The B.C. Cherry Association (BCCA) is receiving more than $241,000 in federal funding under the Canadian Agricultural Partnership’s AgriMarketing Program.  The funding will help the sector improve market access for Canadian fresh cherries in new and existing export markets, as well as enable the BCCA to boost awareness of the sector in priority markets through the development of new promotional material and attendance at international tradeshows and buyers missions.

Dairy Farmers of Canada  (DFC) welcomes today's announcement by the federal government of compensation for the impact of market access concessions granted under the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) and the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (CPTPP). The amount of  $1 .75 billion will help mitigate the impact of these agreements on dairy farmers and the hundreds of thousands of people who depend on this sector for their...

Despite early optimism, Quebec’s apple growers are forecasting a below average crop for 2019. In a forecast released on July 22, the apple growers said they were optimistic about the quantity of fruit that would be harvested this year but with apple season approaching, they’ve tempered those expectations.

McDonald’s has announced that it will acquire Dynamic Yield, an Israeli AI-powered startup that provides retailers with decision logic technology. McDonald’s plans to use the technology to create an even more personalised experience at its Drive Thrus. It’s digital Drive Thru menus will now display food based on the time of day, weather and current restaurant traffic. For instance, if it's hot, the displays may suggest that you buy a McFlurry ice cream.

Kraft Heinz will cut a total of 400 jobs this year, 200 of which were eliminated in the first half of 2019, according to a quarterly filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchanges Commission. Restructuring programs for the first three months of the year cost a total of $27 million, including $1 million in severance and employee benefit costs. Other exit costs were $2 million. Kraft Heinz has been working toward restructuring its business since last year, when it cut 1,400 jobs.

Dairy Farmers of Ontario's Board of Directors has announced Cheryl Smith has been hired as chief executive officer (CEO), effective August 19, 2019. Smith is a highly experienced business leader with 30 years of leadership experience, including leading a billion-dollar, revenue-generating business with a team of more than 150 employees. She recently retired from Parmalat as a member of the executive team and General Manager of the Cheese Division.

Walmart continues to hold enough sway to keep prices low even as its costs are rising and it's pushing its online operations aggressively to counter Amazon.com Walmart raised its annual outlook after a strong second quarter for the world’s largest retailer thanks in part to strong online grocery deliveries. Sales at stores opened at least a year rose 2.8%, its 20th consecutive quarter in the right direction. U.S. online sales increased 37%, driven by grocery sales.

Today, the Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, was joined by the Honourable Keith Colwell, the Nova Scotia Minister of Agriculture, on a visit to Glenmore Farms in Middle Musquodoboit, Nova Scotia, where they announced more than $800,000 in funding to support the health and productivity of the honey bee sector in Atlantic Canada to help pollinate wild blueberries in the region.

Grupo Bimbo is in the midst of a total branding overhaul for its Dempsters breads to emphasize its connection to Canada. A new logo and packaging is rolling out across Canada now. “Dempsters Made By Canada” is the first time a masterbranding approach has been taken to unite the entire Dempsters portfolio, which goes back more than 100 years. The new more modern logo includes a maple leaf and replaced the word bakery with “established 1890” to underscore the heritage of the brand.

Yum Brands Inc. CEO Greg Creed has announced plans to retire at the end of the year, the Louisville, Ky.-based company announced Monday afternoon. David Gibbs, the company's current president and chief operating officer, has been tapped to replace Creed who informed the board of his retirement plans last week. Creed, former CEO of Yum division Taco Bell, has served as Yum CEO since January 2015.

SAQ president says it would be "impossible" for its 404 stores to process and store the number of empty bottles a deposit charge would create. If the provincial government decides to charge a deposit on bottles of wine and spirits, the Société des alcools du Québec will co-operate, a legislative committee was told on Monday. But the head of the Crown corporation that oversees liquor sales in the province says there simply isn’t enough room in its outlets to accommodate the expected...

Lassonde Industries Inc.  posted sales of  $419 .7 million in the second quarter of 2019. Excluding an  $8 .1 million favourable foreign exchange impact, second-quarter sales were up 5.3% year over year. The Company's operating profit for the second quarter of 2019 totalled  $27 .5 million, down  $0 .5 million from  $28 .0 million in the same quarter last year.

LAVAL, Quebec, and EDMONTON, Alberta — Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. and independent adult-use cannabis retailer Fire & Flower Holdings Corp. have confirmed the closing of their transaction announced on July 24. Fire & Flower will leverage Couche-Tard’s international infrastructure and experience for global expansion opportunities.

Shares of Beyond Meat briefly fell below its secondary offering price of $160 Thursday. Beyond’s stock, which has a market value of $9.8 billion, briefly fell nearly 5% to $158.81 per share in morning trading before regaining some of those losses. Competitor Impossible Foods, which is privately held, announced Thursday that it had secured a deal with Sodexo.

Canada will not be spared the impact of food shortages and price shocks if global warming is not kept below 2 degrees Celsius, a new report on land use and climate change suggests. The report, released Thursday by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, delivers stark warnings about the need for drastic changes to agricultural practices, human consumption habits and forestry management to prevent an escalation in the climate-change-related floods and forest fires that...