Franchised to death The voluntary group system once worked spectacularly well, both for retailers and wholesalers. Golden Pencil winners 2011 Reading through the names of past recipients of the Golden Pencil Award is like going through a who’s who of Canadian grocery industry history: Sam Steinberg, Anthony Longo, David Sobey and Wallace and Harrison McCain. Sobeys upgrading several western DCs Former Metro CFO hired by George Weston Ltd. Jim Pattison partners with Quality Foods Overwaitea names new president CFO of Metro Inc. resigns Annick Gazaille IGA Gazaille’s Annick Gazaille is the true definition of an innovative, resourceful, passionate grocer. Eric La Flèche After graduating from Harvard with an MBA in 1991, Eric La Flèche called up Pierre Lessard, then president of Metro, and asked for a job. The remarkable Alex Campbell A legend in the business, he never forgot that a grocery store also had to be the centre of the community Notes from the show Walking the aisles of Grocery Innovations Canada, I found lots of tasty treats. Morrisons' man from Canada The fourth largest grocer in the UK is beating its bigger rivals, with a lot of help from an ex-Loblaw guy First Previous 149 150 151 152 153 Next Last
