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  • Coca-Cola recovery continues as it grows leaner in pandemic

    Coca-Cola measured gradual improvement in the third quarter as it focused on emerging leaner from the global pandemic.
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  • CICC announces new board members

    The Convenience Industry Council of Canada welcomes Vittoria Varalli of Sobeys Wholesale and Nicolas Parra of Metro Inc.
  • B.C. convenience store attacker issued long term supervision order

    A man who attacked a Prince George convenience store clerk with a pizza slicer, nearly causing the victim to lose an eye, has been sentenced to eight years in jail, followed by a 10-year long-term supervision order.
  • Outgoing NACS chair Julie Jackowski reflects on 'unpredictable' year

    When asked to briefly summarize her experience as the 2019-2020 NACS chair, Julie Jackowski didn't have to pause to think.
  • Health Canada recalls more hand sanitizer products

    Health Canada continues to add new products to its growing list of recalled hand sanitizers, included a product is has deemed counterfeit.Hand sanitizer is an important category for c-stores and the ideal last-minute purchase at check-out.Most recently, Health Canada warned a counterfeit version of the authorized Daily Shield hand sanitizer had been found for sale at a Dollarama store in Thunder Bay.The product may not be effective at killing bacteria and viruses, and may pose serious risks to health.It also says the product is suspected to contain methanol, which is not authorized for use in hand sanitizers and could cause severe adverse reactions or death when ingested.The counterfeit version is labelled with NPN 80098979, Lot 6942; Expiry May 2023 and is sold in a 250 mL format.The agency also recently pulled two Sanix products for containing methanol: Prairie Potions' Purify Hand Sanitizer and Antibacterial Spray.Last Best Brewing and Distilling Hand Sanitizer and Rocky Mountain Soap Company's Nomad Hand Sanitizer (Lemongrass) are both being recalled for missing risk statements, in additions to containing unauthorized technical-grade ethanol.Since June, Health Canada has recalled more than 100 hand sanitizer products, often for containing unauthorized ingredients or improper labelling. For the latest recalls, visit the Health Canada website.To find out if the hand sanitizer you're selling is safe, CLICK HERE to search by brand name. 
  • For small businesses that survive COVID, recovery is expected to be difficult

    Having 12 cases of mini eggs on hand sounds like the makings of a grandiose Easter hunt or the ultimate way to soothe a sweet tooth, but for Josie Rudderham, the confections have put her in quite the crunch.“We have joked about pouring them into a bathtub and doing a photo shoot because there is enough to do that, but really they are part of the cycle of investing in ingredients to make a lot of sales that didn't happen,” said Rudderham, the co-owner of Cake and Loaf in Hamilton, Ont.She spent the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic closing one of her two bakeries, taking on debt, laying off workers during the busy Easter season and offering curbside pickup, but the boxes remain.
  • PepsiCo Beverages to distribute Evian in Canada

    PepsiCo Beverages Canada and Danone Waters of America (DWA), the U.S.
  • How two tiny Canadian communities ditched single-use plastics

    The move was a step towards the federal government's goal to have zero plastic waste by 2030.
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