Top Stories: National
- Canada’s competition laws come under scrutiny after grocery business controversies (Financial Post)
- Sobeys’ parent Empire pays out $9 million in bonus pay in third quarter as grocery e-commerce soars (Financial Post)
- Hudson’s Bay marks a year of living in lockdown with home focused ad campaign (Strategy)
- How confident are Canadians in the food industry? (Canadian Grocer)
- Shopify President Harley Finkelstein on Retail’s Recent Revolution–and Where the Industry Is Headed Next (Inc.com)
Central/Eastern Canada News
- Canada’s Loblaw administers COVID-19 vaccines at Ontario pharmacies (Reuters)
- Online store pilot project tests consumer response to Loop reusable packaging at Loblaw stores (Toronto Star)
- Ontario to recognize essential convenience industry during new “Convenience Store Week” (Newswire)
- Ontario releases list of pharmacies where COVID-19 vaccine will be available (CTV)
- Sleep Country increases national retail footprint with new market expansion to Collingwood, Ontario (Stockhouse press release)
- Host cuttings: Quebecers have a religious devotion to the nostalgic snack (Montreal Gazette)
- More than 1,000 people call for Ontario restaurant workers to be in Phase 2 of COVID-19 vaccine rollout (CTV)
Western Canada News
- Vancouver’s Herschel hires new CEO: Jon Hoerauf (Business in Vancouver)
- Sunterra Market expands into Red Deer (Canadian Grocer)
- Whopping 7 T&T grocery stores hit by COVID-19 cases, including Burnaby (Burnaby Now)
- Terrace Home Hardware to become a Rona store under new ownership (TorStar)
- Everything this new Edmonton café and floral shop makes is edible (CTV)
- New Costco business centre store opening in Edmonton in April (Grocery Business)
- Southern Alberta business owner receives $1,200 ticket for not wearing mask in his store (CTV)
- Vancouver caterer expands into vending, prospers during pandemic (Vending Times)
