Western Canadian grocery company announces year-long fundraising total (Langley, B.C. – July 17, 2020) Save-On-Foods raised a total of $1.9 million for BC Children’s Hospital Foundation since June of 2019. Save-On-Foods store teams and their generous customers and supplier partners and are passionate about giving back to their communities and hold …
Read More »In Conversation with Retail Leaders in Canada event series
In Conversation with Retail Leaders in Canada is an exciting new 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. As The Voice of RetailTM, RCC is here to help you navigate during and beyond the …
Read More »Finalists for 27th Canadian Grand Prix New Product Awards Announced
2019 new product trends reflect Canadians’ increased interest in plant-based food products and food innovations that bring restaurant quality home. TORONTO, June 2, 2020 /CNW/ – Retail Council of Canada (RCC) is excited to reveal the finalists for the 27th Annual Canadian Grand Prix New Product Awards. The 27th Annual Canadian Grand Prix finalists represent the 112 …
Read More »GLBC designs innovative corrugated emergency bedding
Innovative corrugated bed designed to supplement hospital bedding in public health emergencies GLBC and Engineering professor Dr. Sean Maw create sturdy, inexpensive emergency bed The Great Little Box Company/Ideon Packaging (GLBC) of Richmond, BC, working with Engineering Professor Dr. Sean Maw of the University of Saskatchewan, have developed a corrugated …
Read More »Share the news – BCFB Award Nominations are open until June 1!
BC Food & Beverage Award nominations have officially opened! Celebrate the achievements of colleagues who are breaking ground in the food and beverage space in our community. Tell us about them by nominating this person and/or their product(s) for a BC Food and Beverage Award. Award …
Read More »Small businesses closed due to the pandemic start to see their products hit London Drugs store shelves
May 15 is the deadline for small businesses to submit their products for consideration RICHMOND, B.C.- May 12, 2020 – Since the launch of London Drugs’ Local Central on April 28, more than 1200 Western Canadian companies have submitted products for consideration to be made available on London Drugs’ store …
Read More »May 14 BCFB Town Hall: Preventing exposure to COVID-19 at your business
BCFB Virtual Town Hall – Workplace Health and Safety COVID-19: Preventing exposure to COVID-19 at your business Hosted by BC Food & Beverage, with WorksafeBC Thursday, May 14th, 2020 from 11:00 AM to 12:15 PM Register today: https://my.demio.com/ref/vzoio163OsmjPmsA Dear BCFB Community, Join us and Megan Martin from WorkSafeBC for an …
Read More »Coresight Report: U.S. Online Grocery: It’s habit-forming
Coresight Research has just released its 2020 report on the state of U.S. online grocery. In it, you’ll find: The consumer’s move to online grocery quantified, and how much is COVID-19 driven Most Shopped Online Retailers and Where Amazon Stands Percentage of Respondents Now Buying Groceries Online Comparison of Online …
Read More »KB Honey keeping things SWEET during COVID!
KB Honey is still open and supplying high quality honey to as many stores as possible as well as offering curb side pickup at their Langley warehouse. They are stepping up their safety procedures to include: Additional sanitization of our facility throughout the day on top of our regular cleanliness …
Read More »Ocean Legacy Foundation releases official response to Draft Science Assessment of Plastic Pollution
VANCOUVER, BC (Jan 31, 2020) – The Ocean Legacy Foundation, a Canadian non-profit organization with the goal to end ocean plastic waste, today made an official response to the Draft Science Assessment of Plastic Pollution conducted by Environment and Climate Change Canada and Health Canada, which was released yesterday, January 30, …
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