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Gofer.run designed to help Canadians save on groceries
Gofer.run designed to help Canadians save on groceries
If Mark Sherry has his way, people will soon forget about the most popular search engine when they shop for grocery bargains. Instead of heading to Google, they'll be opening up his Gofer.run app.
Big sports games big business for restaurant operators
As the weather in Canada turns nicer, many sports fans look forward to watching their favourite teams in the playoffs. For restaurant companies, these events are a boon. “Oh yeah, it’s massive for us,” Vlad Ciobanu, Foodtastic said to FoodNX.
Péladeau officially acquires majority of Colabor assets
Financière Outremont has acquired the majority assets of Groupe Colabor and subsidiaries. Colabor sought creditor protection in January. The company was backed into a corner after being hit by a cyberattack just after taking on debt to complete an acquisition.
N.B., N.S. Agropur dairy plants to scale down
The Agropur dairy operation near Sussex, N.B. will close in 2028. This will also happen for an ingredients plant in Truro, N.S. A spokesperson confirmed potentially 60 job losses in Sussex area and 30 potential losses in Truro.
Borealis Foods announces $17 million refinancing
Food science company Borealis Foods entered into a $17-million loan with Oxus Capital to repay its obligations to Frontwell, improve near-term financial flexibility and support operations. The company’s products include Chef Woo, Ramen Express and Gordon Ramsay lines.
Grocery tax cut will expand to corner stores: Kinew
Manitoba’s planned tax cut on prepared meals and snacks at grocery stores will be expanded to smaller outlets, Premier Wab Kinew said recently. The government originally planned to remove the sales tax from all food at grocery stores only.
Food affordability outweighs taste, nutrition: report
Affordability is outweighing nutrition and taste when Canadians are buying food and some are even dipping into their savings or borrowing money to make those purchases, according to a new food sentiment index report by Dalhousie University.
OPINION: Worried about food prices? Infrastructure pays
Instead of looking only to public supermarkets, governments need to employ a food-systems perspective and look for solutions in time-tested ways — ways that governments have already invested in infrastructure commons. One such example is the Ontario Food Terminal.
FairFruit brings year-round peas, beans to Canada
FairFruit, a company specializing in specialty vegetables and exotic fruits, has expanded its vegetable exports to Canada. The company says the Canadian market offers a large and growing consumer base of 40 million people and a thriving food retail market.
Molson Coors beats quarterly estimates
Molson Coors on Thursday beat analysts’ estimates for first-quarter sales and profit, helped by price increases and premium beer demand. The brewer reaffirmed its annual forecasts despite flagging inflationary commodity costs and an uncertain global macroeconomic environment.
CFIA, Health Canada decisions to consider costs
The federal government says it plans to update federal laws around food production and pest control products so that future decisions by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Health Canada take food affordability and availability into account.
Canada’s supply management system is going to disappear
OPINION: Asked how he went bankrupt, a character in Ernest Hemingway’s novel The Sun Also Rises replies, “Gradually, then suddenly.” That’s what’s in store for Canada’s supply management system, an outdated policy that'll disappear gradually, then suddenly, for many reasons.
The underground farm hiding in this Toronto parking garage
Hidden behind a steel door in an underground parking lot at Yonge and Davisville, a subterranean farm is spouting leafy greens, showing how under-used spaces can be transformed to provide fresh produce in the heart of the city.
AI data centre being built in closed Man. protein plant
A former protein-processing plant just outside Winnipeg is being converted into an AI data centre. Bell Canada is transforming the former home of Merit Functional Foods into a data centre the company describes as “a small presence” in Rosser.
Costco debuts change to $1.50 hot dog combo
Costco has quietly rolled out a hot dog and bottled water combo, giving Costco members the choice to swap the traditional refillable fountain pop for a bottle of Kirkland Signature water, all while keeping the same price.
Culinary-centric community being built near Atlanta
TNG Communities and Oxford Development have unveiled a 94-acre residential community where food serves as the foundation. The development is a new organizing principle, where food is not an amenity but a daily ritual, social connector and economic engine.
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