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Influential Women in Industry...
L to R: Tony Chapman (also moderator), Tony Chapman Reactions; Kathie Bavota, director of sales, Con... -
SIAL Canada 2018 draws 20,000+
SIAL Canada, which took place May 2-4 at Montreal’s Palais des Congres, was the 15th edition of the... -
CIBUS 2018: Showcasing Italian...
Pumpkin panettone, pistachio pesto, beet-filled gnocchi and Sicilain canoli meal kits. These were ju... -
Kraft Heinz partners with star...
Kraft Heinz has unveiled the first five brand partnerships developed by its Springboard brand incuba... -
Amazon opening more checkout-f...
Amazon.com is opening the first “Amazon Go” checkout-free stores beyond its Seattle pilot, announcin... -
Fortinos storage facility fire...
A Fortinos storage building in Hamilton, ON, was severely damaged in a fire last week. The fire brok... -
Amazon adds new Prime benefit...
Amazon has launched a new 10 per cent discount for its Prime members at Whole Foods Market stores, b... -
WATCH: Sobey’s partner Ocado p...
Online supermarket Ocado uses a fully automated warehouse where robots pick grocery orders for custo... -
Planet Organic expands in Edmo...
Planet Organic Market is expanding operations in the Edmonton area with plans for new grocery locati... -
WATCH: Walmart launches on the...
Walmart has announced that it will start equipping store staff with mobile devices to check out cust... -
Pattison’s Buy-Low buys popula...
The independent Valu-Plus Foods grocery store in Keremeos, B.C., near Penticton, has been bought by... -
Amazon's US sales to match Wal...
JPMorgan says Amazon is growing faster than Walmart in the US, and expects it to match the latter’s... -
Longo's 29th annual charity go...
The Longo's annual charity golf tournament is the Longo's Family Charitable Foundation signature eve... -
Sponge Towels takes to the str...
To encourage Torontonians to engage in random acts of spring cleaning, the Sponge Towel Clean Up Cre... -
No Frills launches clothing li...
Discount grocer has announced plans to extend its low-price model to clothing by launching a new lin... -
WATCH: Warren Buffett talks gr...
Answering a question about narrowing margins and falling profits in the grocery and convenience stor... -
Walmart’s delivery partnership...
Walmart’s online grocery delivery partnerships with Uber and Lyft have ended, according to a Reuters... -
Walmart and Costco stealing fo...
General merchants Walmart and Costco increased their share of the food market in Canada in 2017 at t... -
Tree of Life forms partnership...
Tree of Life has partnered with four businesses to create Tree of Life National Foodservice, a one-s... -
Produce industry honours indus...
Devon Kennedy and Jessica Wells of The Star Group, with Best New Product: Inspired Salads The 93rd a... -
Visit the USA pavilion at SIAL...
Are you attending SIAL in Montreal this week? Be sure to visit the USA Pavilion to check out the inn... -
Loblaw to expand online grocer...
As it released its financial results for the first quarter of 2018 this week, Loblaw also unveiled p... -
Food Basics opens new Ontario...
Food Basics has opened a new 28,000 sq ft store in Caledonia, Ont. The store has created 100 new job... -
Metro poised for growth: analy...
A market report on Metro recently issued by Seeking Alpha says the company’s potential for growth ha... -
There's still time to nominate...
The Golden Pencil Award nominations committee is now accepting nominations for the 2018 awards. Dead... -
Sobeys turnaround is taking ti...
After one year, “Project Sunrise,” the plan Sobeys CEO Michael Medline launched to meet the challeng... -
WATCH: How does Amazon’s in-ca...
Amazon’s Key In-Car service drops off packages into customers’ cars without the owner needing to be... -
T&T Supermarket wins RCC’s Tra...
The Retail Council of Canada has awarded Cindy and Tina Lee of T&T Supermarket its 2018 Canadian Gra... -
Sainsbury's, Walmart's Asda to...
J Sainsbury Plc has agreed to buy Walmart's British unit Asda for $10 billion. The deal will create... -
Top 10 in grocery for 2018 ann...
Grocery and Specialty Food West, Western Canada’s largest grocery exhibition and conference, was hel... -
Brandspark announces the 2018...
Market research firm BrandSpark International has announced the winners of its 2018 Most Trusted Awa... -
Nestle, P&G and Unilever boost...
In an increasingly competitive retail environment, sales increases are more and more driven by incre... -
Metro’s quarterly results impa...
Metro Canada’s sales for the second quarter of 2018 fell 0.1 per cent to $2.9 B, while same-store sa... -
Walmart Canada announces 2025...
Walmart has committed to entirely eliminating food waste from its Canadian operations by 2025, in ac... -
Loblaw squares off with CRA in...
A month-long trial that sees Loblaw squaring off against the government, which claims that the compa... -
Amazon shakes up the online gr...
Amazon’s continuing growth in the online grocery space is forcing competitors to boost their own onl... -
Save-On-Foods BC store launche...
Save-On-Foods's Cloverdale, BC, store is the latest grocery store in that province to add BC VQA win... -
WATCH: Amazon finally disclose...
In his annual shareholder letter, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has disclosed that the company now has more... -
Shipping container grocery sto...
Go Produce, an Ontario local produce delivery company based in Kingsville, near Windsor, plans to op... -
WATCH: Farm in a box
Outfitted with a vertical hydroponic farming system, a 40 ft storage container becomes a 2 acre farm... -
Consolidation continues in Can...
Consolidation among Canadian retailers has accelerated the shift from independents to large national... -
Denninger’s opens new store
Denninger’s Foods of the World has opened a new store in the Burlington Mall in Burlington, ON. The... -
Retail Council unveils STORE 2...
The full conference agenda for STORE 2018, the Retail Council of Canada’s two-day conference, has be... -
Rabba completes energy saving...
Rabba Fine Foods has finished a three-year project to improve its energy efficiency. By switching to... -
Loblaw’s P.E.I. Superstores la...
Loblaw’s Atlantic Superstores on Price Edward Island launched online grocery ordering and pick-up la... -
Canada's Premium Brands acquir...
Premium Brands has announced the acquisition of Seattle based meat snack manufacturer Oberto Sausage... -
Walmart revamps website in bid...
Walmart is about to unveil the extensive changes to its web site that were first announced back in O... -
Metro wins Foodland award for...
Andre Gagne (right) of Metro receives the Foodland Ontario Vision Award from MPP Grant Crack (Glenga... -
Canadians slow to embrace onli...
Despite all the publicity online grocery sales are generating, consumers in Canada have been relativ... -
SIAL Canada announces full con...
SIAL Canada takes place in Montreal May 2-4. Attendees can meet more than 1000 North American and in... -
Amazon dominates Canadian onli...
Amazon is the “800 pound online grocery gorilla“ in Canada, says a new survey. Sixty-two per cent of... -
Canadian Tire expands loyalty...
Canadian Tire Corp. is renaming its loyalty program “Triangle” and extending it to its other retail... -
CPMA announces Passion for Pro...
The Canadian Produce Marketing Association (CPMA) has revealed the participants in its 2018 Passion... -
Update on Safeway BC store clo...
Sobeys says that if it can reach a deal with labour unions in BC on a new collective agreement, it w... -
Alberta grocer, Freson Bros. s...
Doug Lovsin, president of Freson Bros. a Alberta-based grocery chain says selling local products is... -
Federated Co-operatives matche...
In the wake of the tragic highway crash that killed 16 people, most of them members of the Humboldt... -
MissFresh debuts eco-friendly...
Montreal-based online food subscription service MissFresh has launched a pilot project to make in-st... -
Walmart expands Pickup Tower l...
Walmart is adding hundreds of Pickup Tower locations at its stores in the U.S. By year’s end, the co... -
Canadian consumer credit deter...
A new Royal Bank of Canada report says that consumer credit in Canada is in bad shape and getting wo... -
Campbell reorganizes managemen...
Campbell Soup Co. has announced strategic management changes appointing Julio Gomez as the new presi... -
Sobeys ranked top grocer in Ca...
Sobeys has been recognized as a top grocer in Canada, according to the 2018 Leger Corporate Reputati... -
Walmart Brief
Reuters reports that Walmart Inc. has given notice that they have entered into a transition agreemen... -
PHOTO OF THE WEEK: Close encou...
Tiger Woods tees off during the Masters’ practice round in Augusta, while Clorox Canada’s Jim Slomka... -
New "Predictive Basket" speeds...
A newly developed “Predictive Basket” software tool will speed up online grocery shopping by using m... -
Walmart opens small-format “sm...
Walmart has opened a small-size supermarket in China loaded with “smart retail” features such as sma... -
Canada pushes for food warning...
Canada is set to become the second high-income country to adopt a radical new food labeling system t... -
2018 Sweets & Snacks Expo: Loo...
Today, the customer is boss. Sweets & Snacks Expo is the only destination designed specifically to f... -
BC government appoints special...
In an attempt to resolve an ongoing dispute between UFCW Local 1518 and Sobeys in British Columbia,... -
Rabba makes special Easter del...
Rabba Fine Foods, a Mississauga-based local market chain, delivered 5,400 fresh Burnbrae Farms eggs... -
Longo’s introduces branded mea...
Longo’s has introduced its first branded meal kits, based on recipes created by Longo’s Kitchen chef... -
Walmart stores host MoneyGram...
Walmart has teamed with MoneyGram to launch Walmart2World, a money transfer service that enables cus... -
Ferrero completes Nestle confe...
Ferrero has completed its previously announced acquisition of Nestle USA's confectionery business. G... -
Canadian Grand Prix New Produc...
The Retail Council of Canada has announced the finalists for the 25th Anniversary Canadian Grand Pri... -
Food and Consumer Products Sup...
The 2018 FCPC Supply Chain Symposium takes place Wed., April 11 at the Mississauga Convention Centre... -
Freshmart could open new store...
Operators of two Freshmart stores in northern Ontario hope to open a new Freshmart in South River, n... -
WATCH: Update on P&G purchase...
Pfizer continues to pursue the sale of its consumer business, which includes well known brands such... -
Amazon rolling out more Amazon...
Amazon plans to open up to six more of its high-tech cashierless Amazon Go stores this year. While A... -
Dollarama Q4 profits up, makes...
Dollarama Inc. posted positive results in its fourth quarter with profits climbing to $162.8 million... -
WATCH: Walmart’s new robots “s...
