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Working towards a Grocery Code of Conduct in Canada – feature story from our latest issue
There is an imbalance of power in Canada’s food supply chain right now, and some reading this may be shocked to learn just how massive that imbalance is. Every year for many years, some among Canada’s “big five” grocery retailers…
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Grocery chain Metro launches program to help guide food purchase choices
Metro is launching ‘My Health My Choices,’ a new guide for customers who want to simplify making the best product choices based on their own lifestyles, values or health needs when they shop. As of today, nearly 9,000 products –…
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More calls for a grocery industry Code of Practice
Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, Senior Director, Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University says “Major Canadian grocers in Canada are at it again. After Walmart and Metro, it was Loblaw’s turn to make changes to its vendor policies, implementing new fees to…
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Grocery code of conduct could strengthen Canada’s food system, says DPAC
Statement from Mathieu Frigon, President and Chief Executive Officer, Dairy Processors Association of Canada: “Earlier this month, Walmart began to impose new fees on its suppliers in an attempt to offset new expenses in Canada; Walmart blithely branded these “vendor…
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Canadians believe food prices are rising faster than income, new survey finds
As the year 2019 ends, the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University is releasing results of a cross-Canada survey on food affordability and food-related resolutions for 2020. In partnership with Angus Reid, the survey explores what Canadians intend to do…
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New survey finds Canadians worry about rising food costs
Rising food prices worry nearly nine in 10 Canadians, according to a new survey conducted by Abacus Data (commissioned by FCPC). The survey also found that 70 per cent of Canadians think food prices will continue to rise if the…
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Survey finds that most Canadians are confused by how food products are marketed
A new survey commissioned by the Consorzio del Prosciutto di Parma reveals that Canadian consumers are finding it challenging to identify authentic products at the grocer. Of the more than 1,500 Canadian consumers polled, 51 per cent reported feeling confused…
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Nutritional value of milk reduced due to store lighting
LONDON, U.K. — LED lighting on supermarket shelves is reducing the nutritional value of milk and shortening its shelf life, according to a new report by researchers from Newcastle University. The report, Milk: Light exposure and depletion of key nutrients,…
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Canadians buying cheaper brands, less meat
Due to rising food costs in Canada, an Angus Reid poll has found that many Canadians are buying cheaper food brands, less healthy foods and less meat
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Montreal grocery food recovery program shows strong results
Food bank organization Moisson Montréal says its supermarket program has enabled the recovery of close to 855 tons of food since 2013
