Cargill, Inc.

Facing pressure from the rise in beef, freight and other expenses, Canadian meat snack manufacturers are working to keep prices low and sales up at convenience.

Sophia Carodenuto is looking for ways to make food more sustainable in an unusual place: The business practices used by the companies who control the world's chocolate trade.

In the first weeks of the pandemic, stores resembled a doomsday scene, with shelves picked clean by panicked consumers rushing to stockpile essentials.

The confectionery industry is facing a once-in-a-lifetime period of uncertainty, as it is not immune to the pressures brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced May 5 more than $77 million to help keep workers in the food-processing industry safe.The news comes as a Cargill meat-packing plant in High River, Alta., south of Calgary, reopened Monday after a two-week shutdown due to a COVID-19 outbreak.

Higher prices and less variety on store shelves is a possibility as the agriculture industry confronts a wide range of challenges created by COVID-19.

Some of Canada's food processors joined other companies in increasing pay for hourly staff working hard to ensure the country's food supply remains strong during the COVID-19 pandemic.

With convenience at their core, c-stores take a bite out of the foodservice market Milk.