The Renfrew County and District Health Unit is following up after confirming three positive cases of COVID-19 at a Tim Hortons location in Barry's Bay. "Renfrew County and District Health Unit and Tim Horton's have been working closely to identify all contacts and have referred them for testing," said the health unit in a tweet on Sunday morning.

Innovation is a big part of what we're doing' A London food business continues to rack up wins in the tough U.S. market as it prepares to launch its vegan cheese line in Whole Foods stores across America

Canadian businesses say they’re struggling to find workers, and it’s not because potential hires lack training in their field. Rather, it’s a lack of “soft skills” holding workers back. According to a new survey from Harris Poll, commissioned by staffing firm Express Employment Professionals, 59 per cent of Canadian businesses say they can’t find qualified employees to fill vacancies.

The spicy mustard micro green begins its short life in a plastic tray of mud, filed away in a germination warehouse at an industrial park on the outskirts of Guelph, Ont. It spends several days in hot and humid darkness, using all its energy to open itself, push through the top layer of soil and unfurl its first two tender leaves. In the germination room, trays of mustard greens all sit on shelves the size of ping pong tables, stacked in rows up to the roof.

Global sales and profit for McDonald’s Corp  MCD-N  -2.54%decrease surged past Wall Street targets on Wednesday as restaurants reopened and consumers lapped up its new crispy chicken sandwich and a wildly popular celebrity meal inspired by South Korean pop band BTS. Same-store sales for the world’s biggest fast-food chain jumped 40.5 per cent in the second quarter and exceeded the pre-pandemic levels of 2019 for the second straight quarter. Analysts were expecting a 39.

Statistics Canada says the annual rate of inflation hit 3.1 per cent in June. The reading for the consumer price index is down from the 3.6 per cent recorded in May, which was the largest yearly increase in a decade. Statistics Canada says part of the reading for June has to do with comparing prices to the lows recorded in the same month last year. Gasoline prices, for instance, saw a year-over-year rise of 32 per cent in June compared with 43.

Restaurants are facing an unparalleled shift in the labour market and its impact will completely change the hospitality industry. Public health restrictions have finally started to ease across Ontario. Many of Toronto’s restaurants are working tirelessly to recreate that “pre-pandemic” atmosphere that diners have been craving since lockdowns were put in place.

LONDON/NEW YORK, July 26 (Reuters) - Arabica coffee prices rose 10% more on Monday, after jumping nearly 20% last week, to their highest in nearly seven years as unusual cold weather threatens coffee crops in the world's largest producer Brazil. Severe frosts last week damaged a large part of fields in the main Brazilian coffee belt and a new polar air mass is forecast to move over the same areas later this week, which will be the third strong cold front to hit crops this year.

It’s no secret that the COVID-19 pandemic has been tough on restaurants — both their owners and their workers, many of whom have been in and out of work for a year and a half. For some in the industry, it has also been a wake-up call.