Jake Edmiston
Financial Post
Toronto, ON, Canada
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Loblaw beats profit expectations, even though No Name price freeze hit bottom line
Loblaw earnings were up 11% in the fourth quarter despite No Name products price freeze. Find out more → Read More
MPs escalate food inflation fight with grocers by summoning CEOs to testify
A House of Commons committee is sending a bailiff to summon Canada's top grocery CEOs to testify about food inflation and profits. Read on. → Read More
Tim Hortons parent replaces CEO, acknowledges restaurant profits have slipped amid franchisee revolt
Restaurant Brands International Inc.'s current chief operating officer Joshua Kobza, will take over as CEO on March 1. Find out more. → Read More
Tim Hortons franchisees spar with parent company RBI as rising cost of goods squeezes profits
Tim Hortons restaurant owners say product costs have risen at a faster pace than menu prices. Find out more. → Read More
Grocery CEOs snub Ottawa profiteering inquiry, exacerbating tensions with politicians
Canada's top supermarket chain chief executives have so far snubbed hearings on food inflation, exacerbating tensions with MPs. Read more → Read More
Canada's railways defy critics by pulling off one of the biggest grain hauls on record
Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway moved more than 30 million tonnes of Prairie grain since the summer. Read more → Read More
Metro hikes dividend as profit climbs 11% amid inflation
Metro Inc. reported profit rose by about 11% and boosted its dividend, as inflation continued to ratchet up household food bills. Read more → Read More
Why your grocery bills remain high even as inflation slows
Canadians' grocery bills are still climbing even as overall inflation cools. Find out what's going on with food inflation in this explainer → Read More
Grocery business to have first-ever code of conduct by end of 2023: Agriculture minister
The new set of rules could mute the power of Canada's grocery oligopoly. Find out more. → Read More
Neal Brothers merging with JohnLuca to form national distributor for natural food
The two competitors came together in the aftermath of the Loblaws deal. Find out more. → Read More
'I refuse to apologize for our success': Behind Michael Medline's fierce defence of profitable grocers
Michael Medline says the big grocers aren't ripping you off as industry faces government probe into profits and inflation. Read more. → Read More
Inside Canada's national butter reserve, the government stockpile that ensures you can do your holiday baking
The Canadian Dairy Commission maintains a reserve of frozen butter that at its peak weighs the same as a herd of 2,500 elephants. Read on. → Read More
The man who bought Celine Dion's Nickels deli could be coming for your favourite restaurant chain next
Foodtastic is now a major restaurant franchisor with some of Canada's most recognizable brands, including Pita Pit and Second Cup. Read on. → Read More
Sobeys parent Empire boosts profit by 8% despite 'cybersecurity event'
Empire Co. Ltd., the second-largest grocery chain in Canada, boosted profit by 8.3 per cent in the second quarter, outdoing expectations despite a ... → Read More
Sobeys parent Empire boosts profit by 8% despite 'cybersecurity event'
Empire Co, which includes Sobeys, Farm Boy and FreshCo banners, beat expectations as profit rose 8.3%. Read on → Read More
Indoor lettuce farm GoodLeaf gets backing from two Canadian heavyweights to expand nationally
Lettuce farmer GoodLeaf Farms has raised $150 million to expand its line of lettuce and microgreens into a national brand. Find out more → Read More
Loblaw says it's saved Canadians $500 million this year by preventing bogus price hikes
Grocer sheltering consumers from manufacturers' price increases, executive says at parliamentary committee on corporate greed and food inflation → Read More
Loblaw says it's saved Canadians $500 million this year by preventing bogus price hikes
Loblaw has sheltered consumers from manufacturers' price hikes, executive says at corporate greed and food inflation committee. Read more. → Read More
Food industry leaders close to finalizing grocery code of conduct, internal documents reveal
Food industry leaders are close to finalizing a draft of the first code of conduct for the Canadian grocery business, documents say. Read on → Read More
Canada's lettuce problem: What a $15 bag of romaine says about our food system
Skyrocketing lettuce prices are a wake-up call for Canadians to rethink where we get our food from. Read on → Read More