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Dasani and Odwalla are the first beverage brands in Canada with packaging made from PlantBottle packaging—what Coca-Cola Canada calls the first-ever fully recyclable plastic beverage bottle produced using plants.Odwalla packages are made from up to 100% plant-based materials with high-density polye

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The Canadian Grocery HR Council is launching a national recruitment drive to get people thinking about a career in grocery while also promoting workplace retention strategies to the industry.

Shoppers Drug Mart Corp.’s brand image has been hurt by increased competition from retailers such as Loblaw and Wal-Mart expanding into pharmacy.

The Top 10 food and beverage product launches of 2010 capitalized on home-based consumption, health and wellness, and a little bit of indulgence along the way, according to market researcher SymphonyIRI’s “

Three of the country's major food retailers have joined the Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers.

In its 2011 corporate social responsibility report, General Mills said that by 2015, 40 per cent of its global product volume would be sold in packaging that has been improved over the last five years.It has focused efforts on modifying packaging weight, recycled content, renewable content or truck

Almost a year after the creation of The Loblaw Companies Limited Chair in Sustainable Food Production, Loblaw and the University of Guelph have named professor Ralph Martin as its inaugural chair.Funded with $3 million from Loblaw, as chair, Martin will guide the development of food and agriculture

If you heard a loud cheer from this country’s border cities last month, it was probably due to the announcement that U.S. discount retailer Target is coming to Canada.

Today's grocers may encourage customers to use reusable bags for the environment's sake.

Global population growth and rising middle classes are pushing food companies to use technological advancements to make food closer to nature.

Loblaw Companies is giving customers a free healthy heart check at its stores this week.The 20-minute check by a pharmacist is designed to give shoppers a personalized picture of their key heart disease risk factors."Ninety per cent of Canadians have at least one major cardiovascular risk factor, a