Walmart is testing robotic shelf scanning technology in selected US stores to find out of stock item... -
Walmart hones store pickup, fu...
While Walmart has announced several changes to its in-store delivery and fulfillment model, the comp... -
Grocery execs gather at The Ul...
Mike Wilson, “The Ultimate Leafs Fan” is world famous for his one-of-a-kind collection of Maple Leaf... -
BrandSpark names 2018’s Best N...
BrandSpark International has announced the winners of its 2018 Best New Products Awards. The awards... -
Manitoba Safeway workers accep...
Manitoba Safeway workers have voted overwhelmingly to accept a new collective agreement, after votin... -
BC store receives Save-On-Food...
Save-On-Foods president Darrell Jones (left) presents Sahali store manager Neil Allkins with the com... -
BREAKING NEWS: Metro workers h...
Workers at 54 of Metro’s Ontario stores have given their union a massive 97% vote in favour of strik... -
Amazon Go yields shopper insig...
Amazon has shared some recently gleaned shopper insights from cashier-free Amazon Go, which opened i... -
Coca-Cola to refranchise Canad...
The Coca-Cola Company has moved its global refranchising efforts to Canada with an announcement it w... -
WATCH: Lidl takes aim at compe...
On the heels of a less-than-stellar U.S. debut, Lidl is targeting the U.S. competition with an aggre... -
Shopper confidence in Loblaws...
A new consumer study from the Dalhousie University Faculty of Management has found that shopper conf... -
Premium Brands acquires meats,...
Foods producer Premium Brands Holdings has announced the CAD$227 M acquisition of four more companie... -
Final two Overwaitea stores in...
The final two Overwaitea stores in B.C. will re-open March 23 under the Save-On-Foods banner. The tu... -
Organic Garage joins Hop Compo...
Organic Garage Ltd. has announced a partnership with Hop Compost to develop a closed loop system for... -
Blue Apron to sell meal kits i...
Boxed meal pioneer Blue Apron Holdings says it is negotiating with retailers to sell meal kits in st... -
Walmart adds 500 FedEx depots...
Walmart plans to add FedEx Office locations to 500 of its U.S. stores, according to The Washington P... -
Nestlé, P&G world's two larges...
The latest analysis by data and analytics company GlobalData puts Nestlé in the number one spot amon... -
Lipman buys Huron Produce, goe...
Lipman Family Farms has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase Ontario-based greenhouse gro... -
Campbell’s Snyder’s-Lance acqu...
Campbell Soup Company’s recently announced acquisition of Snyder’s Lance, which owns a number of sna... -
Safeway workers in Manitoba av...
Safeway employees in Manitoba won't be going on strike after reaching a deal with Sobeys West Inc.,... -
EVENT: Food & Consumer Product...
Food & Consumer Products of Canada’s Supply Chain Symposium takes place April 11, 2018, at the Missi... -
Organic Garage launches online...
Organic Garage, one of Canada’s leading independent organic grocers, has joined the InstaBuggy platf... -
New $10 bill in 2018
The Bank of Canada has unveiled a new $10 bill that will enter circulation in late 2018. Issued in h... -
Loblaw adds Esso to PC Optimum...
Loblaw is expanding its PC Optimum loyalty program to enable users to earn points at Esso gas statio... -
Can a robot enhance the frozen...
The world’s first frozen yogurt robots will arrive at select grocery retailers in 16 US states this... -
WATCH: Whole Foods, vendors to...
Whole Foods plans to meet with some of its key vendors on March 19 in the US, according to a CNBC re... -
Safeway strike mandate
2,200 workers at Safeway stores in Winnipeg, Brandon, Thompson, Neepawa and Dauphin Manitoba will be... -
Adonis expands its Ottawa area...
After six months of work the first Adonis supermarket has opened in Gatineau, QC, near Ottawa. The M... -
Walmart’s online grocery deliv...
Walmart is expanding its same-day online grocery delivery service from the current six markets to mo... -
Loblaw criticized for demandin...
Loblaw is in hot water with Canada’s privacy commissioner over its demand that some customers provid... -
Empire’s Q3 results beat expec...
Empire Company Ltd. the parent company of Sobeys, Safeway and Freshco, beat market expectations, rep... -
Quebec to ban high alcohol sug...
Quebec has announced a plan to ban high-alcohol, highly sweetened drinks from convenience and grocer... -
BREAKING: Clorox expands dieta...
The Clorox Co. is expanding its offerings in the dietary supplements market following its announceme... -
Costco quarterly results: Cana...
Costco’s operating results for the second quarter (twelve weeks) and the first 24 weeks of fiscal 20... -
McCain Foods takes stake in Fo...
McCain Foods has taken a 49% stake in Brazilian cheese bread company Forno de Minas. Forno de Minas... -
Farm Boy opens first GTA store...
Farm Boy's recent celebration of its Etobicoke, Ont. store, the first in the Greater Toronto Area, i... -
One third of young adults freq...
A new study finds that only a third of young adults (ages 25 to 36) are in the habit of checking out... -
The world's first start-up sup...
KaDeTe founders Ola Klöckner and Franziska Schetter A new supermarket featuring only start-up brands... -
$51.5 M expansion for Nestlé C...
Nestlé Canada is increasing production capabilities at its London, Ont. ice factory and plans to inv... -
Walmart ramps up meal kit offe...
Walmart plans to roll out its meal kit offering to 2000 stores this year. Walmart is leveraging its... -
Canadians find in-store displa...
A Canadian study finds in-store retail displays don’t do well at getting shoppers excited. Consumer... -
IGA Quebec unveils zero-emissi...
Fonds Éco IGA marked its 10th anniversary by unveiling the first electric converted refrigerated hom... -
Shoppers signs medical marijua...
Shoppers Drug Mart and Aurora Cannabis have signed a deal that would see Aurora supply medical marij... -
Kruger Products on Forbes’ ‘Ca...
Kruger products has been ranked second overall on the Forbes list of ‘Canada’s Best Employers’ for 2... -
For Canadians, chicken is king...
Chicken tops the protein list for Canadian shoppers, says a new survey conducted by Leger for Chicke... -
Save-on-Foods opens new Victor...
Save-on-Foods has opened a new store in Greater Victoria. The Langford store marks the seventh in Vi... -
Starbucks opens third concept...
Starbucks has opened a 3200 sq ft “Starbucks Reserve” location in Toronto, joining two others in Ott... -
Buy-Low Foods acquires Choices...
Buy-Low Foods has acquired Choices Markets and the Canadian Choice Wholesalers (CCW) operations, exp... -
Walmart and Amazon intensify g...
Walmart’s online grocery prices are edging closer to Amazon’s, and only a slim gap now separates the... -
Groceries on the GO: Loblaw pa...
Loblaw Companies Ltd. has upped the ecommerce grocery delivery game by partnering with Metrolinx to... -
Jonathan Wolfe, former grocery...
Jonathan Wolfe who, as president, oversaw the sale of publicly traded Oshawa Group Limited to Sobeys... -
Walmart Canada hit with record...
An Ontario court has awarded $750,000 in damages to a Walmart Canada executive who was fired without... -
BC grocery delivery firm offer...
Sustainable Produce Urban Delivery (SPUD) has launched Food-X Urban Delivery Inc. (Food-X) to give g... -
Canadians, Americans distrust...
Both Canadian and American consumers are very skeptical when evaluating the brands and services they... -
Canadians trust their grocery...
Despite admitted and alleged bread price-fixing, Canadian grocery chains are highly trusted by their... -
Walmart reports strong Q4 Cana...
While overall Walmart’s fourth-quarter 2018 profits fell short of expectations and the company strug... -
Conagra sells Canada’s Del Mon...
Conagra Group is selling its Del Monte processed fruit and vegetable business in Canada to Bonduelle... -
Clarion Events takes equity st...
The National Grocers Association (NGA) and Clarion Events announced a new joint venture at the NGA S... -
Former dairy makes first comme...
Elmhurst Milked of New York has launched the first peanut-based milk to be sold in grocery stores. A... -
PHOTO OF THE WEEK: Aurora wins...
Left to right: Johan Cornu, Loacker area sales manager, Americas; Tony Angelucci and Tony Morello, A... -
New app helps grocers cut spoi...
A Toronto startup is launching a new app to manage marked down food that would otherwise be thrown a... -
New packaging rules for Health...
Ottawa is launching public consultations on planned new packaging rules to promote healthier eating... -
Walmart U.S. cuts more store m...
Walmart U.S. is cutting two department manager positions at some of its 4,700 stores. The positions... -
First Nations grocery store fo...
Photo: Vincent McDermott, Fort McMurray Today - Postmedia Network The Athabasca Chipewyan First Nati... -
Loblaw expands online delivery...
This week, Loblaw is launching home delivery in London and Windsor, ON. Loblaw has partnered with In... -
Sobeys opens new 50,000 sq ft...
Sobeys has opened its new store in Stoney Creek, ON. The 50,000 sq ft store features full service de... -
Canadians spent 11% of disposa...
Last year, Canadians spent 11 per cent of their disposable income on food purchases. According to a... -
Amazon targets dollar-store ma...
Amazon recently rolled out a “$10 & Under” feature on its website and app, in a move targeting the U... -
BREAKING: Union urges strike v...
More than 2,500 Safeway workers in Manitoba may be going on strike at the urging of their union foll... -
New Whole Foods inventory syst...
A new “order to shelf” inventory system at Whole Foods is emptying shelves and destroying staff mora... -
UK's EG Group purchases Kroger...
UK-based convenience store operator EG Group is buying Kroger’s U.S. convenience store unit for $2.1... -
Fresh Del Monte Produce acquir...
Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. has announced that its North America subsidiary, Del Monte Fresh Produc... -
Ontario startup offers South A...
Toronto startup Apniroots hopes to leverage the growing online grocery trend by offering online orde... -
Galleria Supermarket becomes O...
OPAY Inc. Sales director Nicholas Ning, left, and Galleria Supermarket executive director Peter Shin... -
Claridge looking for new food...
Claridge, the family office of Stephen Bronfman (pictured), is pursuing new food and beverage invest... -
Shoppers Drug Mart targets sen...
Following its pilot Wellwise store opening in Toronto last September, Shoppers Drug Mart has launche... -
Nielsen launches data-sharing...
Nielsen says the launch of its Connected Partner Program in Canada will allow clients and approved p... -
Costco engages with millennial...
