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Article Date 23/06/2022

B.C. fish farm licences renewed outside Discovery Islands until at least spring 2023

Source Globe and Mail

Open-net salmon farming may continue off British Columbia’s coast outside the Discovery Islands area, while Ottawa undertakes consultation on a plan to transition away from the practice, the federal government announced Wednesday.

Article Date 23/06/2022

Walmart to test 30-minute grocery delivery service

Source Globe and Mail

Walmart Canada is dipping a toe into the growing competition for rapid-delivery grocery customers, testing out a 30-minute service in the Greater Toronto Area starting on Thursday.

Article Date 22/06/2022

Loblaw partners with DoorDash on 30-minute grocery delivery

Source Globe and Mail

Canada’s largest retailer is getting into the increasingly competitive rapid grocery-delivery field through a partnership with San Francisco-based DoorDash Inc

Article Date 22/06/2022

Sobeys owner Empire Co. posts 13.3-per-cent sales gain as food inflation and fuel sales rise

Source Globe and Mail

Canadians are making “harder choices” about how to spend their money as food prices continue to soar, the chief executive officer of Sobeys’ parent company said on Wednesday – and requests from suppliers for more cost increases have not abated.

Article Date 22/06/2022

Canada's inflation rate spikes to 7.7% in May, highest since 1983

Source Globe and Mail

Canadian inflation accelerated to the highest rate in nearly four decades in May as calls broaden for policy-makers to find new ways of curbing runaway price growth.

Article Date 21/06/2022

Milk prices to rise two cents a litre this fall in rare mid-year price hike

Source Globe and Mail

The Canadian Dairy Commission has approved a rare second milk price increase this year.

Article Date 21/06/2022

Kellogg to split into three companies to focus on snacks

Source Globe and Mail

Snack and cereal giant Kellogg said on Tuesday it would split into three independent companies, in the latest U.S. corporate overhaul aimed at simplifying its structure and focusing on expanding its snack business.

Article Date 21/06/2022

Inflation not holding back Canadians from spending as retail sales jump

Source National Post

The nation’s retailers recorded a 0.9 per cent sales increase in April, Statistics Canada reported, driven primarily by higher volumes. In May, receipts were up 1.6 per cent, according to initial preliminary estimates also released on Tuesday.

Article Date 20/06/2022

Ottawa urged to move ahead with food warning labels despite call to exempt ground meat

Source Globe and Mail

Health organizations are calling on Ottawa to move forward with its proposed food warning labels, expressing concerns that further debate over ground meat could delay a critical program that’s already long overdue.

Article Date 20/06/2022

Ontario losing farmland at a rapid rate amid urban sprawl, provincial agriculture group says

Source Globe and Mail

The Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) says the province is facing an increase in the rate of farmland loss as urban sprawl swallows up land previously used for growing.

Article Date 20/06/2022

'A rainbow of labour': Alberta restaurants, food producers embrace Pride season to support LGBTQ initiatives

Source Globe and Mail

With Edmonton Pride celebrating its 40th anniversary June 24 and 25, and with the Pride season kicking off across the province, many independent food and drink businesses are creating awareness for community causes and raising funds for LGBTQ initiatives.

Article Date 20/06/2022

Shoppers Drug Mart recalls infant formula sold in error

Source CTV News

A recall warning on a Government of Canada website has been issued for several powdered infant formula products  due to possible microbial contamination.

Article Date 20/06/2022

Sriracha hot sauce shortage shows how California drought affects Canadian food

Source CBC News

California's historic drought suggests Canada needs more tactics for growing food year-round

Article Date 20/06/2022

The final countdown to banning some single-use plastics in Canada begins today

Source CBC News

Ban includes straws, takeout containers, grocery bags, cutlery, stir sticks and plastic rings.  Canadians will need to find alternatives for plastic straws and grocery bags by the end of the year as the federal government puts the final motions in place to ban some single-use plastics.

 

 

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  • B.C. fish farm licences renewed outside Discovery Islands until at least spring 2023
  • Walmart to test 30-minute grocery delivery service
  • Loblaw partners with DoorDash on 30-minute grocery delivery
  • Sobeys owner Empire Co. posts 13.3-per-cent sales gain as food inflation and fuel sales rise
  • Canada's inflation rate spikes to 7.7% in May, highest since 1983
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