Top Stories: National
- Loblaw Companies releases its 2021 holiday Insider’s Report + throwback to first edition (Grocery Business)
- Why Are Canadians So Excited About The Arrival Of Beloved U.K. Chain Pret A Manger? (Chatelaine)
- Kijiji Autos and Cox Automotive Canada partner to transform the Canadian car-buying experience (Yahoo)
- Canadian Tire picks Publicis Canada as its new creative AOR (Strategy) ****
- Walmart goes fully driverless on deliveries (Grocery Business)
- Ikea’s Investment Arm Buys into Bolt Logistics as Part of Series B Round (Betakit)
- Freshii signs deal to open 20 new franchise restaurants in Texas (CTV)
- Open U.S. land border could drain tourists southward, Canadian operators worry (CTV)
Central/Eastern Canada News
- Danny Leblanc opens new Montreal IGA store (Grocery Business) ****
- Toronto city councillors pushing for one-year moratorium on new cannabis retail outlets (CP24)
- Farm Boy confirms new store will be at 370 Stone Rd. W. (Guelph Today) ****
- Toronto pot retailers see nasty shakeout ahead and aim to ‘wait it out and watch the blood spill’ (BNN)
- Inaugural event: Retail innovation lab at McGill University in partnership with Alimentation Couche-Tard (Newswire)
- California Prunes hosts Toronto Union Station’s first post-pandemic sampling (Grocery Business)
- TTC convenience store for sale for under $50k (BlogTO)
Western Canada News
- Choices Markets launches new online grocery store in BC (Grocery Business) ****
- Abbotsford’s Highstreet Shopping Centre sold to Ontario investment group Primaris REIT (Surrey Leader Now)
- Amazon bringing cloud computing hub to Calgary with $4 billion investment (Calgary Herald)
- Manitoba duty-free owner, snowbirds ‘jumping with joy’ as U.S. land border opens to vaccinated travellers (CBC)
- Dozens arrested in Vancouver police shoplifting clampdown (o.canada.com)
