joseph Commella, Fancy Pak Brand and Frank Spagnuolo, Loblaw Companies Ltd.…
Empire banners double up on Toonies4Tummies campaign
Gabby Nobrega, The Grocery Foundation, Jacquelin Weatherbee, director, external…
Rabba supports U of T student housing festival
Rabba Fine Foods has announced its fifth year of support for the annual Rooftop Festival…
Foodland employee receives heroism medal
Ryan McIIwain, right, with Foodland Lakefield store co-owner Ross Bletsoe. McIlwain…
Longo’s launches meal-based shopping
Longo’s is piloting a new meal-based shopping model at a downtown Toronto store. The…
DCI Business Summit Star Awards celebrates independent grocers
From left: DCI presenter Melissa Lynne-Schaffer; Dave Powell, Atlantic Grocery…
Metro teams up with Royal Agricultural Winter Fair
The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair has announced a partnership with Metro Ontario grocery…
Giant Tiger breaks ground on new Ottawa headquarters
Giant Tiger has officially broken ground on a new Ottawa, Ont. headquarters and flagship…
Shoppers Drug Mart offers same-day delivery in Ontario
Shoppers Drug Mart has launched same-day home delivery in Ontario in partnership with…
Flow Alkaline Spring Water partners with Gwyneth Paltrow
Flow Alkaline Spring Water is partnering with Gwenyth Paltrow, goop CEO and founder for…
Amazon Canada launches credit card to reward Prime members
Amazon Canada in partnership with TD and Mastercard, has launched a new credit card that…
Is Walmart offering $98/year grocery delivery?
Walmart in the US is reportedly offering $98 per year “Delivery Unlimited” subscription.…
Rising cost of food will be key election issue: report
Nine out of ten Canadians are worried about rising foods prices and a majority say food…
Golden Pencil 2019 recipients: Christian Bourbonnière, Cheryl Smith and Tom Barlow
The Food Industry Association of Canada has announced the recipients of the 2019 Golden…
Farm Boy continues expansion with new St. Catharines, Ont. location
Farm Boy has announced plans to open its newest store in St. Catharines, Ont. in early…
Dollarama growing again: Q1 2020
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Campbell launches sale of Bolthouse Farms
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WATCH: Walmart adds robot janitors to its stores
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Uber Eats seeks a grocery lead in Toronto
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Costco may be planning huge new Winnipeg store
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Cyber Monday single biggest shopping day in Amazon history
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Nesters Market opens new store in Vancouver
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Maple Leaf Foods to build $660 M Ontario plant
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Grocery industry cooks up breakfast for high school students
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Loblaw test launches self-checkout app
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Sixth annual Pentola d’Oro gala and awards
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Canadian grocery shopping habits fragmented: study
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Walmart pilots fully autonomous grocery delivery
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Keurig Canada among top 100 employers
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Winnipeg’s last Extra Foods becomes a No Frills
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Canada sends strong team to Fruit Logistica 2019
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Cannabis to change the game for food and beverages
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Kellogg announces major changes to North American business
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Walmart Canada ramps up self-checkout, scales back scan and go
Walmart Canada is adding more self-checkout kiosks and revamping its "scan and go" system…
Metro pilots UberEats food delivery in Montreal
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Walmart Grocery Pickup launches in Windsor, Ontario
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Sobeys president and CEO Michael Medline says the company won’t repeat the mistakes it…
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Loblaw retail revenue increases for Q3
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Real Canadian Liquor Store opens three more locations in Saskatchewan
Loblaw will open three new Real Canadian Liquor Store locations in Saskatchewan. The…
Buy-Low plans to open new store in Saskatchewan
Kindersley, Saskatchewan, will have a new Buy-Low Foods store by the end of the year.…
Save-On-Foods expands in B.C.
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Ida Pusateri and Frank Luchetta to receive Pentola d'Oro
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Aurora celebrates founder Nunzio Tumino’s 90th birthday
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T&T opens new Toronto, Kitchener, ON stores
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New Winnipeg store specializes in Mideastern, Mediterranean items
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Jet.com to sell Blue Apron meal kits online
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Agropur launches first dairy accelerator in North America
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Longo’s new sustainable store, a first in Canada
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“Island Good” set to become “Island Better”
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Saskatoon Co-op workers poised to strike
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Food study says Canadians reducing meat consumption
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Third Point offers “Refresh the Recipe” plan for Campbell
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CPMA recognizes 2018 Produce Champions
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Walmart plans to transform parking lots into ‘town centres’
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United Grocers recognizes supplier excellence
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Sobeys offers sensory-friendly shopping in two PEI grocery stores
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Federated Co-op celebrates 90 years in business
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Walmart Canada launches Mobile Check-in, expands Grocery Pickup
Walmart Canada has launched a new feature for grocery pickup. Mobile Check-in allows…
WATCH: Walmart announces grocery warehouse of the future
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Loblaw launches Instacart at Queen’s Quay store in Toronto
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Grocery Innovations Canada celebrates the top independent grocers in Canada
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Maple Lodge invests $8 million in Ontario hatchery
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Clorox Canada achieves zero waste landfill designation
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Walmart US to require blockchain tracing for leafy greens: Canada to follow?
