"A basic income guarantee could play a key role in reducing individual and household food insecurity among society's most vulnerable and ensure everyone can meet their basic needs with dignity."
Meet the bean butchers. Mitchell Scott and James Davison--co-founders of The Very Good Food Company (
@VeryGoodButcher
)--are serving up nutritious meat alternatives that aren't overly processed or filled with preservatives.
Cindy Waytiuk is a store manager at
@RedRiverCoopLtd
, who has achieved double-digit sales increases and double-digit basket growth for two straight years. She’s also earned a spot on this year’s list of Star Women award winners!
#SWIG19
“I started as a cashier at the age of 14, which, at that time, was where you started in my family,” Jana Sobey—fourth-generation member of the
@sobeys
grocery family and a 2019 Star Women winner.
#SWIG19
Representatives from Canada’s three largest grocery retailers have been invited to appear at a parliamentary committee to explain cuts to pandemic pay.
Canadian Grocer is proud to sponsor Best New Product awards at
#CPMA2018
. Congratulations to Mastronardi Produce for nabbing the Packaging Innovation Award for its Sunset You Make Me pasta kit.
There's a new trade association in town. Food & Consumer Products of Canada (FCPC) and Consumer Health Products Canada (CHPC) announced on Thursday that they have joined forces to create Health & Consumer Products of Canada (FCHP).
In its latest response to COVID-19, Sobeys' parent Empire Companies Limited says it will automatically pay its 13,000 smaller supply partners within 14 days.
19 million of the 37 million people living in Canada are members of
@loblawco
PC Optimum rewards program: Garry Senecal, chief customer officer, Loblaw Companies Limited.
#groceryshop19
.
@Deloitte
: Grocery and beverage shoppers are fast to shift behaviours with a change in financial position... driven by discovery, newness, convenience and value.
#groceryshop19
Giant Tiger plans to grow its network to 300 stores. CEO Paul Wood says the retailer's physical presence trails that of its competitors, but it will be selective in picking which markets to open in.
Hershey Canada is releasing a movie that taps into the
#ASMR
craze, featuring five prominent names in the space including
@asmrDarling
and
@MattyTingles
As part of a pilot project, the University of Guelph is providing 30 local families with cooking sessions, meal planning worksheets, shopping lists and information on food storage to help them curb food waste.
.
@FarmBoy
founder and co-CEO Jean- Louis Bellemare on the grocery chain sticking to its roots: "It’s a business that has grown tremendously, but has never really lost its focus from day one, which was to deliver exceptional fresh products at great value."
The average Canadian visits 2.3 grocery stores regularly. With stores so physically close to one another, it's easy for shoppers to jump from one banner to the next:
@scharleb
#GSFShow19
Centre of store is not dead, it's just growing differently, says
@Nielsen
's Carman Allison. You can't prepare a
#meal
without items from this section.
#GSFShow19
"Perhaps it’s time for our own Canadian grocers to sympathize with struggling consumers in meaningful ways. Maybe, just maybe, if they took steps to support consumers, the baseless accusations of 'greedflation' would go away, if only for a while."
Grocers aren't just competing with other grocers for online sales, they're up against best in class retailers across all sectors. Loblaw's Garry Senecal explains:
#groceryshop19
.
@FarmBoy
has opened a 41,000-sq.-ft. store in Ottawa—its biggest location to date--allowing it to expand all departments and feature a greater assortment of items, including 1,200 Farm Boy private-label products.
Don’t hire people who don’t want to learn. “If they’re coming in and they think they know everything, run away.” — Jeff York, co-CEO Farm Boy.
#REMARK18
Rather than share of wallet, grocers now think about share of stomach as the popularity of foodservice and restaurants continues to grow, says Loblaw's Garry Senecal.
#groceryshop19
Did you know? 59% of click-and-collect shoppers still go into the store, and
36% go inside for a cold beverage or a snack. Brian Sappington of
@CocaColaCo
sees this as a huge opportunity to upsell.
#groceryshop19
From closing in-store seating areas to hourly cart cleaning, grocers are doing what they can to protect employees and consumers from the spread of COVID-19.
London Drugs is offering shelf space to local businesses that have been impacted by COVID. The Western Canada chain is waiving the listing fee and will not take a cut of any sales.
.
@the_bigcarrot
is growing. The natural grocer is expanding its Toronto-Danforth location with a Beauty & Wellness Boutique and a waste-free shopping experience called “Unpacked by The Big Carrot."
Dan Bregg, Canadian Grocer's September/October cover star, discusses his career in grocery, his priorities as
#CFIG
chair and the opportunities ahead for independents
Despite the hardships and health risks, grocery store staff worked tirelessly to make create safe shopping environments and to keep shelves stocked. And this documentary looks at their struggles.
Coca-Cola Canada Bottling says it will expand operations in Ontario and Quebec that would allow it to move production of several products to Canada from the U.S.
Tom Ward, SVP of digital operations at Walmart says personal shoppers are the secret sauce to the success of its online grocery pickup service and the reason customers trust the big-box retailer to pick fresh items.
#groceryshop19