Tag: Statistics Canada
The ROI of mental-health support for restaurant employees is key to...
By Amy Bostock
When Hassel Aviles first started openly sharing her story about her mental-health challenges, depression and anxiety in 2018, she started normalizing these...
Unit-growth trends reveal challenges and opportunities in today’s restaurant environment
By Vince Sgebellone
“Restaurants seem to be busier than ever.” This is a comment I hear frequently and as a consumer of foodservice meals, I...
Canada’s beer industry remains in the thick of a challenging era
Canadian brewers, both big and small, are still facing some stiff headwinds. In a period of stagnant growth and uncertainty, brewers are focusing on...
Optimism abounds for beverage-alcohol market in a post-COVID world
Beverage alcohol has proven itself to be one of the most bulletproof consumer goods categories at a time of significant disruption. Despite shifts between...
Restaurants Canada Hosts Breakfast with Champions Event
By Nicole Di Tomasso
TORONTO — Last Wednesday, hospitality industry leaders gathered at the Liberty Grand Entertainment Complex for Restaurants Canada’s Breakfast with Champions event...
Operators are scrambling to fill jobs as the industry re-opens
You used to be able to hang out a “Help Wanted” sign and have 50 people line up for the job. Now there are...
Hospitality Market Report
Shrouded in pandemic from tip to tail, 2021 — which nonetheless played host to some remarkable successes for Canada’s restaurant industry — challenges anyone...
Starbucks Canada Invests in Comprehensive Total Wellness for its Employees
TORONTO — Starbucks Canada recently made LifeWorks, a leading digital wellness platform and app, available to all Canadian employees and their family members —...
Feds to Extend the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy Program
OTTAWA — The Federal Government’s emergency wage-subsidy program is being extended beyond June. The Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) program, which covers 75 per cent of...
Lone Diners Represent a Growing Market Opportunity
One of my first jobs out of university involved extensive travel, by myself. I spent the better part of two years on the road,...
