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MobileBits Holding Corp. Will Showcase SAMY, the Mobile Mall, to Retail Marketing Leaders at the RAC Symposium Toronto, CA (PRWEB) April 23, 2013 MobileBits (OTCBB: MBIT) is pleased to announce that they will be exhibiting at the Retail Advertising & Marketing Symposium (RAC 2013 Symposium), April 25th in Toronto. For retail marketers, the RAC 2013 Symposium is the definitive forum to engage with industry thought leaders and discuss the hottest issues impacting marketing and...
The April 16th Issue of The Food Journal Will Provide an In-Depth Analysis of The New Channels Competing for Consumer Food Dollars and How the Supermarket Industry is Changing to Compete. SANTA MONICA, Calif., April 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- From drug stores, dollar stores and online stores, to office supply stores, club stores and farmers markets, it seems nearly every type of retailer is selling food and giving supermarkets a run for every dollar. The April 16(th) edition of The...
Despite numerous challenges, including stagnant profit margins, the Supermarkets and Grocery Stores industry has found a way to achieve growth in the five years to 2012, benefiting from lower per capita disposable income levels because many consumers chose to purchase food from this industry rather than eat at restaurants. For these reasons, industry research firm IBISWorld has added a report on the Supermarkets and Grocery Stores industry to its growing industry report collection. Los...
PORTLAND, Maine, Dec. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Guiding Stars, provider of the first store-wide nutrition guidance program, today announced it has received a patent in Canada--Canadian patent number 2,652,379--for the Guiding Stars® nutrition rating algorithm, ensuring official patent protection for the science-based algorithm in both Canada and the United States. The Guiding Stars patented algorithm is based on a food's nutrition density per 100 calories and allows foods to be...
BRAMPTON, ON, Sept. 20, 2012 /CNW/ - Loblaw Companies Limited (Loblaw) and The Writers' Trust of Canada announced today a promotional arrangement that will see the five titles shortlisted for the prestigious 2012 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction appear in more than 200 Loblaw banner stores nationwide starting September 25. The Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction is the richest annual literary award for a book of nonfiction published in Canada. The...
HOUSTON, Feb. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Port Logistics Group, the nation's leading provider of gateway logistics services, today announced a multi-year service agreement with Loblaw Companies Ltd., the Canadian retailer and parent of the Joe Fresh brand. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111018/DA87732LOGO) Port Logistics Group will provide warehousing, inventory management, value-added services and regional transportation in support of the October launch of the Joe Fresh...
Loblaw Companies Limited, the largest food retailer in Canada, has selected the Audit & Inspection, Corrective Action and Dashboards & Reporting modules of the KMI EHS Software Suite to help manage health and safety initiatives at the company's nationwide network of corporate retail stores and distribution centres. Brampton, ON (PRWEB) August 22, 2011 Loblaw Companies Limited, the largest food retailer in Canada, has selected the Audit & Inspection, Corrective Action and...
DARTMOUTH, NS, July 6 /PRNewswire/ - Ocean Nutrition Canada Limited - Long time Ocean Nutrition Canada Ltd. (ONC) President and CEO, Robert Orr, will make way for a new CEO to lead the company's next growth phase, with particular focus on international expansion efforts and the food sector. Martin Jamieson, a 30 year international food industry veteran, has been appointed as the new President and CEO at ONC. He will oversee day-to-day operations at the Dartmouth, Nova Scotia-based Omega-3...
WATERLOO, ON, April 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Open Text(TM) (NASDAQ: OTEX, TSX: OTC), a global leader in Enterprise Content Management (ECM), today announced that Loblaw Companies Limited, Canada's largest food distributor, has chosen Open Text's ECM Suite. Through its more than 1,000 corporate and franchised stores from coast-to-coast, Loblaw Companies Limited is also a leading provider of general merchandise products, drugstore and, through President's Choice(R) Financial, financial...
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is warning people not to consumer certain luncheon meat kits and hot dogs purchased at a Guelph, Ontario, store. The CFIA, Loblaw Companies Ltd. and Guelph police officials said the products sold at a No Frills Store were found to contain 50mm sewing needles that had been forced into the packages. The needles were found in Schneiders-brand ham, turkey and summer sausage, pepperoni pizza, bagel combos with cream cheese, wieners and jumbo hot dogs. The CFIA...
