Research firm NPD Group found that the consumption of fresh foods grew by 20% to more than 100 billion eatings from 2003-2013, driven primarily by Generation Z and Millennials. According…
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From checking out using your smartphone to technology that reduces out of stocks, here's a glance into what could be coming to a store near you. 1.Toshiba TCxAmplify: allows you…
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What's going to be tops in health in 2015? Healthy is king, as are clean ingredients. Diet is a dirty word among consumers as it's more about lifestyle, according to research…
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With his family opening its first grocery store in 1955, the head of Powell’s Supermarkets says he’s been working in the business since he was a toddler. “I did everything…
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Sliding Canadian dollar and rising import costs represent bigger issues for 2015
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Salima Jivraj wasn’t always a foodie, but exposure to the President’s Choice test kitchen when she worked in marketing at Loblaw fired up her gustatory curiosity. There was just one…
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Moncion Grocers Petawawa Market faces interesting challenges in a town centred around a Canadian Army base
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(Toronto) Media reports today indicate that a plan to allow the sale of beer and wine exclusively in “large supermarkets” is being seriously considered by some in the Ontario government. Independent grocers…
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It was 47 years ago that Jim Pattison received an unsolicited phone call from a stranger that caused him to buy Overwaitea Foods. The then-39-year-old entrepreneur was working at his Vancouver…
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