The Food Professor

Solange Ackrill, Vice President Club Coffee brews up insights on the coffee industry plus titan testimony de-brief, Voila unpacked and research on insect protein and more!

Episode Summary

Channeling Cher:If I could turn back time: the Titans of Canadian grocery testify aka how do I get my two hours back? Voila at my doorstep - the debrief - great experience unpacked! Tackling Food insecurity with innovation:  Can I sell you a cucumber greenhouse in New Brunswick?  Is there a path now for innovation in growing fresh food in Canada at scale?  Greenhouses?  Vertical Greenhouses?  Sobeys is growing fresh right in the store... (https://progressivegrocer.com/sobeys-safeway-thrifty-foods-adding-store-hydroponic-farms)  and Vertical Farming/home gardens: https://www.technologynetworks.com/applied-sciences/news/vertical-farming-could-help-agriculture-meet-food-supply-needs-337416#.Xw8Ig-J2_No.twitter Pandemic Pantry: Did COVID-19 save the centre of the aisle, and one thing in the kitchen you can't live without? Our very Special Guest: Solange Ackrill https://www.linkedin.com/in/solangeackrill/ Vouchers for Restaurants: clever strategy or good money after bad? Feeling Boxed In?  Is Box'd a solution to restaurant COVID-19 economics? https://torontolife.com/food/paramount-mohamad-fakih-on-boxd-canadas-first-fully-automated-restaurant-automat/ Something about your latest research is bugging me...when you asked people is all your hear is crickets...London launches huge cricket farm...research tells us up to 20% would be open to eating bug protein!! Sneak Peek: The great urban shift and grocers/restaurants....the shot glass half full - it make our cities younger and more affordable... retailers and grocers.think differently about what you offer?  Stay tuned for the numbers next episode!!

Episode Notes

Welcome to the The Food Professor, episode No. 6 - I’m Michael LeBlanc along with Sylvain Charlebois!

Channeling Cher:If I could turn back time: the Titans of Canadian grocery testify aka how do I get my two hours back?

Voila at my doorstep - the debrief - great experience unpacked!

Tackling Food insecurity with innovation:  Can I sell you a cucumber greenhouse in New Brunswick?  Is there a path now for innovation in growing fresh food in Canada at scale?  Greenhouses?  Vertical Greenhouses?  Sobeys is growing fresh right in the store... (https://progressivegrocer.com/sobeys-safeway-thrifty-foods-adding-store-hydroponic-farms)  and Vertical Farming/home gardens: https://www.technologynetworks.com/applied-sciences/news/vertical-farming-could-help-agriculture-meet-food-supply-needs-337416#.Xw8Ig-J2_No.twitter

Pandemic Pantry: Did COVID-19 save the centre of the aisle, and one thing in the kitchen you can't live without?

Our very Special Guest: Solange Ackrill https://www.linkedin.com/in/solangeackrill/

Vouchers for Restaurants: clever strategy or good money after bad?

Feeling Boxed In?  Is Box'd a solution to restaurant COVID-19 economics? https://torontolife.com/food/paramount-mohamad-fakih-on-boxd-canadas-first-fully-automated-restaurant-automat/

Something about your latest research is bugging me...when you asked people is all your hear is crickets...London launches huge cricket farm...research tells us up to 20% would be open to eating bug protein!!

Sneak Peek: The great urban shift and grocers/restaurants....the shot glass half full - it make our cities younger and more affordable... retailers and grocers.think differently about what you offer?  Stay tuned for the numbers next episode!!

If you liked what you heard you can subscribe on Apple iTunes , Spotify or your favourite podcast platform, please rate and review, and be sure and recommend to a friend or colleague in the grocery, foodservice,  or restaurant industry.    I’m Michael LeBlanc, producer and host of The Voice of Retail podcast and a bunch of other stuff, and I’m Sylvain Charlebois,

Stay Safe everyone!!