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Edmonton, Canada:May 3, 2021Prairie Harvest, home of Canada’s award winning pastas, kicks off the launch of their new Organic Ketchup by donating to local food banks. Their first donation consisted of 19,800 bottles to food banks across BC and Alberta. This last year has been very difficult for many families …
May, 2021
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5 May
Sobeys Inc. – the first Official Grocer of Team Canada – unveils its Feed The Dream campaign
Empire Co., the Official Grocer of Team Canada, is proud to launch its integrated Feed the Dream Olympic campaign, pledging support to help nourish Canadian athletes and excite all Canadians coast-to-coast. The Feed The Dream campaign brings to life Empire’s core values and celebrates the emotional connection between family, food …
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4 May
May 27, 2021 / In Conversation with Darrell Jones of Save-On-Foods
In Conversation with Retail Leaders in Canada is an exciting online series featuring in-depth conversations between Retail Council of Canada President and CEO Diane J. Brisebois and Canada’s top retail leaders and industry insiders. These sessions will provide critical insights to help you successfully lead your business through these disruptive times. …
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4 May
May 6, 2021 / In Conversation with Eric La Flèche, METRO Inc.
In Conversation with Retail Leaders in Canada is an exciting online series featuring in-depth conversations between Retail Council of Canada President and CEO Diane J. Brisebois and Canada’s top retail leaders and industry insiders. Join us for this rare opportunity to hear from Eric La Flèche, President and Chief Executive Officer, …
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4 May
Nourish Food Marketing Whitepaper – The COVID Anniversary: Has 1 Year Changed Our Relationship with Food Forever?
It’s now a year since we went into what’s essentially been long-term lockdown mode.While most of us probably won’t be vaccinated until fall, once things open up again, what will be the lasting changes to our relationship with food — how we source it, prepare it, eat it, share it, …
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4 May
Announcing New Perrier Energize: Perrier’s First Carbonated Energy Drink Gives a Natural Boost to Fuel Your Body and Mind
Canadians seeking an energy boost in their day now have a delicious, refreshing, and lower sugar option NORTH YORK, ON, May 4, 2021 /CNW/ – Summer is approaching, and for Canadians, warmer weather and longer days, means more time outdoors, workouts, and relaxing in the sunshine. Add in the demands …
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4 May
Reinventing Fire Detection in Food Facility Cold Storage
Advanced fire sensing technology detects smoke at the earliest possible stage, while reducing false alarms and maintenance, even in refrigerated and frozen food storage In the past year, online grocery and e-commerce shopping exceeded previous highs and it’s estimated that online grocery shopping will surpass $100 billion in 2021 (Chain …
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4 May
Mondelez International will see sustained growth off the back of smart acquisitions, says GlobalData
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 …
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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 …