Costco is Canadians’ most respected food retailer, says survey

Costco Wholesale has been chosen by the Canadian public as Canada’s Most Respected Grocery/Food Retailer. After more than a year-and-a-half of unprecedented challenges providing groceries and food items to the Canadian public, Costco was rated the top national retailer against 13 peers in a Dart poll of 3,784 Canadians during the month of September 2021.  […]

How food retail and grocery are changing

Ryerson University’s Brookfield Institute has released a report detailing key ways in which the food retail and grocery industries are changing amid the backdrop of COVID-19. The new report, “Shake-up in Aisle 21: Disruption, Change and Opportunity in Ontario’s Grocery Sector,” concludes that the food retail and grocery industries are transforming at greater speed and […]

Empire Company reaches agreement to acquire Farm Boy

Press Release Empire Company Limited announced today that it has signed an agreement to acquire Farm Boy, one of the most exciting, fastest growing and successful food retailers in the country, with 26 locations in Ontario and many more on the way, for a total enterprise value of $800 million. Farm Boy’s outstanding fresh format is an excellent […]