A load of Brazilian Chicken wings was stolen in Montreal. Please call TFICB if you hear about this 

Nine Dollarama stores have been fined by the provincial workplace safety board for failing to respect sanitary guidelines. The stores are located in the regions of Quebec City, Gaspésie, Yamaska, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Saguenay and Valleyfield. In total, 11 fines were handed out, the Commission des normes, de l’équité, de la santé et de la sécurité du travail (CNESST) said in a communiqué Thursday.

Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc.  ATD-B-T  -2.18%decrease chief executive Brian Hannasch once called the Canadian cigarette and soda peddler “the largest $50-billion company nobody’s ever heard of.” Not anymore. The historically low-key retailer, which held its first annual investor day in 2018 and takes only questions submitted in advance during earnings calls, is now trying to pull off a takeover of French grocery giant Carrefour  CRRFY  +4.

The response to Thanksgiving Day store closures in 2020 was "so positive" that Target's doing it again. Stores will be closed all day on Thanksgiving Day 2021, it announced Wednesday, 10 months in advance.

LONDON — Consumer goods maker Unilever Plc expects global consumption patterns to be suppressed in the first half of this year, even as business returns to normal in East Asia and markets in Africa and Latin America show resiliency, its chief executive told Reuters. “We still hold that the first half of this year will be a continued period of suppressed consumption … with that starting to come back in the second half of this year and then next year,” Chief Executive Officer Alan Jope said in...

Big 3 chains have expanded online offerings and are using robots, self-driving vehicles to fill orders Online orders and delivery from Canada's major grocers have gone from novel to normal since the pandemic began, accelerating a move to e-shopping that was already underway.

Starbucks says its plan to close up to 300 coffee shops across Canada will be complete by the end of March. The Seattle-based coffee house and roastery chain announced the acceleration of its five-year “transformation strategy” last year as it responded to changes in consumer habits during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Canadian convenience store giant Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. says it has approached French grocer Carrefour SA with a view to striking a friendly transaction in what would be a significant shift in strategy for the Circle K brand owner.

BENTONVILLE, Ark.--(BUSINESS WIRE )--Today, Walmart announced the creation of a new fintech startup designed to develop and offer modern, innovative and affordable financial solutions. The new company is a strategic partnership with leading fintech investment firm Ribbit Capital. The venture will bring together Walmart’s retail knowledge and scale with Ribbit’s fintech expertise to deliver tech-driven financial experiences tailored to Walmart’s customers and associates.

ALGARY — RCMP in Alberta are reviewing whether the COVID-19 death of a worker at a Cargill Ltd. meat-packing plant last spring is a criminal matter.  One of the worker's family members dropped off an information package at the RCMP's High River detachment south of Calgary last week, media relations officer Cpl. Tammy Keibel said Monday.  Keibel said the Foothills County RCMP and the southern Alberta district's general investigations section are looking into "what, if any,...

They warn the toxin can go unnoticed in smell and appearance too. A brand of mushrooms was just recalled for presumably carrying dangerous bacteria. Belle Grove's whole white mushrooms have been sold in Ontario, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA).