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Tag: Food industry
Days of supply management may finally be coming to an end
Reading Time: 3 minutes And if they are, Canadian consumers with have NAFTA 2.0 and Donald Trump to thank for the decrease in the price of dairy products
Amazon’s appetite for disruption takes a bite out of the food industry
Reading Time: 4 minutes Given its ability to fuse efficient distribution and strategic market insight, the e-commerce giant could well become the leading food retailer in North America
Serving up an unpalatable minimum wage for the food industry
Reading Time: 3 minutes The effects of artificial intelligence and the rise of the digital world will force us to rethink how we produce, process and distribute food
Multinationals face new pressures in grocery stores
Reading Time: 3 minutes Consumers increasingly want fresh, unprocessed food. The middle of the store now sees less traffic and that’s clearly affecting sales for most grocery products
Generation X the lost food generation
Reading Time: 3 minutes Generation Xers grew up in an era when food was functional and boring. As a result, many don’t cook and have little interest in the culinary culture
Growing pains for the agri-food sector
Reading Time: 3 minutes The federal budget injects some new life into Canada’s agricultural industries, but not enough funding and not nearly enough clarity of vision
Brazil and the mother of all food fraud cases
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canada, as one of Brazil’s main livestock industry competitors, will likely gain from this scandal, but the industry should not become too complacent
Could Trump save the Canadian dairy industry from itself?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canadian dairy producers have long refused to admit that the system fails the dairy supply chain and consumers
Setting the table for a radically different food guide
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canada’s Food Guide needs to be revamped to reflect the nation’s shifting eating habits, our varied cultural needs and our growing obesity