Nova Scotia Breakthrough, Plant-Based Egg's Moment, Buy Canadian Movement, Quebec's Nerve

The Food Professor

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Prepare for a jam-packed episode of The Food Professor Podcast as hosts Michael LeBlanc and Dr. Sylvain Charlebois break down the latest food and retail industry trends shaping today's market.

🔹 Trump's Tariff Talk – How will potential U.S. tariffs impact Canadian food exports and the broader economy? The hosts discuss the uncertainty surrounding trade policies and the growing concerns of the business community.

🔹 Avian Flu & the Future of Eggs – With egg shortages driving up prices, could this be a golden opportunity for plant-based egg alternatives like Just Egg? Michael and Sylvain debate the shifting landscape of protein consumption.

🔹 The "Buy Canadian" Movement – More Canadians seek homegrown products, but will they pay the 10% premium? Loblaw's latest data reveals consumer behaviour trends, and the hosts explore whether this shift is here to stay.

🔹 Quebec's Resistance to Trade Reform – Quebec stands firm as Nova Scotia and Ontario move to eliminate interprovincial trade barriers. What's behind the province's prevalence's reluctance, and how does it impact Canada's food industry?

🔹 Coca-Cola's Aluminum Crisis – The beverage giant warns of rising aluminum costs—what does this mean for packaged food and drink prices, and why are microbreweries particularly vulnerable?

🔹 Starbucks Layoffs & Streamlining Strategy – While Starbucks' flagship Roastery locations thrive, corporate layoffs signal a shift. Is this part of a more significant trend in food service?

🔹 Greenhouse Tech & Food Innovation – Oracle founder Larry Ellison's ambitious greenhouse project faces significant setbacks. The hosts analyze why food tech innovation is more complicated than it looks.

From government policies to corporate shake-ups, this episode delivers an insightful analysis of the food business. Don't miss this fast-paced discussion on the trends shaping what we eat, how we buy, and where the industry is headed.

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About Us

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois is a Professor in food distribution and policy in the Faculties of Management and Agriculture at Dalhousie University in Halifax. He is also the Senior Director of the Agri-food Analytics Lab, also located at Dalhousie University. Before joining Dalhousie, he was affiliated with the University of Guelph’s Arrell Food Institute, which he co-founded. Known as “The Food Professor”, his current research interest lies in the broad area of food distribution, security and safety. Google Scholar ranks him as one of the world's most cited scholars in food supply chain management, food value chains and traceability.

He has authored five books on global food systems, his most recent one published in 2017 by Wiley-Blackwell entitled “Food Safety, Risk Intelligence and Benchmarking”. He has also published over 500 peer-reviewed journal articles in several academic publications. Furthermore, his research has been featured in several newspapers and media groups, including The Lancet, The Economist, the New York Times, the Boston Globe, the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, BBC, NBC, ABC, Fox News, Foreign Affairs, the Globe & Mail, the National Post and the Toronto Star.

Dr. Charlebois sits on a few company boards, and supports many organizations as a special advisor, including some publicly traded companies. Charlebois is also a member of the Scientific Council of the Business Scientific Institute, based in Luxemburg. Dr. Charlebois is a member of the Global Food Traceability Centre’s Advisory Board based in Washington DC, and a member of the National Scientific Committee of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) in Ottawa.

Michael LeBlanc is the president and founder of M.E. LeBlanc & Company Inc, a senior retail advisor, keynote speaker and now, media entrepreneur. He has been on the front lines of retail industry change for his entire career.

Michael has delivered keynotes, hosted fire-side discussions and participated worldwide in thought leadership panels, most recently on the main stage in Toronto at Retail Council of Canada’s Retail Marketing conference with leaders from Walmart & Google. He brings 25+ years of brand/retail/marketing & eCommerce leadership experience with Levi's, Black & Decker, Hudson's Bay, CanWest Media, Pandora Jewellery, The Shopping Channel and Retail Council of Canada to his advisory, speaking and media practice.

Michael produces and hosts a network of leading retail trade podcasts, including the award-winning No.1 independent retail industry podcast in America, Remarkable Retail with his partner, Dallas-based best-selling author Steve Dennis; Canada's top retail industry podcast The Voice of Retail and Canada's top food industry and one of the top Canadian-produced management independent podcasts in the country, The Food Professor with Dr. Sylvain Charlebois from Dalhousie University in Halifax.

Rethink Retail has recognized Michael as one of the top global retail experts for the fourth year in a row, Thinkers 360 has named him on of the Top 50 global thought leaders in retail, RTIH has named him a top 100 global though leader in retail technology and Coresight Research has named Michael a Retail AI Influencer. If you are a BBQ fan, you can tune into Michael’s cooking show, Last Request BBQ, on YouTube, Instagram, X and yes, TikTok.

Michael is available for keynote presentations helping retailers, brands and retail industry insiders explaining the current state and future of the retail industry in North America and around the world.

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