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88 NEW JOBS CREATED, LATEST SELECTION OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES OFFERED Calgary, AB – Costco Wholesale opened a new warehouse club today in Southwest Calgary – the only Costco warehouse in Canada to be built on First Nation land. Located at 12905 Buffalo Run Blvd, Tsuut’ina, the new 151,000-square-foot warehouse – …
August, 2020
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29 August
Walmart flexes its muscles and food processors suffer
Food manufacturing in Canada is dying a slow death. The sector has lost 12 jobs a day every day since 2012. This won’t help Consumers got a glimpse of how food supply chains work – or don’t – at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now Walmart is giving them …
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28 August
IDDBA Webinar Series September Lineup
Madison, WI — The International Dairy Deli Bakery Association (IDDBA) is conducting live webinars in September. Webinars are open to both IDDBA members and nonmembers. September 16: Driving Force Behind Dairy Performance Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the majority of dairy categories have experienced tremendous growth, with many …
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27 August
Nature’s Path to Donate One Million Bowls Worth of Food To 10 Food Bank Organizations in the U.S. and Canada
Annual Eat Well Do Good effort expands to focus on programs serving children who are experiencing food insecurity due to school closures and COVID-19 Richmond, B.C. (August 26, 2020) – Nature’s Path – the leading family-owned organic breakfast and snack food company – is significantly expanding its annual Eat Well Do Good …
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27 August
All Hail Caesar!
Introducing a new flavor to the popular Yeshi Dressing Family. Subtle flavours of garlic, anchovy, mustard and lemon… everything you would want in a Traditional Caesar Dressing but with a decidedly Yeshi twist! Yeshi Dressings were created by owners Paul Kleinschmidt and his Professional Cook, wife Barbara, over their Mill …
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23 August
Cathline James, Wise Bites – BCFB Rising Star Award finalist
Meet founder and CEO of Wise Bites, Cathline James, BCFB Rising Star Award finalists! She created a line of healthy baked goods with reduced sugar, substituted mostly with fruit. All Wise Bites products have also been made with increased protein, fibre and minerals as they aim to make it easier for everyone to have healthier snack …
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21 August
Have you tried Good Good Jams?
With a rapidly growing health-conscious market we are motivated to bring the world sweetening alternatives that are healthy, natural and fun. Life should be sweet, without being full of sugar. The Naturally Sweet Spreads range is keto or low carb friendly, there is no artificial sweeteners and no added sugar. …
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21 August
Gullón Cookies from Spain Gourmet Canada
Galletas Gullón is one of the leading biscuit manufacturers in Europe. Its constant efforts in innovation have made it the top business in the sector in Spain, being the industry leader in the health-biscuit segment. The Bio Organic cookies range are made with ingredients from organic farming, many of the …
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21 August
Kruger Products shows Canadians what connects us all in new campaign for Cashmere®, Purex®, SpongeTowels® and Scotties®’
Category-breaking commercial is first by agency BROKEN HEART LOVE AFFAIR Toronto ON and Montreal QC, August 17, 2020 — Kruger Products L.P. today launched Unapologetically Human, a multi-brand campaign for Cashmere®, Purex®, SpongeTowels® and Scotties®’ This is the first under the leadership of new CMO Susan Irving and the first brand spot …
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21 August
BCFB AWARDS SHOW | FINALISTS ANNOUNCED September 24th 6:30PM-8:30PM
Join us on September 24th from 6:30pm to 8:30pm for the BC Food & Beverage 2020 live virtual Awards Show. This year, we recognize that the BC Food & Beverage Awards represents not only excellence, but hope, resilience, and an opportunity to set aside the current crisis and join together, to share …