Walmart US plans to require suppliers of leafy greens to use blockchain tracing…
Campbell heirs fight hedge fund move to oust board
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Manitoba grocery workers ratify contract with Loblaw
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WATCH: Walmart's long term investments paying off
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Walmart lowers forecast, e-commerce growth still strong though slowing
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Nina Barton to become new president of Kraft Heinz Canada
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Kraft Heinz announces $100 M food tech fund
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Target launches new super-discount brand
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Kraft Heinz reportedly backs away from Campbell's purchase
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Tom Gunter recognized with FCPC’s Award of Distinction
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Walmart Canada exploring the sale of cannabis products
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Organic Garage opens 4th store in Toronto’s Liberty Village
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Costco’s quarterly sales slightly ahead of estimates
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Longo’s to open new store in Stouffville
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Kroger to pilot grocery pick-up at Walgreens stores
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New Canadian owners of Coca-Cola Canada bottling plan to double sales
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Walmart avoids trial in Fort McMurray wildfire case
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BC wines lose grocery exclusivity under new deal
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Maple Leaf Foods to acquire VIAU Foods
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Executive management changes at Clorox Canada
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Okanagan Co-op to open farmer-owned grocery store
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Cashmere Collection fashion event supports breast cancer campaign
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Walmart to use blockchain to stop E. coli in lettuce
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Instacart to launch tech hub in Toronto
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Walmart signs pledge to cut plastic pollution in oceans
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Farm Boy to open second Toronto location
Farm Boy has announced that it will open a second location in Toronto’s Leslie and…
Kraft Heinz Canada completes acquisition of Ethical Bean Coffee
Kraft Heinz Canada has completed the acquisition of the assets of Ethical Bean Coffee.…
Sobeys owner Empire to acquire Farm Boy in $800 million deal
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Trevor Bartlett to join Rexall as SVP and chief merchant
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Costco Wholesale expands online grocery in Ontario
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Walmart launches fresh grocery delivery in Vancouver
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Amazon reportedly opening 3,000 brick and mortar stores
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Organic Garage to open new Toronto store
Independent organic grocery store Organic Garage is planning to open a new store in…
Husky Foods expands with new brands
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Tesco launches discount chain, taking on Aldi and Lidl
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Walmart Foundation announces grants for Canadian food waste programs
The Walmart Foundation has pledged $1.89 million for proposals from Canadian non-profit…
Walmart tests same-day grocery delivery in Toronto, Winnipeg
Today Walmart Canada is launching a same-day grocery delivery service in parts of the…
Dollarama sales increase 6.9 per cent in Q2 2019
Dollarama today reported increases in sales and net earnings for the second quarter of…
Empire reports 3.0 per cent revenue increase for Q1 2019
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Walmart tests new grocery delivery service
Walmart is expanding its grocery delivery options with a new US last-mile delivery pilot.…
Family run businesses perform better: National Bank
Loblaw Companies is one of 43 large, successful family run companies in Canada that…
Rabba honours Trillium Health Partners at 2018 golf tournament
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Activist investor wants Campbell to axe entire board
Activist investor Daniel Loeb, founder and CEO of Third Point, has launched a proxy fight…
Brynwood Partners company acquires Smucker brand portfolio
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Whole Foods workers seek to unionize: company promises improvements
A group of Whole Foods workers is trying to unionize the company’s workforce of more than…
Loblaw cleared of tax evasion
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Rabba Fine Foods' Street Shuffle
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Ontario yet to punish Costco for alleged 2015 kickbacks
Ontario’s Ministry of Health says it is continuing to investigate an illegal payment…
Gabriella’s Kitchen debuts on Canadian exchange
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Amazon touches $1 T, set to overtake Apple
Amazon became the second-ever publicly traded company to trade at $1 trillion this week.…
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Walkable grocery shopping on the rise
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Loblaw to spin out its interest in real estate trust
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Premium Brands acquires Ready Seafood
Premium Brands Holdings Corp. has signed a definitive agreement to purchase Ready Seafood…
Campbell Soup to sell international, fresh refrigerated foods
Campbell Soup Co. plans to sell its international and fresh refrigerated foods units and…
BC sues Shoppers Drug Mart and Loblaw in opioid marketing lawsuit
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Canadian retailers must innovate now, says BDO Canada report
Canadian retailers must implement innovative business strategies now to survive and…
Cascades to close two Ontario corrugated packaging plants
Packaging and tissue products manufacturer Cascades Inc. says it is closing two Ontario…
Nestlé hires 500 Starbucks employees
Approximately 500 Starbucks employees in the United States and Europe are being hired by…
WATCH: Starbucks and Nestle CEOs on $7.15 B coffee deal
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Worldwide food and grocery retail will reach US$12.21 T by 2020: study
The global food and grocery retail market is expected to reach US$12.24 trillion by 2020,…
Amazon Canada launches new monthly Prime membership plan
Amazon Canada is making monthly memberships available to Prime members for $7.99 a month.…
BC Sobeys workers reject special officer’s recommendations
Safeway workers in BC voted to reject the recommendations tabled by special officer Vince…
McDonald's Canada and SkipTheDishes announce delivery partnership
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Kruger Products to invest $575 M in new Quebec tissue plant
KP Tissue and Kruger Products LP plan to build a new $575 million tissue plant in…
T&T Supermarket opens new flagship store in BC
T&T Supermarket celebrated the opening of its flagship store in Richmond, BC. The new…
Presidents Choice "buck-a-beer" kicks off long weekend in Ontario
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Kellogg and Reckitt Benckiser join race for GlaxoSmithKline nutrition business
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Google develops AI assistant to help with meal plans
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Costco partners with fresh produce technology firm that’s suing Walmart
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PepsiCo to purchase SodaStream in $3.2 B deal
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Parmalat revisits milk category with new packaging, product varieties
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Sobeys BC labour dispute heats up in wake of store closures
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Walmart Inc. revenue up $4.7 B for Q2; Canadian sales up 2.6 per cent
