News at a Glance
Retail Insider is streamlining its Canadian retail news from around the web to include a handful of top news stories that can be viewed quickly during the day. Here are the top stories from the past 24 hours.
- Foodtastic to buy healthy fast food restaurant chain Freshii for $74.4M (BNN)
- Grocery shoplifting on the rise in Canada amid inflation, industry insiders say (BNN)
- Walmart’s plastic bag ban leaves some customers saddled with mounds of reusable bags (CBC)
- Buying online? Look at the return policy before checking out to avoid unexpected fees (CTV)
- Canadians looking for cash under the Christmas tree this holiday season (Toronto Sun)
- Save-On-Foods raises $132,000 for Ronald McDonald House (Grocery Business)
- Bugles have disappeared from Canadian stores, sending fans in search of a salty substitute (CBC)
- Calgary businesses brace for next phase of single-use plastic ban (Calgary Herald)
- Police dismantle organized retail theft ring in Halton (Brantford Expositor)
- Food and retail theft hitting Winnipeg businesses hard this holiday season (Global)
- Regina businesses seeing success during holiday season (CJME)
- The Avant-Garden Shop Celebrates 20 Years in Peterborough (PTBO)
- ‘Really sad’: Victoria’s biggest toy store, Toys R Us, closing forever (Vancouver island Free Daily)
