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08.06.2022 / 07:53

Grocery chain Empire joins ownership group behind Scene+ loyalty program

Empire Company Ltd. is moving forward with a new loyalty program after becoming a co-owner of the Scene+ program operated by Cineplex Inc.

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Galen Weston stepping down as Loblaw president, Danish retail exec taking top job

Galen G. Weston, the public face and top executive behind the Loblaws grocery chain, will step down from his role as president by the end of the year.Loblaw Co.

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Why is your grocery bill so high? Canadians blame price gouging, survey finds

food prices are higher, despite grocery store CEOs testifying otherwise.The report was done by Dalhousie University’s Agri-Food Lab in partnership with Caddle, and surveyed close to 10,000 Canadians at the end of March.It found that in all provinces except Saskatchewan and Quebec, grocery chain price gouging was chosen as the main reason food prices have risen in Canada recently. Nova Scotians chose that reason the most, at 51.8 per cent, followed by Newfoundland and Labrador at 38.1 per cent, and Prince Edward Island at 36.1 per cent.Other provinces trailed a little above 30 per cent in choosing that reason, with those in Saskatchewan and Quebec choosing it the least.

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Do you check your grocery bill? If not, you may be ‘leaving money behind’

A majority of Canadians have found mistakes on their grocery receipts when they’ve checked in the past year, according to a new survey that suggests some shoppers are leaving savings behind while food inflation rages.

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Inflation seems to be cooling — except at the grocery store. What’s going on?

inflation picture is improving for many line items on Canadians’ household budgets — with at least one notable exception.Fresh data from Statistics Canada released Tuesday shows the price of food continues to soar, even as the headline inflation figure ticked down at the start of 2023. Read more: Inflation keeps cooling.

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Loblaw launches driverless trucks for PC Express food delivery

Loblaw Companies Ltd. and Silicon Valley start-up Gatik on Wednesday announced the launch of driverless box trucks to deliver select online grocery orders for Loblaw’s PC Express service.

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Frito-Lay snacks return to Loblaw stores after price dispute

Loblaw and PepsiCo have resolved a pricing dispute that kept several popular snacks off Loblaw store shelves for more than a month.

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Loblaw vs. Frito-Lay: Food fight erupts between companies over pricing

A salty situation is unfolding between two giant companies, as Frito-Lay, which is behind beloved snacks like Lay’s, Doritos, and Cheetos, halts shipments to Canadian grocery giant Loblaw’s various retail chains. Heather Yourex-West looks at what started this crispy conflict, and why more than just chips are at stake.

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Canadians reducing grocery bills, waste by using food rescue apps

Toronto Pusateri’s Fine Foods for $10 last weekend, the deal was too good not to brag about.“It’s a more high-end, luxury grocery store…so most people don’t necessarily have the budget to go shop there, but you’re saving money and you’re getting good food,” said Pulfer.After chowing down, she let her Instagram followers in on her secret: She found the haul on Too Good to Go. The app is one of many uniting deal-seekers with restaurants and grocers eager to keep aging food that’s still fit for consumption out of the trash in exchange for a small fee.

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