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Foodborne illnesses at restaurant chains are rare but can sicken customers – Winnipeg Free Press
3+ hour, 58+ min ago (1172+ words) Federal health officials identified iceberg lettuce from Mexico served at Taco Bell locations in five states as a source of widespread infections from the diarrhea-causing parasite cyclospora. A U.S. Food and Drug Administration investigation identified a single supplier as the source…...
Opinion: Maximize your wine-buying dollars
8+ hour, 55+ min ago (1793+ words) Winnipeg 19° C, Cloudy If shops aren’t as active on the newsletter front, social media is the best way to stay informed. Calabria Market & Wine, for instance, held its annual inventory sale on July 14-15, with many deeply discounted wines available, as…...
Metro to sell Première Moisson bakery facility in Quebec for $90 million
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (735+ words) Winnipeg 19° C, Light rain MONTREAL – Metro Inc. has signed a deal to sell its Première Moisson Group bakery facility in Baie-D’Urfé, Que., near Montreal, to FGF Brands for $90 million. Under the deal, FGF will manufacture and distribute Première Moisson products....
Paper coffee cups now recyclable in Winnipeg
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (1443+ words) Winnipeg 23° C, Cloudy Mahalia Lepage and Joshua Bassman know their way around a recycling bin. They try to take reusable cups when they go to their local coffee shop, and even volunteered with Folk Fest’s “enviro crew” last weekend. A…...
Cracker Barrel parent Lactalis Canada to buy Agropur’s fine cheese division
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (690+ words) TORONTO – Cracker Barrel parent company Lactalis Canada Inc. says it is acquiring Agropur Co-operative’s fine cheese division as well as its fine cheese import activities. Lactalis Canada says the deal will add to its portfolio of specialty and core cheese…...
University of Manitoba students add malt barley roots to chocolate for nutritious treat
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (1055+ words) Winnipeg 20° C, Partly cloudy The brewing industry isn’t known for being health conscious but, for a team of University of Manitoba students, it was the key to creating a chocolate bar that combines nutrition and indulgence. Rooties is a proposed…...
U.S. moves to slap more tariffs on fresh Canadian mushrooms
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (370+ words) Winnipeg 25° C, Cloudy WASHINGTON – The U.S. is moving to slap more tariffs on fresh Canadian-grown mushrooms in response to a U.S. Department of Commerce probe that an industry representative said did not prove Canadian growers are selling unfairly....
People have been fermenting food for millennia. Here’s why more people are focused on gut health now – Winnipeg Free Press
6+ day, 8+ hour ago (1547+ words) Winnipeg 30° C, Windy More people are focusing on their gut health, as fibermaxxing goes mainstream, colorectal cancer rises among young adults and personalized gut microbiome treatments become increasingly popular. Now, a generation- and culture-spanning way of preserving food is in…...
Getting creative with flowering crabapple trees
6+ day, 13+ hour ago (1732+ words) Flowering crabapple trees have come a long way since Spring Snow Flowering Crabapple and Thunderchild Rosybloom Crabapple were introduced to the market more than 50 years ago. Thunderchild Rosybloom Crabapple was introduced by Saskatchewan breeder Percy Wright in 1974. Slightly smaller than…...
Opinion: Tanmaxxing trend leaving gen Z cooked
6+ day, 13+ hour ago (712+ words) MINNEDOSA — It could have been his chili-smothered secret. One of the first things Zac Easton did four years ago after he and his wife Cass became the latest set of owners of the Dari Isle Drive-In, a seasonal, 70-seat restaurant…...