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Employees at the Fire and Flower store in Ottawa prepare an order for a customer as the first legal cannabis stores open in Ontario on April 1, 2019. (File photo: Reuters/Chris Wattie)

Ontario’s slow rollout of weed outlets could help black market

By GFM Network News July 9, 2019

Toronto | Reuters — Ontario has blamed a shortage of legal cannabis from the federal government for its slow rollout of retail outlets, a claim dismissed by the federal government and regulatory bodies from other provinces, raising prospects the black market for weed may thrive longer in Canada’s most populous province. Canada became the first

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Alberta input retail chain expands westward reach

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff March 10, 2019

A pair of independent crop input retail outlets in west-central Alberta will be networking with seven others by month-end. Crop Management Network (CMN), a joint venture between an employee-owned network of retail outlets and La Coop federee’s Agrico Canada arm, announced Wednesday it has reached a deal to buy Performance Ag Group. Performance Ag, which

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Richardson buys Peace-region input retailer

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff February 21, 2019

Grain handler Richardson Pioneer has moved to shore up its presence in northern Alberta’s crop input market with a deal for a Peace-region dealership. Winnipeg-based Richardson announced Wednesday it has bought Agland Seed and Chemical at La Crete, Alta., about 320 km north of Peace River. The deal, which closed Tuesday, will see all of

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Comment: The unavoidable death of ‘click and collect’

Consumers want to get food products delivered directly to their homes but they don’t necessarily want to pay for it

By Sylvain Charlebois January 29, 2019

Grocers can no longer afford to wait for their money to show up at their stores. That’s a given. They need to go after it as well. E-commerce in the grocery business was barely a thought five years ago. Most of them did not want to cannibalize sales and decrease foot traffic. The primary idea

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Gardiner Dam Terminal set to go full Viterra

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff November 17, 2018

The farmers who own half of central Saskatchewan’s Gardiner Dam Terminal have reached a deal to sell their half to their business partner and wind up the company. Glencore Agriculture’s Viterra arm announced Friday it will buy the half of GDT it doesn’t already own and take over operation of the GDT inland grain terminal

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Big Weed hits up Europe hoping for expansion cash

By GFM Network News September 17, 2018

Toronto/London | Reuters — A favorite of DIY stock pickers, Canadian cannabis firms are trying to bolster their institutional investor base by ramping up efforts to woo European funds as countries across the region approve marijuana for medical use. For some time companies including Canopy Growth, Aurora Cannabis and Tilray Inc. have been signing export

A Richardson ag retail site at Three Hills, Alta. (Richardson.ca)

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Richardson to retail in west-central Saskatchewan

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff August 22, 2018

Prairie grain firm Richardson International plans to build out its retail market share in west-central Saskatchewan with a new inputs centre southwest of Saskatoon. Privately-held Richardson said July 30 it would begin construction shortly on the new facility in Delisle, about 35 km southwest of the city, to open for the 2019 growing season. The

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Richardson moves further into eastern Alberta retail

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 16, 2018

Grain firm Richardson Pioneer’s crop input retail business is expanding into an area of eastern Alberta its network hasn’t yet reached. The company, an arm of Winnipeg-based agrifood firm Richardson International, closed a deal April 4 to buy Eagle Agro Services, an inputs dealer at Veteran, Alta., about 200 km east of Red Deer. The

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Recreational marijuana sales in Canada face fresh delays

By GFM Network News February 16, 2018

Ottawa | Reuters — The sale of legalized recreational marijuana in Canada, which has already been pushed back once beyond the planned July start date, is set to be delayed even further, government officials said Thursday. The ruling Liberals are sparring with the upper Senate chamber, where a draft law is currently under review. Critics

Market shifts, weather push back Food Freedom Day

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 10, 2018

Food Freedom Day, the Canadian Federation of Agriculture’s bellwether of affordability for food in Canada, is a day later in 2018. The CFA on Wednesday announced that by its calculations, a Canadian household of average income has earned enough to pay an entire year’s grocery bill on Friday, Feb. 9. Canadians spent 11 per cent

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Ontario’s slow rollout of weed outlets could help black market

Alberta input retail chain expands westward reach

Richardson buys Peace-region input retailer

Comment: The unavoidable death of ‘click and collect’

Gardiner Dam Terminal set to go full Viterra

Big Weed hits up Europe hoping for expansion cash

Richardson to retail in west-central Saskatchewan

Richardson moves further into eastern Alberta retail

Recreational marijuana sales in Canada face fresh delays

Market shifts, weather push back Food Freedom Day

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