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Food manufacturers cut capacity amid labour shortages, supply chain issues

Suppliers are concentrating on key sizes and flavours to try and keep products on shelves
Annual inflation rate hits 30-year high, upping pressure on Bank of Canada

Economists are warning price increases could continue to escalate, despite the hope they had already peaked
M&M Food Market to be acquired by Parkland

Deal "marks the start of a bold new chapter for our company," says M&M CEO Andy O'Brien
Canadians’ curb appetite for meat: Report

Waning demand for animal proteins among five trends identified by Farm Credit Canada
Instacart helps grocers take on takeout

Ready Meal Hub gives customers access to hundreds of ready-made meals delivered from their local grocer
Bistak recalling products due to salmonella risk from rodent infestation

CFIA says all food products from the company sold up to and including Dec. 29, 2021 could be contaminated
Food industry requests emergency access to foreign workers amid labour woes

Industry associations say COVID-related worker shortage is impacting the entire supply chain
P&G Canada makes changes to its executive sales ranks

Shilpa Mukhi, Rob Chambers and Alan Hanley are moving into new roles
Ottawa says vaccines still mandatory for cross-border truckers

The government says it's not backing down from its vaccine mandate for Canadian truckers, and it never was
Feds make last minute reversal on vaccine mandate for Canadian truckers

The federal government is backing away from vaccine mandates days before the rules were set to change
How are grocers coping with COVID-related staff absences?

As rates of the highly contagious Omicron variant soar, employee absenteeism is on the rise
China, Philippines halt Canadian beef imports after case of mad cow disease

Atypical case of BSE was discovered on an Alberta farm last month and poses no health risk to humans