Walmart Canada has unveiled a number of technology enabled upgrades to its store in Burlington South, ON, that it says will bring a “VIP checkout experience” to shoppers there. The objective of the changes is to use technology to reduce “friction” during the checkout process, says Walmart Canada’s director, customer experience & innovation.
The enhancements include mobile scan & go upgrades to the “My Walmart” app that enable customers to scan as they shop and check out through the store’s FAST Lane. (Grocery Business Magazine)
Students at Toronto’s OCAD University and Montreal’s Collège Salette are putting their design skills to the test for a grocery banner’s private label.
The students will create new designs for two product lines for Metro’s Irresistibles (a private label with 1000 products across all food and drink categories), as part of a design competition developed alongside Pigeon Brands.
Beyond seeing their packaging on shelf, the winning designers will land a paid internship at the Toronto and Montreal Pigeon offices and recognition for outstanding work in design. The second place prize, as well as a “Student’s Choice Award,” will be decided by the student faculty and will be awarded by Metro.
One year into the legalization of marijuana, the SQDC plans to reduce prices, eliminate lineups, bring in cannabis drinks and continue to take business away from the black market.
The head of the Société québécoise du cannabis gave a sit-down interview to the Gazette to mark the first anniversary of legalized cannabis in Canada on Thursday. SQDC president and director Jean-François Bergeron said ending the lineups at its busiest store, in downtown Montreal, is a top priority. “Queues are not good. Good stores run without queues. We have worked a lot to get rid of these queues; they’re not good for our image.”
Montreal is hoping to stop perfectly good food and unsold clothing from ending up in landfills as part of a plan to significantly cut waste by targeting the source. The city’s point person on the environment announced the proposed measures Thursday as part of a five-year master plan for waste management between 2020 and 2025.
Coun. Laurence Lavigne Lalonde, the executive committee member in charge of ecological transition, cited an urgency to act due to climate change and the fact that the city’s main dump is slated to shutter by 2029.
Verdun residents were greeted with sad news this week after borough mayor Jean-Francois Parenteau announced the official closure of Deli Donut on Wellington Street. The iconic Verdun hangout was once one of the last remaining Dunkin' Donuts franchises in Quebec. Dunkin' Donuts ceased operations in the province in 2018. In the '90s, there were over 200 Dunkin' Donuts locations in Quebec. After just over a year of existence, Deli Donut shuttered its doors on Tuesday morning.