Reading Time: 3 minutes The food we buy is always changing, so keeping customers engaged with brands is challenging
Tag: Groceries
Health Canada’s new food labelling makes no sense
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canadians will soon be warned of excessive fat, sugar or sodium. But exemptions make the rules illogical
Befriending self-checkouts seems inevitable
Reading Time: 3 minutes Consumers used to love to hate these machines. But things have changed
The rise of the once-silent, once-hidden food worker
Reading Time: 3 minutes Given our heightened consciousness about food systems, workers have more political capital than ever
How serious is food inflation in Canada?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Statcan claims our food inflation rate is at 2.7%. But the agency may be significantly underestimating
Why Canadians are walking away from the meat counter
Reading Time: 4 minutes Meat is a luxury in most countries and it’s becoming one in Canada. The good news? Canadians can deal
Canadians still love meat, regardless of COVID-19
Reading Time: 3 minutes Recalls and plant shutdowns due to COVID-19 couldn’t keep Canadians away from the meat counter. But prices did reach the sticker-shock point
Why a convenience store giant wants to be a grocer
Reading Time: 4 minutes Couche-Tard has a reputation of generating value by polishing hidden gems in companies like Carrefour
The year’s top food-related stories
Reading Time: 4 minutes From lab-grown meat to grocery store staff bonuses to the food-service crisis to gardening and cooking at home to panic buying
Eliminating humans from the food supply chain
Reading Time: 3 minutes Loblaws will be able to move food from automated picking facilities multiple times a day to support its online grocery service