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File photo of Agropur’s fluid milk plant in Winnipeg. (Dave Bedard photo)

Agropur to shut Winnipeg fluid milk plant

Work to be consolidated in B.C., Alberta

Dairy co-operative Agropur will consolidate its fluid milk production for Western Canada further west this fall, as it moves to shut its operation in Winnipeg. The Quebec-based co-operative announced Tuesday it will close its Winnipeg fluid milk plant effective Sept. 24 — affecting 48 jobs — and transfer that work to plants at Edmonton, Victoria […] Read more

Fruit/Vegetables, Livestock

Sobeys, Safeway parent seeks cost-cutting ‘leverage’

By Alberta Farmer Staff May 6, 2017

Empire Co., the parent firm for about 1,500 grocery stores across Canada, plans to restructure from a regional to a “largely national” operation cutting $500 million in annual costs by the end of 2020. Nova Scotia-based Empire — whose stores operate under brands including Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, and Lawton’s — on […] Read more

Putting a farmer’s face on food products has become key these days, says lamb producer Nathanael Polson.

Heartland, Sheep/Goats

New meat products hit the spot for lamb producers

By Dianne Finstad September 9, 2016

Reading Time: 3 minutes An Alberta processor is putting a face to the farmers behind a new line of lamb products. SunGold Specialty Meats’ Lamb Tonight line of meats began selling at Sobeys, Safeway, and Thrifty Foods stores across Canada earlier this summer. It features 10 ready-to-cook lamb products, including lamb burgers, sausages, meatballs, kabobs, and seasoned ground lamb. […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Major grocers pledge cage-free eggs by 2025

By Alberta Farmer Staff March 18, 2016

The grocery arm of the body for Canadian retailers has rolled out a 10-year plan to source the eggs its members sell from layer hens raised in “cage-free environments.” The grocer members of the Retail Council of Canada (RCC), which include Loblaw, Sobeys/Safeway, Metro and Wal-Mart Canada, said Friday they are “voluntarily committing to the […] Read more

Dairy Cattle, Livestock

Agropur plans three years of deeper cost cuts

By Alberta Farmer Staff February 12, 2016

Having beat a three-year, $75 million goal for cost cuts, Canadian dairy co-operative Agropur has set the bar at nine figures for the next three-year period. The Quebec-based co-op on Wednesday booked net earnings of $47.5 million on sales of $5.875 billion in its fiscal year ending Oct. 31, 2015, up from $38.31 million on […] Read more

Dairy Cattle, Livestock

Agropur to consolidate B.C. milk processing

By Alberta Farmer Staff November 6, 2015

Dairy co-operative Agropur plans to tighten up its fluid milk processing on British Columbia’s Lower Mainland, upgrading its milk plant at Burnaby and shutting its plant at Chilliwack. Quebec-based Agropur took over the Burnaby plant, along with facilities in Edmonton and Winnipeg, when it bought the former Canada Safeway milk processing plants from Sobeys last […] Read more

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Agropur to shut Winnipeg fluid milk plant

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New meat products hit the spot for lamb producers

Major grocers pledge cage-free eggs by 2025

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Agropur to consolidate B.C. milk processing

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