3/6/2026 If adopted, the rules require that cheese curds be made with Quebec milk and produced within the province
3/4/2026 "Global conflicts rarely stay geopolitical for long, eventually they show up on grocery receipts"
3/1/2026 The real danger to supply management isn’t Donald Trump — it’s our refusal to modernize it
2/27/2026 Front-of-package labels can inform. Whether they truly transform consumer habits is another question entirely
2/24/2026 Loblaw opening 70 stores sounds impressive — until you realize Canadians actually have fewer supermarkets per capita than they did five years ago. Growth isn’t the same as competition and press releases don’t lower grocery bills
2/23/2026 Many analysts say Trump lost. In reality, unpredictability won — and that has always been his strongest negotiating currency
2/20/2026 You can protect margins quietly for a while. But the moment consumers start questioning what they’re tasting — nostalgia stops being an asset and becomes a liability
2/17/2026 As long as Canada confuses inflation with weather, instead of confronting productivity and competitiveness head-on, food prices will continue to rise — perhaps more slowly, but always upward
2/15/2026 The real question isn’t whether grocers will use AI. It’s whether consumers will trust how it’s used
2/11/2026 When geopolitics is broadcast into living rooms every night, it inevitably follows Canadians into the grocery store. The checkout lane has become the only ballot box many consumers feel they control
2/9/2026 As food banks strain and dairy prices climb, millions of litres of Ontario milk are being poured away under a system built to control supply
2/4/2026 In Canada, the Super Bowl functions less as a sporting event than as a nationwide, synchronized snacking exercise
