President Sarah Davis to retire, Executive Chairman Galen Weston to become chairman and president Loblaw Cos., Canada’s largest food and drug retailer, is undergoing a leadership shuffle amid a business refocus by parent company George Weston Ltd. (GWL), which aims to divest its Weston Foods baked goods subsidiary. Plans call for Loblaw President Sarah Davis

From humble beginnings in a Canadian town of 250 people, Drake Meats is poised to continue its growth across Canada and is on the cusp of launching its meat products in the international marketplace. With its roots dating back to 1949 as a co-op local frozen food locker and custom processing shop, the facility was

A mammoth new pea-processing plant built just outside Portage la Prairie has taken its first shipments of Manitoba peas and expects to fully ramp up production by the beginning of 2022 — opening a welcome new market for local producers, says one industry association. Construction on the $600-million facility, which the French company Roquette bills as the largest of

The last remaining Canadian outpost of Price Chopper, the once-popular grocery store chain that was acquired by Sobeys from the Oshawa Group in the late 1990s, is officially set to at long last shut its doors next month. Management confirmed to blogTO on Wednesday that the discount supermarket, located in the Bridlewood Mall in Scarborough, will have

Analysts said Monday that Stellarton, N.S., based grocer Sobeys Inc. will likely follow its Canadian competitors in raising supplier fees, a move they warn could lead to less competition and, relatedly, higher food costs and fewer brands on store shelves. Loblaw told suppliers last week that the cost of getting products on shelves would go

The Canadian Centre for Food Integrity held a webinar to look at how to better earn public trust in food and farming. Ashley Bruner, research co-ordinator for CCFI, said the COVID-19 pandemic has increased consumers’ desire to know where their food comes from. Globally, there has been a record rise in general trust, with Canada

Canada’s plant-based food industry just got a big boost from the federal government. On June 22, Justin Trudeau announced an investment of almost $100 million. The cash will go to Merit Functional Foods in Winnipeg, where it will be used to “create good jobs in a fast-growing field.” Speaking from Rideau Cottage on June 22, the prime minister

CPMA has partnered with NSF Canada, a division of NSF International, to offer online Food Safety, Regulatory and Quality Assurance workshops to CPMA members and non-members, beginning in June. These workshops were originally planned to take place in person but have now been moved to an online format due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The workshops

Food manufacturers are limiting their production to their most popular items in order to maximize volume and meet the skyrocketing demand caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. As Canadians self-isolate, eat more meals at home and stockpile essentials, demand for some grocery items has been up by 400 per cent. Major retailers, which typically stock on

EDMONTON — Planet Organic Market is closing its 11 stores, citing the company’s current financial state in an internal memo. “We have tried to find a solution for the company but now it has come the time to recognize that despite the best efforts to restructure the business we are at an end,” Planet Organic