The Business of Retail

How Will Hard-hit Foodservice Come Back? (w/ Sylvain Charlebois)

May 18, 2021 Christine Cowan, David Ian Gray, George Minakakis, Gary Newbury, Craig Patterson Episode 19
The Business of Retail
How Will Hard-hit Foodservice Come Back? (w/ Sylvain Charlebois)
Show Notes

This time we are unpacking the tumult that has swept through the foodservice sector in Canada.  Our dine-in restaurants and bars have borne the brunt of the pandemic, while some formats have thrived. Lots of losses here have been gains for grocery.  But what next?

The TBOR team is joined by guest Dr. Sylvain Charlebois. Sylvain a Canadian researcher and professor in food distribution and food policy at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.  Also known as The Food Profession, he has a finger on the pulse of the business of food like no other.