More than a year after the Buy Canadian movement took root, grocery giants Loblaw and Sobeys are facing increased scrutiny over "maple washing" — the practice of promoting imported goods as homegrown.

Toting a black binder, Michael Medline strode into a hotel suite filled with members of Empire Co. Ltd.’s board of directors to pitch himself as the new CEO of its Sobeys grocery chain. But Medline ...

Maple washing occurs when a Canadian grocer promotes imported goods as one of the country's own. The Canadian Food Inspection ...

Sobeys says that pharmacy locations are now fully operational, and that while the grocery retailer is still dealing with challenges, "our network is flowing well." (Getty Images) · shaunl via Getty ...

Let me show you the cheese!" Sobeys Inc. executive Rob Adams strides briskly between bins of produce and beams before an array of more than 100 types of cheese-not package sizes or flavours, but types ...

A Pelham councillor and Sobeys franchisee at the centre of a controversy around COVID-19 has issued a public apology, acknowledging some of his decisions were "imperfect." Ron Kore, who owns the ...

STELLARTON, Nova Scotia -- Sobeys, a Canadian institution for almost 95 years, is just beginning to emerge from infancy as a national player. "We look at Sobeys as a three-year-old company," Bill ...

June 26 (Reuters) - Grocery chain Sobeys Inc plans to close its underperforming stores and lay off employees after its C$5.8 billion acquisition of rival Safeway Inc's Canadian arm, the Global and ...

MISSISSAUGA, ON, Oct. 23, 2019 /CNW/ - Sobeys is bringing the first intelligent shopping cart to Canadian grocery stores with the launch of the Sobeys Smart Cart, an innovative technology-enhanced ...

1:36 Some Sobeys, Safeway customers concerned over possible cyber attack Sylvain Charlebois, a food researcher and professor at Dalhousie University in Halifax, said the industry has been particularly ...

Manitoba is taking on Sobeys and its anti-competition contracts that prevent other grocery stores from opening nearby.

Sobeys has named 38 supermarkets that are closing across the country as the grocery giant trims costs to better compete against the likes of Walmart and Target Corp. The same fate however looks poised ...