/science/taxonomy/term/5161/all en /science/channels/news/shrinkflation-hits-orange-juice-again-pascal-theriault-radio-canada-358822 <p>Often considered a symbol of shrinkflation, orange juice is shrinking again, <a href="https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2099214/bouteille-jus-orange-tropicana-reduflation">Radio-Canada reports</a>. A modified bottle of the Tropicana brand is making its way into grocery stores in a format reduced to 1.36 liters.</p> <p>Will other brands follow in Tropicana's footsteps?</p> Mon, 26 Aug 2024 22:14:01 +0000 admin 988985 at /science /science/channels/news/pascal-theriault-comments-metro-quarterly-results-358820 <p>Metro announced a 14.6% drop in its net profit for the third quarter, ending July 6, 2024, compared to the same period last year. Its turnover increased by 3.5% to reach 6.65 billion.</p> Mon, 26 Aug 2024 21:45:16 +0000 admin 988983 at /science /science/channels/news/cost-poutine-symbol-rising-prices-pascal-theriault-985fm-358821 <p>The price of food has been increasing since the pandemic. Even poutine is not immune to inflation: the price of sunflower oil used in fryers has doubled, and even the price of potatoes has risen.</p> Mon, 26 Aug 2024 21:59:45 +0000 admin 988981 at /science /science/channels/news/jean-martin-fortier-phenomenon-358254 <p>In a recent article, <a href="https://lactualite.com/societe/le-phenomene-jean-martin-fortier/">L'actualité does a deep dive</a> into small-scale farm enthusiast, author, and star of the popular series <i>Les </i><em>fermiers </em>Jean-Martin Fortier (BA'02). This "rock-star" of organic microfarming in Quebec is highly regarded by many, though some have raised concerns that his presentation of the business as profitable and accessible to all is overly optimistic.</p> Wed, 07 Aug 2024 15:24:40 +0000 admin 988750 at /science /science/channels/news/bread-cartel-loblaw-will-give-500-million-people-who-were-cheated-358149 <p>Loblaws and its principal shareholder, George Weston, will pay $500 million to settle a class action lawsuit the company was facing in connection with a bread cartel. The people behind the lawsuit accused the country's major food chains of colluding on the price of bread to increase their profit margins.</p> Tue, 30 Jul 2024 15:51:38 +0000 admin 988689 at /science /science/channels/news/quebec-farmers-have-been-protesting-december-anyone-listening-357032 <p>Upset about high interest rates, growing paperwork and heavy regulatory burdens, protesting farmers have become a familiar sight across Quebec since December.</p> Tue, 23 Apr 2024 19:43:13 +0000 admin 988017 at /science /science/channels/news/maison-riviera-glass-jars-give-way-plastic-357026 <p>Maison Riviera has abandoned the glass containers that have made its name since their arrival on the market in 2015 in favor of plastic. Fans of Riviera yogurt who have lids sold separately by the company to give a second life to the little glass pots will still be able to use them, however, since the new plastic containers, arriving in the dairy aisle at the end of August, are made in the same format.</p> Tue, 23 Apr 2024 19:22:44 +0000 admin 988016 at /science /science/channels/news/price-food-inevitably-volatile-356849 <p>From bad weather to global conflicts, and even the breakdown of supply chains, food prices are subject to unpredictable variations.</p> <p>Here's a look at what's been shaking up the food market in recent years.</p> Wed, 17 Apr 2024 15:18:13 +0000 admin 987953 at /science /science/channels/news/quebec-farmers-protest-block-roads-over-cost-business-356741 <p>CBC News interviewed<em> </em>agronomist and economist <a href="/fmt/staff/theriault">Pascal Thériault</a>, Æ»¹ûÒùÔº Farm Management and Technology Program Director, about recent protests by Quebec farmers asking for more government aid as they face rising costs of business and financial hardship.</p> <p>"There's a need to actually start re-thinking programs to be able to better accommodate for the future over the long run," Thériault told journalists.</p> Thu, 11 Apr 2024 19:25:49 +0000 admin 987889 at /science /science/channels/news/advantages-regenerative-agriculture-prairies-356552 <p>Æ»¹ûÒùÔº Farm Management and Technology Program Director <a href="/fmt/staff/theriault">Pascal Thériault</a> spoke to Radio-Canada's Le Café Show about what regenerative agriculture is, how it can improve water retention in the soil—an increasingly important consideration as climate change increases the frequency and intensity of drought in the prairies, and its role in carbon capture.</p> Tue, 02 Apr 2024 18:45:28 +0000 admin 987772 at /science /science/channels/news/chocolate-home-insurance-climate-change-making-life-more-expensive-356551 <p>Rising costs of cocoa due to drought and disease affecting crop yields is proof of how global warming is hitting our pocketbooks, agronomist and economist <a href="/fmt/staff/theriault">Pascal Thériault</a>, Æ»¹ûÒùÔº Farm Management and Technology Program Director, <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/climate-change-inflation-1.7155668?cmp=rss">told CBC</a>.</p> <p>The food system "relies on stability, and what climate change does is it creates situations where nothing is stable," he said.</p> Tue, 02 Apr 2024 18:16:45 +0000 admin 987770 at /science /science/channels/news/shrinkflation-house-brands-356257 <p>Large retailers are reducing their formats to cut production costs in a period of high food inflation.</p> <p>Shrinkflation is not sparing the private labels that consumers love to save money on, <a href="https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2058421/reduflation-epicerie-formats-marques-maison-detaillants">Radio-Canada reports</a>. Already in the spotlight for their record profits, Canada's major food retailers are in turn reducing the formats of their new products.</p> Thu, 21 Mar 2024 17:21:08 +0000 admin 987511 at /science