While Costco Wholesale is adapting to the expectations of young, e-commerce-oriented shoppers, the r... -
Keurig joins forces with Dr Pe...
Coffee maker Keurig Green Mountain has announced a $21 bn deal that will see it combine with soda gi... -
Walmart to ramp up supply chai...
Walmart plans to share more data with suppliers to speed up the replenishing of out-of-stock items,... -
New grocery stores on the way...
Calgary Co-op and Loblaws are vying to open the first new grocery store in Calgary’s dynamic downtow... -
Overwaitea Food Stores transit...
All nine Overwaitea Foods stores in B.C. are being switched to Save-On-Foods stores this year. The t... -
Walmart is building a Tinder f...
Walmart has filed a patent for an online grocery shopping service that works along the lines of the... -
Metro sales top $3B: company t...
Metro has released its financial results for the first quarter of 2018 (the 12-week period ending De... -
Grocery shoppers adopting onli...
Seventy percent of grocery shoppers will do part of their buying online within five to seven years,... -
Food and drug sales lag as ret...
Retail sales growth in Canada for 2017 is poised to set a 20-year high, according to Statistics Cana... -
Bread price fixing: Competitio...
At least seven companies committed indictable offences in the bread price fixing scandal, according... -
Amazon raises Prime monthly ra...
Amazon has raised the price of a monthly Amazon Prime membership by $2 to $12.99. The $99 annual Pri... -
Calgary Co-op starts first mix...
From left: Jeanette Lee, VP Developments, Quarry Bay Investments; Jeff Ambrose, VP, Petroleum, Wine... -
INSIGHTS: Will Amazon Go, come...
With the launch on Monday of Amazon's grocery story of the future, the cashierless Amazon Go in Seat... -
Kimberly-Clark to cut workforc...
Up to 12-13% of Kimberly-Clark’s workforce – 5000 to 5500 workers – will be cut as the company under... -
Can these robot-run warehouses...
A robotic picking system under development in Israel could change the landscape of inner-city delive... -
CPMA welcomes Trans-Pacific pa...
The Canadian Produce Marketing Association (CPMA) has hailed the agreement on the Comprehensive and... -
Campbell's to close Toronto pl...
Campbell Soup Company has announced that it plans to shut down its Toronto manufacturing facility as... -
Produce group launches food sa...
The Canadian Produce Marketing Association (CPMA) has launched a program to support food safety rese... -
Toonies for Tummies aims to ra...
The grocery industry’s signature “giving back” initiative, Toonies for Tummies has raised $18 millio... -
Wholesale sales see 2nd consec...
Source: Statistics Canada Statistics Canada reports that wholesale sales rose 0.7% to $63.6 billion... -
Leveling the grocery playing f...
A Toronto-based retail consulting firm hopes that newly launched store services for independent reta... -
Galleria Supermarket donates $...
Galleria Supermarket has raised more than $24,000 for 18 local charities through its Share the Love... -
Vegetable growers convert to c...
Canadian vegetable and grain farmers are looking to the impending legalization of cannabis to help r... -
Sobeys to close 10 Safeway sto...
Sobeys plans to close 10 Safeway stores in British Columbia, according to a report issued by the Uni... -
New organization for food, bev...
More than 1,500 food and beverage processing businesses across the country have come together to cre... -
Survey finds 1/3 of Canadians...
A new consumer debt survey has found that one-third of Canadians can’t keep up with their monthly bi... -
The growth of the zero waste g...
Zero waste grocery stores are catching on in Canada, with three openings across the country in the l... -
Walmart could scoop up one of...
Walmart could be eyeing a number of startups for acquisition as part of its continuing push into e-c... -
Executive changes at Walmart's...
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is making executive management changes in its international division. COO Judit... -
Nature's Path founder buys 500...
Arran Stephens, owner of Legend Organic Farm and founder of Nature’s Path Foods Inc., has announced... -
Walmart looks to expand Cornwa...
Walmart Logistics has put out a call for 50 to 100 additional employees for its Cornwall, ON logisti... -
Ferrero confirms Nestle confec...
The Ferrero Group has announced a definitive agreement to acquire the U.S. confectionery business fr... -
VersaCold opens new Ontario fa...
From left: Gordon Krantz, Mayor of Milton; Lisa Raitt, MP for Milton; Shelly Martin, president of Ne... -
Australia complains to WTO abo...
Australia has launched a complaint at the World Trade Organization (WTO) about the rules that Canada... -
Instacart to buy Unata for Can...
US grocery delivery service Instacart is “imminently” buying a Toronto tech company as another step... -
Calgary Co-op's $2.25B vision...
Calgary Co-op is planning major investments over the next eight years as it expands its retail opera... -
Loblaw set up 'bogus' bank, CR...
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is alleging that Loblaw Companies set up a phoney bank in Barbados t... -
Bread price fixing: BC residen...
A resident of Burnaby, B.C. has launched a class action suit against Loblaw Companies and 10 others... -
Hard discounter Lidl brings pr...
Amidst speculation that a hard discounter like Lidl or Aldi could eventually enter the Canadian mark... -
Retail trends 2018
Digital technologies, more brick and mortar, but on a smaller scale, innovative retail business mode... -
Greenyard's acquisition of Dol...
The acquisition of Dole by Belgian conglomerate Greenyard is off the table, according to Greenyard.... -
Former Walmart executive joins...
Giant Tiger Stores Limited announced that the newest member of the company's Board of Directors, Gin... -
Ferrero near deal to buy Nestl...
According to a Bloomberg news report, Italian Nutella maker Ferrero is close to finalizing the acqui... -
Making a difference: Grocery F...
The Grocery Foundation's annual Night to Nurture Gala takes place February 3 at the Metro Toronto Co... -
Driverless delivery services:...
Image courtesy Toyota Consumers may soon be getting their home delivery groceries via autonomous veh... -
Metro celebrates re-opening of...
After extensive renovations, Metro has reopened its Etobicoke store. The new store, located on Lloyd... -
Price-fixing: Gift card compen...
It’s too early to determine whether the value of the $25 gift card Loblaw Companies is offering cons... -
Montreal’s plastic bag ban tak...
CP photo Montreal brought a citywide ban on plastic bags into effect on Jan. 1. It is the first majo... -
James Cameron supports Canadia...
James Cameron at the opening of the new plant protein research facility in Vanscoy, Sask. Canadian g... -
The Sobey family consolidates...
Canadian Press file photo The three branches of the Sobey family are pooling all of their Class B sh... -
How Walmart and Jet.com are sh...
Following Walmart’s acquisition of e-commerce platform Jet.com in August 2016, Jet.com’s president L... -
Costco reports stellar Decembe...
Costco Wholesale Corp. yesterday reported net sales of $14.94 billion for the month of December, the... -
Will Amazon buy Target?
Amazon.com will acquire Target Corp. in 2018, predicts Gene Munster, a respected technology-market a... -
Bread price-fixing: new develo...
UPDATED: There are some new developments in the price-fixing story we reported on in December. The s... -
Humanless shopping: Has China...
Amazon's Chinese rival JD.com has partnered with a Hong Kong real estate developer and says it plans... -
Richmond, BC Loblaws City Mark...
Loblaw Companies Ltd. is closing its Loblaws City Market store in Richmond, BC amidst tough competit... -
Costco’s e-commerce growth gra...
BMO Capital Markets is advising investors to buy Costco shares, raising its rating for the company b... -
Whole Foods reveals seasonal b...
Whole Foods Market has revealed some of its customers’ favourite holiday season products and top-rat... -
Let's Make a Deal: Campbell, H...
Campbell, Hershey acquire salty snack companies Unilever to sell spreads business Dole Food on the s... -
Grocery retailers address indu...
George Weston Ltd. and Loblaw Companies Ltd. say they are addressing their role in an industry-wide... -
Canadians prefer brick and mor...
Canadians like their in-store experience, according to a new international study by GfK, "FutureBuy"... -
Lowe's names Sylvain Prud'homm...
Sylvain Prud'homme is the new president, international for Lowe's Companies Inc. He'll continue to s... -
Walmart.ca offers branded loca...
As online shopping becomes more popular, parcel pick-up depots become more numerous, particularly in... -
Panettone extravaganza! Aurora...
From left: Tony Angelucci, Christian Pritchard, Aurora Importing & Distributing; John Carlo Terceros... -
David Wilkes appointed preside...
Dave Wilkes, SVP, Government Relations and Grocery Division, Retail Council of Canada (RCC), has bee... -
Empire to convert some Western...
Empire Co. Ltd. plans to turn up to 25 per cent of its 255 Safeway and Sobeys stores in Western Cana... -
Longo Bros. acquires online de...
Longo's has strengthened its online delivery offerings with the completion of its 150,000 sq. ft. Gr... -
Overwaitea's Darrell Jones rec...
Darrell Jones, president of Save-On-Foods, was recognized by the Retail Council of Canada (RCC) and... -
Bravo! Zehr's customer wins tr...
Sebastian Geraci, Zehrs Markets store manager; contest winner Greg Burdzinski, Gus Mosgopoulos and F... -
Coleman's opens 12th store in...
Coleman Group of Companies celebrated the opening of its new Coleman's Market in St. John's, NL, Dec... -
Wal-Mart drops "Stores" from i...
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is dropping the name "Stores" and will be known as Walmart Inc., as of February... -
Former Shoppers Drug Mart CEO'...
The Murphy family has donated $10 million to create the Murphy Family Centre for Mental Health at th... -
Loblaw expands its Click & Col...
Loblaw Companies Ltd. has expanded its Click & Collect service into Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. T... -
Nestlé Canada study reveals Ca...
Shelley Martin, president of Nestlé Canada, speaks with Grocery Business magazine about the study on... -
Sobey's launches support progr...
Following Sobeys Inc.'s announcement that it planned to cut 800 jobs across the country, the company... -
McKesson Canada acquires onlin...
McKesson Canada has acquired Well.ca which is an online retailer of health and beauty products. The... -
Dollarama profit, sales up in...
Dollarama reported higher sales in its third quarter of $130.1 million, up from $110.1 million in th... -
EARNINGS CALL: Costco Q1 net s...
On Wednesday Costco Wholesale Corporation reported net sales of $11.26 billion for the month of Nove... -
Loblaw Companies signs deal wi...