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Retailers prepare for cannabis sales
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WATCH: Walmart testing robots to help fill online orders
Walmart is pilot testing a robotic order fulfilment system called Alphabot. The system is…
Pharmaprix launches fresh product pilot
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Toonies for Tummies feeding 1 M+ every day
The Grocery Foundation’s Toonies for Tummies campaign feeds more than one million…
Loblaw teams up with DavidsTea
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Premium Brands buys Select Food sandwich unit
Premium Brands Holdings has bought the sandwich unit of Select Food Products. The…
Costco Canada opens its 100th store
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Metro same-store sales up in Q3
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Loblaw extends PC Optimum program to Esso stations
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Costco sales up 10% in July, 12% YTD
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Walmart to pilot test robotic order fulfilment
Walmart plans to launch a pilot program that uses robotics to complete customers’ online…
Starbucks opens sustainable concept store
Starbucks sustainable store. (Image: ShoppingCentre) Starbucks has opened a new…
PepsiCo CEO Nooyi steps down
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Walmart adding 2,000 new tech jobs this year
Walmart plans to add more than 2,000 full- and part-time tech jobs in 2018. Most of the…
Walmart hit with $2 B lawsuit over fresh produce technology
Walmart is facing a $2 billion lawsuit by US tech startup Zest Labs that claims Walmart's…
In Memoriam: Fortinos’ Franco Joe Carobelli
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Costco brings better food access to Toronto's Thorncliffe Park
A new Costco warehouse store in Toronto is making grocery shopping easier for residents…
Volunteers answer Sobeys call to feed Ontario firefighters
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WATCH: Walmart challenges last mile delivery dilemma
With 4,700 stores within 10 miles of 90 percent of the US population, Walmart knows it…
Vancouver Island campaign boosts local food
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WATCH: Campbell Soup at a major crossroads
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George Weston Q2 performance slips
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Walmart Canada to invest $175 M+ in new BC frozen grocery facility
Walmart Canada plans to invest more than $175 M to build a new 300,000 sq ft frozen…
Loblaw beats analyst earnings estimates, but profit slumps
Loblaw Cos Ltd.'s quarterly profit topped analysts’ estimates on Wednesday, driven by…
Kroger shrugs off Amazon's Prime Day boast
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Canada to revisit voluntary salt reduction targets
Ottawa has announced that it plans to come up with a new voluntary salt reduction…
WATCH: Rooftop-grown produce
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Sobeys to sell refugee chocolatier’s products nationwide
Sobeys has announced that it will sell chocolate products made by a refugee family from…
Teen Foodland employee ‘hero’ after saving man’s life
A 16 year old employee of the Foodland store in Lakeview, ON, is being described as a…
Sobeys to open FreshCo discount stores in Winnipeg
Sobeys Inc. says it plans to open two FreshCo. discount stores in Winnipeg. The new…
Costco launches online grocery site in Canada
Costco Wholesale has launched Costco Grocery, the company’s first online grocery site in…
Culinary destination market to open in Newmarket
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Produce plant fire causes $2.3 M in damage
A fire at a produce plant in Leamington, ON, near Windsor, caused $2.3 M in damage to the…
WATCH: Prime Day sales surge despite tech glitch
Amazon has reported that despite a technical glitch that kept users from logging on to…
Procter & Gamble to acquire First Aid Beauty
Procter & Gamble plans to acquire First Aid Beauty (FAB), a rival independent skin care…
Wellwise opens third store in Ontario
Wellwise by Shoppers Drug Mart has opened a new store in Sudbury, ON. It’s the third of…
Walmart, Microsoft in cloud computing partnership
Walmart has partnered with Microsoft Corp. in order to use the latter’s cloud services,…
Loblaw presents closing arguments in tax case
Wrapping up Loblaw’s defence in its $437 M dispute with the Canada Revenue Agency, the…
BrandSpark announces Canada’s most trusted retailers
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PepsiCo earnings beat expectations, boosted by snack performance
PepsiCo’s second quarter revenue and profit results beat Wall Street expectations, based…
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J.M. Smucker sells baking brands
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Ontario Produce Marketing Association seeks new president
The Ontario Produce Marketing Association (OPMA) is accepting applications for a new…
Amazon to build huge DC in Ottawa's east end
Amazon has announced plans to build a million sq ft distribution centre just southeast of…
Kroger partners with fashion designer Mimran on apparel brand
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Safeway closes BC stores, moves to discount
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Amazon Prime Day brings deals to Whole Foods for a week
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In Memoriam: Umberto Spagnuolo
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Colemans purchases Belbin’s
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Danone eyes 20 to 25 deals by 2020
Danone Manifesto Ventures, an investment fund set up by French food giant Danone to…
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A PowerPoint presentation may have laid the groundwork for a bread price-fixing scheme…
Maple Leaf acquiring select poultry assets of Cericola Farms
Maple Leaf Foods has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase two poultry plants…
Olymel acquires Triomphe Foods and its brands including Tour Eiffel, Nostrano and Mother Hen
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WATCH: Amazon takes on FedEx, launches startup delivery service
Amazon is launching its own last-mile delivery service, which will compete directly with…
Tesco, Carrefour team up: will a price war hit Europe?
News that European grocery powerhouses Tesco and Carrefour are forming a strategic…
This year’s Amazon Prime Day is July 16
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Nestle Canada CEO looks back as she prepares to retire
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New tariffs could raise food prices: Sobeys, Empire CEO Michael Medline
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Empire quarterly results: earnings, sales rise
Empire Co. Ltd. has released its financial results for the fourth quarter and the full…
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Conagra to acquire Pinnacle Foods
The boards of directors of Conagra Brands and Pinnacle Foods have unanimously approved…
Loblaw to spend $150 M more each year supporting Canadian farmers
Loblaw Companies Ltd. says that by 2025 it will spend $150 M more each year with Canadian…
Walmart leads food security plan based on blockchain
Walmart is spearheading a global effort to use blockchain technology to secure the…
Kraft Heinz could be interested in buying Campbell Soup
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Amazon Fresh reputation slipping
Amazon’s grocery delivery program Amazon Fresh has slipped in customer rankings, with…
Farm Boy teams with Ottawa tech firms on new app
Ottawa-based grocery chain Farm Boy has teamed up with two local companies to develop a…
Amazon Prime savings extended to Whole Foods Markets across US
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FCPC golf tournament raises thousands for food banks
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President's Choice challenges Canadians to eat together
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Novacap acquires interest in Noble Foods
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Independents gain insights at DCI business summit
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Photo of the Week: Frito-Lay
Frito Lay wins the week and the frontend at a downtown Toronto Loblaw store.
