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Following today’s news (27 April) that Mondelez International has released its Q1 2021 financials; Carmen Bryan, Consumer Analyst at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers her view: “Mondelez’s improved growth in iemerging regions this quarter was largely off the back of strategic and well-timed acquisitions, which allowed the …
May, 2021
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4 May
Introducing Prairie Harvest’s Organic Ketchup
Prairie Harvest, home of Canada’s award winning pastas, announces the addition of Organic Ketchup to their line up. Made from fresh ripe organic tomatoes, non- GMO, gluten free, kosher, and only 4% DV sugar. People buy for the Organics; they keep buying if the flavour makes food shine. That’s especially …
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3 May
Lassonde announces the introduction of new bottles containing 25% recycled plastic for its portion-size packages
ROUGEMONT, QC, April 28, 2021 /CNW Telbec/ – Lassonde is proud to announce the launch of new bottles containing 25% post-consumer recycled plastic (rPET) for all its juice brands available in 300-mL portion-size packages in Canada. This change affects all portion-size bottles manufactured by Lassonde for the retail market and the food …
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3 May
MORE REWARDS ANNOUNCES FUELING SPORT PROGRAM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SAVE-ON-FOODS COMMITTING $10,000,000 OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS TO FUEL LOCAL SPORT
More Rewards Fueling Sport program set to provide impactful fundraising, sponsorship and cost-saving opportunities for local youth sport teams and amateur high-performance athletes across Western Canada April 28, 2021 (LANGLEY, B.C.) – More Rewards is proud to partner with Save-On-Foods on Fueling Sport, a program designed to reward athletes at every …
April, 2021
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27 April
Enjoying 100% Pure Canadian Honey Just Got Easier
Bee Maid Honey Limited, a proudly Canadian cooperative owned by over 300 beekeepers, has been providing Canadians with their quality honey since 1954. Typically, honey isn’t seen as a portable sweetener, so Bee Maid introduced Li’l Honeys several years ago and they quickly became a staple for takeout coffee and …
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27 April
Save-On-Foods set to open two stores in two weeks in Winnipeg
(April 27, 2021 – Winnipeg, Man.) B.C.-based grocery chain Save-On-Foods officially opens its doors to two new stores in Winnipeg on April 29. Save-On-Foods opened its first three stores in Winnipeg in November 2016, bringing Winnipeggers its unique brand of service, lowest price guarantee, and the most innovative grocery offering …
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27 April
COVID-19: E-commerce’s Tipping Point?
By Ken Kwong In early 2000, my brother referred me to a book by Malcolm Gladwell, “The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference”. This book opened my mind about how one might be able to rationalize the changes to practically any situation. To better understand this …
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27 April
Food sector gets budget help but there are gaps
Most Canadians will see this budget as a parenthesis, buying time before things get back to some sort of normalcy By Sylvain CharleboisProfessorDalhousie University Spend, spend, spend – that’s the strategy. And green is the colour of choice. The environment is front, left and centre in the latest federal budget. …
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27 April
Company wins prestigious Clean50 award for sustainability achievements
New campaign focuses on Flow’s environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performanceFlow achieves a high B-Corporation certification, placing it among the most sustainable certified companies TORONTO, April 22, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Flow Water Inc. (“Flow Alkaline Spring WaterTM” or “Flow®”) is pleased to announce that it was awarded a Canada’s …
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27 April
TIDE AND TERRACYCLE® ANNOUNCE P&G ECO-BOX RECYCLING PROGRAM
Consumers Can Now Recycle Tide, Gain and Downy Eco-Box Products and Packaging Nationwide TORONTO, Ontario., (April 20, 2021) – Leading laundry detergent brand, Tide has expanded its recycling program with international recycling leader TerraCycle® to make the packaging from Tide, Gain and Downy Eco-Boxes nationally recyclable. As an added incentive, …