Food & Grocery

More operational flexibility in food labelling and transportation of goods will benefit customers through better prices. Retail Council of Canada (RCC) applauds Associate Minister’s Prabmeet Sin...Learn More

Jeff Yurek, Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks, responded to RCC’s open letter to the government on single-use plastics in Ontario. “Thank you for your letter expressing t...Learn More

With multiple municipalities drafting one-off local approaches to reduce single-use plastics, Retail Council of Canada asks the Ontario government to discuss a province-wide solution. Retail Council o...Learn More

Industry supports government’s next step to shift costs and oversight of the residential recycling system, and is committed to a common view that plastics, printed paper and packaging do not bel...Learn More

Current Status: As of July 1, 2019, 7 B.C. local governments (Courtenay, Cumberland, Qualicum Beach, Salmon Arm, Tofino, Ucluelet and the City of Victoria) had plastic bag ban bylaws in force.  Saani...Learn More

The Government of Canada has agreed to a predictable, aligned and regularized cycle for all future food labelling changes under item 24 of their Targeted Regulatory Review for Agri-food and Aquacultur...Learn More

Earlier today, the Ontario Legislature passed Bill 115, which provides the Government with the ability to break out of the sweetheart deal enjoyed by the foreign brewers that own The Beer Store. This ...Learn More

RCC has received advance notice that the Government of Canada’s ban on certain high alcohol flavoured beverages deemed appealing to youth will come into effect on Wednesday, May 29 with no grace per...Learn More

An article in the Financial Post discusses the “Beer Store’s near monopoly” According to the national post: “We should blame politicians who set up and maintained a system that...Learn More

Retail Council of Canada research on move to expand the sale of beer and wine to corner stores, box stores, and additional grocery stores will create 9,100 new jobs, and a $3.5 billion dollar increas...Learn More