Top Stories: National
- B.C. storm disrupts supply chain, could have lasting economic impact: Experts (Canadian Press)
- Gap between discount, conventional narrowing at Loblaw as food inflation rises: Weston (Canadian Grocer)
- Loblaw Companies Limited announces network optimization plan (Grocery Business) ****
- Retail sales fell 0.6% to $56.6 billion in September: Statistics Canada (Canadian Press) ****
- Dairy firm Lactalis to raise prices on grocers by up to 15 per cent next year (Financial Post)
- 2021 Brand of the Year: Aritzia climbs to new heights (Strategy) ****
- Canadian Tire embraces the imperfections of Christmas planning (Strategy) ****
Central/Eastern Canada News
- Labour shortage forcing some Quebec stores to reduce operating hours (Global)
- How a 24-year-old in Toronto launched a national coffee empire (CTV)
- Ottawa retail landmark Pat Flesher Luxury Outerwear closing after 92 years in business (CTV)
- Eastern Ontario town grapples with upcoming closure of its last grocery store (CBC)
- Store Tour: Food Basics opens 141st store in Kitchener, Ont. (Grocery Business) ****
- Sobeys stores recognized for Ontario food merchandising and promotion (Grocery Business)
- ‘True community builders’: Bolton family-run grocery store ‘staple’ in community (TorStar)
- Craig Baker Returns to Open First Craig’s Cookies Shop in Hometown (Vocom)
- ONE Properties welcomes Food Basics to Sunfish Shopping Centre (Newswire)
Western Canada News
- Edmonton grocery stores limiting purchases due to BC flooding shipping problems (CTV)
- Retailers lure customers with checkout technology (Business In Vancouver)
- B.C. retail sales outperform the rest of Canada in September (Delta Optimist)
- With B.C. cut off, Calgary grocery stores, restaurants look local (Calgary Sun)
- Small Edmonton natural food stores expect short-term supply gaps this week due to B.C. flooding (Edmonton Journal)
- Supply chain disruptions: Panicked shoppers clear out grocery stores in B.C. (Grocery Business)
- Mask exemptions don’t allow shoppers to ‘simply do what they please,’ B.C. tribunal says (CBC)
- Panicked shoppers clear out grocery stores in flood-hit British Columbia (Reuters)
