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MAKE CONNECTIONS AT FOODPROWEST 2019 JUNE 3, 2019 AT THE PARQ HOTEL, VANCOUVER Buyers Day Trade Show | Industry Expo | Product of the Year Tour De Chefs | Investors Mission TICKETS TO FOODPROWEST: $100 (coffee, lunch, cocktail reception drinks and appies included) FoodProWest is the key industry buyers tradeshow and industry exhibition for all BC food, beverage, …
May, 2019
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23 May
SIAL AND SET CANADA’S 16th EDITION IN TORONTO CONCLUDES WITH GREAT SUCCESS
Toronto, May 9, 2019 – The 16th edition of the International Food Show (SIAL Canada) and the Equipment and Technology Sector (SET Canada), which took place from April 30 to May 2 at the Enercare Center in Toronto, has just closed its doors on a real success! During the three days of …
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1 May
SIAL Canada unveils its 2019 SIAL Innovation winners – Canada wins all categories!
SIAL Canada is proud to unveil the SIAL Innovation contest winners which were presented yesterday morning, April 30, at Toronto’s Enercare Centre. The three Gold, Silver, and Bronze 2019 grand-prizes winners will equally divide $20,000 from NIELSEN. While the Hopeful prize will receive a discover booth at SIAL Canada in …
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1 May
Red Bull Summer Edition Beach Blend Launches on May 6th
RED BULL® CANADA REVEALS ‘BEACH BLEND’ AS THE LASTEST SUMMER EDITION FLAVOUR Red Bull Summer Edition Beach Blend Launches on May 6th as a National Limited-Time Offer Toronto, Canada (May 1, 2019) – Today, Red Bull® Canada unveils the latest in their editions series with the launch of its 2019 Red Bull® …
April, 2019
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26 April
Bee Maid Honey Limited Welcomes New Employees To Their Sales Team
Winnipeg, MB, 04-23-2019 – Bee Maid Honey Limited is pleased to announce that Jeri Hudson and Sharon Jones have joined their Sales and Marketing team. Jeri Hudson assumes the position of Senior Business Development Manager responsible for Costco West business, national UGI management, western regional accounts and Vancouver Island broker …
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26 April
FreshCo celebrates opening of first Western Canadian location in Mission, British Columbia
Thursday, April 25, 2019 – Today, the first FreshCo location in Western Canada opened its doors in Mission, British Columbia. Please see Dropbox link here for the official press release and images from the ribbon cutting ceremony. FreshCo is a discount grocery store that focuses on lowering food prices to help Canadians make every …
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26 April
Sobeys Inc. first to bring Beyond Meat® to grocery shelves across Canada
The Beyond Burger™ is available to Canadian shoppers for the first time at Sobeys stores STELLARTON, NS – Sobeys Inc. is setting the pace among Canadian grocery retail, officially introducing The Beyond Burger™ to its shelves across Canada starting today with the national roll-out reaching all stores by Friday, April 26th. …
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25 April
Ola Vida Naturals- Decidedly Different Whole Fruit Smoothies
Experience the Whole Fruit difference with our BC made smoothies; naturally bursting with everything but the peel. Ola Vida is the only smoothie in North America that provides all the nutrition and fiber of whole fruit. Smoothies sold in the market today are filled with juice or water and packed full of …
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25 April
Cooperation Among Cooperatives – Farmer Co-ops in India, Sri Lanka, South Africa and Latin America partner with Equal Exchange and Canadian co-op La Siembra to provide alternative to corporate takeover of fair trade
Ottawa, January 13, 2019 – Ottawa-based La Siembra Cooperative, renowned for its market-leading Camino certified fair trade and organic chocolates, has partnered with Equal Exchange to bring small-farmer grown fair trade organic tea and coffee to the Canadian market. “Canadian consumers helped redefine what is fair for farmers of cocoa …
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24 April
Beef Exports – Demand surges, uncertainty and volatility
Beef exports started 2019 with a bang! International demand is hot with beef exports up 22% from last year in January and up 25% in February. Big drivers have been Japan and mainland China. Larger volumes going to Japan in the first half of the year were expected as reduced …