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Plastic Bag Fees

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Many jurisdictions around Canada and the United States are struggling with how they will manage their solid waste. One of the biggest targets of many municipalities has been the ubiquitous plastic…Continue

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SIAL Canada - Toronto May 11 - 13, 2011

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I want to bring to everyone's attention that the SIAL Canada show will be held in Toronto this year. This is an exciting show, and well worth the trip to Toronto. Check out the SIAL website: …Continue

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Neil Kudrinko liked Joseph Tarnowski's blog post More than Service With a Smile

Nov 30, 2012

Neil Kudrinko commented on Joseph Tarnowski's photo

Canada Retailer Tour

"Joe's home for the night on his Canadian Tour, the Cove Country Inn in Westport, Ontario. We didn't get back to Westport until after 9pm so all the hotel staff had gone home for the night. Luckily they taped an envelope to the outside door…"

Nov 21, 2012

Neil Kudrinko liked Robert A. Buonomano's discussion Has that day “The end of the Butcher” actually arrived?

Nov 17, 2012

Neil Kudrinko commented on Joseph Tarnowski's photo

Canada Retailer Tour

"Beautiful produce display at a Wegman's store in Syracuse. Poinsettias are already on display (November 13th). I'd rather sell the Poinsettias than try to take care of them. I think I'll wait a couple more weeks before I order some."

Nov 17, 2012

Neil Kudrinko commented on Joseph Tarnowski's photo

Canada Retailer Tour

"Last stop on our way to the Canadian border. Walmart Supercenter in Watertown, New York."

Nov 17, 2012

Neil Kudrinko commented on Joseph Tarnowski's photo

Canada Retailer Tour

"Great use of video at the shelf in the Walmart in Watertown, New York even if the video had nothing to do with General Mills cereals. It would be great to see CPG companies make similar programs available to independents. Just a suggestion..."

Nov 17, 2012

Neil Kudrinko commented on Joseph Tarnowski's photo

Canada Retailer Tour

"Last stop before the border was in Watertown New York. This picture was taken at the Walmart Supercenter. The plastic bin displays allow produce "merchandising" to be done offsite saving on wage cost at the store level. I'll leave my…"

Nov 17, 2012

Neil Kudrinko commented on Joseph Tarnowski's photo

Canada Retailer Tour

"Exterior shot of Glenburnie grocery. Mark chose a timberframe and board and batten exterior to blend with the rural setting for his store.The wide covered porch allows for seasonal produce sales and large displays of bird seed, wood pellets for…"

Nov 17, 2012

Neil Kudrinko commented on Joseph Tarnowski's photo

Canada Retailer Tour

"Glenburnie Grocery carries a wide selection of ethnic and health foods. Many of these brands are distributed by KeHe's Canadian branch, Tree of Life. "

Nov 17, 2012

Neil Kudrinko commented on Joseph Tarnowski's photo

Canada Retailer Tour

"Glenburnie Grocery is well known for it's full service meat case. They do a huge business in Shish Ka Bobs and I often have to endure customers telling me how great they are! It's a good thing Mark and I are good friends."

Nov 17, 2012

Neil Kudrinko commented on Joseph Tarnowski's photo

Canada Retailer Tour

"Mural at Glenburnie Grocery depicting the now 152 years of business by the Shannon family (Mark's mother's maiden name was Shannon). While the community is now called Glenburnie, it's still referred to by people olden enough to…"

Nov 17, 2012

Neil Kudrinko commented on Joseph Tarnowski's photo

Canada Retailer Tour

"Glenburnie Grocery owner Mark Rickards at left and me on the right. Mark's family has been doing business on the this corner of Division Street for over 150 years. Mark's father was the first in his family to operate a food store on the…"

Nov 17, 2012

Neil Kudrinko commented on Joseph Tarnowski's photo

Canada Retailer Tour

"Another unique offering at Glenburnie Grocery, the store sells about 1500 bales of straw every year. Yes...straw."

Nov 17, 2012

Neil Kudrinko commented on Joseph Tarnowski's photo

Canada Retailer Tour

"Picture taken at Glenburnie Grocery just north of Kingston. A rural store, Glenburnie Grocery does a huge business in local apples. Culls are bagged and sold as "Deer Apples" for use by local hunters as well as by horse owners on local…"

Nov 17, 2012

Neil Kudrinko commented on Joseph Tarnowski's photo

Canada Retailer Tour

"Farm Boy Markets of Cornwall and Ottawa, Ontario. This is their newest store located in Kingston, Ontario. The company just announced an infusion of private capital that will fuel continued growth into new markets. The stores are about 90% fresh…"

Nov 17, 2012

Neil Kudrinko commented on Joseph Tarnowski's photo

Canada Retailer Tour

"Fresh Co. discount grocer in Kingston, Ontario operated by Sobey's. Until recently, this store operated under the Sobey's Price Chopper banner until the company converted all their stores to the Fresh Co format."

Nov 17, 2012

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The Greening of Grocers

Posted on September 26, 2012 at 7:02am 0 Comments 1 Like

Those of you who are interested in sustainable procurement will want to check out my blog post The Greening of Grocers published on Canadian Grocer's website following my attending their Commitment to Sustainability conference last week.

Lighting that sells!

Posted on July 30, 2012 at 3:30pm 0 Comments 3 Likes

A year and a half ago my store experienced a brown out. With the drop in voltage coming into the store we had the unfortunate experience of losing a number of the ballasts in our Hussmann Impact frozen food cases. I had replaced a ballast on a couple of occasions, but never to the tune of a thousand dollars worth of parts at one time. And so began my efforts to replace my fluorescent case lighting with LEDs.

I won't get into the technical details of LEDs in this post as Susan…

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IGA Quebec launches "Wikibouffe"

Posted on March 20, 2012 at 12:58pm 0 Comments 0 Likes

IGA Quebec, a franchise operation of Canadian grocer Sobeys is setting up a new website "Wikibouffe". Just like other wikis Wikibouffe is inviting contributors to create and edit content, only in this case on food products. "Bouffe" a french term loosely translated as "nosh" also figures prominently in the chain's french language ad campaign, "Vive la Bouffe". Here's an ad from IGA Quebec's english language campaign, "Food is Everything".

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Busman's Holiday

Posted on March 8, 2012 at 8:30pm 0 Comments 0 Likes

If there’s one thing that most independent grocers have in common, it’s our inability to ignore our industry while on holidays. After all, we still have to eat! Last month my wife and I took our two boys aged 5 and 6 to visit my parents at their winter home in Sun City, Arizona.

Just like any average family with young children our holiday had a familiar start. Check out my facebook status update on the day we left, “On our way... 11:30 left house; 12:00 Kyle: I'm hungry; 12:30 arrive…

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