Loblaw Companies Ltd. has signed a multi-year agreement with Precima, a consulting and analytics fir... -
Organic Garage confirms new do...
Organic Garage, a grocery retailer that markets organic food at attractive price points, confirmed t... -
Fortino's and Aurora's torrone...
Aurora's chef Christian Pritchard cutting the Allessia Torrone as excited shoppers wait their turn f... -
Ontario Produce Marketing Asso...
The Ontario Produce Marketing Association (OPMA) marked its 26th Annual Gala and Awards Ceremony on... -
BREAKING: Sobeys to cut 800 jo...
Sobeys Inc. is cutting more than 800 jobs, almost 20 per cent of its office staff across the country... -
Loblaw Releases 2nd Annual Can...
Retro-inspired meals, a focus on gut health and the revival of leftovers are a few of the trends tha... -
Competition bureau drops civil...
The Competition Bureau has closed a three and a half year civil investigation into Loblaw Companies... -
Amazon partners with personali...
AmazonFresh is expanding its offering into the hot, new area of personalized nutrition and meal plan... -
George Weston Q3 profit up wit...
George Weston Ltd. says its third quarter profit is up from one year ago, boosted by its Loblaw Comp... -
Golden Pencil Award recognizes...
2017 Golden Pencil Award recipients from left: Shelly Martin, Nestlé Canada; Darrell Jones, presiden... -
Nestle said to be a potential...
Nestle is considering the purchase of Hain Celestial Group Inc., according to a Bloomberg report. Bl... -
Grocery industry veterans reco...
Pentola d'Oro award recipient Vince Scorniaenchi, Fortinos Pentola d'Oro award recipient Pietro Nenc... -
Metro reports positive results...
Within a very competitive market, Metro Inc. posted a solid Q4 performance. Same store sales were up... -
BREAKING: Loblaw launches subs...
Loblaw Companies Ltd. has announced that it is launching a fee-based subscription pilot program for... -
Walmart 3rd quarter results to...
Walmart's competitive strategies of aggressive discounting and increased ecommerce services seems to... -
Study finds Canadians using te...
Canadians are increasingly turning to digital sources for holiday shopping, according to a 2017 Holi... -
WATCH: Walmart reportedly hiki...
According to a report by the Wall Street Journal, Walmart is increasing prices on some of its food a... -
Amazon, Whole Foods cut prices...
Amazon and Whole Foods Markets are lowering prices on best selling grocery and holiday staples sold... -
Loblaw posts positive Q3 resul...
On Wednesday, Loblaw Companies Ltd. (Loblaw) reported positive results, announcing that it is launch... -
Amazon terminates fresh food d...
Amazon is shutting down its Fresh grocery delivery service in parts of at least nine U.S. states. Ac... -
Loblaw combines two loyalty pr...
Loblaw has announced plans to combine its Pharmaprix Optimum and PC Plus programs to create the PC O... -
Class-action lawsuit into alle...
Strosberg Sasso Sutts LLP announced November 8 that a class action had commenced against national gr... -
Whole Foods to dramatically ex...
Whole Foods recently held what it called “National Hiring Day” in the U.S. According to Fortune, the... -
Loblaw unveils first fully ele...
Left to right: Bob Chant, senior vice president, corporate affairs, Loblaw Companies Ltd.; Colin Hol... -
Shoppers Drug Mart founder pas...
Murray Koffler, the visionary and highly regarded founder of Shoppers Drug Mart (SDM), passed away o... -
Metro expands local purchasing...
November 2, 2017: Metro Inc.'s Eastern Ontaro Local Purchasing Program kicks off with a Vendor Day.... -
Unilever to acquire TAZO brand
Unilever has announced an agreement to acquire the TAZO brand from Starbucks for US$384 million. Ear... -
Walmart reduces food waste by...
Walmart says it has reduced food waste by 20 per cent in Canada. The announcement follows on the hee... -
BrandSpark: Most Trusted Brand...
Market research firm BrandSpark International today announced the 2017 BrandSpark Most Trusted Brand... -
Independent grocers trigger br...
According to a report in The Globe and Mail, some of Canada's smaller grocers triggered complaints t... -
United Grocers Inc. recognizes...
A celebration of United Grocers Inc.’s (UGI) 45th anniversary and a recognition of excellence of the... -
Longo's celebrates new store o...
Longo Bros. Fruit Markets continued its expansion this week with the opening of a store in Guelph, O... -
Amazon cuts seller fees to imp...
Amazon has lowered the fee it charges suppliers of non-perishable grocery items priced at $15 or les... -
Network of Executive Women Tor...
The Toronto chapter of the Network of Executive Women (NEW) was named the 2017 Region of the Year. I... -
BREAKING: Loblaw and George We...
George Weston Ltd. and the Loblaw Companies grocery and pharmacy chain it controls said on Tuesday t... -
Walmart ramps up scan and go s...
Walmart is expanding its scan and go self-checkout technology in Canada and it will soon be availabl... -
Metro rolls out bigger online...
Just one year after it launched its online grocery shopping program, Metro has expanded its offering... -
Amazon.com 3rd quarter sales u...
Amazon.com sales reached $43.7 billion in the third quarter of 2017, a 34 per cent increase over 201... -
McCain opens expanded $650 M p...
McCain Foods (Canada) has expanded its potato processing plant with a new $650 million potato specia... -
The Canadian Federation of Ind...
More than 500 people celebrated the achievements of independent grocers at the 55th Annual Canadian... -
Stocking the aisles: Walmart l...
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will roll out shelf-scanning robots in approximately 40 stores to replenish inv... -
Nova Scotia artist wins $50,00...
Ursula Johnson, a 37-year-old an artist based in Dartmouth, NS, has won the 2017 Sobey Art Award. Sh... -
John Pigott receives Food & Co...
IMAGE: Jason McDonell, president, PepsiCo Foods Canada (left) and Tom Gunter, EVP & general manager... -
Cara Operations announces purc...
Cara Operations Ltd. is purchasing the Pickle Barrel Group of Restaurants and the transaction is exp... -
BrandSpark: Millennial shopper...
BrandSpark: Millennial shoppers are deal-savvy and engaged Millennials may be savvier shoppers than... -
Gay Lea expands in Western Can...
Gay Lea Foods Co-operative Ltd. is growing in Western Canada with the purchase of Alberta Cheese Com... -
BREAKING: Loblaw laying off 50...
Loblaw Companies Limited is cutting 275 management and administrative positions according to a repor... -
Market Watch: Pusateri's Poke...
Pusateri's is capitalizing on the growing trend of poke bowls by partnering with North Poke at two o... -
Costco ramps up e-commerce by...
Costco Wholesale has launched a two-day delivery option via its CostcoGrocery to improve delivery op... -
Sobeys job cuts part of restru...
Sobeys is laying off dozens of executives as part of a restructuring plan announced earlier this yea... -
Metro invests $400 million in...
Metro plans to invest $400 million over six years in its Ontario distribution network to modernize o... -
WATCH: Amazon eyes online phar...
Amazon is figuring how its strategy on how to enter the multi-billion dollar prescription drug marke... -
Walmart's Annual Investors' Da...
Walmart’s Annual Investors’ Day took place on October 10th. Here are the key takeaways: E-commerce s... -
WATCH: Walmart forecasts a 40%...
Walmart forecasts a 40% surge in online sales. -
P&G proxy war may have seen bu...
In what is considered the biggest and most expensive proxy contest ever, Procter & Gamble says Nelso... -
Walmart aims for 35-econd onli...
Walmart has introduced a 35-second online purchase return service, the store's latest attempt to gai... -
Costco Wholesale Tops Q4 Estim...
Wholesale club retailer Costco Wholesale Corp reported higher-than-expected quarterly profit and rev... -
CVS is taking its brand to the...
CVS Pharmacy plans to launch automated retail vending machines stocked with products typically sold... -
Walmart opens new prototype st...
Walmart has opened a new prototype store in Longueuil, QC, which features the company's Scan & Go te... -
Giant Tiger opens new 600,000...
Giant Tiger's new 600,000 sq ft non-perishable distribution and operation centre in Johnstown, ON, i... -
Walmart's Jet.com launches new...
Walmart subsidiary Jet.com is launching a private label line targeting millennials, called Uniquely... -
95 grocers to bid for Ontario...
By April 2018, more than 300 grocery stores in Ontario will be selling beer and cider if 95 Ontario... -
Grand Prix call for new produc...
The Canadian Grand Prix New Product Awards, hosted by the Retail Council of Canada, is accepting ent... -
WATCH: Metro's Eric La Flèche...
Metro's Eric La Flèche discusses the Jean Coutu purchase. Watch -
Loblaw may be teaming up with...
Friday, September 29, 2017 Loblaw Companies Ltd. says it’s exploring the possibility of offering gro... -
Metro celebrates four outstand...
Thursday, September 28, 2017 Pictured: (far left) Richard Frenkcuec, vice-president, retail executio... -
Nine things Amazon has changed...
Thursday, September 28, 2017 Amazon hasn't wasted any time transforming Whole Foods Market since the... -
WATCH: Walmart is stocking a f...
Thursday, September 28, 2017 Walmart is testing a new service that would enable in-home delivery of... -
Major food companies commit to...
Thursday, September 28, 2017 Consumers around the world navigate a range of date labels on food prod... -
WATCH: Loblaw creates exciteme...
Thursday, September 28, 2017 The Real Canadian Superstore is taking its name to heart in a new mass... -
PHOTOS: A closer look at Wellw...
Thursday, September 28, 2017 Shoppers Drug Mart's new Wellwise retail concept is designed to provide... -
Metro Inc. in takeover talks w...
Wednesday, September 27, 2017 Quebec grocery retailer Metro Inc. and pharmacy retailer Jean Coutu Gr... -
Irene Rosenfeld to retire from...
Irene Rosenfeld to retire from Mondelez; former McCain chief becomes new CEO August 3, 2017 - Irene... -
Clorox CEO, Benno Dorer, named...
Clorox CEO, Benno Dorer, named highest-rated CEO June 22, 2017 - Benno Dorer, chairman and CEO of Th... -
Whole Foods foot traffic soars...
Thursday, September 21, 2017 Publicity around Amazon's acquisition of Whole Foods, combined with in-... -
Walmart says its current Bento...
Thursday, September 21, 2017 One week after Amazon announced, with great fanfare, that it is plannin... -
Why is CPG having a mass CEO e...
