Insights and Stories on Delivery

Grain deliveries up on year in April: StatCan

May. 26, 2025 at 3:47 pm CDT

Almost all major grains delivered in April had notable increases from the previous April, Statistics Canada reported on May 26.

Pulse packers’ security covers cash owed to farmers

Mar. 2, 2021 at 8:39 pm CST

By Dave Bedard

Feed weekly outlook: Barley bids firm as feeders seek coverage through spring

Nov. 26, 2020 at 2:00 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Loblaw beats profit estimates as online sales surge

Jul. 23, 2020 at 1:43 pm CDT

By Reuters

Agri-food tech expected to be a post-pandemic growth industry

May. 11, 2020 at 3:59 am CDT

By D.C. Fraser

Plummeting french fry sales have potato growers re-evaluating

Apr. 8, 2020 at 5:01 pm CDT

French fry sales are down across North America as tens of thousands of restaurants have closed during COVID-19, meaning the potato industry has to adapt quickly. Companies that turn potatoes into french fries, wedges and hash browns are slowing down, because there isn’t enough space to store all the frozen […]

By Alexis Kienlen

U.S. grains: Wheat hits one-month top on firm cash markets

Nov. 25, 2019 at 7:46 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures climbed to a one-month high on Monday on firm domestic cash values and signs of rising global cash prices, traders said. Corn futures followed wheat higher but soybean futures fell, with the benchmark January contract hitting its lowest level in more than two […]

By Julie Ingwersen

China buys U.S. soybeans after declaring ban on U.S. farm goods

Aug. 22, 2019 at 1:28 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — China snapped up a small volume of U.S. soybeans last week after pledging to halt purchases of U.S. farm products due to the escalating trade war between Washington and Beijing, U.S. Department of Agriculture data showed on Thursday. The world’s largest soybean importer struck deals from […]

By Tom Polansek

Walmart’s LatAm delivery app Cornershop eyes Canada

Nov. 15, 2018 at 2:55 am CST

Mexico City | Reuters — Cornershop, a Latin American grocery delivery app being acquired by Walmart, plans to expand into Canada early next year as a test market for the U.S., an executive for the three-year-old mobile app said. Walmart is buying Cornershop, which offers deliveries in Mexico and Chile, […]

By Daina Beth Solomon

KFC closes most U.K. stores due to chicken shortage

Feb. 19, 2018 at 11:57 am CST

London | Reuters — Fast-food chain KFC said on Monday it had been forced to close hundreds of its British stores because of a shortage of chicken. The problem arose at the weekend after the chain switched its delivery contract to DHL, forcing the majority of its 900 outlets in […]