Baxters Canada is sold to Fonds de solidarité FTQ, Fondaction, Investissement Québec and private investors
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Save-On-Foods raises $250,000 for Western Canada food banks
Save-On-Foods will donate a quarter of a million dollars to support Western Canada food…
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Once again this year, the recent Hartman’s ACT Food Culture Forecast 2018 event in Miami…
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Carrefour and Google partner to sell online groceries
Google has signed a deal with Carrefour to sell the retailer’s groceries online. Next…
WATCH: Sobeys and Safeway’s new summer promotional ad
Sobeys and Safeway have launched a new television commercial as part of the company’s…
Sainsbury’s/Asda deal comes in for scrutiny in UK parliament
The CEOs of Sainsbury’s, the UK’s second largest supermarket, and Asda, the third…
Retail Council welcomes new food safety rules
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Saputo still on the lookout for acquisitions
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PHOTO OF THE WEEK: The hard-biking Longo’s team raises $60k for cancer care
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Metro now offering same-day delivery for online orders
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Walmart sells majority stake in Brazil unit
Walmart Inc. says private equity firm Advent International will take an 80 per cent…
HelloFresh is latest meal kit to head to the grocery store
HelloFresh has announced it’s bringing its meal kits to grocery stores, starting with…
Coca-Cola Canada to build new Ontario dairy production facility
Coca-Cola Canada is investing $85 M to build a dairy production facility in Peterborough,…
2018 Galleria Supermarket Scholarship Program awards ceremony held in Thornhill
Galleria Supermarket held the 2018 Galleria Supermarket Scholarship Program (GSSP)…
Walmart's future may include in-store drone assistants and smart shopping carts
Recent patent filings by Walmart could give a glimpse into how it plans to leverage…
Dollarama Q1 same store sales up 2.6%
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Empire makes leadership changes for next phase of transformation
Empire Company Ltd. and its wholly-owned subsidiary Sobeys Inc., have announced…
Bread price-fixing case's 'Person X' to remain anonymous: ruling
An unidentified person known to the public as "Person X" in court documents in connection…
Rabba opens Tim Hortons quick service restaurant
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RCC announces 2018 Grand Prix New Product Awards winners
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WATCH: Amazon reportedly building massive distribution centre in Ottawa
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Walmart's 2018 business and shareholders’ meeting
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NEWS ALERT: The new issue of Grocery Business is here!
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Kraft Peanut Butter launches SickKids Hospital campaign
Kraft Peanut Butter hopes to raise $100,000 for the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids)…
Too many plastic bags in online order/pickup: Halifax shopper
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Knorr brings One Skillet meal kits to grocery channel
Knorr is introducing its new line of One Skillet meal kits on grocery store shelves,…
PepsiCo buys Bare Foods
PepsiCo is acquiring the baked fruit and vegetable snack maker Bare Foods, reflecting…
Costco April sales up 13.1 per cent
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Nature’s Path joins anti-pipeline campaign
Organic breakfast food brand Nature’s Path has turned off its worldwide website and…
U.S. ups ante in row over restricted wine sales in Canada
The U.S. government says Canada is engaging in unfair trade practices by limiting access…
Photo of the week: Unique collaboration kicks off Italian Heritage Month
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Mark your calendars for the Toonies for Tummies 2019 Sponsor Information Meeting
Please hold the morning of Wednesday, June 6, 2018. Metro senior vice president Joe Fusco…
WATCH: Campbell Soup announces the abrupt retirement of CEO Denise Morrison
Campbell Soup CEO Denise Morrison unexpectedly stepped down last Friday after seven years…
Sluggish Q1 retail sales reported by Stats Canada
Statistics Canada reports that total Q1 Canadian retail sales gained only 3.9%…
AmazonFresh to drop third-party sellers
AmazonFresh says it will no longer sell goods from third-party vendors alongside its own…
WATCH: Nations Experience plans to roll out nationwide
Nations Experience, which opened its first location in Toronto last fall, plans to roll…
President’s Choice donates modular farm
Through a new Innovation Grant from President’s Choice Children’s Charity, Dene High…
Tesco removes best before labels on some fruits and vegetables
Tesco says it will remove “best before” labels from about 70 pre-packaged produce lines…
Instacart and Loblaws launch home delivery in Halifax
Home grocery delivery has come to the Halifax, NS area, courtesy of grocery delivery…
Whole Foods ‘pauses’ on GMO labeling policy
Whole Foods has notified its suppliers that it will delay the rollout of its planned GMO…
Ahold Delhaize launches dedicated e-commerce unit
Ahold Delhaize is launching a separate division dedicated to e-commerce development. The…
Walmart drops Weston as bread supplier months after price-fixing allegations
Walmart Canada has announced that it will no longer do business with bread supplier…
US trucker shortage pushes prices up
A shortage of experienced truck drivers across the United States is raising…
Food & Consumer Products of Canada symposium
The Influential Women in Industry Panel. L to R: Tony Chapman (also moderator), Tony…
SIAL Canada 2018 draws 20,000+
SIAL Canada, which took place May 2-4 at Montreal’s Palais des Congres, was the 15th…
CIBUS 2018: Showcasing Italian Innovation in Food
Pumpkin panettone, pistachio pesto, beet-filled gnocchi and Sicilain canoli meal kits.…
Kraft Heinz partners with startups on five new brands
Kraft Heinz has unveiled the first five brand partnerships developed by its Springboard…
Planet Organic expands in Edmonton
Planet Organic Market is expanding operations in the Edmonton area with plans for new…
Amazon's US sales to match Walmart’s in two, three years: JPMorgan
JPMorgan says Amazon is growing faster than Walmart in the US, and expects it to match…
