Top Stories: National
- Aritzia boosts forecast despite labour shortage, supply chain issues (BNN)
- Costco the grocer of choice for Canadian newcomers: study (Canadian Grocer)
- Canadian Instacart workers to walk off job in bid to secure better working conditions (BNN)
- Loblaw runs a big contest to drive PC Optimum downloads (Strategy)
- Restaurants may not survive without extension of COVID-19 benefits, group warns (CTV)
- BIPOC small business owners more optimistic than most about post-pandemic recovery (CTV)
- Gen Xers are keen on spending for Halloween (Strategy)
- Sobeys parent Empire supports Canadian Paralympians (Grocery Business)
- What Mondelez has in store for Halloween (Strategy)
Central/Eastern Canada News
- Kitchener Olympian Mandy Bujold’s new enterprise supports local small business (Global)
- Montreal Road construction taking toll on businesses (CBC)
- First Capital REIT opposes CCAA restructuring by celebrity chef Mark McEwan which has a grocery store at Yonge & Bloor in Toronto (paywall: Globe & Mail)
- Montreal store owner makes his own Squid Game candy and it’s a hit with local fans (CBC)
- Small Business Profile: Mississauga’s JK Store (Modern Mississauga)
- Yorkdale Shopping Centre Is Having A Huge Job Fair This Week & Over 20 Stores Are Hiring (Narcity)
Western Canada News
- Winnipeg’s own Surplus Market opens first store front at The Bay (CityNews Winnipeg)
- Herschel in Gastown latest victim of vandalism in downtown Vancouver (Daily Hive)
- Saskatchewan Co-op wins 2nd place in National Watermelon Promotion Board contest (Grocery Business)
- This Calgary-born brand’s vegan & allergy-friendly chocolates are just as killer as their humour (Curiosity)
- PlantX Announces Grand Opening Event to Officially Launch XMarket Squamish (Yahoo)
- Vancouver cat café introduces online pet store amid pandemic struggles (Global)
