Canada

Italian Wine Sales Grow 7% In Value, 5.7% In Volume In 2020

Wine sales in the Italian off-trade channel (large scale retail) grew by 7% in value and 5.7% in 2020 compared to the previous year. Data from the Nomis...

Molson Coors' JV Truss Launches Six Pot-Infused Drinks In Canada

Miller Lite beer-maker Molson Coors Beverage Co's cannabis joint venture Truss Beverage Co has launched six pot-infused beverages in Canada,...

Nervous North American Farmers Set To 'Seed In Faith' Into Parched Soils

Fields across the Canadian Prairies and the US Northern Plains are among the driest on record, raising production risks in one of the world's key growing r...

Irish Whiskey Industry Welcomes Reductions In Canadian Spirits Levies

The Irish whiskey industry has welcomed the decision by the Liquor Control Board of Ontario to reduce its levies on EU and UK spirits by 42% in line with t...

Alimentation Couche-Tard Announces Plans To Sell 355 Sites Across The US, Canada

Fuel operator Alimentation Couche-Tard has announced it has teamed up with a real estate advisory firm to coordinate the sale of 306 forecourt and convenie...

Couche-Tard Confident Despite COVID Impact On Third Quarter Revenues

Alimentation Couche-Tard, which operates the Circle K forecourt business, has reported what it described as a 'solid' third quarter, despite the COVID-19 p...

Brazil's BRF Gets Nod To Export Chicken Wings To Canada

Brazilian food processor BRF SA has said that Canada has authorised chicken wing exports from two of its plants located in top farm state Mato Grosso. B...

Walmart Canada To Invest Over C$500m On Store Upgrades

Walmart Canada has announced plans to invest more than C$500 million (€335.8 million) this year to refurbish its stores. It would be the largest ye...