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Short Sizing - The magically shinking package size

  • November
  • 19

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Have you ever noticed that certain food items that you buy don’t seem to last as long as before? This could be due to the practice known as short sizing.
What is short sizing?
The practice of short sizing consists of slightly reducing package sizes while keeping the prices near the same level. This has the [...]

Cheese labelling changes in Canada

  • October
  • 27

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In 2007, the Canadian government announced new regulatory changes with respect to cheese sold in Canada that may affect the quality, content and perhaps the price of cheese in your supermarket.
Cheese labelling changes
The changes are fairly minor but the updated law will require imposes compositional standards for cheeses.  In other words there will now be [...]

Fighting over chicken processing in New Brunswick

  • June
  • 17

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The battle is brewing over chicken processing in New Brunswick.
The Players
In one corner is the long established Nadeau Maple Lodge (owned by Ontario based parent company Maple Lodge Farms) who currently operates New Brunswick’s only chicken processing facility in the northern New Brunswick community of St. Francois de Madawaska.
In the other corner is Groupe Westco [...]

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