Thursday, September 21, 2017 The past year and a half has been open season for headhunters in the fo... -
Couche-Tard ponders Asia expan...
Thursday, September 21, 2017 After gobbling up convenience-store chains in North America and Europe,... -
Chicken Farmers of Canada expa...
Thursday, September 21, 2017 Chicken Farmers of Canada has expanded its Raised by a Canadian Farmer... -
EXECUTIVE WATCH: Canada's CPG/...
Thursday, September 21, 2017 During Shelley Broader’s four-year tenure as Walmart Canada’s CEO, she... -
EXCERPT: Empire Company Limite...
Thursday, September 21, 2017 Strategic Imperatives In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2017, the Company... -
Companies commit to simplify f...
Thursday, September 21, 2017 Consumers around the world navigate a range of date labels on food prod... -
Shoppers Drug Mart debuts Well...
Wednesday, September 20, 2017 Shoppers Drug Mart is testing a new retail concept for Canadians who w... -
Empire Company Q1, 2018 sees s...
Thursday, September 14, 2017 Empire Company same-store sales and adjusted net earnings improved in t... -
Walmart consolidating its U.S....
Thursday, September 14, 2017 Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is restructuring its U.S. store operations and wil... -
A.S. May celebrates a century...
Thursday, September 14, 2017 Congratulations to Dave Cardy, president and owner of A.S. May, and his... -
WATCH: Amazon-Whole Foods deal...
Thursday, September 14, 2017 Amazon.com’s $13.7-billion acquisition of Whole Foods is paying off in... -
Inside Walmart Canada's e-comm...
Thursday, September 14, 2017 Walmart Canada recently announced that it is bringing its Walmart Marke... -
Dollarama posts strong Q2 resu...
Thursday, September 7, 2017 Dollarama’s Q2 results show sales growth of 11.5 per cent and a same-sto... -
Agropur Acquires Agrifoods' In...
Thursday, September 7, 2017 Agropur Cooperative and Agrifoods International Cooperative Ltd. have co... -
WATCH: Bloomberg: Amazon will...
Thursday, September 7, 2017 Jeff Bezos will have to trade in his potato peeler for a meat cleaver if... -
Is Unilever hoping to acquire...
Thursday, September 7, 2017 Cosmetics giant Estée Lauder may be up for sale, and several parties – i... -
WATCH: Discount retailer, No F...
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Amazon launching 2-hour 'Prime...
Tuesday, September 5, 2017 Some consumers in Canada will soon have access to Amazon's one and two-ho... -
Amazon slashes Whole Foods' pr...
Thursday, August 31, 2017 Photo: Whole Foods Market's Mississauga, Ont. store On Monday, August 28,... -
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Thursday, August 31, 2017 Very impressive: Loblaws installs a new wine and beer boutique in a downto... -
Walmart Canada launches Market...
Thursday, August 31, 2017 Walmart is bringing its global online marketplace to Walmart Canada by ena... -
Sofina & Amici golf tournament...
Thursday, August 31, 2017 The Sofina Foundation's 10th annual Sofina & Amici Golf Classic raised a r... -
Zero-waste grocery store debut...
Thursday, August 24, 2017 Nu Grocery, a zero-waste grocery store, has opened its doors in Ottawa, se... -
Grocery stores guzzle Beer Sto...
Thursday, August 24, 2017 The Beer Store has attributed a major decline in net income in 2016 to the... -
WATCH: How IGA’s organic roof...
Thursday, August 24, 2017 A Montreal IGA store has created Canada's largest organic supermarket gree... -
Walmart adds voice-shopping op...
Thursday, August 24, 2017 Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is partnering with Google to offer hundreds of thousa... -
Whole Foods shareholders appro...
Thursday, August 24, 2017 Whole Foods shareholders have given their blessing to the retailer's US$13... -
WATCH: Walmart's same-store sa...
Thursday, August 24, 2017 Wal-Mart Stores Inc. says it is gaining ground on its rivals in the Canadi... -
Pusateri's gives back to commu...
Thursday, August 24, 2017 Pusateri's celebrated the height of summer with customers on August 16 by... -
Loblaw to end PC Financial ban...
Thursday, August 17, 2017 President's Choice Bank and CIBC say they are ending their 20-year Preside... -
Pusateri’s Fine Foods retools...
Thursday, August 17, 2017 Pusateri's Fine Foods is laying the groundwork for a rebranding designed t... -
Metro feels effects of deflati...
Thursday, August 17, 2017 Metro Inc. says it is battling rising competition and upcoming minimum wag... -
Sobey family donates Nova Scot...
Thursday, August 17, 2017 Photo: David Sobey and son Paul Sobey David and Faye Sobey have donated a... -
Amazon targets impulse purchas...
Thursday, August 17, 2017 Amazon has launched Instant Pickup, a free service offering Prime and Prim... -
Walmart launches new online re...
Thursday, August 10, 2017 Walmart is introducing a new feature called Easy Reorder to its online sho... -
Loblaw CEO responds to accusat...
Thursday, August 10, 2017 Loblaw Cos. Ltd. CEO, Galen Weston, is speaking out against a claim that t... -
Distribution Canada Inc. recog...
Thursday, August 10, 2017 Pictured: Partner of the Year: Parmalat – Brent Stevens, Mike Turcotte and... -
AMAZON WATCH: Brands scramble...
Thursday, August 10, 2017 With Amazon increasing its influence in the CPG arena, brands are scrambli... -
Arlene Dickinson's District Ve...
Thursday, August 10, 2017 Chickapea Pasta, a Canadian producer of organic pasta, has received an inv... -
Lorne Campbell, son of Thrifty...
Thursday, August 10, 2017 Lorne Campbell, a veteran of Thrifty Foods, has purchased The Old Farm Mar... -
Loblaw suffers new online data...
Thursday, August 3, 2017 Loblaw Companies Limited recently informed Loblaws account holders of an on... -
Marc Poulin to lead board of n...
Thursday, August 3, 2017 Former Sobeys CEO, Marc Poulin, has been named executive chairman of a new... -
P&G board strikes back against...
Thursday, August 3, 2017 Procter & Gamble blasted Trion Fund Management’s efforts to seek a seat on... -
Metro acquires MissFresh ready...
Thursday, August 3, 2017 Metro Inc. is buying a majority interest in Montreal-based MissFresh Inc.,... -
Walmart Canada scraps online p...
Thursday, August 3, 2017 Walmart Canada says it is cancelling the $2.97 pickup fee charged to custom... -
Costco co-founder Jeff Brotman...
Thursday, August 3, 2017 Jeffrey Hart Brotman, the co-founder and chairman of Costco Wholesale Corpo... -
Walmart Foundation offers new...
Thursday, August 3, 2017 The Walmart Foundation says it is making $1.87 million available to fund pr... -
Loblaw reports a positive Q2,...
Thursday, July 27, 2017 Loblaw Companies Ltd. says that minimum wage increases in Ontario and Albert... -
Costco.ca checks in with Maste...
Thursday, July 27, 2017 Costco.ca will soon offer Mastercard's Masterpass as a payment option to its... -
Amazon meets with ranchers to...
Thursday, July 27, 2017 Amazon met this week with a dozen U.S. ranchers with an eye to expanding dis... -
Coppa's Fresh Market coming to...
Thursday, July 27, 2017 Menkes Developments Ltd. has announced that Coppa's Fresh Market and Harbour... -
Walmart rolls out giant Pickup...
Thursday, July 27, 2017 Walmart is rolling out its new Pickup Tower self-service kiosks to more than... -
Ferrero mulls Nestlé sweets ac...
Thursday, July 27, 2017 Italian food giant Ferrero is considering what would be the largest takeover... -
Walmart robot identifies unhap...
Thursday, July 27, 2017 Walmart is developing facial recognition technology to detect frustrated or... -
WATCH: Mondelez CEO Irene Rose...
Thursday, July 27, 2017 Long before Irene Rosenfeld became chair and CEO of Mondelez International,... -
Walmart’s new 'On-Time, In-Ful...
Thursday, July 20, 2017 Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is planning to step up the pressure on its network of s... -
McCormick buys Reckitt Benckis...
Thursday, July 20, 2017 McCormick & Company has agreed to acquire Reckitt Benckiser’s food business... -
Congratulations! BrandSpark Mo...
Thursday, July 20, 2017 BrandSpark International has announced the 2017 winners of its Most Trusted... -
Loblaws expands its imperfect...
Thursday, July 20, 2017 Loblaw Companies Limited is expanding its no name Naturally Imperfect line o... -
WATCH: Why Amazon bought Whole...
Thursday, July 20, 2017 Amazon launched more than 20 years ago as an online bookseller and today is... -
Trend: The growth of in-store...
Thursday, July 20, 2017 While the demand for organic and sustainable agriculture is growing across t... -
Walmart upgrades its offering
Thursday, July 6, 2017 As the competition for grocery shoppers continues, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has u... -
FCPC golf tournament raises $1...
Thursday, July 6, 2017 Pictured (l-r): Michael Graydon, FCPC; Erin Filey-Wronecki and Lauren Rosenfe... -
WATCH: Urban Fare Yaletown sta...
Thursday, July 6, 2017 Canada Day shoppers at Urban Fare's Yaletown location were treated to live mu... -
Save-On-Foods says 'Yes' to Th...
Thursday, July 6, 2017 Pictured: Edward Meyer, Ripley’s vice-president of Exhibits and Archives, wit... -
Arlene Dickinson taps George W...
Thursday, July 6, 2017 Entrepreneur and Dragons' Den star, Arlene Dickinson (pictured) , has put tog... -
Metro Local purchasing program...
Thursday, July 6, 2017 Grocery retailer Metro Inc. has expanded its Metro Local purchasing program w... -
McDonald's teams with UberEATS...
Thursday, July 6, 2017 McDonald's restaurants is teaming with UberEATS to launch the new McDelivery... -
Choices Markets commits 100% t...
Thursday, July 6, 2017 Vancouver-based Choices Markets has reaffirmed its commitment to sustainabili... -
Breaking: Sobeys restructures...
Friday, June 30, 2017 Sobeys’ transformation under new president and CEO, Michael Medline, is moving... -
Sobeys' stock soars on improve...
Thursday, June 29, 2017 By Peter Diekmeyer Michael Medline, Empire Company’s new CEO, spoke with ana... -
Walmart Canada creates a 'Mark...
