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October 20, 2022 –Toronto, Ontario – Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC) and Lactalis Canada are pleased to announce that DFC’s Blue Cow Logo will now appear on the company’s Khaas Dahi and Khaas Halal and siggi’s yogourt products. Prominently displaying the renowned Blue Cow logo on these popular brands, Lactalis …
October, 2022
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24 October
Loblaw to freeze food prices until January 2023
The campaign is powerfully symbolic and will show that grocers in our country do have a heart By Sylvain Charlebois There have been calls for Canadian grocers to voluntarily freeze prices for some main staples as we weather the current food inflation storm. The first grocer in the world to …
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24 October
Fruit Attraction confirms its position as the world’s leading event for the fruit and vegetable sector
Madrid, 20 October 2022 – Fruit Attraction 2022 concluded its 14th edition on 6 October with excellent results, described by the participants as very positive since it opened its doors on Tuesday 4th. Over the three days, a total of 89,535 professionals from 137 countries attended the event, which was …
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24 October
Cara Keating of Frito Lay North America Receives Life Member Designation
Life-Member-Industry-2022-Cara-Keating Download PDF: Life Member Industry 2022 – Cara Keating
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24 October
Jim Bexis of Sun Valley Supermarket Receives Life Member Designation from CFIG
Life-Member-Retailer-2022-Jim-Bexis Download PDF: Life Member Retailer 2022-Jim Bexis
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21 October
Beef Production Easing 2022-2023
Canadian domestic beef production (domestic slaughter plus slaughter exports) was up 0.6% year-to-date (October 8, 2022), supported by larger volumes produced in the first half of 2022. Fed production (from youthful cattle) was up 0.6% and non-fed production (from mature cattle) was up 0.3%. As production eased through the second …
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20 October
GLBC wins first place at TLMI Label awards competition
RICHMOND, B.C., 2022 — Great Little Box Company/ Ideon Packaging (GLBC) is proud to announce they have won 1st place at the Tag and Label Manufacturers Institute (TLMI) 45th Annual Label Awards Competition. They were recognized at TLMI’s 2022 annual meeting and award ceremony this week. The TLMI Annual Awards …
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19 October
Kraft Heinz Releases 2022 Environmental Social Governance Report, ‘Together at the Table’
Company Advances Toward Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging Aspirations, Net-Zero Commitment, and Food Security Goals, Among Other Progress Achieved 2021 employee representation objectives, increasing representation of women in global management positions and people of color in the United States by two percentage points, putting the Company on track to achieve its …
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17 October
Second annual Canada Animal Welfare Scorecard reveals progress and problems in Canadian food industry
More than 50 major restaurants, retailers, and brands ranked on corporate social responsibility metrics in new report from Mercy For Animals TORONTO — The second annual Canada Animal Welfare Scorecard, published today by Mercy For Animals, ranks 55 well-known brands on their animal welfare policies and performance and reveals a …
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17 October
Loblaw hits the brakes on food inflation by freezing prices on 1,500 no name products
BRAMPTON, ON, Oct. 17, 2022 /CNW/ – Today, Loblaw Companies Ltd (TSX: L) “Loblaw” announced a price freeze on more than 1,500 no name brand items, in an effort provide grocery-bill predictability to Canadians facing the highest food inflation in decades. With a range of grocery and household essentials, no …