Sylvain Charlebois - Calgary's Business

Shrinkflation: to control costs, food companies shrinking packaging

Posted by Sylvain Charlebois | May 24, 2018

When costs rise, a food company has three options: raise the price, make smaller packages or change the ingredients

Posted by Sylvain Charlebois | May 8, 2018

Grocers need to find a way to make inflation work for them and that means competing in the online market

Posted by Sylvain Charlebois | Apr 21, 2018

A Supreme Court ruling that there’s no ‘constitutional guarantee of free trade’ will stifle both competition and lower prices for consumers

Posted by Sylvain Charlebois | Apr 15, 2018

How an iconic brand lost its Canadian identity and why its corporate masters probably don’t care

Posted by Sylvain Charlebois | Apr 4, 2018

At least 5.25 trillion plastic particles weighing 268,940 tons are floating in our oceans but we struggle to find packaging alternatives