Top Stories: National
- Roots reports higher profit, boost in e-commerce even as pandemic hurts sales (Canadian Press)
- Inflation’s coming: Consumers to pay dearly for supply chain snarls (Financial Post)
- Dollarama’s founding Rossy family selling 2.2 million shares in retailer (Global)
- Petro Canada iOS App Debuts Contactless Payments at the Pump with Apple Pay and More (iphoneincanada.ca)
- Essential but forgotten? Youth who toil in grocery stores, cafés and restaurants feel the strain (CBC)
- Easier than ever to support local farmers, even in big box grocery stores (thechronicalherald.ca)
- Online grocery delivery firm Goodfood reports record revenue of $100+ million (Grocery Business)
Central/Eastern Canada News
- Here’s what Ontario’s big-box stores look like as new COVID-19 state of emergency takes effect (Global)
- SSENSE Café in Montreal Wants to Prove There’s More to Non-Caffeinated Drinks Than ‘Stale Decaf’ Blends (montreal.eater.com)
- As Kitchener business owner waits for provincial grant, new stay-home order changes things again (CBC)
- The Beer Store Reports More Than $50 Million Loss in 2020 (Canadian Beer News)
- Big box stores impacted by new restrictions as small businesses choose to defy rules (CTV)
- Confusion, frustration expressed over stay-at-home order store closures (CTV Kitchener)
- Retailer balks at NSLC permit fee hike for liquor in gift baskets (CBC)
- Port Grocer owners preparing to hand over the keys (Welland Tribune)
Western Canada News
- B.C. launches $50m ‘circuit-breaker’ business relief grant (Business in Vancouver)
- Restaurants, gyms refuse to walk backwards into Step 1 restrictions in Alberta (CityNews)
- ‘I’m a big believer in what this downtown can be’: Lethbridge business The Owl (Gloal)
- Whitehorse Super A owner grateful for support after partial roof collapse (CBC)
- Window-shopping beaver waddles up to Vancouver gift shop (VIA)
- City not expecting big-name businesses any time soon (fortsaskonline.com)
- North Van business destroyed by Masonic Hall arson (Daily Hive)
