Retail & FoodService
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Food Producers of Canada’s (FPC) Leadership Meets with Ministers Champagne and MacAulay to Address Canadian Grocery Price Inflation
Food Producers of Canada Retail & FoodService September 28, 2023
Senior representatives of the Food Producers of Canada (FPC) and other representatives from the broader Canadian food manufacturing sector met this morning with the Honorable Francois-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) and the Honorable Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Agriculture and Agrifood (AAFC) in a joint effort to share information and to explore solutions to address the ongoing issue of grocery price inflation in Canada. …
Produce
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Apeel Sciences announced the launch of RipeTrack, a suite of measurement tools and monitoring software that provides suppliers, distributors and grocery retailers unprecedented insight into produce ripeness through a fully digitized, user-friendly platform. RipeTrack benefits all nodes of the produce supply chain and ultimately results in measurably higher quality produce for consumers. …
Deli
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Fourth generation, family-owned Volpi Foods, known for its slow-aged meats, has announced a new addition to its line of snacking products, Salami Stix, a delicious, easy-to-eat snack that come in Spicy and Original flavors. …
Floral
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In each category, the first-place winner will receive an all-expense-paid trip for two to Alexandra Farms. Second-place winners will receive 500 stems of garden roses and $500; third-place and Readers’ Choice winners will receive 250 stems of garden roses and $250.\ …
Bakery
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Grupo Bimbo, the world’s leading bakery, held the eighth edition of the Bimbo Global Race, an event that brought together more than 120,000 runners in physical races across 17 countries and 24 cities. The Canadian leg of the Bimbo Global Race, presented by Dempster’s®, took place at Ashbridges Bay Park in Toronto and welcomed more than 2,800 participants of all ages. …
Seafood
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LocalCoho, a land-based aquaculture start-up that raises premium Coho salmon at an indoor farm, has secured significant new funding from Cuna del Mar. The impact investment fund invests in leading-edge aquaculture businesses with the potential to create positive disruption in the seafood industry and produce a sustainable and diverse supply of healthy, wholesome fish. …
Dairy
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WayFare, a plant-based company serving the dairy-free community, announces the grocery chain Hy-Vee is now carrying its entire yogurt line, Certified Free From™ the Top 9 Allergens* and made from a base of pumpkin seeds, butter beans and oats. …
Meat & Poultry
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Beyond Sausage offers a sustainable solution to enjoy at home – now with an even meatier, juicer taste and texture that has been said to be, “shockingly better than pork links.” …