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Business Operations
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Montreal-based tea retailer closing 124 stores
July 14, 2020, Montreal, Que. – DAVIDsTEA Inc. is sending notices to terminate leases for 82 of its stores in Canada and all 42 of its stores in the United States. The lease terminations will take effect in 30 days. The…
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CloudChefs launches COVID-19 restaurant relief program
July 14, 2020, Toronto, Ont. – CloudChefs, a virtual restaurant company, is on a mission to help local foodservice establishments take on the challenge of reviving sales in a post-COVID era. The team at CloudChefs is working to transform local…
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Aliments Morehouse is once again a Quebec-owned company
July 14, 2020, Montreal, Que. – Aliments Morehouse, which is based in Montreal, is now majority owned by a Quebecer, thanks to support of the Fonds régionaux de solidarité FTQ. The company was established in 2000 when American investors acquired…
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NSF Canada receives cannabis research licence
July 13, 2020, Guelph, Ont. – NSF Canada recently received a cannabis research licence under the Canadian Cannabis Act that will permit the company to offer innovation, process development and shelf-life testing services to makers of cannabis products manufactured and…
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Canadian restaurants want wage subsidies to remain in place
July 12, 2020, Toronto, Ont. – Restaurants Canada is urging reforms to the federal wage subsidy to better help foodservice businesses rehire workers as they continue to reopen and recover from the impacts of COVID-19. At least 400,000 people previously…
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Agtech leader and digital services company collaborate on data collection trial
July 10, 2020, Toronto, Ont. – Deveron UAS Corp., a leading agriculture digital services and insights provider in North America, and Terramera, a global agtech leader fusing science, nature and artificial intelligence to transform how food is grown, have announced…
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Former Mars Canada CEO joins Eat Beyond board of directors
July 10, 2020, Vancouver, B.C. – Eat Beyond Global Holdings, a fund focused on investing in companies that are developing and commercializing innovative and plant-based food products, has announced that Don Robinson, former CEO and President of Mars Canada, has…
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Kraft Heinz Canada appoints new VP, supply chain
July 9, 2020, Chicago, Ill. – Kraft Heinz has announced that Anna Petrova is new vice president, supply chain, for Kraft Heinz Canada. Her appointment was effective July 6. Before joining Kraft Heinz Canada, Petrova led Canadian supply chains for…
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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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Beverage container recycling system being modernized in B.C.
July 7, 2020, Burnaby, B.C. – Return-It has announced a broad suite of innovations aimed at modernizing British Columbia’s beverage container recycling system to make it easier and more convenient to recycle. The initiatives reflect feedback from consumers and put…
