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(January 29, 2016 – Powell River, B.C.) The Save-On-Foods store in Powell River opened its full-service, in-store pharmacy for business this morning. The friendly and knowledgeable pharmacy team at the Powell River Save-On-Foods provides: Medication information Booster and travel vaccinations Specialized care for diabetes, asthma, heart health and weight loss …
February, 2016
January, 2016
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28 January
Happy Water® Proudly Announces Naturally Alkaline Lithia Water in a Game-Changing, Environmentally-Friendly Package
Vancouver, Canada, September 25, 2014, Leading Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ: LBIX), North America’s only fully integrated healthy beverage company, announces that its Neurogenesis® Happy Water® brand is now available in a new, innovative, environmentally-friendly package: the 5 liter and 10 liter WaterBox™. The Company makes this announcement in conjunction with the …
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28 January
Level Ground Trading – Pioneers in Fair Trade Expand Product Line
Level Ground Trading, the pioneer Fair Trade company in Victoria BC, introduces a new addition to their Direct Fair Trade food lineup: Heirloom Rice from the Philippines. Rice is a crop that has been greatly affected by the movement towards monoculture and the heavy emphasis on planting hybrid varieties. In …
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28 January
EDEN Mochi is Awarded as a “2016 Top Kitchen Essential”
Clinton, Michigan – EDEN Sprouted Brown Rice Organic Mochi has received a Vegan Health & Fitness magazine 2016 Top Kitchen Essential award as announced in their first issue of 2016. Their acknowledgement shows experienced appreciation. Vegan Health & Fitness wrote, “So we’ve selected your awesomely delicious Organic Sprouted Brown Rice …
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28 January
Save-On-Foods named BC’s Most Loved Brand
(January 25, 2016 – Langley, BC) For a second consecutive year, BC Business Magazine, together with market research firm Ipsos has named Save-On-Foods ‘BC’s Most Loved Brand’! According to BC Business Magazine, brand “love” includes consumers’ perception about the brand including a brand consumers identify with; a brand they trust; …
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28 January
Sales explode for Brazilian Superfood: Ipanema Valley All-Fruit Brownies
Ipanema Valley All-Fruit Brownies are a staple of the Brazilian diet, a well-kept secret that Canadians are starting to discover. Ipanema Valley All-Fruit Brownies are made with one ingredient: bananas. The traditional Brazilian snack food is made with vapour pressure that breaks down the cell walls of the bananas, compressing …
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28 January
Google to Speak at NCA’s Sweets & Snacks Expo
Tech giant will explore the impact of digital shopping on candy and snack consumers. The 2016 Sweets & Snacks Expo expands show floor educational offerings and adds more segment-focused learning labs. Washington, D.C. (January 25, 2016) – Presenting for the first time at NCA’s Sweets & Snacks Expo, Google will share …
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19 January
Coca-Cola Announces “One Brand” Global Marketing Approach
Launches New Global Campaign “Taste the Feeling” PARIS, Jan. 19, 2016 – Drinking a Coca-Cola, any Coca-Cola, makes the moment special. Today at an event in Paris, the Company’s Chief Marketing Officer, Marcos de Quinto, revealed a new ‘One Brand’ global marketing strategy that, for the first time ever, unites …
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19 January
Beretta Farms Introduces Antibiotic-Free Chicken Strips to its Line of Frozen Entrées
Convenient Meals that Offer a Closest-Thing-To-Fresh Meal in the Freezer Section The New Item Compliments the Chili, Shepherd’s Pie and Lasagna Perfectly Toronto, January 19, 2016 – Beretta Farms has officially launched its new chicken strips, a delicious addition to the line of frozen entrées that are already family favourites. …
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19 January
Country Grocer Dream Campaign Hits New High
Nanaimo, Tuesday, January 19, 2016 – Country Grocer stores raised an incredible $15,620 to make the Dreams of Vancouver Island children come true through the sale of “Dream bouquets” and Island-grown Christmas trees, and donations at the till between November 15, 2015 and December 12, 2015. New this year were: …