by Canadian Sailings | Aug 30, 2017 | Business and Economy, Other, Ports and Terminals
After a somewhat disappointing year in 2016, Port of Windsor is rebounding strongly in 2017 with total traffic up by almost 20 per cent at the end of July. David Cree, the Port’s President and CEO, stated “We had expected a downturn in 2016 after very strong seasons...
by Canadian Sailings | Aug 30, 2017 | Bruce Striegler, Business and Economy, Other, Supply Chain and Logistics
By R. Bruce Striegler Buy-Low Foods is a privately held company purchased by the Vancouver-based Jim Pattison Group in 1995. Pattison owns a number of grocery chains and wholesalers in western Canada which include Overwaitea Foods, Buy-Low Foods, Nesters Food Market,...
by Canadian Sailings | Aug 30, 2017 | Business and Economy, Other, Supply Chain and Logistics
By Ian Putzger Amazon’s move to buy Whole Foods may have convinced investors that the online food market is the next Eldorado, but entrants face a number of issues that could spoil the feast for them. Projections for the online food business are decidedly frothy....
by Canadian Sailings | Aug 30, 2017 | Business and Economy, Other, Tom Peters
By Tom Peters At Nova Cold Logistics there is always a chill in the air. It’s been that way for a quarter of a century. Nova Cold operates approximately 150,000 square feet of cold storage space in three facilities, two of which are located in Burnside Industrial Park...
by Canadian Sailings | Aug 30, 2017 | Bruce Striegler, Business and Economy, Gateways and Corridors, Other, Ports and Terminals, Supply Chain and Logistics
By R. Bruce Striegler With a population just short of 800,000, Vancouver Island is the largest island on the West Coast of North America, and is comparable to the combined size of the Netherlands and Taiwan. It is separated from the BC mainland by the Strait of...
