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Meat &Poultry
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Maple Leaf Foods makes progress on sustainability goals
July 9, 2020 – Maple Leaf Foods has released its 2019 Sustainability Report, outlining the company’s key programs and achievements during the past year, as well as future initiatives and priorities supporting its journey to be the most sustainable protein…
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Earthcycle plastic-free packaging extended to protein products
July 8, 2020, Hantsport, N.S. – Responding to industry and consumer demands for less plastic packaging, CKF Inc. has worked with key retailers to develop an Earthcycle solution for meat and seafood. Still a thermoformed moulded pulp tray, the new…
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Canada’s annual report on food prices going national in 2021
July 8, 2020, Halifax, N.S. – Canada’s annual Food Price Report is going cross-country. Jointly released by long-time collaborators Dalhousie University and the University of Guelph, the 2021 project team will include the University of Saskatchewan and the University of…
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Survey shows restaurants are still losing money and need help
July 7, 2020, Toronto, Ont. – The majority of foodservice businesses across the country are still operating at a loss and could take at least a year to return to profitability, according to a new survey from Restaurants Canada. “Restaurateurs…
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Gateway Casinos re-opening restaurants in B.C.
July 6, 2020, Burnaby, B.C. – Gateway Casinos & Entertainment is re-opening its restaurants, including signature brands like Atlas Steak + Fish and Match Eatery & Public House. Over the past weeks, Gateway has been phasing the re-opening of Match…
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CEO of Maple Leaf and other business leaders call for bold green recovery
July 2, 2020, Toronto, Ont. – Maple Leaf Foods Inc. CEO Michael McCain and 46 other business leaders have signed a letter by Corporate Knights that calls for a bold green recovery coming out of the COVID 19 crisis. The…
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New report showcases Canadian food and beverage processing research
July 2, 2020, Winnipeg, Man. – A newly released publication highlights innovative research happening in Canada’s food and beverage processing industry. The latest edition of the Canadian Food Innovators (CFI-ICA) Spotlight on innovation in the Canadian food and beverage manufacturing…
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John Betts retiring as McDonald’s Canada president and CEO
June 30, 2020, Toronto, Ont. – McDonald’s Canada has announced that president and chief executive officer John Betts will retire following 12 years at the helm of the Canadian organization. The company said in a statement that Betts will be…
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Hormel donates 75,000 pounds of food to help needy families
June 26, 2020, Toronto, Ont. – Hormel Foods Canada is donating more than 75,000 pounds of Hormel Gatherings® party trays, which equate to about 75,000 meals, to Second Harvest, Canada’s largest food recovery organization, to help to feed families in…
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Producers and cooperative donate turkeys to Manitoba food banks
June 26, 2020, Winnipeg, Man. – Manitoba Turkey Producers and Exceldor Cooperative have come together to donate $10,000 worth of turkey to the province’s South East Helping Hands food banks. As the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to be…
