Sustainability

Ron Lemaire, the new president of the Canadian Produce Marketing Association, wants to help you sell more fruit and veggies

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.

In the hunt for young talent, grocers are losing out to consumer packaged goods companies.

Paul-Emile Légère became the first Acadian to lead Co-op Atlantic when he took over as CEO in May.

Walmart Canada's new CEO, Shelley Broader, has spent most of her career south of the border in supermarkets.

As executive chairman of Loblaw Companies, Galen Weston has made healthy eating and sustainability initiatives a big priority for Canada’s largest grocer.

Walmart Canada’s new boss, Shelley Broader, started her career in finance advising U.S.

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.

President and CEO of Sobeys Inc., Bill McEwan, started in the grocery industry at age 15, working at a Ferraro’s Super Valu store in British Columbia.

Anthony Longo was born into the grocery business.