Entering yourself or your business for an award can bring many benefits. While often overlooked, nominating yourself or your business for industry awards can…
Save on Energy: Ten Tips to Save on Electricity
We all know why we should save electricity: to lower our energy costs, help reduce harmful emissions and improve our operating performance. Unfortunately, it…
5 reasons why embracing local sourcing attracts food tourists and grows profits
Every trend list for the last 10 years has featured “local” food. Consumers are hungry for it. For many, local means reduced food miles,…
Three Tips to Improve Customer Experience with E-Commerce
Digital technologies are transforming almost every industry and impacting the way many businesses operate. The foodservice sector is not immune. Driven primarily by millennials,…
Is Romaine Lettuce Safe to Serve?
An outbreak of cases of E. coli linked to contaminated romaine lettuce is still being investigated in Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and several U.S.…
PCs Pass New Labour Legislation in Ontario
On Nov. 21, the Progressive Conservatives fulfilled their promise to pass Bill 47, the Making Ontario Open for Business Act. This new labour legislation…
Stick to the Basics: 2018 Study Reveals Canadians Favour Classic Fruit Flavours
Move over, mangosteen! See ya, starfruit! Later, lychee! That’s right, when it comes to fruit flavours in their sweet treats, Canadians prefer things, let’s…
What You Need to Know Before Switching to Biodegradable Plastic
With the worldwide problem of plastic pollution increasingly on the restaurant and hospitality industry’s radar, many businesses are making changes to help reduce plastic…
Removing Barriers to Employment for Newcomers and Immigrants
Human rights laws vary between provinces, but all codes address protected grounds for discrimination. These include nationality, ethnic origin, place of origin, colour, race…