Fresh Food Management

Toronto is the first Canadian market for the five-year-old company, which works with partners to sell surplus food at a discount

National account manager, Lactalis Canada

The company is looking at adjacent sectors such as dollar stores, travel retail, grocery and quick service retail, said CFO Claude Tessier.

Canadian Food Inspection Agency continues to investigate

The second wave of implementation will expand the program to 3,000 more stores throughout North America during fiscal 2022.

Convenience stores could use service to expand into fresh foodDoorDash is buying automated food prep company Chowbotics to expand its fresh meal offerings.San Francisco-based DoorDash announced the acquisition Monday.

Ready-to-eat foods attract a steady stream of customers to Dépanneur JLS Villeneuve de l’Ouest When opening Dépanneur JLS Villeneuve de l’Ouest in 2017, Lison Villeneuve was confident that the lasagna, spaghetti and other ready-to-eat meals she made at night in the kitchen of her family's new gas station/convenience store in Amqui, Que.

As the country gets back to business (and school), Jeff Dover, president of fsSTRATEGY, shares 8 best practices for welcoming back hungry customersFoodservice is an increasingly important segment in convenience stores.  The impact of COVID-19 restrictions surrounding foodservice has been devastating for many foodservice operators.  As convenience store foodservice is almost exclusively eaten off-site, the impact on stores allowed to remain open has been relatively minimal.  However, foodservice at convenience stores must change to ensure continued success.  Customer comfortMost consumers are eager to return to their normal lifestyles as lockdown restrictions are eased and eating food away from home is no exception.  The key to success will be having sanitation and safety practices for guests and employees visibly in place for those less comfortable with convenience store foodservice.  Word of mouth of such practices will result in more people comfortable with using your foodservice offerings.  Being known as “doing things right post-COVID-19” will help.  2. MasksStaff preparing and serving food should wear masks.