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Business Operations
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Rethinking ketchup packets: New approach to packaging cuts food waste
Researchers at Virginia Tech have developed a way to squeeze the last drop of ketchup out of those fast food restaurant packets to reduce food waste and improve safety. Almost everyone who eats fast food is familiar with the frustration…
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Pizza 73 opens new 40,000 sq. ft. HQ in Edmonton
EDMONTON—Pizza 73, a leading pizza chain in Western Canada, opened the doors to a brand new 40,000 square foot headquarters in Edmonton in June 2018. Thirty-three years after the pizza delivery chain opened the doors to its first pizza store…
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Oxford Properties debuts Market & Co., a first-to-Canada food market concept at Upper Canada – September 2018
NEWMARKET, Ont.—This September, Oxford Properties will unveil Market & Co., the first food market in Canada located within a premium shopping centre environment, at Upper Canada in Newmarket, Ont. This new 40,000 square foot space brings together 18 best-in-class local…
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Converting “fatbergs” from waste problem to useable energy
Cooking oil and similar waste can clog pipes, harm fish and even grow into solid deposits like the “fatbergs” that recently blocked the sewage system in London, England. University of British Columbia researchers may have found a way to treat…
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Food Starter partners with Fiera Foods to empower female entrepreneurs with grants
Food Starter partners with Fiera Foods to empower female entrepreneurs with grants TORONTO—Food Starter, a start up food incubator and accelerator in Toronto, has partnered with globally-successful Canadian food manufacturer Fiera Foods Company, to launch The Women in Food Rise…
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Premium Brands invests in Yorkshire Valley Farms Ltd.
Vancouver-based Premium Brands Holdings Corporation, a leading producer, marketer and distributor of branded specialty food products, has acquired a 62.6 per cent interest in Yorkshire Valley Farms Ltd., an Ontario-based processor and marketer of organic chicken products. Yorkshire, which has…
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Tim Hortons Canada now offers breakfast all day
TORONTO—Launched on July 25, 2018, Tim Hortons launched its Breakfast Anytime, Any Tims—offering breakfast menu items any time at participating Tim Hortons restaurants nationwide. This expanded menu offering showcases Tim Hortons dedication to continually improve the guest experience. Tim Hortons…
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Saladexpress partners with European investor
Saint-Rémi, Québec Québec-based vegetable processor Saladexpress, has partnered with Agrial, a major French agriculture and agri-food co-operative, to implement a factory modernization. “This partnership, the first of its size for Agrial in Québec, will be mutually beneficial,” said Sylvain…
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Yourbarfactory to build factory to triple production capacity
Yourbarfactory, an agri-food company specializing in the design and manufacturing of customized allergen-free bars is in the midst of completing its new 80,000 square foot production facility in Châteauguay, Quebec, an off-island suburb of Montreal, with plans to move in December…
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Caldic completes acquisition of HT Griffin Food Ingredients
Netherlands-based Caldic B.V., international distributor and producer of food ingredients and specialty chemicals, finalized its acquisition of HT Griffin Food Ingredients, a prominent manufacturer and supplier of food ingredients and blending solutions to the Canadian market. The completion of this…
