Sector
Seafood
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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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Intercity Packers launches home delivery platform
June 25, 2020, Richmond, B.C. – Intercity Packers, B.C.’s only fully integrated supplier of custom-cut meat and seafood has pivoted to a new sales channel to keep product moving and their employees working. In partnership with Central Fresh Food, Intercity…
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Seafood buying habits of public are changing
June 9, 2020, Toronto, Ont. – More than half of Canadian seafood shoppers have already made changes to the way they choose to buy seafood in the last year in order to protect fish and seafood in the ocean, according…
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Prime minister announces new support for Canada’s fish harvesters
May 15, 2020, Ottawa, Ont. – The federal government has announced up to $469.4 million in new measures to support Canada’s fish harvesters who are economically impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic but can not access existing federal measures. The investment…
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Federal government providing funds to fish and seafood processors
April 27, 2020, Ottawa, Ont. – In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, Fisheries, Oceans and Canadian Coast Guard Minister Bernadette Jordan has announced $62.5 million of new assistance to the fish and seafood processing sector. The new Canadian Seafood Stabilization…
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COVID-19: Manufacturers survey details record high demand and production
Leading food and consumer goods manufacturers experienced up to 500 per cent increased demand in the last two weeks of March, an all-time high according to a new survey released today. 80 per cent of surveyed manufacturers increased production, particularly…
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An Open Letter to Canadians Regarding COVID-19 from Canada’s food and consumer product manufacturers
From the Food and Consumer Products of Canada: We know that the food and household goods we all choose feel more essential to daily life than ever before. Finding those products on store shelves is important to you, and safely…
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Loblaws CEO reassures shoppers “we have enough food”
Loblaws CEO Galen G. Weston issued a statement Monday following the announcement of the Canadian borders closing amid the spread of COVID-19. Weston reassured shoppers, who may have been worried when they saw “extraordinary numbers of people in stores, long…
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Parliament hustles through CUSMA ratification
Ottawa | Reuters — Canada’s Parliament rushed through ratification of the new Canada-U.S.-Mexico (CUSMA) trade pact on Friday March 13 before taking a three-week break to help stop the spread of the coronavirus, a top government official said. Canada was…
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Awards program recognizes best managed companies
March 5, 2020, Toronto, Ont. – Deloitte has announced winners of its 2020 Canada’s Best Managed Companies awards program, recognizing excellence in privately-owned Canadian companies with annual revenues of more than $25 million. On the list of best managed new…
