Insights and Stories on Lettuce

Wendy’s secures Canadian greenhouse lettuce supply

Jul. 24, 2020 at 12:45 am CDT

The Canadian wing of U.S. burger chain Wendy’s is going strictly indoors, in southern Alberta, to supply all the lettuce for its salad, burger and chicken sandwich offerings across the country. Whole Leaf, based outside Coaldale, about 20 km east of Lethbridge, was announced last week as the lettuce supplier […]

Major Quebec hothouse grower seeks creditor protection

Sep. 24, 2019 at 8:33 pm CDT

By GFM Staff

Romaine-related E. coli outbreak appears over

Jan. 9, 2019 at 11:47 pm CST

By Reuters

Major grocers pull romaine lettuce nationwide

Nov. 24, 2018 at 5:32 pm CST

By GFM Staff

Abstain from romaine: Canada, U.S. warn on E. coli in lettuce

Nov. 20, 2018 at 4:42 pm CST

By Reuters

BASF in talks to buy Bayer vegetable seeds arm

Mar. 13, 2018 at 3:13 pm CDT

Bayer has entered “exclusive talks” toward a deal to sell its global Nunhems vegetable seeds business to German chemical firm BASF, to help clear the aisle for a Bayer/Monsanto marriage. Nunhems, which has a portfolio of about 1,200 seed varieties in over two dozen different vegetable crops worldwide, sells seeds […]

By Staff

Report sees Canadian meat prices rising at faster pace

Jun. 19, 2017 at 6:02 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Canadians will be paying more for meat than earlier thought in 2017, according to a new report from Dalhousie University. Expected price declines for other foods, however, will limit the impact on the total grocery bill in the country. In the mid-year update for Canada’s Food Price […]

By MarketsFarm Team

Leafy greens eyed in E. coli outbreak

Apr. 16, 2015 at 6:55 pm CDT

Federal health officials suspect leafy greens as a possible culprit in sickening 12 people in Canada, mainly in Alberta, with E. coli poisoning. The Public Health Agency of Canada on Wednesday said it’s considering a “possible link” to greens, such as lettuce, spinach, chard, kale or arugula, in 12 cases […]