Top Stories: National
- Freshii Inc. Announces Closing of Transaction to Acquire Majority Control of Natura Market (Financial Post)
- Annie Murphy & The Bay Deliver Comfort and Joy to Canadians With Inspired Online Shopping Made Easy (press release)
- How the son of a grocer from Lac Saint-Jean landed in the centre of Canada’s biggest food fight (Financial Post)
- Canadian Dairy Commission recommends 8.4% increase in farm gate milk prices (Canadian Grocer)
- Walmart Canada streamlines vaccine shots (Grocery Business) ****
- Self-service kiosks grow in popularity across Canada, no signs of slowing down: study (Vending Market Watch)
- Who’s Tobi Lütke? Meet the tech tycoon who draws $1 in salary and runs Canada’s largest listed company (Financial Post)
Central/Eastern Canada News
- In Rare Opportunity, St. Lawrence Market Stall Selling for $900K (Storeys.com)
- FreshCo opens new store in Thunder Bay, Ont. (Grocery Business) ****
- Global supply shortage has Toronto businesses worried and even this midtown Birkenstock store isn’t immune (trnto.com)
- Metro opens new store in Ottawa (Canadian Grocer) ****
- City Lights Book Shop gets 2nd life with new owners (CBC London)
- Harsh reality setting in for cannabis merchants as pot shops multiply (CBC Ottawa)
Western Canada News
- Edmonton retailers brace for supply chain challenges ahead of holiday shopping season (Edmonton Journal)
- Burnaby Walmart stores go on a hiring spree, but will many workers bite? (Burnaby Now)
- Iconic Burnaby restaurant closed down as COVID-19 shreds businesses (Burnaby Now)
- Courtenay menswear store owner serves community with pride (Comox Valley Record)
- Saskatoon garden centre navigating lost cargo, supply chain issues this holiday season (Global)
