In a move to try and decrease sugar consumption in Newfoundland and Labrador, the first sugar sweetened beverage tax in Canada has now been implemented by the provincial government. As promised in October 2021, a tax of 20 cents per litre now applies to all drinks with added sugars, on top of the existing provincial […]
Newfoundland and Labrador’s Finance Minister has tabled Bill 29, which will create the first per-litre sugar-sweetened beverage tax in any Canadian province. The bill, a priority for the provincial government, is likely to pass during this fall session of the Legislature and would come into effect on September 1, 2022. The bill will introduce a sugar-sweetened beverage […]
Press release DineEquity, Inc. (NYSE: DIN), parent company of IHOP Restaurants and Applebee’s Grill & Bar, announced that soft drinks will no longer be featured on the kids’ menus at restaurants across the nation. “Our menus at both Applebee’s and IHOP throughout Canada offer a wide variety of delicious options designed to meet the needs […]