Thursday, June 29, 2017 Walmart Canada has again taken aim directly at Amazon, this time by increasi... -
McEwan’s announces new, upscal...
Thursday, June 29, 2017 Celebrity Chef Mark McEwan is planning to open his third McEwan grocery stor... -
Nestlé becomes target of activ...
Thursday, June 29, 2017 U.S. activist shareholder Daniel Loeb (pictured) and his hedge fund company,... -
Growing Again: Organic Garage...
Thursday, June 28, 2017 Organic Garage Ltd. is opening a new location in Toronto's popular Liberty V... -
Whole Foods CEO hints at new b...
Thursday, June 29, 2017 Amazon.com Inc. is considering introducing new retail banners to the market... -
WATCH: Which companies will be...
Thursday, June 29, 2017 Grocers will turn to these tech companies to battle Bezos' disruption of the... -
Is the Amazon - Whole Foods de...
Thursday, June 22, 2017 Last Friday, Amazon announced plans to acquire Whole Foods Market for US$13.... -
Why the North West Company is...
Thursday, June 22, 2017 The North West Company, which operates the Northern, North Mart and AC Value... -
WATCH: A mobile grocery store...
Thursday, June 22, 2017 A startup company in Shanghai has created a prototype 24-hour mobile conveni... -
Overwaitea's Darrell Jones hon...
Thursday, June 15, 2017 Overwaitea Food Group has dedicated a former Cooper’s Foods location in Kaml... -
Super C debuts mobile app in Q...
Thursday, June 15, 2017 Super C, a 95-store chain in the Metro Inc. family, has become the first dis... -
Sobeys manager honoured by the...
Thursday, June 15, 2017 Paul Keinick, manager of the Sobeys store in Cole Harbour, N.S., has been re... -
Save-On-Foods and its supplier...
Thursday, June 15, 2017 Pictured (l-r): Liz Ballendine, senior director of community initiatives & e... -
WATCH: Procter & Gamble: Will...
Thursday, June 15, 2017 P&G CEO David Taylor: We listen to ideas from shareholders from CNBC. Procte... -
Aldi U.S. expanding aggressive...
Thursday, June 15, 2017 German grocery chain Aldi Inc. plans to invest $3.4 billion to expand its U.... -
Food Basics rolls out province...
Thursday, June 15, 2017 In celebration of Canada's 150th birthday, Food Basics is providing shoppers... -
George Weston Ltd. appoints Ri...
Wednesday, June 14, 2017 George Weston Limited has appointed Richard Dufresne (pictured) as presiden... -
Dollarama won’t hike Ontario p...
Thursday, June 8, 2017 At Dollarama’s annual general meeting, June 7, 2017: Larry Rossy, chairman (l... -
Walmart AGM: McMillon outlines...
Thursday, June 8, 2017 Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., president and CEO, Doug McMillon, told more than 14,00... -
Saw It / Liked It @ the Canadi...
Thursday, June 8, 2017 Gourmet Garden Lightly Dried Herbs and Spices Fresh herbs and spices are very... -
Save-On-Foods raises $2M for B...
Thursday, June 8, 2017 Save-On-Foods’ team members, customers and supplier partners raised more than... -
Walmart Pickup is a giant self...
Thursday, June 8, 2017 Walmart is testing a giant self-service kiosk in the parking lot of a Superce... -
Shaun McKenna named executive...
Wednesday, June 7, 2017 Acosta executive Shaun McKenna has been named executive director of The Groc... -
2017 Golden Pencil Award winne...
The Food Industry Association of Canada has announced the recipients of the 2017 Golden Pencil Award... -
J.M. Smucker to buy Conagra's...
Thursday, June 1, 2017 J. M. Smucker Co. is acquiring the Wesson oil brand from Conagra Brands Inc.... -
Good In Bread: Canadians take...
Thursday, June 1, 2017 Canadian bakeries won a total of six prestigious FABI Awards at the National... -
Organic Garage launches privat...
Thursday, June 1, 2017 Organic Garage Ltd. has launched a private label program under its Kitchen Or... -
Advantage Group International...
Thursday, June 1, 2017 Advantage Group International has announced changes to its executive team: Dw... -
Ontario reduces fees for indep...
Thursday, June 1, 2017 Jeff Leal, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, at Galleria Super... -
WATCH: How AmazonFresh Pickup...
Thursday, June 1, 2017 Amazon has launched its AmazonFresh Pickup service in two Seattle, Wash., loc... -
WATCH: How Walmart plans to ba...
Thursday, June 1, 2017 Marc Lore is on an aggressive plan to topple Amazon’s online dominance in ret... -
Jamieson Wellness Inc. plans t...
Thursday, June 1, 2017 Vitamin and supplements maker Jamieson Wellness Inc. of Toronto has filed a p... -
Congratulations to the Grand P...
Thursday, June 1, 2017 The Retail Council of Canada has announced its Canadian Grand Prix Awards win... -
Lavazza Group acquires Kicking...
Thursday, May 25, 2017 The Lavazza Group has acquired a significant equity stake in Kicking Horse Co... -
WATCH: Whole Foods’ future isn...
Thursday, May 25, 2017 Whole Foods Markets Inc., facing pressure from restless shareholders after ne... -
CHART OF THE WEEK: Amazon.com
Thursday, May 25, 2017 Here's how rich you'd be if you invested $1,000 in Amazon when it first went... -
Asian retailer, targeting Cana...
Thursday, May 18, 2017 MINISO, an Asian ‘variety’ retailer that opened its first Canadian store in V... -
Colgate-Palmolive CEO signals...
Thursday, May 18, 2017 Colgate-Palmolive’s CEO, Ian Cook, recently signaled he would be open to sell... -
CPMA Awards 2017 recognize ind...
Thursday, May 18, 2017 The Canadian Produce Marketing Association recognized industry leaders with a... -
Grocers bite back against Walm...
Thursday, May 18, 2017 While international retailers Costco and Walmart have gobbled up a growing sh... -
Stat of the Week
Thursday, May 18, 2017 How big is the beer-buying bump in grocery stores just before Victoria Day we... -
Is Bento Sushi looking at an I...
Thursday, May 18, 2017 Bento Sushi is working with banks to explore an initial public offering that... -
Walmart’s Jet.com opens pop-up...
Thursday, May 18, 2017 Jet.com, the company that Walmart bought in 2016 for US$3 billion, has opened... -
Unilever invests in meal kit c...
hursday, May 18, 2017 Unilever’s venture arm has taken a stake in Sun Basket Inc., the meal-kit deli... -
No Frills aims for ‘cheap chic...
Thursday, May 11, 2017 No Frills has launched a new ad campaign that it hopes will “re-energize” the... -
Amazon cuts Prime rate thresho...
Thursday, May 11, 2017 Amazon.com is cutting the threshold for free shipping in the U.S. to $25 from... -
76 additional Ontario grocery...
Thursday, May 11, 2017 The province of Ontario has added 76 more independent and large grocery store... -
Advantage Solutions files for...
Thursday, May 11, 2017 Advantage Solutions Inc., a provider of sales, marketing, merchandising and d... -
Photo of the Week: Mariposa Da...
Thursday, May 11, 2017 Pictured (back row, l-r): Bruce VandenBerg, Andy Letham, Larry Hook, Tom Gell... -
WATCH: Vespa’s stunning new ro...
Thursday, May 11, 2017 Vespa, best known for its stylish scooters, is opening a Boston-based divisio... -
Empire launches major transfor...
Empire launches major transformation initiative to simplify its business, unlock national scale and... -
Loblaw’s same-store sales decl...
Thursday, May 4, 2017 By Peter Diekmeyer Loblaw Companies Ltd. reported a slight increase in revenue... -
Sobeys’ new CEO indicates chan...
Thursday, May 4, 2017 Since Michael Medline was brought on board as CEO of Sobeys and its parent, Em... -
Saffron Sugar Cube wins 2017 S...
Thursday, May 4, 2017 SIAL Canada has awarded the 2017 Innovation Grand Prize to Saffron Sugar Cube,... -
Metro unveils 2017 CSR report
Thursday, May 4, 2017 Metro Inc. has released its 2017 Corporate Responsibility Report highlighting... -
Whole Foods opens store in Tor...
Thursday, May 4, 2017 Whole Foods Market has opened a new 45,100-square-foot store in Toronto’s Leas... -
Costco announces rare dividend...
Thursday, May 4, 2017 Costco is paying out a special cash dividend of US$7.00 per share to its share... -
WATCH: The opening of Regina’s...
Thursday, May 4, 2017 Shoppers were so excited about the opening of a new Real Canadian Superstore i... -
Empire appoints Michael Vels a...
Thursday, April 27, 2017 Empire Company Limited has made two senior executive appointments: Michael... -
Metro cuts prices, boosts prof...
Thursday, April 27, 2017 By Peter Diekmeyer Metro Inc. CEO, Eric La Flèche, surprised analysts this... -
WATCH: Coca-Cola cuts 1,200 jo...
Thursday, April 27, 2017 Coca-Cola has a new CEO and is planning to cut 1,200 jobs as part of a broa... -
Glenn Murphy joins lululemon a...
Thursday, April 27, 2017 Glenn Murphy, a veteran of grocery, pharma and health and beauty retail bus... -
Customers abandon carts as Lob...
Thursday, April 27, 2017 A number of Loblaws stores across Ontario and Atlantic Canada experienced a... -
WATCH: The Walmart – Amazon pr...
Thursday, April 27, 2017 Amazon and Walmart are in an all-out price war that is terrifying America’s... -
WATCH: The Economist: What cou...
Thursday, April 27, 2017 Amazon accounts for more than half of every dollar spent online in America... -
Walmart Canada laying off staf...
Thursday, April 20, 2017 Walmart Canada is laying off an unspecified number of employees as it under... -
Loblaw announces new reporting...
Thursday, April 20, 2017 With the announcement of Grant Froese's retirement as chief operating offic... -
Longo Family to receive the 20...
Thursday, April 20, 2017 Retail Council of Canada has announced that Anthony Longo, president and CE... -
Loblaw sells its gas station b...
Thursday, April 20, 2017 Loblaw Companies Limited has entered an agreement to sell 100 per cent of i... -
WATCH: Why Amazon considered b...
Thursday, April 20, 2017 Bloomberg's Craig Giammona reports that Amazon considered making an offer l... -
S.O.S. Celebrating 100th anniv...
