Maximize beverage alcohol sales: Winning strategies for Canadian holiday weekendsConvenience retailers can drive revenue with these 10 tips to meet immediate and take-home consumer needs. Tobacco maker cites record seizures in push for national nicotine crackdownPolice are seizing more illegal product than ever, but Imperial Tobacco warns that criminal networks are growing and now stretch beyond cigarettes into vapes and nicotine pouches. Summerween trend pushes Halloween candy sales earlier Mars “Tricks, Treats and Trends” report finds over half of shoppers now think of Halloween as a multi-month affair. Canadian retail sales up 1% at $73.7 billion in May: StatCan Gas prices boosted sales at gasoline stations and fuel vendors, Statistics Canada said, stating sales at food and beverage retailers also saw a raise. Powered by protein Growing demand for functional nutrition is expanding product choice and creating new opportunities for retailers. P.E.I. premiers meeting continues as U.S. tariff threats loom Canada's premiers will continue meetings in Prince Edward Island this morning, the second day of an annual summer gathering. Nine premiers agree to direct-to-consumer alcohol sales from out-of-province The premiers of nine provinces announced Tuesday that they're removing major barriers to interprovincial sales of alcohol. Sobeys parent company Empire to stop using, enforcing some property control measures Needs Convenience's parent company Empire, said it will stop using a measure that can limit competing businesses from operating at specific locations. Lower gas prices bring inflation down to 2.8% in June: StatCan Statistics Canada says the annual rate of inflation eased back below 3% in June as motorists paid less to fill up the gas tank. Metro sells bakery production facility to FGF Grocery giant Metro Inc. is selling a major bakery production facility to industrial baker FGF. 1 2 3 4 5 Next Last