Top Stories: National
- Retail sales in Canada plunge in Q2 amid third wave of COVID-19 (BNN)
- Canadians spending an average of $178 a month online: poll (BNN)
- Sobeys sees results moderate in Q4 but reaps full-year gains (Supermarket News)
- Deloitte predicts the future grocer will be small format (Strategy)
- Real Canadian Superstore redefines what makes Canadian cuisine (Strategy)
- Retailer behind Suzy Shier, Stitches and Bluenotes buys Le Château assets (Subscribers: Globe & Mail)
- JFC eyes growing North America, Canada store network to 500 in 5 to 7 years (ABS)
Central/Eastern Canada News
- Ontario to move into next phase of COVID-19 reopening 2 days early, sources say (CBC)
- IGA opens new store in Saint-Hippolyte, Quebec (Grocery Business)
- Pusateri’s finds its sweet spot in the new normal (Strategy)
- Ottawa businesses wait and watch as Quebec neighbours reopen (CBC)
- Doug Ford’s daughter’s Toronto cookie shop opening soon (o.canada.com)
- The first Rabba Kitchen by Paramount opens in Mississauga (Grocery Business)
- Police allege Toronto store employee punched, stomped on after ‘interaction’ over mask (Global)
- Ontario salons struggling to reopen after some of the longest closures in Canada (CTV)
Western Canada News
- Restaurants, bars to open, gathering sizes to increase this weekend under Manitoba reopening plan (Global)
- Calgary businesses bracing for mask mandate confusion (Global)
- ‘Exotic’ bodega opening second Vancouver global snack shop (VIA)
- Review: At Aburi To-Go, a store full of Japanese food (o.canada.com)
