Sobeys parent company Empire Co. Ltd. has ordered thousands of plexiglass screens to be installed at store checkouts in an effort to provide some separation between staff and customers.The new screens will be accompanied by stickers on the floor with footprints on them leading to the checkouts and instructing customers to stay two metres apart while lining up.Empire’s plan is just one example of how grocery retailers are working to implement social distancing measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19.Grocers are balancing the need to stay open and keep Canadians supplied with essential...…Sobeys parent company Empire Co. Ltd. has ordered thousands of plexiglass screens to be installed at store checkouts in an effort to provide some separation between staff and customers.The new screens will be accompanied by stickers on the floor with footprints on them leading to the checkouts and instructing customers to stay two metres apart while lining up.Empire’s plan is just one example of how grocery retailers are working to implement social distancing measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19.Grocers are balancing the need to stay open and keep Canadians supplied with essential...WW…

For years, the Decadent chocolate chip cookie has been delivered to customers in a plastic tray inside a plastic bag – largely intact, but for a few crumbs. But now, how the cookie crumbles – and if it crumbles – is a preoccupation for Loblaw Cos. Ltd. The Canadian grocery giant is reviewing prototypes to redesign the packaging for its best-selling biscuit. That’s because Loblaw wants to make it possible for customers to return an empty cookie container, rather than throwing it out. But designing one sturdy enough to be sanitized, refilled and reused while making sure cookies don’t fall...…For years, the Decadent chocolate chip cookie has been delivered to customers in a plastic tray inside a plastic bag – largely intact, but for a few crumbs. But now, how the cookie crumbles – and if it crumbles – is a preoccupation for Loblaw Cos. Ltd. The Canadian grocery giant is reviewing prototypes to redesign the packaging for its best-selling biscuit. That’s because Loblaw wants to make it possible for customers to return an empty cookie container, rather than throwing it out. But designing one sturdy enough to be sanitized, refilled and reused while making sure cookies don’t fall...WW…

Metro Inc. paid out near-maximum bonuses to its top executives, saying that while the COVID-19 pandemic indeed fuelled a rise in sales in the past year, the supermarket chain was well on its way to topping its profit targets anyway.The top five best-paid Metro executives received a combined total of $3.48-million in annual bonuses for the fiscal year the company completed on Sept. 26, including $1.43-million for chief executive Eric La Flèche. The bonuses were 3 per cent to 5-per-cent higher than the prior year.The Quebec-based grocer is the first major Canadian company that experienced a...…Metro Inc. paid out near-maximum bonuses to its top executives, saying that while the COVID-19 pandemic indeed fuelled a rise in sales in the past year, the supermarket chain was well on its way to topping its profit targets anyway.The top five best-paid Metro executives received a combined total of $3.48-million in annual bonuses for the fiscal year the company completed on Sept. 26, including $1.43-million for chief executive Eric La Flèche. The bonuses were 3 per cent to 5-per-cent higher than the prior year.The Quebec-based grocer is the first major Canadian company that experienced a...WW…