Top Stories: National
- Empire eyes year-end for a grocery code of conduct, but others are skeptical (Financial Post)
- Retailer Roots reports $1.2M second-quarter loss, sales up from year ago (CTV)
- For Paramount Fine Foods CEO Mohamad Fakih it’s all about giving back and creating a ‘kinder capitalism’ (TorStar)
- DavidsTea expands store-within-store concept at Rexall (Canadian Grocer)
- Michael Medline: ‘I’m sick of talking about COVID’ (Canadian Grocer)
- Roots Announces the Launch of its One Collection, When Conscious Design Meets Comfort (Newswire)
- Economy added 90,000 jobs in August, Statistics Canada reports (CTV)
- Bullish on Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. (subscribers only, Globe & Mail)
Central/Eastern Canada News
- Boost or bust: downtown merchants seem unsure about sidewalk sale success (Montreal Gazette)
- Self-driving shuttle bus will transport shoppers around Plaza St-Hubert this fall (CBC)
- This new Toronto consignment pop-up is joining the ranks of secondhand retail taking over the fashion industry (trnto.com)
- Toronto startup ‘Sumer’ aims to deliver groceries in parts of the city in 15 minutes (BlogTO)
- A New Sourdough-Only Bakery in Little Burgundy Takes Lessons From California’s Sourdough Obsession (Eater Montreal)
- Kitchener woman charged after fire causes $3M in damage to Walmart (CBC)
- Christmas comes early to Scarborough store (CityNews)
Western Canada News
- Are ‘No Mask – No Entrance’ Policies Discriminatory in Alberta? (mltatkins.com)
- Local brides left hanging after closure of bridal shop in Edmonton (CTV)
- Collective Goods: Bistro and grocer now open in Vancouver (Dished)
- Steveston Sweet Shoppe now officially open in Richmond (Dished)
- Iconic Saskatchewan Restaurant Lost In Fire (Discover Weyburn)
