Small food businesses are becoming the back bone for sales growth in the CPG sector. George Brown College Food Innovation and Research Studio help these entrepreneurs businesses accelerate their new food ideas from “concept to commercialization”. Our interview with Mr. Joe Turner, Manager, Industry Liaison and Business Development.
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It is every food entrepreneurs’ dream to have their product listed by traditional grocers. Understandable, given food is a Top 3 basic necessity in life. To that, I would have retired long ago if I had a dollar for every time I have heard the phrase, “If I can just get my product on the […]
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Dollar stores are a well-known entity in Canada. The first store was a Dollarama that was introduced in Quebec in 1992. Two and a half decades later they have become a household name with over 1,200 locations nationally. One of their newest locations is my hometown of Streetsville. It is projected in a few years Canada will […]
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Each year, thousands of ambitious food entrepreneurs start new businesses. In 2018, 11% of small business start-ups were in the food/restaurant business.[i] These entrepreneurs feel bright and full of hope and have the dream of having their products listed by a major grocery retailer. What once may have been a slam dunk, today the challenge […]
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It is every food entrepreneurs’ dream to have their product listed by traditional grocers. Understandable, given traditional grocery, mass and club retailers controlled 85.3% of food grocery sales in Canada as of March 2019.[i] Yet, I have found that many of the businesses I have met, do not have a true understanding of grocers hidden […]
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