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5 days ago | 
canadiangrocer.com | Chris Daniels |Shellee Fitzgerald |Rebecca Harris |Danny Kucharsky
Senior-Level StarsWendy Baker, Food, Health & Consumer Products of Canada Lisa Beausoleil, Nestlé CanadaMarie-Eve Brunet, I-D Foods CorporationChantal Butler, Mondelēz CanadaJennie Coleman, EquifruitErika DeHaas, Sobeys Inc. Bryana Ganong, Ganong Bros. Avie Leang-Lorenzo, Sobeys Inc. Nathalie Lefebvre, MetroNicole Salloum, Farm Boy KC Shendelman, Longo'sLiette Vigneault, AgropurShining-Level StarsBeata Stolarski, A.
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3 weeks ago | 
canadiangrocer.com | Shellee Fitzgerald
Up close and personalPersonalization, an ongoing priority in loyalty strategies, is perhaps even more crucial today—a time when value-driven customers, grappling with the high-cost of living, have more choice than ever on where to shop. And today’s consumers are demanding more personal treatment from retailers.
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3 weeks ago | 
canadiangrocer.com | Shellee Fitzgerald
DCI in association with the Canadian Independent Grocery Buyers Alliance (CIGBA) handed out their Star Awards at the groups' Business Summit 2025, which took place at Pearson Convention Centre in Brampton, On. this week. Barry Lanteigne, the group's president/director of operations said the awards are an opportunity to "recognize some of the key individuals, retailers and supplier partners in our industry," for their hard work, dedication and passion.
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2 months ago | 
canadiangrocer.com | Shellee Fitzgerald
What is the company’s approach to vendor/supplier relationships? We firmly believe our suppliers are an integral extension of our company. We recognize the importance of strong relationships with our customers, team members and the communities we serve. Our people-first culture doesn’t just mean for internal people, it extends to our supplier and vendor community, too.
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2 months ago | 
canadiangrocer.com | Shellee Fitzgerald
Karen Proud, the new president and adjudicator of the Grocery Sector Code of Conduct took the stage at the Grocery & Specialty Food West trade show in Vancouver this week, to talk about what’s next for the code and to squash misinformation surrounding it. “One of the biggest questions I get is, ‘So when is the code going to be operational?
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2 months ago | 
canadiangrocer.com | Shellee Fitzgerald
While hundreds of products are on display at the Canadian Federation of Independents Grocers' Grocery & Specialty Food West show in Vancouver this week, 10 items stood out from the crowd. A jury comprised of members of the media voted on this year's most innovative products from the event's New Product Showcase, which included a slew of new beverages to home meal replacement solutions, sweet treats and protein-packed snacks.
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2 months ago | 
canadiangrocer.com | Shellee Fitzgerald
The community of Kleinburg, in Vaughan, Ont., is home to a new Longo’s. Located at 6530 Major MacKenzie Drive, the much-anticipated store was unveiled on Thursday morning (April 3), closely following the opening of the grocer’s 41st location, also in Vaughan, at the end of February.
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Mar 12, 2025 | 
canadiangrocer.com | Shellee Fitzgerald
What would you say is the biggest challenge facing leaders today? Listen, it’s acknowledging that you need to adapt continuously to the new pace of change in the world—whether it’s geopolitics, whether it’s technology or whether it’s politics. It’s accepting the fast pace of things and making sure everybody’s in the mindset that what we know today will not necessarily be true tomorrow and we will have to course correct and change.
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Feb 27, 2025 | 
canadiangrocer.com | Shellee Fitzgerald
Longo’s has expanded its store count with the opening of a new location in Vaughan, Ont., just north of Toronto. Located in a big box development at 67 Colossus Drive, the new store’s neighbours include a Costco warehouse and a Giant Tiger. “Vaughan is an incredible community that Longo’s has been a part of ever since we opened our original Woodbridge store back in 1991,” Jessie Longo, the company’s business relationship manager told guests at the store’s grand opening on Thursday (Feb.
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Jan 29, 2025 | 
canadiangrocer.com | Shellee Fitzgerald
From an afterschool gig as a bag boy at Overwaitea Foods to president of a growing grocery operation that today employs some 30,000 team members, Darrell Jones has achieved much in his 49 years as a grocer. On Tuesday night (Jan. 29), business partners, suppliers, team members, family and friends turned up at Vancouver’s Westin Bayshore hotel to celebrate Jones as he winds up his distinguished career.
