Insights and Stories of Staff

A+W tightens chicken supply requirements

Oct. 20, 2014 at 3:57 pm CDT

Canada’s No. 2 burger chain, in the midst of a bid to carve out new market space for its beef and eggs, now plans to differentiate its chicken burgers and chicken strips in the same way. A+W Food Services on Monday announced the latest step in its “Our Ingredients Guarantee” […]

Domino’s Canadian arm commits to Canadian cheese

Oct. 16, 2014 at 10:01 am CDT

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Ontario’s Gay Lea to buy Hewitt’s Dairy

Oct. 15, 2014 at 6:55 pm CDT

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A+W pledges another ‘major ingredient change’ ahead

Oct. 15, 2014 at 6:00 am CDT

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St. John’s chicken packer back in business

Oct. 14, 2014 at 5:38 pm CDT

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CME Group to cut staff by five per cent

Oct. 14, 2014 at 5:06 pm CDT

CME Group, the world’s top derivatives marketplace, has announced plans to cut about 150 jobs, or five per cent of its staff worldwide, mainly from its technology department. The staff cuts come as part of the company’s previously announced restructuring, which included a decision earlier this month to cut its […]

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Salford buys U.S. spreader manufacturer

Oct. 12, 2014 at 1:43 am CDT

Ontario seeding, tillage and application equipment maker Salford Group is taking a share of the spreader market by buying U.S. manufacturer BBI Spreaders. Salford announced last week it had closed a deal effective Oct. 2 to buy the company, based at Cornelia, Georgia, about 70 km north of Athens. Financial […]

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St. John’s chicken plant’s federal license pulled

Oct. 11, 2014 at 2:26 pm CDT

A St. John’s, N.L. chicken slaughter and processing plant has been handed a suspension over the consistency of its food safety systems. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Friday it has suspended the operating license for Country Ribbon Inc., which markets fresh and frozen chicken, chicken parts, appetizers and deli […]

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Quebec police bust alleged veg-oil theft ring

Oct. 11, 2014 at 3:49 am CDT

Updated — Seven people in Montreal and Laval were arrested Thursday morning and more arrests are expected, linked to what provincial and local police allege has been a major theft ring for used cooking oil. The Surete du Quebec’s Montreal division and the Service de police de Laval said Thursday the […]

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CFIA reviewing reports of abuse at Alta. hog assembly yard

Oct. 11, 2014 at 1:51 am CDT

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency plans to review claims of abuse of hogs at an Alberta hog stockyard, as footage purported to show the alleged incidents makes its way toward network TV. The CTV program W5 is scheduled to air a segment Saturday night (Oct. 11) featuring hidden-camera footage supplied […]

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