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  • Mondelez buys majority stake in Canadian maker of two bite brownies Give & Go

    Mondelez International says it has signed a deal to buy a significant majority interest in Toronto-based Give & Go Prepared Foods Corp., maker of baked goods such as two-bite brownies.
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  • Parkland expands foodservice offering with Triple O’s restaurant deal

    Parkland Fuel Corporation is entering into a multi-year agreement to strengthen its range of freshly prepared and quality meal options by expanding its long-standing relationship with Triple O’s restaurants.
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  • 39 states investigating Juul's marketing of vaping products

    Company halts Indonesia e-cigarette sales, throwing Asia expansion in doubt Investigators from 39 states will look into the marketing and sales of vaping products by Juul Labs, including whether the company targeted youths and made misleading claims about nicotine content in its devices, officials announced Tuesday.
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  • Electric vehicle options growing, but profitability challenges limit growth

    Automakers are rolling out some big additions to the electric vehicle landscape this year as the market evolves, but it's still not clear how much Canadians will be convinced to buy them.
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  • Alberta Appeal Court sides with Alberta on federal carbon tax

    The Alberta Court of Appeal has ruled that the federal carbon tax is not constitutional.
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  • British Columbia implements tax on carbonated beverages

    Starting on Canada Day, British Columbia will add provincial sales tax to all carbonated beverages that contain sugar.The new rules span bottled and canned soda, as well as beverages dispensed through soda fountains, soda guns and vending machines.Finance Minister Carole James announced in her budget last week that the 7% provincial sales tax will takes effect on July 1 and is expected to generate $27 million in revenues in the 2020-2021 budget year.Belgium, United Kingdom, Mexico, Chile, France, Portugal, Norway and Hungary charge an excise tax of 20% on such drinks, while eight cities in the United States also levy sugar taxes, including Berkeley, Calif., where a University of California study published last year in the American Journal of Public Health found sugar-drink consumption was down almost 52% in some neighbourhoods and water consumption was up 29%.The B.C.
  • Taking aim at theft

    Staggering losses and safety concerns have retailers seeking new solutions to retail theftGrab and go took on new meaning for staffers at Real Canadian Superstores in Winnipeg, who until last December were witnessing shoplifting events several times per shift, with thieves leaving stores with items like electronics, meat and Tide pods.
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