Top Stories: National

• Canadian food inflation nearly double what official data suggests: Study (BNN)
• Canadians turn to store brands, coupons to cope with rising food costs (Study) (Canadian Grocer)
• Canadians should start their holiday shopping early amid supply chain woes: experts (CTV)
• Big changes coming to your Costco Mastercard in Canada and here’s how it will impact shopping in the wholesale store (parrysound.com)
• Cora teams up with St-Hubert to sell branded breakfast food in grocery stores (Thestar.com)
• The workers who keep global supply chains moving are warning of a ‘system collapse’ (CTV)

Central/Eastern Canada News

• Toronto’s underground PATH mall shops fret about hybrid work in towers above (CTV)
• Metro Ontario reaches tentative agreement with UNIFOR (Grocery Business)
• Loblaw expands online prescription service in Ontario, New Brunswick (Grocery Business)
• Fashion first as ARI North America unveils LXR pre-loved boutique at Montréal-Trudeau International Airport (Moodie Davitt Report)
• Local developers buy Cornwall Square in Cornwall ON (Seaway News)
• Downtown Perth Pharmasave store celebrates 175th year as newest location opens (insideottawavalley.com)
• Food Basics opens second urban store in the Toronto area (Grocery Business)
• New downtown Oshawa store where luxury meets utility (durhamregion.com)
• “I make 400 bars a week”: This former event designer turned his soap-making side hustle into a full-time job (Toronto Life)
• Paul Gentile of Metro named ‘Ontario’s Finest Butcher 2021’ (Grocery Business)

Western Canada News

• Developer pulls out of deal to take over Portage Place mall in Winnipeg (CBC)
• B.C. retailers dangle incentives to attract seasonal help — just be prepared to work ‘back of the house’ (o.canada.com)
• Calgary Co-op Named Canadian Grocer Impact Award Winner of the Year (Calgary Co-op)
• Local bakery Pie Junkie to open a fourth Calgary location this week (Dished)
• 1 dead after electrocution at Calgary’s Southcentre Mall (Global)