Fortinos storage facility fire causes $255,000 in damage
A Fortinos storage building in Hamilton, ON, was severely damaged in a fire last week.…
WATCH: Sobey’s partner Ocado picks groceries at four metres per second
Online supermarket Ocado uses a fully automated warehouse where robots pick grocery…
Amazon opening more checkout-free stores
Amazon.com is opening the first “Amazon Go” checkout-free stores beyond its Seattle…
Pattison’s Buy-Low buys popular Okanagan grocery store
The independent Valu-Plus Foods grocery store in Keremeos, B.C., near Penticton, has been…
Amazon adds new Prime benefit at Whole Foods Markets
Amazon has launched a new 10 per cent discount for its Prime members at Whole Foods…
WATCH: Walmart launches on the spot checkout
Walmart has announced that it will start equipping store staff with mobile devices to…
Sponge Towels takes to the streets for spring cleaning
To encourage Torontonians to engage in random acts of spring cleaning, the Sponge Towel…
No Frills launches clothing line celebrating savvy, frugal shoppers
Discount grocer has announced plans to extend its low-price model to clothing by…
WATCH: Warren Buffett talks grocery business pricing and margin pressure
Answering a question about narrowing margins and falling profits in the grocery and…
Walmart’s delivery partnership with Uber and Lyft fails to take off
Walmart’s online grocery delivery partnerships with Uber and Lyft have ended, according…
Tree of Life forms partnership creating a new foodservice company
Tree of Life has partnered with four businesses to create Tree of Life National…
Walmart and Costco stealing food market share
General merchants Walmart and Costco increased their share of the food market in Canada…
T&T Supermarket wins RCC’s Trailblazer Award
The Retail Council of Canada has awarded Cindy and Tina Lee of T&T Supermarket its 2018…
There's still time to nominate a Golden Pencil recipient
The Golden Pencil Award nominations committee is now accepting nominations for the 2018…
Sobeys turnaround is taking time
After one year, “Project Sunrise,” the plan Sobeys CEO Michael Medline launched to meet…
Produce industry honours industry leaders at CPMA 2018
Devon Kennedy and Jessica Wells of The Star Group, with Best New Product: Inspired Salads…
Visit the USA pavilion at SIAL in Montreal
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Food Basics opens new Ontario store
Food Basics has opened a new 28,000 sq ft store in Caledonia, Ont. The store has created…
Metro poised for growth: analysts
A market report on Metro recently issued by Seeking Alpha says the company’s potential…
Loblaw to expand online grocery and home delivery offering
As it released its financial results for the first quarter of 2018 this week, Loblaw also…
WATCH: How does Amazon’s in-car delivery service work?
Amazon’s Key In-Car service drops off packages into customers’ cars without the owner…
Sainsbury's, Walmart's Asda to create UK grocery powerhouse
J Sainsbury Plc has agreed to buy Walmart's British unit Asda for $10 billion. The deal…
Top 10 in grocery for 2018 announced at Grocery & Specialty Food West
Grocery and Specialty Food West, Western Canada’s largest grocery exhibition and…
Brandspark announces the 2018 Most Trusted Award Winners
Market research firm BrandSpark International has announced the winners of its 2018 Most…
Nestle, P&G and Unilever boost sales through volume, not price increases
In an increasingly competitive retail environment, sales increases are more and more…
Walmart Canada announces 2025 zero food waste target
Walmart has committed to entirely eliminating food waste from its Canadian operations by…
Amazon shakes up the online grocery market
Amazon’s continuing growth in the online grocery space is forcing competitors to boost…
Metro’s quarterly results impacted by higher operating costs
Metro Canada’s sales for the second quarter of 2018 fell 0.1 per cent to $2.9 B, while…
Loblaw squares off with CRA in $400m tax battle
A month-long trial that sees Loblaw squaring off against the government, which claims…
Save-On-Foods BC store launches 17th BC-only wines offering
Save-On-Foods's Cloverdale, BC, store is the latest grocery store in that province to add…
WATCH: Amazon finally discloses its astounding number of Prime members
In his annual shareholder letter, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has disclosed that the company…
Metro wins Foodland award for Ontario food promotion initiatives
Andre Gagne (right) of Metro receives the Foodland Ontario Vision Award from MPP Grant…
WATCH: Farm in a box
Outfitted with a vertical hydroponic farming system, a 40 ft storage container becomes a…
Denninger’s opens new store
Denninger’s Foods of the World has opened a new store in the Burlington Mall in…
Loblaw’s P.E.I. Superstores launch online buying
Loblaw’s Atlantic Superstores on Price Edward Island launched online grocery ordering and…
Shipping container grocery store set to open in Windsor
Go Produce, an Ontario local produce delivery company based in Kingsville, near Windsor,…
Retail Council unveils STORE 2018 conference program
The full conference agenda for STORE 2018, the Retail Council of Canada’s two-day…
Rabba completes energy saving project
Rabba Fine Foods has finished a three-year project to improve its energy efficiency. By…
Walmart revamps website in bid for e-commerce growth
Walmart is about to unveil the extensive changes to its web site that were first…
Consolidation continues in Canadian retail: U.S. report
Consolidation among Canadian retailers has accelerated the shift from independents to…
Canada's Premium Brands acquires US meat snack maker Oberto Brands
Premium Brands has announced the acquisition of Seattle based meat snack manufacturer…
Canadians slow to embrace online grocery shopping
Despite all the publicity online grocery sales are generating, consumers in Canada have…
SIAL Canada announces full conference program
SIAL Canada takes place in Montreal May 2-4. Attendees can meet more than 1000 North…
Amazon dominates Canadian online grocery shopping: survey
Amazon is the “800 pound online grocery gorilla“ in Canada, says a new survey. Sixty-two…
Canadian Tire expands loyalty program
Canadian Tire Corp. is renaming its loyalty program “Triangle” and extending it to its…
CPMA announces Passion for Produce participants
The Canadian Produce Marketing Association (CPMA) has revealed the participants in its…
Update on Safeway BC store closures
Sobeys says that if it can reach a deal with labour unions in BC on a new collective…
