I once saw a bumper sticker that said, "If you think education is expensive, try ignorance".

You don't have to be an industry insider to spot the difference between a grocery store with perishables teams that are sharp with creative cross-merchandisin

By Robynn Shrader

By Cissy Bowman

As we await the implementation of the Organic Foods Production Act (OFPA), the question in the minds of most of this magazine's readers may be:

Every lender probably has experienced some version of the following exchange:

Thirty years ago, Atlantic Canadians got their groceries from family grocery stores supplied by family owned wholesalers and the co-operative store.

Say the board of directors at your co-op has adopted a set of policies to ensure a successor for the general manager. Now management's work begins.

Look down -- you may be standing on a gold mine. Then again, your facility may be just a black hole you throw money down once a month.