Tag: Grocery
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Canada grocery code of conduct in doubt with 2 big retailers on fence
[ad_1] Breadcrumb Trail Links Retail & MarketingNews Loblaw, Walmart express worries code will increase food prices Get the latest from Jake Edmiston straight to your inbox Sign Up Published Oct 27, 2023 • Last updated 6 hours ago • 5 minute read A shopper browses products at a Loblaw Cos. grocery store in Toronto. Loblaw said…
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Canadians blame grocery store most for rising food prices, poll shows
[ad_1] Article content More than a quarter of Canadians say profiteering by grocery chains is the top cause of high food costs, underscoring the political logic behind Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s public demands that stores stabilize prices. Polling by Nanos Research Group for Bloomberg News shows 28 per cent of respondents say stores increasing prices…
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Yukon ‘data guy’ compares grocery bills to see how much more he’s paying this year
[ad_1] A Yukoner tracking the price of food staples at his local supermarket found a price rise over the last year that’s more than double the rate of inflation. Self-described “data guy” Brett Elliot compared the price of 37 food items at a major Whitehorse supermarket between October 2022 and 2023. He found, on average,…
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Russian Rocket Strike Claims At Least 49 Lives at Ukrainian Grocery Store
[ad_1] Kyiv: Ukrainian authorities reported on Thursday that a Russian attack targeted a grocery store and cafe in the eastern Kharkiv region, resulting in the tragic loss of numerous lives. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned the strike, which hit the Kupiansk district of the war-torn region bordering Russia. In this area, Moscow’s forces have been…
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Freeland says government’s aim is to ‘stabilize’ prices as meeting with grocery CEOs begins
[ad_1] Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says today’s meeting with the CEOs of five of Canada’s biggest grocery chains is about stabilizing prices. “Our government is going to do everything in our power to make sure prices stabilize,” she said as she headed into the meeting Monday. “This meeting today is part of that effort.” Most…
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Metro reaches tentative deal with Unifor to end grocery strike
[ad_1] Breadcrumb Trail Links Retail & Marketing News Workers walked out after rejecting the previous agreement which union leaders had endorsed Get the latest from Jake Edmiston straight to your inbox Sign Up Published Aug 30, 2023 • Last updated 2 hours ago • 3 minute read A lone shopping cart is seen outside a Metro…
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Jason Momoa Takes Daughter Lola Grocery Shopping: Photos – Hollywood Life
[ad_1] View gallery Image Credit: Broadimage/Shutterstock Jason Momoa was the ultimate girl dad when he took his daughter, Lola Momoa, 16, and two of her friends to the grocery store on Aug. 27. The group hit up Erewhon in Calabasas, with Jason standing out while wearing a tank top and khaki pants for the outing, in…
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Union refused to meet amid GTA grocery strike, Metro says
[ad_1] Amid an ongoing strike by Metro workers in Toronto, the grocery giant says Unifor refused its request to meet with the bargaining committee. Metro Inc. spokeswoman Marie-Claude Bacon says in a statement that Metro’s bargaining committee reached out to Unifor over the weekend and offered to meet as soon as Sunday or…
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Canadians are taking on debt and reducing grocery expenses to travel
[ad_1] Breadcrumb Trail Links News Executive Summary Executive Many prioritizing a holiday at the expense of essential spending, poll says Published Aug 11, 2023 • 3 minute read A traveller walking with his luggage at Toronto Pearson International Airport. Photo by Peter J. Thompson/National Post files Article content Travel is becoming a key expense for…
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Why this Toronto grocery worker is going on strike
[ad_1] “Part-time workers have no benefits, and full-time workers have no control over our schedules,” says Gabi Abdalla (photograph by Yasin Osman) Last month, workers at Metro grocery stores across the GTA voted in favour of a strike mandate ahead of contract negotiations. At the top of their demands is a wage increase, one that…