Grocery Stores

• Grocery store, alcohol sales down in April as prices rose: Statistics Canada

  Overall retail sales in April ticked up 0.9 per cent despite lagging sales from the food and beverage sector, including alcohol and grocery stores.

  Economy

  Jun 21
  
• Workers at Metro distribution warehouse in Toronto could strike by Friday

  The contract negotiations effect around 900 full-time warehouse workers in Etobicoke. The staff have been without a contract since October, 2021.

  Economy

  Mar 30
  
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• New study estimates Canadians wasted $500M in food due to ‘shelflation’

  A study by Dalhousie University shows Canadians are throwing away more food than usual, making their grocery bills even more expensive than they already are.

  Canada

  Mar 11
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• Penticton purse snatchers eyeing shopping carts

  RCMP said the victim was unloading their groceries and had their bag stolen while it was unattended in the shopping cart. In some cases, their credit cards were used fraudulently.

  Crime

  Mar 3
• Free COVID rapid antigen tests now available at Ontario grocery stores, pharmacies at one-box limit

  Free rapid antigen tests for COVID-19 will be made available at select Ontario grocery stores and pharmacies across the province beginning Wednesday, at a one-box limit.

  Health

  Feb 9
• The spike in milk prices and how it’s impacting Nova Scotia and New Brunswick

  As of Feb. 1, milk is up 8.6 cents per litre on average across Nova Scotia, and 10 cents a litre across New Brunswick, with the rest of Canada also seeing an increase in prices.

  Money

  Feb 7
• As trucker convoy rolls to Ottawa, grocery stores say supply issues have ‘started to ease’

  Grocery stores say supply chain issues are easing -- but a convoy of truckers are making their way towards Ottawa to speak out in protest of vaccination mandates.

  Canada

  Jan 25
• Food retail industry calling on government to relax trucker vaccine mandate

  One of the primary issues facing grocery stores and shoppers right now is the federal government's vaccine mandate for truck drivers crossing the Canada-US border.

  Consumer

  Jan 23
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• Grocery stores in Alberta continue to see more empty shelves as supply chain issues persist

  Several large retail grocery stores in Alberta are reporting supply chain challenges making it harder to find some of your favourite foods.

  Consumer

  Jan 22
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• Kenney calls on Liberals to pause trucker COVID-19 vaccine mandate

  The mandate, imposed by Ottawa to help curb the spread of the coronavirus, has cost Canadian trucking companies about 10 per cent of their international drivers.

  Canada

  Jan 20