With the devastating Avian Influenza situation in the U.S. and have heard about the severe affect it is having on egg supply and prices there. Canada depends on the U.S. for about 10% of our supply and therefore are being challenged as well.... Read more
Kootenay Market in Elkford celebrated its grand opening on May 22. The new 26,500 sq.-ft.-store was a replacement store in Elkford and offers a full range and selection of grocery, dairy and frozen products along with a dedicated section of bett... Read more
South Burnaby will have more choices for fresh, natural and organic groceries with the opening of a new Choices Market. It will be the ninth Choices Market retail store, but the building will also house our new expanded Bakery and Kitchen. The n... Read more
Market Street Vulcan recently held a community barbecue and a few Stamps showed up. Ryan Mitchell, store manager, said the grocer held a community barbecue for the town. “The event was a promotional event for Life Choice Dynamics which sup... Read more
Charlynne Stunder, the store manager for the Overwaitea Food Group in Vancouver, is a FMI’s store manager finalist. Under Stunder’s management, the store has posted a steady increase to 13.1% in 2014. A report stated that Stunder pri... Read more
When Matthew Coleman, Coleman’s seafood buyer, was first introduced to the ThisFish.info traceability program a few years ago at the Boston Seafood Show, he was intrigued. He really was hooked on the program after learning that the Food and Fis... Read more
B.C.’s Country Grocer turned cans into movie magic to support Mustard Seed, a non-profit fighting hunger in Victoria. The grocer was not only among the Canstruction teams competing in the annual event in partnership with the Dahlia Society... Read more
The Italian supermarket chain COOP Italia and architect Carlo Ratti created a nearly 2500 sq. meter digital supermarket at the Milan Expo. The idea behind the “Future Food District” supermarket space was to explore how introducing di... Read more
Ontario-based Farm Boy celebrated the grand opening of its third fresh market location in London, Ont., on Saturday, May 9. “We’re very excited to open Farm Boy’s doors to the Beaverbrook community,” says Jeff York, CEO o... Read more
These are not your typical vending machines. Across some of the busy spots in Toronto, there’s a new breed of vending machines offering everything from Rolexes to cupcakes and steaks. The Toronto Star reports that these deluxe vending mach... Read more
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