Thursday, April 20, 2017 The consumer goods industry has its share of iconic products but certain se... -
Quebec invests $5M in sustaina...
Thursday, April 20, 2017 The Quebec government is investing $5 million over three years to encourage... -
Is PepsiCo the next Kraft Hein...
Thursday, April 20, 2017 Pablo Zuanic, a senior equity analyst at SIG, New York, says that Kraft Hei... -
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Thursday, April 20, 2017 Newly installed: Self-checkouts spotted at a Shoppers Drug Mart store in we... -
Loblaw announces it will open...
Thursday, April 13, 2017 Loblaw Companies Limited says it will invest approximately $1.3 billion int... -
Walmart Stores cutting hundred...
Thursday, April 13, 2017 Wal-Mart Stores Inc. says it is eliminating more U.S. corporate jobs this m... -
Mondelez reportedly seeks succ...
Thursday, April 13, 2017 Mondelez International Inc. is looking for a successor to CEO Irene Rosenfe... -
Activist investor group pushes...
Thursday, April 13, 2017 Shares of Whole Foods Market jumped nearly 10 per cent on Monday after acti... -
WATCH: Why is Jim Pattison int...
Thursday, April 13, 2017 Canadian business magnate Jim Pattison is ready to snap up Western Canadian... -
Walmart offers discounts for o...
Thursday, April 13, 2017 Walmart Stores in the U.S. is offering “pickup discounts” to online shopper... -
Foodland Ontario celebrates 40...
Thursday, April 13, 2017 For 40 years, Foodland Ontario has been making it easier for families and c... -
WATCH: Bank of Canada unveils...
Thursday, April 13, 2017 The Bank of Canada has unveiled a commemorative $10 banknote to celebrate C... -
WATCH: Costco returns to its w...
Thursday, April 6, 2017 The Costco Business Centre concept store, newly opened in Scarborough, Ont.,... -
Tim Hortons president apologiz...
Thursday, April 6, 2017 During a private conference call last week, Elias Diaz Sese, Tim Hortons pre... -
WATCH: Amazon wants to convinc...
Thursday, April 6, 2017 Amazon.com Inc. wants to convince some of the world's biggest brands to sell... -
Reckitt Benckiser puts food bu...
Thursday, April 6, 2017 Consumer goods giant Reckitt Benckiser has put its food business up for sale... -
New Food Institute created at...
Thursday, April 6, 2017 The Arrell Family Foundation has donated $20 million to the University of Gu... -
Consumers still prefer shoppin...
Thursday, April 6, 2017 Despite all the talk about online shopping, most consumers still prefer to s... -
LCBO workers set late-April st...
Thursday, April 6, 2017 Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) staff, represented by the Ontario Pub... -
Dollarama registers stunning Q...
Friday, March 31, 2017 By Peter Diekmeyer Dollarama reported strong fourth quarter operating results... -
Three Metro veterans announce...
Thursday, March 30, 2017 Three long-time employees of Metro Inc.’s Ontario division have announced t... -
Vince’s Market named one of Ca...
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WATCH: Amazon debuts Fresh Pic...
Thursday, March 30, 2017 Amazon, this week, launched AmazonFresh Pickup, a new drive-in service whic... -
Metro serves up local fare in...
Thursday, March 30, 2017 Customers of 25 Metro-owned stores in the Ottawa region will be able to pur... -
Amazon Go rollout stalls
Thursday, March 30, 2017 Announced with much fanfare last December, Amazon’s futuristic new grocery... -
Quality Foods is sold to The J...
Sunday, March 26, 2017 The founders of Quality Foods have sold their 13-store Vancouver Island groce... -
Save-On-Foods senior VP wins J...
Thursday, March 23, 2017 Blende Scott, Save-On-Foods' senior vice-president of merchandising and bus... -
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Walmart unveils "Store 8" tech...
Thursday, March 23, 2017 Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is creating a technology-startup incubator in Silicon... -
WATCH: Thrifty Foods leads foo...
Thursday, March 23, 2017 Thrifty Foods is helping people in need by contributing non-sellable perish... -
Best New Product Award's 2017...
Thursday, March 23, 2017 BrandSpark International has announced the winners of its 14th annual Best... -
Sobeys to open nine retail liq...
Thursday, March 23, 2017 Sobeys has been awarded a licence to open nine additional liquor stores thr... -
Empire Inc.’s ‘impatient’ Medl...
Thursday, March 16, 2017 By Peter Diekmeyer Michael Medline, CEO at Sobeys’ parent, Empire Company L... -
Shoppers Drug Mart to replace...
Thursday, March 16, 2017 Shoppers Drug Mart is planning to build a new flagship store right at Toron... -
WATCH: The future of food deli...
Thursday, March 16, 2017 DHL Express has introduced the “Cubicycle” to its Netherlands fleet, a quad... -
Walmart.com ramps up hiring in...
Thursday, March 16, 2017 Walmart.com is hiring hundreds of workers at its tech operations just outsi... -
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Thursday, March 16, 2017 On the Green: Jim Slomka of Clorox Canada braves very challenging weather i... -
Malls marry-up with grocery st...
Thursday, March 16, 2017 For decades, department stores have anchored sprawling suburban malls, but... -
Competition Bureau applies str...
Thursday, March 16, 2017 Regular prices, sale prices, clearance sales – these terms are ubiquitous i... -
WATCH: Quebec grocers pair wit...
Thursday, March 16, 2017 In what Quebec’s food banks say is a Canadian first, supermarkets in the pr... -
Instacart announces a $400 mil...
Thursday, March 9, 2017 Instacart has raised another $400 million in fresh funding, mostly from exis... -
Canada is growing more organic...
Thursday, March 9, 2017 Total organic agricultural land is increasing in Canada, according to the Ca... -
The Westons are still the rich...
Thursday, March 9, 2017 Canada’s Weston family has retained its title as the richest family in Irela... -
WATCH: Has Costco’s stock gone...
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Horizon Group of B.C. to buy O...
Thursday, March 9, 2017 The Horizon Group of western Canada is acquiring the business and key assets... -
2017 Canadian Food Safety Reco...
Thursday, March 9, 2017 NSF International has announced the winners of the 2017 Food Safety Recognit... -
Metro expanding its presence i...
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Michelle Scott announces retir...
Thursday, March 2, 2017 Michelle Scott has announced her retirement as executive director of The Gro... -
Will Unilever spin-off its foo...
Thursday, March 2, 2017 Unilever is understood to be giving "serious thought" to a spin-off of its f... -
Giant Tiger, Costco among disc...
Thursday, March 2, 2017 Discount retailing is booming and Canada, and Giant Tiger is among the chain... -
WATCH: Walmart U.S. launches n...
Thursday, March 2, 2017 Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is running a new price-comparison test in at least 1,20... -
Walmart Canada latest results...
Thursday, February 23, 2017 Wal-Mart Canada Corp. saw flat same-store sales during the quarter ended... -
Canada Bread closing a Quebec...
Thursday, February 23, 2017 Canada Bread Company, Limited plans to close its bakery in St-Côme-Liniè... -
Maple Leaf spending $140M to a...
Thursday, February 23, 2017 Maple Leaf Foods has signed a definitive agreement with Brynwood Partner... -
How Lidl plans to conquer the...
Thursday, February 23, 2017 For more than a year, German grocer Lidl has been plotting its entry int... -
Metro’s Q1 grocery profits up...
Thursday, January 26, 2017 By Peter Diekmeyer MONTREAL – At Metro Inc.’s annual general meeting, whi... -
LCBO workers protest the sale...
Thursday, January 26, 2017 Unionized workers at LCBO outlets have launched a series of rotating info... -
‘Very intense’ competition wil...
Thursday, January 26, 2017 Fierce price competition between grocers will likely keep food prices fro... -
Dine and Dash: Amazon makes it...
Thursday, January 26, 2017 Amazon is making it easier for its Prime customers to shop for groceries... -
WATCH: Campbell CEO Denise Mor...
Thursday, January 26, 2017 How does a 149-year-old food company known for its canned products keep i... -
Galleria Supermarket’s Lunar N...
Thursday, January 26, 2017 Galleria Supermarket in Don Mills, Ont., welcomed the Lunar 2017 New Year... -
Food Halls lead retail experie...
Thursday, January 26, 2017 In retail, nothing remains the same for long. Today, experience is the na... -
Walmart launches new online re...
Walmart is introducing a new feature called Easy Reorder to its online shopping website and mobile a... -
Loblaw CEO responds to accusat...
Loblaw Cos. Ltd. CEO, Galen Weston, is speaking out against a claim that the company is attempting t... -
Distribution Canada Inc. recog...
Pictured: Partner of the Year: Parmalat – Brent Stevens, Mike Turcotte and Sean Mateer Distribution... -
AMAZON WATCH: Brands scramble...
With Amazon increasing its influence in the CPG arena, brands are scrambling to standout in the new...
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SIAL Canada 2018 draws 20,000+
SIAL Canada, which took place May 2-4 at Montreal’s Palais des Congres, was the 15th edition of the... -
CIBUS 2018: Showcasing Italian...
Pumpkin panettone, pistachio pesto, beet-filled gnocchi and Sicilain canoli meal kits. These were ju... -
Kraft Heinz partners with star...
Kraft Heinz has unveiled the first five brand partnerships developed by its Springboard brand incuba... -
Amazon opening more checkout-f...
Amazon.com is opening the first “Amazon Go” checkout-free stores beyond its Seattle pilot, announcin... -
Fortinos storage facility fire...
A Fortinos storage building in Hamilton, ON, was severely damaged in a fire last week. The fire brok... -
Amazon adds new Prime benefit...
Amazon has launched a new 10 per cent discount for its Prime members at Whole Foods Market stores, b... -
WATCH: Sobey’s partner Ocado p...
Online supermarket Ocado uses a fully automated warehouse where robots pick grocery orders for custo... -
Planet Organic expands in Edmo...
Planet Organic Market is expanding operations in the Edmonton area with plans for new grocery locati... -
WATCH: Walmart launches on the...
Walmart has announced that it will start equipping store staff with mobile devices to check out cust... -
Pattison’s Buy-Low buys popula...
The independent Valu-Plus Foods grocery store in Keremeos, B.C., near Penticton, has been bought by... -
Amazon's US sales to match Wal...
