Michelle Warren

Editor & Associate Publisher, Convenience Store News Canada + OCTANE

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Michelle Warren is Editor + Associate Publisher, Convenience Store News Canada + OCTANE, as well as the CCentral.ca website, All Convenience and All OCTANE Newsletters. She joined EnsembleIQ in 2021, after more than decade as a freelance business and design journalist, contributing to major newspapers, magazines and news websites across Canada, the U.S. and Ireland, including House & Home, Style at Home, Profit, Marketing Magazine, MoneySense and more. She has also worked at the Toronto Star and The Sunday Business Post in Dublin. At EnsembleIQ, Michelle manages the Star Women in Convenience Awards, the CSNC Impact Awards and the Future Leaders in Convenience + Car Wash Awards. Follow Michelle on LinkedIn.

ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR

11/7/2021
Maple Leaf Foods reports $44.5M Q3 profit, reassessing plant protein business
Maple Leaf has worked hard in the last four years to rebrand itself as a "protein company.''

Michelle Warren
11/7/2021
The rise of ghost kitchens
Major grocers have announced their foray, via partnerships, into the ghost kitchen space. Can convenience be far behind?

Michelle Warren
11/7/2021
Saputo earnings down amid challenging labour shortages, supply chain turmoil
Saputo has ushered in price increases to cope with inflation, yet those higher prices are failing to keep up with rising costs.

Michelle Warren
11/4/2021
Research brief: Consumers' demand for products with prebiotics to surge
Use of prebiotics in yogurt, beverages, and bakery items is expected to increase, according to Frost & Sullivan.

Michelle Warren
11/4/2021
Agent of change: For Jeff Doucette, GM of Field Agent Canada, innovation is in the details
Doucette shares his observations and insights about on-shelf availability, creating traffic flow and charting the future of convenience.

Michelle Warren
11/3/2021
Mars Canada loves Earth: Chocolate bar to be carbon neutral by 2023
Mars bars are manufactured in Newmarket, Ont.

Michelle Warren
11/2/2021
Parkland grows U.S. retail business with Urbieta Oil Co. acquisition
94-store deal close to doubles Parkland's retail presence in the highly fragmented market.

Michelle Warren
11/2/2021
Regal enters sweet deal to acquire Tosuta International
Both companies are significant players in the convenience and gas channel.

Michelle Warren
11/1/2021
MacEwen acquires Quickie Convenience Stores
Deal involves 51 locations in Ontario and Quebec.

Michelle Warren
11/1/2021
We're back! The Convenience U CARWACS Show will return live and in-person in March 2022
Get ready for Canada's largest and best-attended industry show!

Michelle Warren