Walmart continues to lead the U.S. grocery sector, but the gap with its rivals is narrowing, and pressure on profits is rising, according to a new report from Loop Capital Markets. Walmart has a 22% share of the $847 billion U.S. grocery industry, according to analyst Andrew Wolf. The retailer’s same-store sales growth at its grocery business has been outperforming rival supermarket chains since 2017, but the gap is narrowing.

Anheuser-Busch is suing MillerCoors over its confidential recipes for Bud Light and Michelob Ultra.  In a heavily redacted court filing Thursday, Anheuser-Busch claims MillerCoors illegally obtained the recipes through one of its employees, who used to work for Anheuser-Busch. Anheuser-Busch says MillerCoors wanted the recipes because it was planning to retaliate for Anheuser-Bush’s Super Bowl ads, which chided MillerCoors for brewing beer using corn syrup.

Montreal is hoping to stop perfectly good food from ending up in landfills as part of a plan to significantly cut waste by targeting the source. The city’s point person on the environment announced the proposed measures Thursday as part of a five-year master plan for waste management between 2020 and 2025. Coun. Laurence Lavigne Lalonde, the executive committee member in charge of ecological transition, cited an urgency to act due to climate change and the fact that the city’s main dump is...

The Nestlé Board of Directors has decided to integrate the Nestlé Waters business into the group’s three geographical Zones, effective Jan. 1, 2020. A dedicated Strategic Business Unit (SBU) will be created and report to Patrice Bula, member of the Executive Board and head of strategic business units, marketing & sales. The new Waters SBU will ensure strategic alignment globally and manage core global functions.

Coca-Cola Co. climbed after low-sugar offerings like Coca-Cola Zero Sugar and international sales drove brisk revenue growth in the third quarter. The beverage giant said unit case volume grew by two per cent, while net revenue expanded eight per cent to US$9.5 billion. The key metric of organic revenue, which strips out some items like currency effects, jumped five per cent — higher than analysts’ average estimate for a 4.1-per-cent gain.

Puratos Canada, the Canadian arm of global Belgium-based ingredient supplier, Puratos, announced the acquisition of Sandel Foods Inc (SFI). Established in 1979, SFI a fruit fillings producers in Western Canada. SFI offers the expertise and flexibility to formulate products to meet the evolving needs of customers and consumers across Western Canada and the United States.

The joint venture between beer giant Molson Coors and pot producer Hexo Corp. says its portfolio of pot-based drinks set to hit the market later this year includes a CBD-infused spring water as well as beverages containing THC.  The announcement by Truss Beverage Co. comes one week after its competitor Fluent Beverage Co. -- a joint venture between the world's largest brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev and B.C. pot company Tilray Inc.

A new study found 61% of seafood products tested at Montreal grocery stores and restaurants were mislabelled. Oceana Canada tested 90 samples from 50 locations in July 2019 and found 31 were a different species than was claimed, 21 were mislabelled and three contained species not authorized for sale in the country. The results combined with previous investigations since 2017 have concluded that 47% of the 472 samples collected in Montreal, Victoria, Vancouver, Toronto, Ottawa and Halifax in...

Saladexpress introduced its new brand Florette in grocery stores with the launch of three new, ready-to-eat side salads as well as fettuccine-inspired veggie strips. “Our field studies have unanimously shown that consumers not only lack the time and energy to cook, but struggle to include fresh ingredients and think of new ways to incorporate vegetables into their diet,” explains Martine Leduc, marketing manager for the Florette.

Ride-hailing service Uber is acquiring Cornershop as it tries to gain a foothold in the Latin American grocery delivery business. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. San Francisco-based Uber, whose US$5.24 billion loss last quarter was its largest ever, has been expanding its offerings to include food delivery and other forms of transportation, such as scooters and bikes.

Two years into his tenure, former grocery executive Sylvain Prudhomme has announced his retirement from Lowe’s International. Prudhomme previously served six years as president of Lowe’s Canada, where he guided the integration of Rona after Lowe’s purchased the Quebec-based chain. Prudhomme’s retail career spanned 35 years and included senior roles at Sobeys, where he was president of the Western Division, Walmart and Loblaw.

One of Western Canada’s leading foodservice retailers announces its completion of the Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef’s Chain of Custody audit. A leading Canadian retailer specializing in protein is the latest to pledge its commitment to providing customers with certified sustainable Canadian beef. Centennial Foodservice is now certified to source sustainably raised beef to the foodservice sector in both Western Canada and the Greater Toronto area, having completed the Chain of...