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Mike von Massow
May 18, 20224 min read
Another Look at Food Inflation Numbers
Statistics Canada released the food price index for April 2022 and the news continues to be concerning. Year over year food prices have...
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Mike von Massow
Apr 20, 20223 min read
What are the newest food inflation numbers telling us?
Statistics Canada released the food price index for March 2022 and the news is much as we would have expected. Year over year food prices...
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Mike von Massow
Apr 20, 20224 min read
Can Governments Control Food Prices??
The rhetoric around inflation generally and food prices specifically is growing louder. It is a point of emphasis for politicians,...
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Mike von Massow
Dec 8, 20213 min read
Does Food Inflation Matter More than Other Inflation?
________________________________________________________________ Food prices are going up. We've seen food inflation in the past year -...
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Mike von Massow
Sep 16, 20214 min read
Food Prices - Long and Short Term Views
We are hearing a lot about food price inflation and the Statistics Canada food price index for August affirms that prices in August were...
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Mike von Massow
Jun 20, 20192 min read
Take care in interpreting food price news
The recent release of the May consumer price numbers for food generated considerable news. Year over year, the price of food has gone up...
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Mike von Massow
May 1, 20193 min read
Celery as a superfood?
I regularly get media calls asking for perspective on price changes for food products. In the past few days, I have been inundated with...
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Mike von Massow
Apr 29, 20193 min read
Ghosts of retail flyers past
I was recently given a framed copy of a Loblaws flyer from July 1938. The flyer provides some insight into how things have changed in...
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Mike von Massow
Apr 8, 20192 min read
Nebraska floods may lead to an increase in beef price
We pay a lot of attention to food prices. The reality is that food prices are increasing at a relatively steady rate over time. Increases...
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Mike von Massow
Sep 12, 20183 min read
Restaurants not only feed us, they shape our food preferences.
This was also published on the conversation.com on June 12th, 2018. Restaurants are playing an increasingly important role in the food...
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Mike von Massow
Apr 30, 20183 min read
The price fixing scandal might not be all bad for Loblaws
This piece was also published on the conversation.com on April 11th, 2018. The bread price-fixing scandal has garnered Canada’s biggest...
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Mike von Massow
Jan 4, 20184 min read
Less Meat, More Choice: A look at key food issues in 2018
A piece from the Conversation Canada that I co-authored with colleagues Alfons Weersink and Bruce McAdams. Published on January 3rd,...
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Mike von Massow
Nov 30, 20174 min read
Is online grocery really going to take over?
This article has also been published in the Conversation on November 20th, 2017. Canadian grocery giant Loblaw recently announced it’s...
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RELATED PROJECTS
Considering the complexity of food, it is no surprise that conversations about it can be broad and diverse. In order to better understand how people think about food, Mike is involved in several projects. Learn more about each project below.
UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH SUSTAINABLE RESTAURANT PROJECT
Our team is a group of students, faculty and community partners that are committed to working towards a more sustainable future for the restaurant industry. Every year we hold a forum, bringing prominent speakers to the University of Guelph to discuss issues in the Canadian Restaurant Industry.
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