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Jan 12

Save-On Foods offers $25 rebate

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Save-On-Foods president Darrell Jones told Canadian Grocer magazine the company’s plan to offer a $25 gift card to customers who might have been impacted by a 14-year bread price-fixing scheme…

Jan 12

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Loblaws’ price-fixing may have cost you at least $400: Maclean’s report

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Maclean's magazine report goes over bread prices to see that it was a lucrative product, not loss leader for many years in supermarkets over 14 years. The report noted that…

Jan 05

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PC brand Sweet Chipotle Prepared Mustard may be unsafe due to possible presence of glass

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OTTAWA, January 5, 2018 – Loblaw Companies Limited is recalling one specific lot code of PC brand Sweet Chipotle Prepared Mustard from the marketplace due to the possible presence of…

Jan 03

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Min. wage hikes could cost Canada’s economy 60,000 jobs by 2019: Bank of Canada

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Minimum wage hikes across Canada this year could cost about 60,000 jobs by 2019, the Bank of Canada says in a new report. READ BANK OF CANADA REPORT HERE As of…

Jan 03

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Independents Supporting Toonies for Tummies

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Toonies for Tummies, which is managed by The Grocery Foundation, is supported by CFIG and many of its members. The program helps feed children in Ontario and in Western Canada.…

Jan 02

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Ontario’s Minimum Wage is Now $14 an Hour

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Starting today, people across Ontario will see their wages rise $14 an hour as the new general minimum wage takes effect. This change will help workers and their families who…

Dec 22

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Save-On-Foods offers gift card following price fixing controversy

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Save-On-Foods will be offering customers a $25 gift card as a goodwill gesture following the Loblaw bread fixing controversy. Read full story published in Globe and Mail here.

Dec 21

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Globe and Mail Column on Price Fixing

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From the Globe and Mail Loblaw’s behaviour is outrageous. But so are other schemes to fix the cost of food BARRIE MCKENNA OTTAWA PUBLISHED DECEMBER 20, 2017 Of course it's…

Dec 19

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Campbell Soup to buy snack company Snyder’s-Lance

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Campbell Soup Company announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Snyder’s-Lance, a leading snacking company that manufactures and markets snack food throughout the United States and Canada.…

Dec 14

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Save-On-Foods Announces Senior Executive Leadership Changes

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To support Save-On-Foods' strategic business expansion plans, a number of changes were announced to their Senior Executive Leadership Management responsibilities, effective January 1, 2018. Blendle “Scotty” Scott will assume the role of…

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Save-On Foods offers $25 rebate

Loblaws’ price-fixing may have cost you at least $400: Maclean’s report

PC brand Sweet Chipotle Prepared Mustard may be unsafe due to possible presence of glass

Min. wage hikes could cost Canada’s economy 60,000 jobs by 2019: Bank of Canada

Independents Supporting Toonies for Tummies

Ontario’s Minimum Wage is Now $14 an Hour

Save-On-Foods offers gift card following price fixing controversy

Globe and Mail Column on Price Fixing

Campbell Soup to buy snack company Snyder’s-Lance

Save-On-Foods Announces Senior Executive Leadership Changes

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