Staff at MPC wear the face shields the company began making after the pandemic started.HANDOUT When businesses were ordered to shut down in March of 2020, David Yeaman was thinking of ways to keep his enterprise afloat. “We had 55 staff, 23 molding machines and a lot of capabilities. So, we thought: how do we … Read more
LAS VEGAS (AP) — From an AI oven that promises to warn you when your food is about to burn to a mixing bowl designed to take the hassle out of tracking calories, food tech was a key theme at this year’s CES tech show in Las Vegas. Brad Jashinsky, a director analyst at research … Read more
LAS VEGAS (AP) — From an AI oven that promises to warn you when your food is about to burn to a mixing bowl designed to take the hassle out of tracking calories, food tech was a key theme at this year’s CES tech show in Las Vegas. Brad Jashinsky, a director analyst at research … Read more
Also in this series: A Day in the Life: Interviews with Workers Like many people who spend their days toiling over a laptop, I have a fascination with careers that one might see in a Richard Scarry illustration of cheerful, industrious little animals bustling around Busytown. How delightful, for instance, to imagine being the captain … Read more
Yuka launched onto the French market in 2017. Set up by three co-founders – brothers Benoit and François Martin, and friend Julie Chapon – its aim is to help consumers make sense of product labels, and ultimately, make ‘healthier’ choices. In the long term, the company hopes that through ‘informed purchasing’, consumers will leverage their … Read more
TORONTO – When Canadians soon gather with loved ones for holiday meals, there will be an unwelcome guest at the dinner table: decades-high inflation. The measure of how much prices have increased shows grocery bills rose by 11 per cent over the last year alone. “It’s crazy, like you need a mortgage to go to … Read more
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — No menu. No delivery. No walk-ins. Advance orders only. Explanations and instructions while you eat. Welcome to Baking Virsa, a hole-in-the-wall in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore described as the country’s most expensive restaurant for what it serves—household favorites like flatbreads and kebabs. It attracts diners from across Pakistan and … Read more
OTTAWA – Canada’s inflation rate fell from its near 40-year high of 8.1 per cent in June to 7.6 per cent in July, Statistics Canada said Tuesday. The easing was largely attributable to gas prices, which have dropped in recent weeks, but similar relief has not extended to food costs. The latest consumer price index … Read more
Holiday spending in Canada is expected to drop this year as inflation shrinks consumer buying power and economic uncertainty looms over household budgets, a new report says. In its 2022 holiday retail outlook, Deloitte Canada said Tuesday overall holiday spending is expected to fall 17 per cent to $1,520 per household as recessionary concerns and … Read more
Mastercard and Visa credit cards are shown in Zelienople, Pa., on Feb. 20, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Keith SrakocicKeith Srakocic/The Associated Press Businesses in Canada can now add surcharges to bills when customers use a credit card to pay. The new rules are the result of a settlement in a long-running class-action legal battle launched … Read more