Alberta grocer, Freson Bros. success built on offering local products
Doug Lovsin, president of Freson Bros. a Alberta-based grocery chain says selling local…
Federated Co-operatives matches funds for Saskatchewan hockey support program
In the wake of the tragic highway crash that killed 16 people, most of them members of…
MissFresh debuts eco-friendly pickup
Montreal-based online food subscription service MissFresh has launched a pilot project to…
Walmart expands Pickup Tower locations
Walmart is adding hundreds of Pickup Tower locations at its stores in the U.S. By year’s…
Canadian consumer credit deteriorating, bank warns
A new Royal Bank of Canada report says that consumer credit in Canada is in bad shape and…
Campbell reorganizes management, Julio Gomez new head for Canada
Campbell Soup Co. has announced strategic management changes appointing Julio Gomez as…
Sobeys ranked top grocer in Canada: Leger study
Sobeys has been recognized as a top grocer in Canada, according to the 2018 Leger…
Walmart Brief
Reuters reports that Walmart Inc. has given notice that they have entered into a…
PHOTO OF THE WEEK: Close encounters at The Masters
Tiger Woods tees off during the Masters’ practice round in Augusta, while Clorox Canada’s…
BC government appoints special officer in Sobeys dispute
In an attempt to resolve an ongoing dispute between UFCW Local 1518 and Sobeys in British…
Canadian Grand Prix New Products finalists announced
The Retail Council of Canada has announced the finalists for the 25th Anniversary…
Food and Consumer Products Supply Chain Symposium, April 11
The 2018 FCPC Supply Chain Symposium takes place Wed., April 11 at the Mississauga…
Ferrero completes Nestle confectionery acquisition
Ferrero has completed its previously announced acquisition of Nestle USA's confectionery…
WATCH: Update on P&G purchase of Pfizer consumer healthcare unit
Pfizer continues to pursue the sale of its consumer business, which includes well known…
Amazon rolling out more Amazon Go stores
Amazon plans to open up to six more of its high-tech cashierless Amazon Go stores this…
Longo's 29th annual charity golf tournament set for June 19
The Longo's annual charity golf tournament is the Longo's Family Charitable Foundation…
2018 Sweets & Snacks Expo: Looking to win future shoppers?
Today, the customer is boss. Sweets & Snacks Expo is the only destination designed…
Walmart opens small-format “smart” grocery store in China
Walmart has opened a small-size supermarket in China loaded with “smart retail” features…
New "Predictive Basket" speeds up online grocery shopping
A newly developed “Predictive Basket” software tool will speed up online grocery shopping…
Walmart stores host MoneyGram global transfers
Walmart has teamed with MoneyGram to launch Walmart2World, a money transfer service that…
Canada pushes for food warnings that US opposes under NAFTA
Canada is set to become the second high-income country to adopt a radical new food…
Rabba makes special Easter delivery to food bank
Rabba Fine Foods, a Mississauga-based local market chain, delivered 5,400 fresh Burnbrae…
Freshmart could open new store in North Bay
Operators of two Freshmart stores in northern Ontario hope to open a new Freshmart in…
Longo’s introduces branded meal kits
Longo’s has introduced its first branded meal kits, based on recipes created by Longo’s…
Dollarama Q4 profits up, makes board changes
Dollarama Inc. posted positive results in its fourth quarter with profits climbing to…
BC store receives Save-On-Foods customer service award
Save-On-Foods president Darrell Jones (left) presents Sahali store manager Neil Allkins…
WATCH: Walmart’s new robots “stock the aisles”
Walmart is testing robotic shelf scanning technology in selected US stores to find out of…
Walmart hones store pickup, fulfillment model
While Walmart has announced several changes to its in-store delivery and fulfillment…
Grocery execs gather at The Ultimate Leafs Fan’s famous hockey gallery
Mike Wilson, “The Ultimate Leafs Fan” is world famous for his one-of-a-kind collection of…
BrandSpark names 2018’s Best New Products
BrandSpark International has announced the winners of its 2018 Best New Products Awards.…
Manitoba Safeway workers accept new contract
Manitoba Safeway workers have voted overwhelmingly to accept a new collective agreement,…
Walmart adds 500 FedEx depots to its stores
Walmart plans to add FedEx Office locations to 500 of its U.S. stores, according to The…
Blue Apron to sell meal kits in stores
Boxed meal pioneer Blue Apron Holdings says it is negotiating with retailers to sell meal…
Amazon Go yields shopper insights
Amazon has shared some recently gleaned shopper insights from cashier-free Amazon Go,…
Nestlé, P&G world's two largest CPG firms in 2017
The latest analysis by data and analytics company GlobalData puts Nestlé in the number…
WATCH: Lidl takes aim at competitors with aggressive ad campaign
On the heels of a less-than-stellar U.S. debut, Lidl is targeting the U.S. competition…
Campbell’s Snyder’s-Lance acquisition raises doubts
Campbell Soup Company’s recently announced acquisition of Snyder’s Lance, which owns a…
Coca-Cola to refranchise Canadian bottling operations
The Coca-Cola Company has moved its global refranchising efforts to Canada with an…
Lipman buys Huron Produce, goes greenhouse
Lipman Family Farms has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase Ontario-based…
Premium Brands acquires meats, seafood businesses
Foods producer Premium Brands Holdings has announced the CAD$227 M acquisition of four…
Final two Overwaitea stores in B.C. convert to Save-On-Foods
The final two Overwaitea stores in B.C. will re-open March 23 under the Save-On-Foods…
Organic Garage joins Hop Compost on food waste program
Organic Garage Ltd. has announced a partnership with Hop Compost to develop a closed loop…
Shopper confidence in Loblaws drops after price-fixing scandal
A new consumer study from the Dalhousie University Faculty of Management has found that…
BREAKING NEWS: Metro workers hand union a 97 % strike vote
Workers at 54 of Metro’s Ontario stores have given their union a massive 97% vote in…
Safeway workers in Manitoba avert strike, reach deal with Sobeys West
Safeway employees in Manitoba won't be going on strike after reaching a deal with Sobeys…
Organic Garage launches online sales with InstaBuggy
Organic Garage, one of Canada’s leading independent organic grocers, has joined the…
Adonis expands its Ottawa area footprint
After six months of work the first Adonis supermarket has opened in Gatineau, QC, near…
Can a robot enhance the frozen yogurt shopping experience?
