Archive for October, 2011
SINS Canadian Retail Index – Week Ending October 28, 2011
Saturday, October 29th, 2011Tweet
Loblaw Launches ‘Recipe To Riches’ To Fuel President’s Choice Innovation
Sunday, October 23rd, 2011Tweet Canadian primetime is about to be transformed with a new exciting and competitive cooking reality show. This week, we saw the debut episode of Recipe To Riches, which follows sixteen contestants on a quest to develop the best recipes in seven different categories. As the sponsor of the show, Loblaw is about to enter [...]
SINS Canadian Retail Index – Week Ending October 21, 2011
Friday, October 21st, 2011Tweet
SINS Canadian Retail Index – Week Ending October 14, 2011
Sunday, October 16th, 2011Tweet
Mac’s Continues To Think Like A Supermarket
Sunday, October 16th, 2011Tweet I was in my local Mac’s today to grab a sandwich and I had to do a double take on what I found in the cooler – fresh meat! Yes! Fresh meat in a convenience store! I have always thought that Mac’s / Couche Tard was an innovative retailer that thought outside its channel (like [...]
Top Stories Of Q3
Monday, October 10th, 2011Tweet It’s always fun to look back at the end of a quarter and see what stories captured our attention over the past three months. Just in case you missed them: Target Store Gets A Little Clearer – And Muddier SINS App Review: Microsoft Photosynth Costco One Foot Ahead Of The Competition Sobeys Announces Ontario Leadership Changes [...]
Safeway Aims To Gobble Up Thanksgiving Market Share
Friday, October 7th, 2011Tweet I started noticing Safeway’s Thanksgiving television ads while watching Sunday NFL football back on September 22nd and thought it was innovative for the chain to try to “own” an important family eating event, second only to Christmas – I imagine. It is a pretty good fit with the Safeway brand, and the television ads [...]
SINS Canadian Retail Index – Week Ending October 7, 2011
Friday, October 7th, 2011Tweet
Overwaitea Announces Save-on-Foods Expansion To Calgary
Sunday, October 2nd, 2011Tweet Calgary’s supermarket industry is about to get a lot more competitive. At a recent Calgary Food & Drug Executives meeting, Overwaitea Food Group’s president Steve van der Leest announced their first Calgary Save-on-Foods store will open on Seton Blvd in the deep SE, feeding Calgary’s booming bedroom communities. Save-On Foods will be finally coming [...]
