With commitment, Canadian retailer ensures farmers guaranteed fair income and support to lower environmental impact
South Ontario-based Longo Brothers Fruit Market has become the first grocery retailer in North America to commit to offering only Fairtrade bananas, the company announced Thursday. The commitment is made possible through a partnership with the Canadian company Equifruit, Canada’s leading Fairtrade-certified banana importer.
Effective May 6, all 36 locations of Longo’s and online Grocery Gateway delivery will exclusively offer both conventional and organic Fairtrade bananas.
The decision sets a new standard for sustainable produce supply chains in North America, the companies said. The announcement is aligned with Fairtrade Month, which takes place each May in Canada.
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Canadian food and drug retailer will hold option to buy full ownership
Building on its acquisition of fresh market chain Farm Boy, Empire Company Ltd., the parent of Sobeys Inc., plans to buy a 51% stake in fresh grocer Longo’s for $357 million (Canadian).
Under the deal, announced yesterday, Stellarton, Nova Scotia-based Empire will acquire Longo’s 36 stores in Ontario and its Grocery Gateway e-commerce arm. Plans call for Longo’s to join Empire’s network of supermarket brands in the province including Sobeys, Safeway, Foodland, FreshCo, Price Chopper and Farm Boy and for Grocery Gateway, now serving 70,000 customers, to operate as a stand-alone business but collaborate with Empire’s Voilà online grocery operation to create efficiencies.
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