The world’s first frozen yogurt robots will arrive at select grocery retailers in 16 US…
Safeway strike mandate
2,200 workers at Safeway stores in Winnipeg, Brandon, Thompson, Neepawa and Dauphin…
New $10 bill in 2018
The Bank of Canada has unveiled a new $10 bill that will enter circulation in late 2018.…
WATCH: Whole Foods, vendors to meet amidst growing tension
Whole Foods plans to meet with some of its key vendors on March 19 in the US, according…
EVENT: Food & Consumer Products of Canada’s Supply Chain Symposium
Food & Consumer Products of Canada’s Supply Chain Symposium takes place April 11, 2018,…
Walmart’s online grocery delivery push: could Canada be next?
Walmart is expanding its same-day online grocery delivery service from the current six…
Loblaw criticized for demanding customer ID on $25 gift card
Loblaw is in hot water with Canada’s privacy commissioner over its demand that some…
Loblaw adds Esso to PC Optimum program
Loblaw is expanding its PC Optimum loyalty program to enable users to earn points at Esso…
Quebec to ban high alcohol sugared drinks
Quebec has announced a plan to ban high-alcohol, highly sweetened drinks from convenience…
Empire’s Q3 results beat expectations, company on track with savings, online initiatives
Empire Company Ltd. the parent company of Sobeys, Safeway and Freshco, beat market…
BREAKING: Clorox expands dietary supplements offering with Nutranext acquisition
The Clorox Co. is expanding its offerings in the dietary supplements market following its…
Costco quarterly results: Canadian sales up 8.7%
Costco’s operating results for the second quarter (twelve weeks) and the first 24 weeks…
McCain Foods takes stake in Forno de Minas
McCain Foods has taken a 49% stake in Brazilian cheese bread company Forno de Minas.…
One third of young adults frequently check nutrition facts
A new study finds that only a third of young adults (ages 25 to 36) are in the habit of…
The world's first start-up supermarket, KaDeTe, opens in Berlin
KaDeTe founders Ola Klöckner and Franziska Schetter A new supermarket featuring only…
$51.5 M expansion for Nestlé Canada's London ice cream factory
Nestlé Canada is increasing production capabilities at its London, Ont. ice factory and…
Farm Boy opens first GTA store with plans to expand
Farm Boy's recent celebration of its Etobicoke, Ont. store, the first in the Greater…
Canadians find in-store displays "boring"
A Canadian study finds in-store retail displays don’t do well at getting shoppers…
Walmart ramps up meal kit offerings
Walmart plans to roll out its meal kit offering to 2000 stores this year. Walmart is…
Shoppers signs medical marijuana deal with Aurora Cannabis
Shoppers Drug Mart and Aurora Cannabis have signed a deal that would see Aurora supply…
Walmart and Amazon intensify grocery wars
Walmart’s online grocery prices are edging closer to Amazon’s, and only a slim gap now…
Kruger Products on Forbes’ ‘Canada's Best Employers’ list
Kruger products has been ranked second overall on the Forbes list of ‘Canada’s Best…
IGA Quebec unveils zero-emissions home delivery van
Fonds Éco IGA marked its 10th anniversary by unveiling the first electric converted…
Starbucks opens third concept store in Canada: Starbucks Reserve
Starbucks has opened a 3200 sq ft “Starbucks Reserve” location in Toronto, joining two…
For Canadians, chicken is king: survey
Chicken tops the protein list for Canadian shoppers, says a new survey conducted by Leger…
Save-on-Foods opens new Victoria store
Save-on-Foods has opened a new store in Greater Victoria. The Langford store marks the…
Buy-Low Foods acquires Choices Markets
Buy-Low Foods has acquired Choices Markets and the Canadian Choice Wholesalers (CCW)…
Groceries on the GO: Loblaw partners with Metrolinx for online pick up
Loblaw Companies Ltd. has upped the ecommerce grocery delivery game by partnering with…
BC grocery delivery firm offers new service, partners with Walmart on 74,000 sq ft facility
Sustainable Produce Urban Delivery (SPUD) has launched Food-X Urban Delivery Inc.…
Conagra sells Canada’s Del Monte fruit and vegetable business
Conagra Group is selling its Del Monte processed fruit and vegetable business in Canada…
Canadians, Americans distrust product claims: study
Both Canadian and American consumers are very skeptical when evaluating the brands and…
Walmart reports strong Q4 Canadian sales
While overall Walmart’s fourth-quarter 2018 profits fell short of expectations and the…
Jonathan Wolfe, former grocery industry executive, passes away
Jonathan Wolfe who, as president, oversaw the sale of publicly traded Oshawa Group…
Walmart Canada hit with record fines over executive misconduct
An Ontario court has awarded $750,000 in damages to a Walmart Canada executive who was…
Canadians trust their grocery retailers: study
Despite admitted and alleged bread price-fixing, Canadian grocery chains are highly…
Clarion Events takes equity stake in NGA Show
The National Grocers Association (NGA) and Clarion Events announced a new joint venture…
Former dairy makes first commercial peanut milk
Elmhurst Milked of New York has launched the first peanut-based milk to be sold in…
PHOTO OF THE WEEK: Aurora wins supplier awards
Left to right: Johan Cornu, Loacker area sales manager, Americas; Tony Angelucci and Tony…
