food and beverage
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BevCanna doubles Vancouver manufacturing facility
Expecting standard processing licence as it prepares to initiate full-scale production.
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Climate change could open new land to farming, but caution needed: study
Big winners would be Canada and Russia, more than four million square kilometres of boreal forest would become arable land.
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US whiskey exports decline as trade dispute with EU persists
American distillers have been caught in the middle of a trans-Atlantic trade dispute since mid-2018.
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‘Sizable gap’ between Tim’s performance and capability: CEO
RBI plans to fix the coffee-and-doughnut chain’s performance by elevating the quality of its core categories.
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Ardent Mills to acquire Andean Naturals’ quinoa operations
The Yuba City, California, facility will be Ardent Mills’ first gluten-free sourcing and cleaning facility with the ability to expand to additional grains
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Hellmann’s Canada commits to using 100% recycled plastic
Initiative is projected to save one million kilograms of virgin plastic this year.
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Cott signs deal to sell S&D Coffee and Tea to Westrock Coffee
Part of the Mississauga beverage maker’s plan to focus on its water business.
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Lukewarm sales, Tims seeks to reclaim Canadian brand identity
Chief corporate officer Duncan Fulton acknowledges that franchisees aren’t happy that some consumers no longer view Tim Hortons as a Canadian company
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Fish, sausage, even honey: Food fraud is hidden in plain sight
While the extent of global food fraud is difficult to quantify, the CFIA suggests it affects 10% of commercially sold food.
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Labatt acquires BC distillery known for ready-to-drink alcoholic beverages
Goodridge & Williams makes the Nutrl vodka and vodka soda drinks, plus other spirits and mixed drinks.
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Starbucks to open digital age pick up-focused spot in Toronto
Part of a trend in which companies are experimenting with take-out only locations.
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Manufacturing sales down 0.7% at $57.1B in October
Sales fell in 11 of 21 industries.
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Court rejects Nestle plan for bottled water pump building
Appeals court over-rules circuit judge who had granted Nestle’s request to put a booster pumping structure in an area zoned for agricultural uses.
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Canadian convenience store giant Couche Tard makes $7.7B bid for Caltex
If the offer is accepted, the Laval, Que.-based Couche-Tard would make a first breakthrough in the Australian market.
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Waterloo Brewing loses $2.1M in social engineering cyber attack
Involved the impersonation of a creditor employee and fraudulent wire transfer requests.