JPMorgan says Amazon is growing faster than Walmart in the US, and expects it to match the latter’s... -
Longo's 29th annual charity go...
The Longo's annual charity golf tournament is the Longo's Family Charitable Foundation signature eve... -
Sponge Towels takes to the str...
To encourage Torontonians to engage in random acts of spring cleaning, the Sponge Towel Clean Up Cre... -
No Frills launches clothing li...
Discount grocer has announced plans to extend its low-price model to clothing by launching a new lin... -
WATCH: Warren Buffett talks gr...
Answering a question about narrowing margins and falling profits in the grocery and convenience stor... -
Walmart’s delivery partnership...
Walmart’s online grocery delivery partnerships with Uber and Lyft have ended, according to a Reuters... -
Walmart and Costco stealing fo...
General merchants Walmart and Costco increased their share of the food market in Canada in 2017 at t... -
Tree of Life forms partnership...
Tree of Life has partnered with four businesses to create Tree of Life National Foodservice, a one-s... -
Produce industry honours indus...
Devon Kennedy and Jessica Wells of The Star Group, with Best New Product: Inspired Salads The 93rd a... -
Visit the USA pavilion at SIAL...
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Loblaw to expand online grocer...
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Food Basics opens new Ontario...
Food Basics has opened a new 28,000 sq ft store in Caledonia, Ont. The store has created 100 new job... -
Metro poised for growth: analy...
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Sobeys turnaround is taking ti...
After one year, “Project Sunrise,” the plan Sobeys CEO Michael Medline launched to meet the challeng... -
WATCH: How does Amazon’s in-ca...
Amazon’s Key In-Car service drops off packages into customers’ cars without the owner needing to be... -
T&T Supermarket wins RCC’s Tra...
The Retail Council of Canada has awarded Cindy and Tina Lee of T&T Supermarket its 2018 Canadian Gra... -
Sainsbury's, Walmart's Asda to...
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Top 10 in grocery for 2018 ann...
Grocery and Specialty Food West, Western Canada’s largest grocery exhibition and conference, was hel... -
Brandspark announces the 2018...
Market research firm BrandSpark International has announced the winners of its 2018 Most Trusted Awa... -
Nestle, P&G and Unilever boost...
In an increasingly competitive retail environment, sales increases are more and more driven by incre... -
Metro’s quarterly results impa...
Metro Canada’s sales for the second quarter of 2018 fell 0.1 per cent to $2.9 B, while same-store sa... -
Walmart Canada announces 2025...
Walmart has committed to entirely eliminating food waste from its Canadian operations by 2025, in ac... -
Loblaw squares off with CRA in...
A month-long trial that sees Loblaw squaring off against the government, which claims that the compa... -
Amazon shakes up the online gr...
Amazon’s continuing growth in the online grocery space is forcing competitors to boost their own onl... -
Save-On-Foods BC store launche...
Save-On-Foods's Cloverdale, BC, store is the latest grocery store in that province to add BC VQA win... -
WATCH: Amazon finally disclose...
In his annual shareholder letter, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has disclosed that the company now has more... -
Shipping container grocery sto...
Go Produce, an Ontario local produce delivery company based in Kingsville, near Windsor, plans to op... -
WATCH: Farm in a box
Outfitted with a vertical hydroponic farming system, a 40 ft storage container becomes a 2 acre farm... -
Consolidation continues in Can...
Consolidation among Canadian retailers has accelerated the shift from independents to large national... -
Denninger’s opens new store
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Retail Council unveils STORE 2...
The full conference agenda for STORE 2018, the Retail Council of Canada’s two-day conference, has be... -
Rabba completes energy saving...
Rabba Fine Foods has finished a three-year project to improve its energy efficiency. By switching to... -
Loblaw’s P.E.I. Superstores la...
Loblaw’s Atlantic Superstores on Price Edward Island launched online grocery ordering and pick-up la... -
Canada's Premium Brands acquir...
Premium Brands has announced the acquisition of Seattle based meat snack manufacturer Oberto Sausage... -
Walmart revamps website in bid...
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Metro wins Foodland award for...
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Canadians slow to embrace onli...
Despite all the publicity online grocery sales are generating, consumers in Canada have been relativ... -
SIAL Canada announces full con...
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Amazon dominates Canadian onli...
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Canadian Tire expands loyalty...
Canadian Tire Corp. is renaming its loyalty program “Triangle” and extending it to its other retail... -
CPMA announces Passion for Pro...
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Update on Safeway BC store clo...
Sobeys says that if it can reach a deal with labour unions in BC on a new collective agreement, it w... -
Alberta grocer, Freson Bros. s...
Doug Lovsin, president of Freson Bros. a Alberta-based grocery chain says selling local products is... -
Federated Co-operatives matche...
In the wake of the tragic highway crash that killed 16 people, most of them members of the Humboldt... -
MissFresh debuts eco-friendly...
Montreal-based online food subscription service MissFresh has launched a pilot project to make in-st... -
Walmart expands Pickup Tower l...
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Canadian consumer credit deter...
A new Royal Bank of Canada report says that consumer credit in Canada is in bad shape and getting wo... -
Campbell reorganizes managemen...
Campbell Soup Co. has announced strategic management changes appointing Julio Gomez as the new presi... -
Sobeys ranked top grocer in Ca...
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Walmart Brief
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New "Predictive Basket" speeds...
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Walmart opens small-format “sm...
Walmart has opened a small-size supermarket in China loaded with “smart retail” features such as sma... -
Canada pushes for food warning...
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2018 Sweets & Snacks Expo: Loo...
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BC government appoints special...
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Rabba makes special Easter del...
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Longo’s introduces branded mea...
Longo’s has introduced its first branded meal kits, based on recipes created by Longo’s Kitchen chef... -
Walmart stores host MoneyGram...
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Ferrero completes Nestle confe...
Ferrero has completed its previously announced acquisition of Nestle USA's confectionery business. G... -
Canadian Grand Prix New Produc...
The Retail Council of Canada has announced the finalists for the 25th Anniversary Canadian Grand Pri... -
Food and Consumer Products Sup...
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Freshmart could open new store...
Operators of two Freshmart stores in northern Ontario hope to open a new Freshmart in South River, n... -
WATCH: Update on P&G purchase...
Pfizer continues to pursue the sale of its consumer business, which includes well known brands such... -
Amazon rolling out more Amazon...
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Dollarama Q4 profits up, makes...
Dollarama Inc. posted positive results in its fourth quarter with profits climbing to $162.8 million... -
WATCH: Walmart’s new robots “s...
Walmart is testing robotic shelf scanning technology in selected US stores to find out of stock item... -
Walmart hones store pickup, fu...
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Grocery execs gather at The Ul...
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BrandSpark names 2018’s Best N...
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Manitoba Safeway workers accep...
Manitoba Safeway workers have voted overwhelmingly to accept a new collective agreement, after votin... -
BC store receives Save-On-Food...
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BREAKING NEWS: Metro workers h...
Workers at 54 of Metro’s Ontario stores have given their union a massive 97% vote in favour of strik... -
Amazon Go yields shopper insig...
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Coca-Cola to refranchise Canad...
The Coca-Cola Company has moved its global refranchising efforts to Canada with an announcement it w... -
WATCH: Lidl takes aim at compe...
On the heels of a less-than-stellar U.S. debut, Lidl is targeting the U.S. competition with an aggre... -
Shopper confidence in Loblaws...
A new consumer study from the Dalhousie University Faculty of Management has found that shopper conf... -
Premium Brands acquires meats,...
Foods producer Premium Brands Holdings has announced the CAD$227 M acquisition of four more companie... -
Final two Overwaitea stores in...
The final two Overwaitea stores in B.C. will re-open March 23 under the Save-On-Foods banner. The tu... -
Organic Garage joins Hop Compo...
Organic Garage Ltd. has announced a partnership with Hop Compost to develop a closed loop system for... -
Blue Apron to sell meal kits i...
Boxed meal pioneer Blue Apron Holdings says it is negotiating with retailers to sell meal kits in st... -
Walmart adds 500 FedEx depots...
Walmart plans to add FedEx Office locations to 500 of its U.S. stores, according to The Washington P... -
Nestlé, P&G world's two larges...
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Lipman buys Huron Produce, goe...
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Campbell’s Snyder’s-Lance acqu...
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Safeway workers in Manitoba av...
Safeway employees in Manitoba won't be going on strike after reaching a deal with Sobeys West Inc.,... -
EVENT: Food & Consumer Product...
Food & Consumer Products of Canada’s Supply Chain Symposium takes place April 11, 2018, at the Missi... -
Organic Garage launches online...
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New $10 bill in 2018
The Bank of Canada has unveiled a new $10 bill that will enter circulation in late 2018. Issued in h... -
Loblaw adds Esso to PC Optimum...
Loblaw is expanding its PC Optimum loyalty program to enable users to earn points at Esso gas statio... -
Can a robot enhance the frozen...
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WATCH: Whole Foods, vendors to...
Whole Foods plans to meet with some of its key vendors on March 19 in the US, according to a CNBC re... -
Safeway strike mandate
2,200 workers at Safeway stores in Winnipeg, Brandon, Thompson, Neepawa and Dauphin Manitoba will be... -
Adonis expands its Ottawa area...
After six months of work the first Adonis supermarket has opened in Gatineau, QC, near Ottawa. The M... -
Walmart’s online grocery deliv...
Walmart is expanding its same-day online grocery delivery service from the current six markets to mo... -
Loblaw criticized for demandin...
Loblaw is in hot water with Canada’s privacy commissioner over its demand that some customers provid... -
Empire’s Q3 results beat expec...
Empire Company Ltd. the parent company of Sobeys, Safeway and Freshco, beat market expectations, rep... -
Quebec to ban high alcohol sug...
Quebec has announced a plan to ban high-alcohol, highly sweetened drinks from convenience and grocer... -
BREAKING: Clorox expands dieta...
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Costco quarterly results: Cana...
Costco’s operating results for the second quarter (twelve weeks) and the first 24 weeks of fiscal 20... -
McCain Foods takes stake in Fo...
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Farm Boy opens first GTA store...
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One third of young adults freq...
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The world's first start-up sup...
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$51.5 M expansion for Nestlé C...
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Walmart ramps up meal kit offe...
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Canadians find in-store displa...
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IGA Quebec unveils zero-emissi...
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