In a new report examining consumer confidence in the food industry, the AAL found that despite the disruptions over the past year, Canadians have more faith in the supply chain than in each other.
Last spring, the COVID-19 pandemic upended farming, from labour supply, to mismatches in supply and demand for agricultural products. To discuss how the year has unfolded from there, we welcome [...]
Jo-Ann McArthur, President of Nourish Food Marketing discusses her 2021 Food Trend Report plus we explore domestic food manufacturing and the resiliant food supply chain
Sylvain Charlebois, senior director of Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University, joins BNN Bloomberg to discuss how Ontario’s second lockdown could weigh on the grocery sector and [...]
Spurred by pandemic concerns and enticed by convenience, Canadians have taken to ordering more of their groceries and takeout food online, a trend that’s expected to endure long after the health [...]
Sylvain Charlebois, senior director of Agri-Food Analytics Lab, Dalhousie University discusses the need for a code of conduct to prevent grocery giants from unfairly putting high fees on suppliers.
Loblaw, the largest grocery chain in Canada, is charging more fees to suppliers, a move that experts say could lead to less variety and potentially higher prices for the consumer.
Canada generates more food waste per capita than any other country in the world. Every year, close to 60 per cent of food produced in Canada is wasted. That’s more than 35 million tonnes of food.
Dairy farming is in trouble, and our current supply management regime is not helping. International markets could also use some Canadian dairy as well, but for that, our dairy programs will need [...]