New app helps grocers cut spoilage
A Toronto startup is launching a new app to manage marked down food that would otherwise…
New packaging rules for Healthy Eating Strategy
Ottawa is launching public consultations on planned new packaging rules to promote…
Walmart U.S. cuts more store manager positions
Walmart U.S. is cutting two department manager positions at some of its 4,700 stores. The…
First Nations grocery store for Fort Chipewyan
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Loblaw expands online delivery to London and Windsor
This week, Loblaw is launching home delivery in London and Windsor, ON. Loblaw has…
Sobeys opens new 50,000 sq ft Stoney Creek store
Sobeys has opened its new store in Stoney Creek, ON. The 50,000 sq ft store features full…
Canadians spent 11% of disposable income on food in 2017
Last year, Canadians spent 11 per cent of their disposable income on food purchases.…
Amazon targets dollar-store market
Amazon recently rolled out a “$10 & Under” feature on its website and app, in a move…
BREAKING: Union urges strike vote for Manitoba Safeway stores
More than 2,500 Safeway workers in Manitoba may be going on strike at the urging of their…
New Whole Foods inventory system reportedly crushing employee morale
A new “order to shelf” inventory system at Whole Foods is emptying shelves and destroying…
UK's EG Group purchases Kroger convenience stores
UK-based convenience store operator EG Group is buying Kroger’s U.S. convenience store…
Fresh Del Monte Produce acquiring Mann Packing
Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. has announced that its North America subsidiary, Del Monte…
Ontario startup offers South Asian groceries online
Toronto startup Apniroots hopes to leverage the growing online grocery trend by offering…
Galleria Supermarket becomes OPAY’s first "O-Wallet" retail partner
OPAY Inc. Sales director Nicholas Ning, left, and Galleria Supermarket executive director…
Claridge looking for new food and beverage investments
Claridge, the family office of Stephen Bronfman (pictured), is pursuing new food and…
Shoppers Drug Mart targets seniors in latest e-commerce effort
Following its pilot Wellwise store opening in Toronto last September, Shoppers Drug Mart…
Nielsen launches data-sharing platform in Canada
Nielsen says the launch of its Connected Partner Program in Canada will allow clients and…
Costco engages with millennials through e-commerce, but stores still sweet spot
While Costco Wholesale is adapting to the expectations of young, e-commerce-oriented…
Keurig joins forces with Dr Pepper Snapple
Coffee maker Keurig Green Mountain has announced a $21 bn deal that will see it combine…
Walmart to ramp up supply chain data-sharing
Walmart plans to share more data with suppliers to speed up the replenishing of…
New grocery stores on the way for Calgary’s downtown
Calgary Co-op and Loblaws are vying to open the first new grocery store in Calgary’s…
Overwaitea Food Stores transition to Save-On Foods
All nine Overwaitea Foods stores in B.C. are being switched to Save-On-Foods stores this…
Walmart is building a Tinder for grocery shopping
Walmart has filed a patent for an online grocery shopping service that works along the…
Metro sales top $3B: company tests scan-and-go systems
Metro has released its financial results for the first quarter of 2018 (the 12-week…
Grocery shoppers adopting online at faster pace: how retailers can adapt
Seventy percent of grocery shoppers will do part of their buying online within five to…
Food and drug sales lag as retail numbers near 20-year high
Retail sales growth in Canada for 2017 is poised to set a 20-year high, according to…
Bread price fixing: Competition Bureau says 7 companies made deals to raise bread prices
At least seven companies committed indictable offences in the bread price fixing scandal,…
Amazon raises Prime monthly rate
Amazon has raised the price of a monthly Amazon Prime membership by $2 to $12.99. The $99…
Calgary Co-op starts first mixed-use development
From left: Jeanette Lee, VP Developments, Quarry Bay Investments; Jeff Ambrose, VP,…
INSIGHTS: Will Amazon Go, come to Canada?
With the launch on Monday of Amazon's grocery story of the future, the cashierless Amazon…
Kimberly-Clark to cut workforce, close plants in global restructuring
Up to 12-13% of Kimberly-Clark’s workforce – 5000 to 5500 workers – will be cut as the…
Can these robot-run warehouses change the landscape of urban grocery delivery?
A robotic picking system under development in Israel could change the landscape of…
CPMA welcomes Trans-Pacific partnership agreement
The Canadian Produce Marketing Association (CPMA) has hailed the agreement on the…
Campbell's to close Toronto plant
Campbell Soup Company has announced that it plans to shut down its Toronto manufacturing…
Vegetable growers convert to cannabis to help boost margins
Canadian vegetable and grain farmers are looking to the impending legalization of…
Wholesale sales see 2nd consecutive increase: StatsCan
Source: Statistics Canada Statistics Canada reports that wholesale sales rose 0.7% to…
Toonies for Tummies aims to raise $1 million in 2018
The grocery industry’s signature “giving back” initiative, Toonies for Tummies has raised…