Canada (and the U.S.) are geographically vast countries, with warm summers and cold winters - and a need for refrigerated truck and warehouse capacities to preserve food and non-food items to prevent spoilage while in transit. Refrigerated warehouse capacities has…
Tag: Food
‘Green thumbs’ grow in Canada.
Products and supplies for home gardens and urban farms are in demand in Canada. The onset of the pandemic in early 2020 spurred concerns about food security; this, combined with travel restrictions and limited approved activities, prompted many Canadians to…
What’s happening in Canada’s grocery stores.
The pandemic has ushered in changes in many Canadian industry sectors - including food retail. The Brookfield Institute for Innovation + Entrepreneurship's recent report Shake-up in Aisle 21: Disruption, Change and Opportunity in Ontario's Grocery Sector examined what's happened in…
It’s time to tackle food waste.
Food waste isn't a new issue, but it's one that's grown over the last year. A Dalhousie University study suggests that Canadians have been wasting 13.5% more food at home than they did before the pandemic. While that may largely…
New info about private label opportunities in Canada.
There are more reasons why companies might want to consider private label as a route to the Canadian market. We posted last year about the opportunities available via private label (a blog post which not only made it to the…
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