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Descrease article font size Increase article font size Metro grocery store workers in the Toronto area are set to strike if a deal between the union and the company is not reached next week. Over 3,700 Unifor workers across 27 GTA metro stores are poised for a work stoppage pending …
Read More »Ontario to stop free COVID-19 rapid test program in pharmacies, grocery stores
Descrease article font size Increase article font size An Ontario program that distributes free rapid tests for COVID-19 at grocery stores and pharmacies will end after this month. The Ministry of Health wrote in a memo to the retailers recently that with lower rates of COVID-19, high vaccination rates and …
Read More »Celiac Canada urging Ottawa for better tax relief as gluten-free grocery costs soar
Celiac Canada is urging the federal government to provide better tax relief for people with the autoimmune disease as the cost of gluten-free food soars due to inflation. On her fixed income, Susan Finlay is sure to make every dollar count at the grocery store. “This is the pension I …
Read More »A grocery rebate scam is targeting Canadians. How to avoid getting tricked – National
Scammers are using Ottawa’s proposed grocery rebate to target unsuspecting Canadians, cybersecurity officials say. The grocery rebate, a $2.5-billion boost to the GST rebate, was a signature item pitched by the federal government in its 2023 budget, which it tabled last month. Read more: Will Budget 2023 make life more …
Read More »Police say 4 wanted after Toronto grocery store robbery – Toronto
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Police are looking for three men and a woman after a grocery store robbery was reported in Toronto. Toronto police said they were called to the area of Danforth and Victoria Park avenues around 3:30 p.m. on March 30 for a robbery. …
Read More »As food prices soar, grocery code of conduct for stores nears completion – National
An industry group set up to hammer out a Canadian grocery code of conduct is getting closer to a final document, even as the way they will enforce its terms remains unclear. A new working draft of the grocery code viewed by The Canadian Press and verified by two grocery …
Read More »Grocery prices surged 10.6% in February even as inflation cooled overall: StatCan
The annual rate of inflation cooled to 5.2 per cent in February, Statistics Canada says, though Canadians continued to feel the pain of surging costs at grocery stores. The price of food purchased from the grocery store was up 10.6 per cent year-over-year last month, the agency said in its …
Read More »Loblaws partners with self-driving company Gatik in Canadian first: driverless grocery trucks
Loblaws is partnering with an American autonomous vehicle company in what’s believed to be a Canadian first: taking grocery delivery orders between various Loblaws facilities via self-driving trucks. There is no human sitting in the driver’s seat of a half-dozen trucks adorned with PC Express branding, currently making their way around …
Read More »NDP calling for probe of grocery store profits as food prices continue to rise
The federal NDP is calling for a parliamentary probe of the rising cost of food to determine whether major grocery store chains are raking in excess profits. While Canada’s inflation problem seems to be easing off, the cost of groceries has risen 10.8 per cent in the past year, according to Statistics …
Read More »How Canadians are stretching their grocery dollars while trying to stay healthy
It’s peach season in British Columbia and a pile of the delicious Okanagan Valley-grown fruit is stacked outside a market on Vancouver’s Davie Street. Grab three to snack on this week and, at $8.80 per kilogram, you’re looking at $4.39 for your fresh fruit fix. The price of fresh fruit was …
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